Impact of the Organizational Structure on Airline Operations

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2010

Authors

Nuno Machado (Author) FEUP; António J. M. Castro (Author) FEUP; Eugénio Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the ITSC 2010 Workshop on Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation (ATSS'2010

ITSC 2010 Workshop on Artificial Transportation Systems and Simulation (ATSS'2010

Funchal, Madeira, 19 a 22 Setembro de 2010

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper introduces work practice modeling and simulation as a mean to assess and evolve the airline organizational structure performance. It departs from the empirical knowledge conveyed through interviews with airline operators and builds an analytical infrastructure geared towards evaluating the current and hypothetical organizational structures. To better reproduce the operational control challenges faced by airline companies it uses real pre and post operational data containing scheduled flights, delay codes and aircraft and crew osters. By the end of the research study, the simulation of the same operational scenario across four distinct organizational structures demonstrated improvements up to 15% in disruption handling time and up to 21% in collaborator stress.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific