2011 INFORMS Annual Meeting Keynote Presentation:

The Airlines' Evolving Revenue Models: Current Practice and Future Developments

2011 Keynote Presentation

- by Scott Nason, Former Vice President of Revenue Management at American Airlines.

2008 INFORMS Annual Meeting Panel Discussion: Where Will Fuel Prices Go and How Can OR Help the Airline Industry Respond?

IATA has predicted airline losses of up to $6.1 billion this year at current oil prices. At the 64th Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit in Istanbul, IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani spoke about an "extraordinary crisis" faced by the airlines brought on by soaring fuel prices and slowing traffic growth. Is there anything that operations research can do? This panel of experts tried to answer this and related questions. The panel was moderated by Stefan Karisch from Jeppesen, and the panelists were as follows:

• Erik Andersson, Jeppesen: Anderson
• James Bonn, Federal Aviation Administration
• John-Paul Clarke, Georgia Institute of Technology
• John Heimlich, Air Transport Association: Heimlich
• Krishnan Saranathan, United Airlines: Saranathan

2007 INFORMS Annual Meeting Panel Discussion: Research Challenges in Aviation

The panel discussion addressed current research challenges in aviation. Representatives from industry, regulators, suppliers, and academia presented current and future challenges for the research community, and engaged the audience in a discussion. The panelists were as follows:

• Michael Ball, Professor, University of Maryland: Michael Ball
• Amy Cohn, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan: Amy Cohn
• Timothy Jacobs, Director, American Airlines: Timothy Jacobs
• Barry Smith, Chief Scientist, Sabre Holdings: Barry Smith

2005 INFORMS Annual Meeting Research Clinic

The presentations of the panelists can be accessed below:

• Erik Andersson, Carmen Systems: Anderson Panel
• Jim Diamond, American Airlines: Jim Diamond
• Glenn Roberts, MITRE/CAASD: click here for presentation

FAA - NEXTOR - INFORMS Symposium, Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center, June 2-5, 2003.

INFORMS Aviation Sessions on Operations Research Presentations

• A Computational Study of Benders Decomposition for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Scheduling Problem, A Computational Study of Benders Decomposition for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Scheduling Problem, A Computational Study of Benders Decomposition for the Integrated Aircraft Routing and Crew Scheduling Problem, A. Mercier, J.-F. Cordeau and F. Soumis, GERAD and Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
• Efficiency and Equity Tradeoffs in Rationing Airport Arrival Slots - Preliminary Results, Taryn Butler, Robert Hoffman, Ph.D. Metron Aviation, Inc., Herndon, Virginia
• Dominance and Indifference in Airline Planning Decisions, Amy Mainville Cohn, KoMing Liu, and Shervin Beygi, University of Michigan
• New Approaches to Improving the Robustness of Airline Schedules, John-Paul Clarke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Incorporating Weather Uncertainty in Airport Arrival Rate Decisions, Joyce W. Yen, Zelda B. Zabinsky, Catherine A. Serve, University of Washington, Industrial Engineering ATM Group
• Virtual Hubs: A Case Study, Michelle Karow, John-Paul Clarke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Evaluation of an Auction Mechanism for Allocating Airport Arrival Slots, Eric J. Colankeril, William Hall, John-Paul Clarke
• Robust Airline Crew Pairing Optimization, Diego Klabjan, Sergei Chebalov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• A Robust Fleet Assignment Model with Hub Isolation and Short Cycles, Jay Rosenberger, the University of Texas at Arlington