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  • 13 September 2021 21:03 | David Foster (Administrator)

    The agenda for this year's Symposium can now be found at: Detailed Agenda Symposium 2021 

    The abstracts for the Technical Program are at: Technical Program Symposium 2021

  • 13 September 2021 15:08 | David Foster (Administrator)

    Professor John-Paul Clarke, a long-time member of AGIFORS who has twice served on the AGIFORS Council (as Communications Officer and Secretary) was appointed Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of Cayman Airways. His two-year appointment by the Cabinet of the Cayman Islands commenced on the 23rd of August. Professor Clarke is well known throughout the airline community for his expertise in the areas of airline schedule planning and operations control. Notably, he has been a fixture at the Airline Operations Study Group for many years. The current AGIFORS Council congratulates Professor Clarke on his appointment.

  • 23 August 2021 16:10 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)
    We are very happy to announce the first 2 recipients of the Ken Wang Scholars Program:
    • Dhandabani Srinivasan
    • Kevin Wang

    Both are invited to present their work and research objectives at the upcoming 2021 AGIFORS Symposium (check the Symposium page for more details).

  • 20 August 2021 09:21 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    From a total of 12 submitted articles the 2021 Anna Valicek Award Committee has selected the two finalists for the 2021 Anna Valicek Award:

    • Ingeborg de Pater, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands: “Predictive maintenance for multi-component systems of repairables with Remaining-Useful-Life prognostics and a limited stock of spare components”
    • Greta Laage, IVADO Labs & École Polytechnique de MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, Canada: “Assessing the Impact: Does an Improvement to a Revenue Management System Lead to an Improved Revenue?”

    As finalists, they will present their work at the upcoming 2021 AGIFORS Symposium (check the Symposium page for more details). Then, the AGIFORS Council will select the winner of the 2021 Anna Valicek Award.

  • 07 April 2021 15:11 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    AGIFORS’ Ken Wang Scholars Program is destined to recognize practitioners and researchers who are in the early stages of their careers and engaged in airline operations research. We invite you to submit your application before June 1st, 2021!

    Refer to the Ken Wang Scholars page for more details on the criteria and eligibility.


  • 07 April 2021 15:09 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    AGIFORS’ Anna Valicek Award competition is destined to recognize original and innovative research in the application of operations research to airline and/or airline related business problems. We invite you to submit your research paper before June 1st, 2021!

    Refer to the Anna Valicek page for more details on the criteria and eligibility.


  • 13 February 2021 12:16 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    If you want to stay in touch with AGIFORS topics, tune in to an episode of the INFORMS podcast Resoundingly Human featuring AGIFORS president Laurie Garrow! In the podcast, Laurie is explaining  ways airlines have pivoted and adapted to the challenges of the pandemic.

    https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2021.01.23p

    In addition to being featured in conjunction with OR/MS Today magazine online, the podcast is also available for download on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and Spotify. 


  • 30 January 2021 06:07 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    While 2021 is still very much a year full of iuncertainty due to COVID-19, we expect the year 2022 to be more stable and easy to plan for. Therefore, AGIFORS has already now fixed a date for the Symposium 2022, which will be held in person from 12SEP-16SEP. In the meantime, stay posted for updates on the 2021 Symposium as well as the Study Group conferences!

  • 10 January 2021 12:16 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    AGIFORS as well as the whole airline industry can look back at a year full of tremendous change - its impact, risks and opportunities explored in great depths in the 2020 Symposium. In the article "How COVID-19 is impacting and reshaping the airline industry" published in the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Laurie Garrow and Virginie Lurkin give an overview of key themes emerging in the key note addresses and RM panel discussions. Read the paper here in case you missed some of the discussions or in case you want to refresh your memory!

  • 10 December 2020 12:46 | Benedikt Zimmermann (Administrator)

    The proceedings of the 2020 Airline Operations Study Group meeting are available now to all our members. Have a look at all the exciting presentations!

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