2003/11/01 by Cynthia Barnhart, Peter Belobaba, Amedeo R. Odoni · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Engineering · #Air Traffic Management and Optimization #Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends #Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
paper · doi:10.1287/trsc.37.4.368.23276
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This 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 leg-based 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.