Optimized Crew Scheduling at Air New Zealand

Butchers, E. Rod; Day, Paul R.; Goldie, Andrew P.; Miller, Stephen; Meyer, Jane; Ryan, David M.; Scott, Amanda C.; Wallace, Chris A.

doi:10.1287/inte.31.1.30.9688

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“…Many consulting companies are also offering products and services in this general area. Other testimonials on the impact of optimization in the airline industry can be found in Yu et al (2003), Butchers et al (2001), Wiper et al (1994, Smith et al (1992), and Patty et al (1991).…”

Section: Aircraft and Crew Schedule Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry

Barnhart

Belobaba

Odoni

2003

Transportation Science

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T his paper presents an overview of several important areas of operations research applications in the air transport industry. Specific areas covered are: the various stages of aircraft and crew schedule planning; revenue management, including overbooking and legbased and network-based seat inventory management; and the planning and operations of aviation infrastructure (airports and air traffic management). For each of these areas, the paper provides a historical perspective on OR contributions, as well as a brief summary of the state of the art. It also identifies some of the main challenges for future research.

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Section: Aircraft and Crew Schedule Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry

Barnhart

Belobaba

Odoni

2003

Transportation Science

236

121

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“…This impact is deeply significant when you consider that without revenue management and schedule-planning systems in the period 1990-2000, American Airlines would have been profitable in only one year, an all-time record year for profitability (Cook 2000). Other testimonials to the impact of optimization of the airline industry can be found in Yu et al (2003), Butchers et al (2001), Wiper et al (1994), Smith et al (1992), and Patty et al (1991).…”

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Airline Schedule Planning: Accomplishments and Opportunities

Barnhart

Cohn

2004

M&SOM

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P lagued by high labor costs, low profitability margins, airspace and airport congestion, high capital and operating costs, security and safety concerns, and complex and large-scale management and operations decisions, the airline industry has armed its planners with sophisticated optimization tools to improve decision making and increase airline profits. In this paper, we describe optimization approaches for airline schedule planning, demonstrating how optimization can facilitate the management of a diverse and finite set of expensive, highly constrained resources. We focus on the art and science of modeling and solving these problems, providing illustrative examples of the associated impacts and challenges, and highlighting effective techniques that might be applicable to problems arising in other industries.

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“…Nowadays, the rostering of pilots and cabin crew without such tools is unthinkable for all of the major airlines. In Butchers et al (2001), the authors estimate the annual savings of Air New Zealand to be around NZD 15 million, more than 6% of the annual estimated crew costs. Similarly, in Anbil et al (1991) annual savings in excess of USD 20 million are reported.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%