A classification and literature survey on aviation management

Abstract

Aviation or air transportation refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flights in the airlines and the aircraft industries. In this paper, we present a recent literature survey on aviation management. The literature review is classified into the following main categories: Airline Capacity Analysis; Air Traffic Flow Management; Airline Fleet Assignment; Tail Assignment with Aircraft Maintenance Routing; Airline Crew Pairing; Airline Recovery and Rescheduling; Airline Revenue Management; Collaborative Decision Making; Aircraft Scheduling. This classification aims to motivate the researchers and practitioners in aviation management to develop more applicable, realistic and wide-ranging optimization methodologies for meeting the current needs of aviation industry.