Melis Tan TacogluMustafa Arslan OrnekYigit KazancogluOrnek, M. ArslanTacoglu, Melis TanKazancoglu, Yigit2025-10-06202420500467, 205004752050-04672050-047510.1504/IJSA.2024.1406542-s2.0-85202918426https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85202918426&doi=10.1504%2FIJSA.2024.140654&partnerID=40&md5=26cc05f13a892b07a16a96241f4330bfhttps://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8280https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSA.2024.140654Managing airline inbound and outbound schedules among passenger demand and aircraft utility complexity are addressed through three proposed heuristic methods for integrated schedule design and fleet assignment problem (ISDFAP) in single-hub two-flight leg hub-and-spoke networks. The second heuristic considering waiting time and available seat capacity contrasts with the first focusing only on waiting time for passenger-flight assignments. Meanwhile the third heuristic considers aircraft buffer time and stay time restrictions at the destination. Comparing the first two heuristics reveals that considering seat availability does not reduce waiting time. Flight departure time adjustments and overall timetable changes depend significantly on buffer time and wait time criteria. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFlight Scheduling, Hub And Spoke Network, Schedule Design, Transit Passenger, Wait TimeTransit PassengerFlight SchedulingWait TimeSchedule DesignHub and Spoke NetworkArticle