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withwithNetAdvisorNetAdvisor

Contact: Contact:

Ashish TripathyAshish Tripathy

Email: Email: [email protected]

Website: www.optimalnetsystems.comWebsite: www.optimalnetsystems.com

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What is NetAdvisor ?What is NetAdvisor ?

An integrated planning system with a suite of models An integrated planning system with a suite of models that can be customized to plan, optimize and simulate that can be customized to plan, optimize and simulate costs and revenue for an airline’s network operationscosts and revenue for an airline’s network operations

Key Functionalities of NetAdvisor:Key Functionalities of NetAdvisor: Generate optimized schedules and maintenance plans for Generate optimized schedules and maintenance plans for

airline fleetairline fleet Build optimized schedules, rosters, vacation and training plans Build optimized schedules, rosters, vacation and training plans

for crewsfor crews Perform integrated what-if analysis on strategic plans to Perform integrated what-if analysis on strategic plans to

expand network, add capacity and/or change business rulesexpand network, add capacity and/or change business rules Standardize the planning process to build consistent and Standardize the planning process to build consistent and

robust schedules from one month to the nextrobust schedules from one month to the next Perform market share analysis and suggest profitable Perform market share analysis and suggest profitable

itineraries based upon industry demand dataitineraries based upon industry demand data Maximize revenue generated from available resourcesMaximize revenue generated from available resources Minimize resource costs, idle time and the amount of Minimize resource costs, idle time and the amount of

resourcesresources Satisfy government imposed crew work-life regulationsSatisfy government imposed crew work-life regulations

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SuiteSuite

System Configuration: System Configuration: Configure NetAdvisor to set up specific fleet types, airports, Configure NetAdvisor to set up specific fleet types, airports, passenger/cargo demand types and planning horizon. Store, edit passenger/cargo demand types and planning horizon. Store, edit and retrieve data from a databaseand retrieve data from a database

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NetAdvisor SuiteNetAdvisor Suite

Demand and Revenue Demand and Revenue Management: Management: View, edit and group demand data, origin-destination pairs, cargo View, edit and group demand data, origin-destination pairs, cargo tons, passenger demand, cargo rates, passenger ticket rates and tons, passenger demand, cargo rates, passenger ticket rates and different demand categories such as economy and business class.different demand categories such as economy and business class.



Airport Database: Airport Database: Add and edit airport data such as geographical co-ordinates, time Add and edit airport data such as geographical co-ordinates, time zones, runway lengths and widths from NetAdvisor database.zones, runway lengths and widths from NetAdvisor database.



Slot Manager: Slot Manager: Use the slot manager to manage, input and edit arrival and Use the slot manager to manage, input and edit arrival and departure slots for specific airports. Slots can have a weekly departure slots for specific airports. Slots can have a weekly frequency to allow weekend exceptions, as well as a date range frequency to allow weekend exceptions, as well as a date range during which they applyduring which they apply.



Block Times: Block Times: Add and edit block time data, including break-up into taxi-out, Add and edit block time data, including break-up into taxi-out, flight and taxi-in times. Input variable block time for different time flight and taxi-in times. Input variable block time for different time periods of the year and by time-of-day.periods of the year and by time-of-day.



Aircraft Tail Management: Aircraft Tail Management: Add and edit individual aircraft tail number data. View the aircraft Add and edit individual aircraft tail number data. View the aircraft schedule itinerary generated by optimizer or manually by userschedule itinerary generated by optimizer or manually by user





Fleet Type: Fleet Type: Add many different fleet types to NetAdvisor database. Maintain Add many different fleet types to NetAdvisor database. Maintain and edit the data as needed. Add new fleets as your fleet and edit the data as needed. Add new fleets as your fleet composition changescomposition changes

Leg Daily View : Leg Daily View : Manage and view leg details in a fully dated view. View and edit Manage and view leg details in a fully dated view. View and edit daily tail number and crew assignments for each leg. Simulate daily tail number and crew assignments for each leg. Simulate manual assignments through the NetAdvisor’s financial module manual assignments through the NetAdvisor’s financial module and optimizer to asses network impact.and optimizer to asses network impact.



Leg Frequency View: Leg Frequency View: Manage legs to maintain weekly consistency and exceptionsManage legs to maintain weekly consistency and exceptions



Leg Editor: Leg Editor: Edit existing leg details and manage aircraft tail and crew Edit existing leg details and manage aircraft tail and crew assignments on legs. Change leg start and end times and assignments on legs. Change leg start and end times and simulate impact on operations and revenue through the simulate impact on operations and revenue through the integrated optimizerintegrated optimizer



Leg (New): Leg (New): Create new legs to simulate future changes in schedules. Enter Create new legs to simulate future changes in schedules. Enter some parameters of the leg and let the optimizer decide the most some parameters of the leg and let the optimizer decide the most optimal values for other parametersoptimal values for other parameters.



