Yang, WendongShao, JiajiaJiang, YunXu, ZhengjiaTsourdos, Antonios2021-04-142021-04-142021-03-30Yang W, Shao J, Jiang Y, et al., (2021) International airline alliance network design with uncertainty. Applied Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 7, April 2021, Article number 30652076-3417https://doi.org/10.3390/app11073065https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16567This paper addresses the alliance route network design problem considering uncertainty in the unit transportation cost. An alliance route network was constructed based on a hub-and-spoke (HS) network, in which airlines could achieve inter-area passenger transport through their international gateways. The design problem was formulated with a robust model containing a set of uncertain cost parameters. The model was established based on a three-subscript model of an HS network. A case study with real-world data was used to test the proposed model. The results showed that this robust solution can reduce the impact of cost uncertaintyenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/robust modelhub-and-spoke networknetwork designalliance route networkArticle