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Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
cbarnhart{at}mit.edu
belobaba{at}mit.edu
arodoni{at}mit.edu

This paper presents an overview of several important areas of operations research applications in the air transport industry. Specific areas covered are: the various stages of aircraft and crew schedule planning; revenue management, including overbooking and leg–based and network–based seat inventory management; and the planning and operations of aviation infrastructure (airports and air traffic management). For each of these areas, the paper provides a historical perspective on OR contributions, as well as a brief summary of the state of the art. It also identifies some of the main challenges for future research.

History: Received: June 2003; revised: July 2003; accepted: August 2003.

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