Cathay Pacific: Operations Management in Action

OM in Action 2014
Today’s Speaker: Mr. David Brown
Manager, Operations Services
Cathay Pacific Airways
Topic & Issues:
Cathay Pacific: Operations Management in Action
Airlines are constantly striving to maximize profits in a
highly competitive environment. However, effective
management of the business is extremely complex
because decisions often have to be made in an
environment that is acutely affected by temporal,
spatial, and conditional factors that greatly affect realtime, economic decision making. This talk takes a look
at the various behind-the-scene aspects of managing
the business where operations management
techniques can be employed effectively.
This presentation is brought to you by the BBA-OM program.
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Mr. David Brown
Career
• About 20 years in airline flight operations management and
control
• Currently Manager of Operations Services at Cathay Pacific,
responsible for flight planning and navigation, flight dispatch,
and operations engineering
Academic Background
• MTech Knowledge Engineering, National University of Singapore
• MBA (Finance), San Francisco State University
• BSc Marketing, Golden Gate University, San Francisco
Operations Management in Action
Overview
The Airline Business
Fleet Planning
Resource Scheduling
Yield & Inventory Management
Ground Operations
Flight Operations
Key Financial Performance Indicators
ATK - Available Tonnes Kilometers
RTK - Revenue Tonnes Kilometers
a measure of capacity
a measure of production
Income
Revenues
RTK
Expenses
ATK
RTK
ATK
ATK
Profit
Yield
Load Factor
Cost
Production
compared to
capacity
Transportation Network
Hub & Spoke Operation
Range of Modern commercial Jets
A320 (3,700 km)
A330-300 (11,300 km)
B777- 300ER (14,490 km)
Service Supply Chain
Purchasing the
most cost-effective
aircraft for the network
Fleet
Planning
Match capacity
with demand to
optimize yield
Flight
Scheduling
Optimize
resource utilization
Sales &
Reservation
Minimize turn time
by effective coordination
of multiple tasks
Passenger
Acceptance
Minimize queuing
and processing time
Pre-Flight
Preparation
Efficient collection
of data for analysis &
performance measurement
Flight
Operation
Post-Flight
Processing
Minimize operating
cost without compromising
safety and security standards
Fleet Planning
Long Term Planning
• Buying The Right Aircraft for the Network Structure
Medium-Short Term Planning
• Optimize Utilization of Aircraft to Flights
• Optimize Assignment of Capacity to Demand
Payload vs. Range
Payload
Zero Fuel Weight (ZFW)
Take-Off Weight (TOW)
Max Fuel Tank Capacity
(MTC)
Range
Resource Scheduling
Aircraft 1
HKG
+ 00:01 387
02:10
504
Aircraft 2
Aircraft 3
- 00:03
Aircraft 4
+ 00:30
07:00
110
11:05
+00:16
11:30
HKG
HKG
HKG
451
111
HKG
TPE
408
09:00
838
D Check Maintenance
Aircraft 6
-00:07
05:00
261
CDG
Aircraft 8
Aircraft 9
HKG
07:15
00:20
06:20
255
450
TPE
LHR
04:45
HKG
Aircraft 11
251
02:20
410
05:40
+ 00:13
05:05
HKG
MAN
07:45
701
07:45
LHR
10:35
BKK
12:30
BKK
11:50
702
14:35
4A1 & A
NRT
HKG
SEL
CDG
261
07:00
450
+00:03
06:00
250
MAN
261
01:00 #2 ENG HI N2 VIBS. MADD 239. +
Aircraft 7
Aircraft 12
TPE
11:00
104
Aircraft 5
Aircraft 10
451
HKG
+00:05
02:40
MEL
06:55
HKG
06:00
104
NRT
05:55
08:45
HKG
SEL
08:45
505
466
411
13:45
TPE
12:35
HKG
467
HKG
Film Shoot for BBC 0900 - 1700
HKG
HKG
Yield & Inventory Management
Pricing
Model
Sales
d- 90
Demand Driven Dispatch
Schedule
d-7
Schedule
d0
Revenue
Match
demand to inventory
inventory = demand
demand > inventory
demand < inventory
demand = inventory
Cost
Ground Operations
Arrival
Departure
Turn Time
Passenger
Deplaning
Toilet
Servicing
Cargo/Bag
Offload
Routine
Maintenance
Catering
Offload
Cabin
Cleaning
Crew
Boarding
Catering
Uplift
Security
Check
Passenger
Boarding
Cargo/Bag
Uplift
Door
Close
Fuelling
Pre-Flight
Preparation
Departure
Clearance
Cost of On-Time Performance
Cost
OTP
Delay
Delay
OTP
OTP
80.9 %
51.2 %
82 %
52.6 %
77.4 %
2010
2011
47.8 %
Year
2012
Within 15 minutes of STD
Year
2010
2011
2012
On - the - Dot
Customer Processing Time
Potential Efficiency = ƒ(degree of customer contact)
Single channel, Single phase
Multi channel, Single phase
Channel – number of servers
Phase – number of steps in the service
Multi channel, multi phase
Phases of a Flight
Cruise
Climb
Take-Off
Descent & Approach
Landing
Flight Planning
HKG Flight Information Region & Airways
24ºN
N
W
E
BEKOL
DOTMI
S
TAIPEI
FIR
TAMOT
MAGOG
ELATO
22ºN
ENVAR
KILOG
SIERRA
KAPLI
SIKOU
GUANGZHOU FIR
NOMAN
20ºN
IDOSI
MANILA FIR
DUMOL
EPDOS
DAGON
SABNO
ENBOK
DULOP
IKELA
EPKAL
18ºN
SANYA AOR
DOSUT
110º E
112º E
114º E
116º E
118º E
Routes To & From S.E Asia
24ºN
N
W
E
S
TAIPEI
FIR
22ºN
GUANGZHOU FIR
20ºN
MANILA FIR
IDOSI
DUMOL
EPDOS
DAGON
ENBOK
DULOP
IKELA
EPKAL
18ºN
SANYA AOR
DOSUT
110º E
112º E
114º E
116º E
118º E
Wind Plot Chart
LAX
HKG
Basic Element of A Flight Plan
Flight Levels
Weather
Conditions
for Take-Off
Airways
Wind Speed & Direction
Fuel Log
SID & STAR
Visibility
Fuel Consumption
Routing
En-route
Winds
Destination
Weather
for Landing
Available
Alternate
Total Fuel
Required
for Flight
Allowable
Payload
Temperature
Head Winds
Availability
Passengers
Air Pressure
Tail Winds
Visibility
Baggage
Wind Speed & Direction
Cargo
Wind Speed & Direction
Average Fuel Statistics by Aircraft Type
Aircraft Type
Average Burn Off / Hour
Boeing 777 - 300
7000 kgs
Boeing 747- 400
10,000 kgs
Airbus 330-300
5500 kgs
Airbus 340-300
6500 kgs
Measuring Fuel Mileage
FUEL MILEAGE =
DISTANCE TRAVELLED
FUEL USED
FUEL MILEAGE =
AIRSPEED
FUEL FLOW
Developing a Cost Index
Crew,
Maintenance,
Delay, Etc.
Fuel Price,
Burn Off
Fuel
Related
Cost
Time
Related
Cost
Relationship Between Fuel & Time Cost
Fuel Cost
Time Cost
CI
N.B. Time cost varies from airline to airline
CI
Calculating Cost Index
How Do We Calculate the Cost Index ?
TIME COST
COST INDEX =
FUEL COST
Unit of Measure : KG/MIN or 100 LB/HR
Managing Goals
Business
Goals
Constraints
&
Choices
Operational
Goals
Thank You