IT – OPERATIONS: Crew planning gets trickier

Article featured in Low-Fare & Regional Airlines magazine, where John Allarie, Director of sales at AD OPT shares valuable insight on crew planning optimization.

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Henry Canaday Reports on the responses from IT providers to new rules and regulations relating to crew scheduling and management. Click here to learn more.

Kronos® and CIRCADIAN® Offer Fatigue Management Tool to Airlines

CHELMSFORD, Mass. and MONTREAL, Oct. 27, 2010 — Kronos^® Incorporated today announced that the Kronos AD OPT division has formed a relationship with CIRCADIAN^® which allows  Kronos to offer a state-of-the-art fatigue and alertness module fully integrated with its market-leading airline crew planning, management, and optimization solutions.

Etihad Airways selects Kronos to Improve Operational Efficiency

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with leading workforce management software provider, Kronos Incorporated, to automate and optimize planning and management processes for its 3,900 cabin and flight crew members.

Mesaba Airlines Extends its Use of Altitude PBS™ to Improve Operational Efficiency and Maximize Crew Satisfaction

Optimal crew scheduling process helps regional airline stay competitive
Montreal, Canada, May 6, 2008 — Mesaba Airlines, a pioneer in adopting technology to improve operational efficiency, crew satisfaction, and passenger service is enhancing the use of its current crew planning system from Kronos® Incorporated to effectively manage the schedules of its pilots.

Air Canada Selects Altitude MPP™ from Kronos®

CHELMSFORD, Mass. and Montreal, March 24, 2008 — In an effort to strategically plan cost-effective and qualified crew manpower levels, Air Canada Flight Operations has selected Altitude MPP™ (Manpower Planning) from Kronos® Incorporated. This new implementation complements the airline’s use of Altitude PBS™ (Preferential Bidding System), which automates and optimizes the crew scheduling process for the pilot group. The combined solution from Kronos enables more efficient use of resource allocation by enhancing planning capabilities, employee satisfaction, and cost efficiencies.

easyJet Automates and Optimizes Crew Pairings with Kronos®

Powerful optimization technology and consulting approach key for low-cost carrier

CHELMSFORD, Mass. and MONTREAL, Jan. 21, 2008 — Europe’s leading low-cost carrier, easyJet, has selected the Altitude Pairing™ solution from Kronos® Incorporated to improve its current crew planning processes. Altitude Pairing, developed by the AD OPT Division within Kronos, will provide easyJet planners and management with tools to understand the entire planning process in an effort to build cost-effective and operations-friendly pairings, while respecting company rules and regulations.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Selects Kronos(R)

CHELMSFORD, Mass. and MONTREAL–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 5, 2007–Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW) has selected the Altitude Pairing(TM) solution from Kronos(R) Incorporated (Nasdaq: KRON) to provide crew planning optimization for its subsidiary airlines, Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo. The Altitude Pairing airline crew management solution is designed to make the most efficient use of an airline’s crewmember and equipment resources. The result is enhanced operational efficiency for the airline and an improved ability to meet its customers’ short-term shipment requests.