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Porter Airlines flies several daily commuter flights to and from Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. They are interested in reviewing their flight scheduling. 

  

Flight Number 

 

 

Origin 

 

 

Destination 

 

 

Departs 

 

 

Arrives 

 

 

Net 

Revenue 

 

 

 

1357 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25 

 

 

8322 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

9.5 

 

 

10.5 

 

 

30 

 

 

5903 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

12.5 

 

 

14 

 

 

39 

 

 

1207 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

13.5 

 

 

15 

 

 

24 

 

 

1671 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

13.5 

 

 

14.5 

 

 

24 

 

 

5671 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

16 

 

 

17.5 

 

 

35 

 

 

7133 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

16.5 

 

 

17.5 

 

 

29 

 

 

4166 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

9.5 

 

 

11 

 

 

28 

 

 

3842 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

12 

 

 

13.5 

 

 

13 

 

 

1537 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

13 

 

 

14.5 

 

 

18 

 

 

9320 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

14 

 

 

16 

 

 

22 

 

 

3042 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

16.5 

 

 

18 

 

 

28 

 

 

3752 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

18 

 

 

19.5 

 

 

34 

 

 

9677 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

18 

 

 

20 

 

 

39 

 

 

6212 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

18.5 

 

 

20 

 

 

15 

 

 

6811 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

 

 

11 

 

 

12 

 

 

9195 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

12.5 

 

 

14 

 

 

28 

 

 

8350 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

13 

 

 

15 

 

 

13 

 

 

9480 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

13.5 

 

 

15.5 

 

 

18 

 

 

7555 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Ottawa 

 

 

14 

 

 

15.5 

 

 

33 

 

 

9041 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

14 

 

 

15.5 

 

 

28 

 

 

7539 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

14.5 

 

 

16.5 

 

 

19 

 

 

2710 

 

 

Toronto 

 

 

Montreal 

 

 

16 

 

 

17.5 

 

 

15 

 

 

  

  

Porter owns 4 planes (and is not planning on purchasing any more). There's a fixed cost of $1,500 per plan per day that files any flights. However, a plant that is not used does not incur this fixed cost. We can assume that there is no required delay time on the ground (i.e. a flight can arrive at 10, and then leave at 10). Times are measured on a 24 clock and measured to the fraction of an hour. Any plane that arrives in a city after its last flight of the day can sit overnight in that city, or for an additional cost of 

$500, it can be flown empty to another city overnight. The company's objective is to maximize its net profit per day, which equals net revenues from flights flown, minus fixed costs of flying plans, minus any overnight costs of flying an empty plane. 

  

 

 

 

Develop and implement a network LP model for scheduling the airline's flights, given its available  aircraft in order to maximize net profit from the flights. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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