Airline Network Planning and Scheduling.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Section 1 -- Chapter 1 Brands of Airlines -- 1.1 Schedule Availability -- 1.1.1 Charter Airlines -- 1.1.2 Scheduled Airlines -- 1.2 Size and Domain of Service -- 1.2.1 Major Airlines -- 1.2.2 National Airlines -- 1.2.3 Regional Airlines -- 1.3 Business Model -- 1.3.1 Legacy Airlines (or Mainline) -- 1.3.2 Low‐cost Airlines -- 1.3.3 Ultralow‐cost Airlines -- 1.4 Ownership -- 1.4.1 Public or State Ownership -- 1.4.2 Private Ownership -- 1.5 Network Structure -- 1.5.1 Hub and Spoke -- 1.5.2 Point‐to‐Point -- 1.5.3 Hybrid -- 1.6 Transport Service Type -- 1.6.1 Cargo Airlines -- 1.6.2 Passenger and Cargo Airlines -- 1.7 Network Coverage -- 1.7.1 Domestic -- 1.7.2 International -- Chapter 2 Airline Network Structure -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Time Bank -- 2.3 Advantages of the Hub‐and‐spoke Network -- 2.3.1 Better Network Coverage -- 2.3.2 Mixed Portfolio of Passenger Demand -- 2.3.3 Dominance at the Hub -- 2.3.4 Economy of Scale Operations at the Hub -- 2.4 Limitations of the Hub‐and‐spoke Network -- 2.4.1 Congestion at the Hub -- 2.4.2 Schedule Vulnerability to Disruption at the Hub -- 2.4.3 Extended Ground Time for Resources -- Chapter 3 Airline Schedule Planning Decisions -- 3.1 Definitions -- 3.1.1 Demand Forecasting and Competition Analysis -- 3.1.2 Served Markets -- 3.1.3 Flight Frequency -- 3.1.4 Flight Departure/Arrival Time -- 3.1.5 Fleet Assignment -- 3.1.6 Aircraft Schedule -- 3.1.7 Crew Schedule -- 3.1.8 Gate Assignment -- 3.1.9 Other Resources -- 3.2 Relationships Among Scheduling Decisions -- 3.2.1 Flight Frequency and Fleet Assignment -- 3.2.2 Departure Time and City‐pairs -- 3.2.3 Departure Time and Demand -- 3.2.4 Fleet Assignment and Flight Arrival Time -- 3.2.5 Fleet Assignment and Flight Departure Time