Hitit Awarded First Prize At 31st National Operations Research Industrial Engineering Congress
Hitit’s Crane Crew (airline crew planning) system was awarded first prize at the 31st National Operations Research Industrial Engineering Congress: Solutions Awards. Hitit was selected ahead of other strong finalists; Bosch, Arcelik and Karmetal.
The award was given for the Automated Crew Rostering Module, an optimization module which was developed in partnership with Crane Crew launch client Pegasus Airlines and research academia from the Bosphorous University in Istanbul. The Automated Crew Rostering Module which took two years to develop, went live at Pegasus Airlines in December 2010. With the use of the advanced optimazation module, airlines will be able to more effectively utilize resources by planning rosters automatically on a monthly basis.
In awarding 1st place to Hitit, Associate Professor Dr. Can Akkan stated that apart from the obvious benefits of the module, the solution was deemed by the jury to provide an excellent example of academic and industrial cooperation in developing innovative solutions
For more info about the project please visit http://www.yaem2011.org/
The Frequent Traveler Awards / FFP Spring Event , will be held in New York at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel, 27 – 29 April 2011. Hitit Director for Marketing & Sales, Mustafa Ozalcin will be present, participating in a panel discussing the issue of “Loyalty - For Love or for Money?”.
The inaugural FTA event last year saw Hitit client Kingfisher Airlines pick up several awards for the King Club frequent flyer program.
This year’s event will include keynote presentations by Randy Peterson, and Patrick Murphy, former Chairman of Ryanair, as well as a Loyalty “Lions Den”, hosted by Michael Smith.
The FTA Awards Gala Dinner ceremony will be hosted by veteran actor, Robert Wuhl.
The event closes on 29th April with Randy Petersen's First Annual Travel Executive Luncheon. If you haven’t already registered you can do so by clicking here.