The deregulation of air transportation was expected to have negative implications on regions with insufficient passenger demand to generate profits – regions where air transportation often plays a crucial role with respect to the mobility of people and goods, as well as to the development of...

In high frequency transit operations, randomness and incidents often result in highly irregular headways which can significantly decrease service quality. Deadheading is one commonly used real-time operations control strategy that can improve service quality in such situations. When a vehicle is...

Plagued by high labor costs, low profitability margins, airspace and airport congestion, high capital and operating costs, security and safety concerns, and complex and large-scale management and operations decisions, the airline industry has armed its planners with sophisticated optimization...

Airport demand management strategies have the potential to mitigate congestion and delays. However, the extent to which the delays can be reduced using such strategies is not clear. In this paper, we develop a bound on the minimum possible level of delays that can be achieved using these...