Minimum Turn Times: Minimum Turn Times: Customize fleet-specific turn times at airports to improve fleet Customize fleet-specific turn times at airports to improve fleet utilization and on-time performanceutilization and on-time performance

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SuiteSuite

Crew Members:Crew Members:Maintain a current database of crew members with details about Maintain a current database of crew members with details about their qualification, training and seniority. View, sort and edit data their qualification, training and seniority. View, sort and edit data as required.as required.



Crew Bases: Crew Bases: Maintain a current database of crew bases with detailed count of Maintain a current database of crew bases with detailed count of resident crews and company-preferred duty start times. Enter resident crews and company-preferred duty start times. Enter potential crew bases and let the optimizer pick the best locations potential crew bases and let the optimizer pick the best locations and the crew counts at each optimal baseand the crew counts at each optimal base



Crew Rules: Crew Rules: View all regulatory rules for domestic and international duties View all regulatory rules for domestic and international duties and standby crews. Parameterize the rules and use the crew and standby crews. Parameterize the rules and use the crew optimizer to perform what-if impact analysis for any changes in optimizer to perform what-if impact analysis for any changes in parameter values within specified constraintsparameter values within specified constraints



Aircraft Maintenance Rules: Aircraft Maintenance Rules: Customize aircraft maintenance rules to ensure safe operations Customize aircraft maintenance rules to ensure safe operations while using schedule optimization to efficiently utilize while using schedule optimization to efficiently utilize maintenance resources and reduce resource downtimemaintenance resources and reduce resource downtime



Crew Training Rules: Crew Training Rules: Enter Crew Training Rules to ensure timely renewal of license. Enter Crew Training Rules to ensure timely renewal of license. Satisfy new hire experience requirements while simultaneously Satisfy new hire experience requirements while simultaneously optimizing operating schedules. Parameterize rules to let optimizing operating schedules. Parameterize rules to let optimizer find best parameters if flexibility exists.optimizer find best parameters if flexibility exists.



Crew Availability Schedule: Crew Availability Schedule: Create optimal crew availability patterns for profit maximization Create optimal crew availability patterns for profit maximization while satisfying regulations. Schedule vacation and training while satisfying regulations. Schedule vacation and training simultaneouslysimultaneously



Crew Availability/Duty Schedule Crew Availability/Duty Schedule Editor: Editor: Use flexible editing capabilities to edit crew availability and Use flexible editing capabilities to edit crew availability and absences along with duty schedules. Editing can be used to absences along with duty schedules. Editing can be used to change optimizer generated solutions or to create alternatives for change optimizer generated solutions or to create alternatives for simulation and what-if analysis.simulation and what-if analysis.



Crew Availability Schedule (New Crew Availability Schedule (New Duty): Duty): Create new duty structures based upon crew preferences or Create new duty structures based upon crew preferences or operational requirements. Use the optimizer to fill in parameters operational requirements. Use the optimizer to fill in parameters that best fit the network and lead to optimal costs for the entire that best fit the network and lead to optimal costs for the entire network.network.



Schedule Graphics: Schedule Graphics: Use integrated graphical views that make it easy to view large Use integrated graphical views that make it easy to view large schedules in one glimpse, and resolve resource conflicts in time schedules in one glimpse, and resolve resource conflicts in time and constraint space. The graphics views are integrated with and constraint space. The graphics views are integrated with other editing, what-if analysis and financial modules.other editing, what-if analysis and financial modules.



Graphics (Zoom): Graphics (Zoom): Schedule graphics views have zoom-in and zoom-out capabilities Schedule graphics views have zoom-in and zoom-out capabilities so that the planner can view multi-day and intra-day views on the so that the planner can view multi-day and intra-day views on the same page. The planner can also view multiple-resource same page. The planner can also view multiple-resource schedules, such as aircraft and crew, simultaneously.schedules, such as aircraft and crew, simultaneously.



Crew Calendar: Crew Calendar: The crew calendar view integrates a crew’s roster and detailed The crew calendar view integrates a crew’s roster and detailed duty schedules into one summary view. This is useful to get a duty schedules into one summary view. This is useful to get a bird’s eye view of a crew member’s week and spot days on which bird’s eye view of a crew member’s week and spot days on which he/she could be used for daily schedule changes.he/she could be used for daily schedule changes.



