  On the January 22nd 2019, Airbus launched a quantum computing challenge to
solve a set of problems relevant for the aircraft life cycle
(https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/01/airbus-launches-quantum-computing-challenge-to-transform-the-aircraft-lifecycle.html).
The challenge consists of a set of 5 problems that ranges from design to
deployment of aircraft. This work addresses the 5th problem. The formulation
exploits an Integer programming framework with a linear objective function and
the solution relies on the MemComputing paradigm. It is discussed how to use
MemCPU$^{\text{TM}}$ software to solve efficiently the proposed problem and
assess scaling properties, which turns out to be polynomial for meaningful
solutions of the problem at hand. Also discussed are possible formulations of
the problem utilizing non-linear objective functions, allowing for different
optimization schemes implementable in modified MemCPU software, potentially
useful for field operation purposes.
