With a fleet of nearly 300 aircraft, Air Canada transports passengers to 250 destinations around the world. Air Canada is the tenth largest international carrier and employs 33,000 people worldwide, including 3,100 pilots. As a leader in global air transportation, including a top ranking by independent air safety consultants as the world’s safest airline, Air […]
Airlines with complex operations can no longer rely on software solutions that simply automate planning processes. While the number of aircraft is a factor, complexity can also be measured by how many aircraft and routes the airline operates, the rules and regulations they must abide by, and specialized factors such as language requirements. With so […]
Airlines of various sizes have the difficult and complex task of establishing and maintaining appropriate staffing levels, managing crewmember career progression, and effectively allocating training and vacation. As with most major airlines, manpower planning at Qantas – Australia’s nationally and internationally renowned carrier – is a highly challenging process. Prior to 2001, Qantas relied on […]
For an airline company, managing schedules is a mathematical puzzle. In fact, it is such a complex mathematical problem that it is impossible to solve perfectly. At Air Transat, for example, a company that employs thousands of people, one must take into account constraints from collective agreements, vacation time, and family obligations, without forgetting airport […]
Karen Mclennan, Chief Crew Planning, WestJet Karen Mclennan explains how WestJet increased operations efficiency and reduced crew related costs using AD OPT’s Crew Planning Optimization Solutions.
Tom Lonergan, Manager Ops Standardisation & Resourcing, Qantas Airways Altitude Insight streamlines resource planning and allocation processes to help airlines accurately forecast the impact of future events on manpower requirements, such as new aircraft deliveries and additional flight schedules, and gain rapid return on investment.
John Allarie, Director of Sales, AD OPT, explains how Altitude Crew Planning Solutions help airlines achieve true operational efficiency, reduce operational costs while increasing crewmember quality of life.
AD OPT is the leading provider of crew planning optimization solutions for the airline industry. See how AD OPT can help you streamline your operations and improve your crew members quality of life.
Cahiers du GERAD par Michel Gamache, François Soumis, Daniel Villeneuve, Jacques Desrosiers et Éric Gélinas Cet article décrit le problème de construction d’horaires mensuels personnalisés avec choix de préférences pour les membres d’équipage (pilotes et officiers) en transport aérien. Ce problème consiste à affecter aux membres d’équipage des rotations, des repos, des vacances, des entraînements, […]
Cahiers du GERAD par Richard Hicks, Richard Madrid, Chris Milligan, Robert Pruneau, Mike Kanaley, Yvan Dumas, Benoit Lacroix, Jacques Desrosiers et François Soumis Le marché des programmes de multipropriété est celui qui connaît la plus forte croissance dans l’industrie des avions d’affaires. Ce type d’opérations est complexe. En fait, il s’agit essentiellement d’une compagnie aérienne […]
Cahiers du GERAD par Jean-François Cordeau, Goran Stojković, François Soumis et Jacques Desrosiers Etant donné un ensemble de vols devant être couverts par un seul type d’avions, le problème simultané de routage d’avions et d’horaires d’équipages consiste à déterminer un ensemble d’itinéraires d’avion et de rotations d’équipage tels que chaque vol est couvert par un […]
Cahiers du GERAD par Nicolas Bélanger, Guy Desaulniers, François Soumis et Jacques Desrosiers Le problème d’affectation des types d’avions aux vols consiste à déterminer le choix le plus profitable pour un transporteur aérien quant au type d’avion à être affecté à chacun des vols d’un horizon donné. Nous proposons dans cet article une extension avec […]
More than ever, airlines risk potential losses in millions due to increased competition, technical innovation, and changes to international policy and industry practices. Even temporary disruptions to daily service can have a serious impact on the bottom line. Operations departments are under constant pressure to perform so that internal targets for growth and profitability can […]