AGIFORS Airline Operations 2009
Maximizing Dependability and Efficiency

 

Conference Proceedings

Interactive Optimization for Schedule Recovery
Sven Grothklags - Lufthansa Systems   

Airlines Business Process Optimization
Goran Stojkovic - Jeppesen   

An Auction-Based Framework for Jointly Allocating Air Transportation
System Resources and Rescheduling Airline Operations

John-Paul Clarke - Georgia Institute of Technology   

Lessons learned in implementing a Slot Optimizer
Hakan Ergan - USAirways   

Keynote: Data Lies
Alan Butterfield - Air Canada

Keynote: Operations Control Technology Implementation
Martin Boyer - Air Canada   

Highlights from the Roadef Competition for Airline Schedule Recovery
Semi Gabteni – Amadeus   

Improving Crew Utilization and Cost Management via Health Checks
Jeffery Oboy - m2p Consulting   

Hub Control and Aircraft Turnaround Monitoring
Rainer Becker - INFORM GmbH   

Large Scale Diversion Management at American Airlines
Tim Niznik - American Airlines   

Maintenance Modeling Using Stochastic Lost Opportunity Costs
David Kraay - United Airlines   

Understanding Uncertainty of the Airline Operations
Sergey Tiourine - Jeppesen   

Airport Ground Operations Labor Transformation
Sadiq Gillani - Seabury Aviation and Aerospace   

Large Scale Disruption Recovery
Mourad Boudia - Amadeus   

Proactive Flight Gate Reassignment for Hub Airport Operations
Binod Maharjan - Texas Tech University   

Optimizing the use of Cost Index at Air Canada
Claude St-Martin - Air Canada   

OR's Involvement in Air Canada’s Fuel Reduction Initiatives
Karine Lacerte - Air Canada   

Disruption Management Passenger Re-accommodation Strategies
Bo Vaaben - Jeppesen   

Operational Challenges and the need for Integration
George Webster - Lufthansa Systems   

Predicting and Managing High Baggage Loads
Robin Riedel – Air Canada   

Efficient Utilization of National Air Transportation System Capacity
Vikrant Vaze - Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Conference Awards

Best innovation award - Optimizing the use of Cost Index at Air Canada
Claude St-Martin - Air Canada

Best presentation award - Large Scale Diversion Management at American Airlines
Tim Niznik - American Airlines

Please refer to previous years conference proceedings for a complete listing of technical talks given in the past at AGIFORS Airline Operations meetings.

2008 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007 - Denver, Colorado

2006 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2005 - Mainz, Germany

2004 - Washington, DC

2003 - Auckland, New Zealand

2002 - Rome, Italy

2001 - Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2000 - Budapest, Hungary
1999 - Istanbul, Turkey