Crew Duty View by Legs: Crew Duty View by Legs: View all legs flown in a crew’s duty with the ability to collapse the View all legs flown in a crew’s duty with the ability to collapse the duties of those crews that are not of interest while keeping open duties of those crews that are not of interest while keeping open the duties of select crews.the duties of select crews.



Aircraft and Unassigned Leg View: Aircraft and Unassigned Leg View: This feature shows the aircraft/crew schedules along with any unassigned This feature shows the aircraft/crew schedules along with any unassigned legs in one integrated timeline. Users can drag and drop unassigned legs legs in one integrated timeline. Users can drag and drop unassigned legs onto aircraft and crew schedules during irregular operations to repair a onto aircraft and crew schedules during irregular operations to repair a schedule. User can also assess impact of a schedule change on financials schedule. User can also assess impact of a schedule change on financials and rules.and rules.



Aircraft and Unassigned Leg View Aircraft and Unassigned Leg View (zoomed):(zoomed):Consistent with other graphics features, the aircraft and Consistent with other graphics features, the aircraft and unassigned leg view can be zoomed-in or zoomed-out, so as to unassigned leg view can be zoomed-in or zoomed-out, so as to view intra-day and multi-day schedules, all in one view.view intra-day and multi-day schedules, all in one view.



Multi-Day Schedule Multi-Day Schedule Generation: Generation: Use advanced mathematical programming optimizer of Use advanced mathematical programming optimizer of NetAdvisor to generate profit maximizing aircraft routes and crew NetAdvisor to generate profit maximizing aircraft routes and crew duties on available daysduties on available days



************************** ROUTE 00001 **************************

Aircraft Type: 757-200Financials: Cost $3122525.00 Profit $116609525.00 Margin 97.39 Efficiency 100.00 LiveHrs 297.38 DeadHrs 0.00

*************************** DUTY 1 *************************

Duty Start: 11-Apr-2008 09:11, Duty End: 11-Apr-2008 21:37, Duty Hrs: 12.43, Rest Hrs After Duty: 11.56

LIVE: 000000 MAA BOM 11-Apr-2008 09:56 FT101 RFB0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BOM DEL 11-Apr-2008 11:52 FT109 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 DEL BOM 11-Apr-2008 13:56 FT109 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BOM BLR 11-Apr-2008 16:00 FT157 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BLR MAA 11-Apr-2008 18:52 FT120 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0

*************************** DUTY 2 *************************

Duty Start: 12-Apr-2008 09:11, Duty End: 12-Apr-2008 21:37, Duty Hrs: 12.43, Rest Hrs After Prev Duty: 11.56

LIVE: 000000 MAA BOM 12-Apr-2008 09:56 FT101 RFB0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BOM DEL 12-Apr-2008 11:52 FT109 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 DEL BOM 12-Apr-2008 13:56 FT109 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BOM BLR 12-Apr-2008 16:00 FT157 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0 LIVE: 000000 BLR MAA 12-Apr-2008 18:52 FT120 RFL0 RTB0 _NONE_ 0

NetAdvisor: The futureNetAdvisor: The future



Gantt Chart based schedule editorsGantt Chart based schedule editors Web-based applicationWeb-based application More international scheduling More international scheduling

featuresfeatures Revenue management, Route Revenue management, Route

Strategy and Market Share modelingStrategy and Market Share modeling Real-Time operations control and Real-Time operations control and

recoveryrecovery

Staff Experience and LocationStaff Experience and Location

More than thirteen years of airline/banking More than thirteen years of airline/banking experience in the USAexperience in the USA

Experience includes two large US commercial Experience includes two large US commercial airlines, US private jet industry, a cargo start-up airlines, US private jet industry, a cargo start-up airline in India, and two large banks in the USAairline in India, and two large banks in the USA

Key expertise includes airline/banking business Key expertise includes airline/banking business planning and consulting, mathematical planning and consulting, mathematical programming based optimization algorithm programming based optimization algorithm development, stochastic processes and Monte development, stochastic processes and Monte Carlo simulation model development.Carlo simulation model development.

Headquarters in Chicago, USA.Headquarters in Chicago, USA. Development branch in Angul near Development branch in Angul near

Bhubaneswar, OrissaBhubaneswar, OrissaOptimal Network Systems - Optimal Network Systems -

NetAdvisor SuiteNetAdvisor Suite 3232

optimizing airline operations with netadvisor contact: ashish tripathy email:...

Documents

netadvisor database

netadvisor contact

block time data

group demand data

asses network impact

industry demand data

suite of models

passenger demand