Development of conflict-free air traffic routes through modeling and testing in a simulator center, taking into account airlines’ commercial indicators and air traffic controllers’ skill levels

Abstract

In this article, the authors analyze the route network of air traffic sectors in the Moscow Zone, taking into account the introduced areas, where flights of civil and experimental aircraft are prohibited without a special permit from the Ministry of Defense. This fact has led to an increased traffic intensity in the Penza 123 (P123) sector of the district control center, which increases the burden on radar control and procedural control controllers. In order to maintain flight safety indicators at an acceptable level, an analysis of the workload of the Penza 1 (P1), Penza 2 (P2) and Penza 3 (P3) sectors was performed separately, a model of the air situation of the Ministry of Health was developed, changes in the commercial efficiency of aircraft operation were calculated and tested with the involvement of existing air traffic services specialists. To obtain more reliable results, all air traffic controllers were divided into groups according to their level of training. The criteria for selecting candidates were such parameters as position, work experience, employee class, presence or absence of aviation incidents and accidents in the work history. In addition, the authors drew conclusions about the effectiveness of the proposed measures. The theoretical significance of the research lies in the development of a methodology for constructing conflict-free routes that takes into account the criteria of flight safety, economic efficiency and is aimed at reducing the burden on air traffic controllers, contributing to the development of the theoretical foundations of the airspace optimization.