O.R. Applications in the Aviation Sector
Faculty associates in research in this are
Prof T.P.Bagchi
and Prof Jayendran
Venkateswaran.
Research work has been initiated in the areas of
- Relationship of airline operating strategies and airport constraints,
including a broad based research project with National Aerospace
Laboratories, Bangalore on the issue of sizing, selection and impact of
passenger/freight aircraft capacity on the aviation service
network in India.
- Crew planning, including the positioning of crew at different
bases
on the service network to minimize costs of deployment of crew for a given
schedule.
- Airline cargo revenue management.