Operations research techniques are extremely important tools for planning airline operations. However, much of the technical literature on airline optimization models is highly specialized and accessible only to a limited audience. Allied to this there is a concern among the operations research community that the materials offered in or courses at MBA or senior undergraduate business level are too abstract, outdated, and at times irrelevant to today's fast and dynamic airline industry. This book demystifies the operations and scheduling environment, presenting simplified and easy-to-understand models, applied to straightforward and practical examples. After introducing the key issues confronting operations and scheduling within airlines, "Airline Operations and Scheduling" goes on to provide an objective review of the various optimization models adopted in practice. Each model provides airlines with efficient solutions to a range of scenarios, and is accompanied by case studies similar to those experienced by commercial airlines. Using unique source material and combining interviews with alumni working at operations and scheduling departments of various airlines, this solution-orientated approach has been used on many courses with outstanding feedback. As well as having been comprehensively updated, this second edition of Airline Operations and Scheduling adds new chapters on fuel management systems, baggage handling, aircraft maintenance planning and aircraft boarding strategies. The readership includes graduate and undergraduate business, management, transportation, and engineering students; airlines training and acquainting new recruits with operations planning and scheduling processes; general aviation, flight school, International Air Transport Association (IATA), and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) training course instructors; and, executive jet, chartered flight, air-cargo and package delivery companies, and airline consultants.
Author(s): Massoud Bazargan
Edition: 2
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 303
Tags: Транспорт;Технология и организация перевозок;
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 12
Preface to Second Edition......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 20
Part I Planning Optimization......Page 24
2 Network Flows and Integer Programming Models......Page 26
3 Flight Scheduling......Page 50
4 Fleet Assignment......Page 60
5 Aircraft Routing......Page 80
6 Crew Scheduling......Page 102
7 Manpower Planning......Page 122
Part II: Operations and Dispatch Optimization......Page 130
8 Revenue Management......Page 132
9 Fuel Management System......Page 156
10 Airline Irregular Operations......Page 174
11 Gate Assignment......Page 190
12 Aircraft Boarding Strategy......Page 202
Part III: Computational Complexities and Simulation......Page 222
13 Computational Complexity, Heuristics, andSoftware......Page 224
14 Start-up Airline Case Study......Page 232
15 Manpower Maintenance Planning......Page 240
16 Aircraft Tow-tugs......Page 256
17 Runway Capacity Planning......Page 268
18 Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS)......Page 288
Index......Page 300