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Airline Operations Study Group

Area of Interest

All aspects of Flight Operations, Ground Resources, and Maintenance are covered.

Flight Operations - These including dispatch, flight planning, flight watch, weather data provision, operations control, ground to air communications and integration with crew, schedules and maintenance planning. Gate allocation, slot control, ATC and airport management can also be covered. There is increasing use of simulation and expert systems, for the management of irregular operations.

Ground Resources - The use of management science techniques in reducing costs or increasing the effectiveness of manpower has been the concern of this group. Topics addressed include determination of operational manpower requirements, optimal task allocation, production of efficient roster patterns, planning of employment, annual leave, training, reward systems and strategic planning of recruitment.

Maintenance - Information systems for Maintenance & Engineering and Materials functions have been the focus of this study group. Areas of current interest include component control, aircraft records, maintenance planning, inventory systems, initial provisioning and parts tracking.

Contact
Communication regarding the Airline Operations Study Group should be sent to the chair.

AGIFORS Council - Study Groups Coordinator

Study Group Officers

Study Group Co-Chair

Timothy Niznik

Tim Niznik

Study Group Co-Chair

Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke

Next Meeting Information

2007	Host	www.united.com
	Airline Chair	Franklin Young, Principal
	Location	Denver, Colorado (USA)
	Date	20-24 May 2007
	Information	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2007

Past Meeting Proceedings

2006	Host	www.emirates.com
	Airline Chair	Martin Tomlinson, SVP Performance Development
	Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
	Date	07-10 May 2006
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2006
	Statistics	92 Participants/18 Airlines/12 Vendors/3 Universities

2005	Host	www.lufthansa.com
	Airline Chair	Axel Goos, System Manager
	Location	Mainz, Germany
	Date	18-21 May 2005
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2005
	Statistics	115 Participants/25 Airlines/16 Vendors/7 Universities

2004	Host	www.usairways.com
	Airline Chair	Ilhan Ince, Director - Operations Engineering, Planning & Analysis
	Location	Washington, DC (USA)
	Date	02-06 May 2004
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2004
	Statistics	100 Participants/16 Airlines/6 Vendors/6 Universities

2003	Host	www.airnz.co.nz
	Airline Chair	Eric Morgan, VP Network Logistics
	Location	Auckland, New Zealand
	Date	15-18 June 2003
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2003
	Statistics	60 Participants/10 Airlines/5 Vendors/5 Universities

2002	Host	www.alitalia.com
	Airline Chair	Beniamino Paoletti, Head of Operational Research Department
	Location	Rome, Italy
	Date	20-24 May 2002
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2002
	Statistics	110 delegates/17 Airlines/8 Vendors/5 Universities

2001	Host	www.airjamaica.com
	Airline Chair	Michael Irrgang, VP Operations Planning
	Location	Ocho Rios, Jamaica
	Date	13-17 May 2001
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2001
	Statistics	110 Participants/22 Airlines/13 Vendors

2000	Host	www.malev.hu
	Airline Chair	Janos Suga, Head of Operations Control MALEV
	Location	Budapest, Hungary
	Date	21-24 May 2000
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Airline Operations 2000
	Statistics	100 Participants/25 Airlines/10 Vendors

1999	Host	www.turkishairlines.com
	Airline Chair	Buket Engin
	Location	Istanbul, Turkey
	Date	18-21 April 1999
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Operations Control and Ground Resources 1999
	Statistics	70 Participants/17 Airlines/6 Vendors

1998	Host	www.continental.com
	Airline Chair	Doug Burnham
	Location	Houston, Texas USA
	Dates	10-12 February 1998
	Proceedings	AGIFORS Operations Control and Ground Resources 1998
	Statistics	83 Participants/21 Airlines/11 Vendors

1997		No meeting due to change in AGIFORS schedule

1996	Host	www.saa.co.za
	Airline Chair	Thierry Goor
	Location	Sun City, South Africa
	Dates	27-29 October 1996
	Statistics	Participants/ Airlines/3 Vendors