Ahmed F Abdelghany

Dr. Ahmed Abdelghany is the associate dean for research at the David B. O'Maley College of Business. Dr. Abdelghany also holds the position of professor of operations management in the college. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Abdelghany worked for several years within the information services division (enterprise optimization) of United Airlines, Chicago. Abdelghany has a Doctorate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Civil Engineering, Transportation Systems (2001).

He authored two books on the airline industry, titled Modeling Applications in the Airline Industry (Routledge, 2010) and Airline Network Planning and Scheduling (Wiley, 2018). He also has several publications in the area of airline management, operations and competition analysis, transportation planning and simulation of complex systems in several journals including the European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Research, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Annals of Operations Research, Air Transportation Management, International Journal of Revenue Management, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Public Transportation and the Air Traffic Control Quarterly.

Dr. Abdelghany participates in several research and consulting projects on commercial airlines, including Big Data Cloud Computing on AWS, Next Generation Air Transportation Systems (NextGen) and the simulation of complex transportation systems in the U.S. and overseas. Dr. Abdelghany also participates in teaching several short courses for professionals in the airline and transportation industry.

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• Press and Media Interviews:
• Press: Fourth of July Travel: Why Your Flight Cancellation or Delay Is Inevitable, The Wall Street Journal, July 4th, 2023
• Press: Southwest Airlines' meltdown may signal travel drama ahead, Los Angeles Times, January 26th, 2023.
• Press: Travelers With Food Allergies Fight for Early Boarding, The Wall Street Journal, January 15th, 2023.
• Press: Experts say old tech could be responsible for FAA outage that caused thousands of delays, USA Today, January 12th, 2023.
• Miami escapes upheaval at other American Airlines hubs. Few cancellations expected, Miami Herald, June 22, 2021
• Press: Best Airlines of 2023, eTurboNews, April 19th, 2023
• Press: Air Travelers Have More to Complain About, National Public Radio (NPR) February 10, 2007
• Press: Frustrations continue Monday for Southwest passengers after mass cancellations this weekend
• What's next for airlines as they are projected to lose $300B by the end of 2020? Fox10, Phoenix, May 1st, 2020
• Trump's Europe Travel Ban Delivers Another Blow to Airlines, March 13th, 2020
• The practice of airport and airline route development, International Airport Review, February 19th, 2020
• CAN THE WEST BE WON? Jacksonville has long hoped for direct flights to the West Coast. Fasten your seat belts as we dive into the challenge of getting them., February 7th, 2020
• Hawaiian’s Boeing 717s will fly for at least five more years. Then what?,. February 1st, 2020
• The return of the legendary US airline you've probably never heard of, 21st January 2020
• Big data method more accurately predicts air traveler choices, Daily Travel News, Oct 2nd, 2019.
• Southwest is ditching Newark airport. Will other flights cost more?, NJ.com, July 25, 2019.
• Lingering questions about the 737 Max cost Tampa its flights to Iceland, Tampa Bay Times, June 18th, 2019.
• Press: The FAA Wants To Create New 'Highways In The Sky' Over Florida,APR 26th, 2019
• Press: Airline threats to cancel Boeing MAX orders may just be a bargaining tactic, Seattle Times, March 22nd 2019
• Biometric screening at airports is spreading fast, but some fear the face-scanning systems, NBC News, March 14, 2019
• Boeing Grounding Affects Six Airlines At Orlando International, WMFE, March 14, 2019
• BOEING'S GROUNDED 737S WON'T CAUSE MASSIVE FLIGHT DELAYS, Wired, March 13, 2019
• Will Boeing 737 Max 8 Groundings Cause Flight Cancellations or Delays? Here's What You Should Know, Time, Mar 12, 2019
• Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft still flying to and from Indianapolis on Southwest after deadly crashes, Indystar, March 12, 2019
• 'A Big Question Mark.' Is the Boeing 737 MAX 8 Safe?, Time, March 10, 2019
• What you need to know about the 737 MAX and the flight control system suspected in the Lion Air crash November 16, 2018
• Getting and keeping intrastate flights isn't easy for Southwest Florida International Airport, November 2, 2018
• After almost shutting down, Frontier Airlines tried to reinvent itself. Has it worked?, Denver Business Journal, August 30, 2018
• Press: Terms for Paris flight's incentives deal show Delta's confidence in Indy market, Indiana Business Journal, April 27, 2018
• Press: United Airlines debacle: Was a 'random' computer search really to blame?, April 12, 2017
• Press: Japan is building planes. Think less fuel, like its cars, E&E News, Friday, March 31, 2017
• Lessons learned from data center outages, but still a long trip ahead, TechTarget, February 10, 2017
• Press: Orlando airport squares off with Melbourne over name, Orlando Sentinel, January 24th, 2017.
• Press: Airline Technology Glitches Annoy And Delay Customers, January 24, 2017
• Press: Gun seizures soar 69 percent at Orlando airports, Orlando Sentinel-Dec 22, 2016
• Press: Delta CEO Turns the Page on Massive Outage, But Reveals Larger Challenges, Times Square Investment Journal, Oct 20, 2016
• Press: Will airline tech turbulence delay holiday flights?, Chicago Tribune-Oct 5, 2016
• Press: How a Computer Outage Can Take Down a Whole Airline, WIRED-Aug 8, 2016
• Press: Delta System Failure Marks Wake-Up Call for Airline Industry, Bloomberg-Aug 10, 2016
• Press: Southwest, Delta outages raise questions about airline systems, Orlando Sentinel-Aug 24, 2016
• Press: What Is Causing Airline Computers to Shut Down?, Voice of America (blog)-Aug 11, 2016
• Press: Orlando airport reports longer security lines as TSA weathers national scrutiny, Orlando Sentinel-May 27, 2016
• Press: Delta is just the latest airline to have a massive system failure, Minnesota Public Radio News-Aug 9, 2016
• Press: Low-frequency air carriers come with cheap seats, some risks, Orlando Sentinel-Mar 31, 2016
• Press: Politics U.S. Postal Service losing tens of millions annually subsidizing shipments to Alaska, Washington Post-Jun 29, 2014
• Press: Changes at D/FW Airport aren’t expected for a year or more, The Dallas Morning News Feb 15, 2013
• Press: Flying Late, Arriving Light, The Washington Post Feb 8, 2007

Books:

Airline Network Planning and Scheduling

http://www.wiley-vch.de/en/?option=com_eshop&view=product&isbn=978-1-119-27586-2

ISBN-13: 978-1119275862

Wiley, December 2018

Modeling Applications in the Airline Industry

https://www.routledge.com/Modeling-Applications-in-the-Airline-Industry/Abdelghany-Abdelghany/p/book/9780754678748

ISBN: 978-0-7546-7874-8

Routledge, January 2010

• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., & Guzhva, V. S. (2024). Schedule-level optimization of flight block times for improved airline schedule planning: A data-driven approach. Journal of Air Transport Management, 115, 102535.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., & Azadian, F. (2023). The airline seat capacity allocation problem: An expected marginal profit approach. Journal of Air Transport Management, 112, 102465.
• Abdelghany, A., Guzhva, V. S., & Abdelghany, K. (2023). The limitation of machine-learning-based models in predicting airline flight block time. Journal of Air Transport Management, 107, 102339.
• Abdelghany, A., & Guzhva, V. S. (2022). Exploratory analysis of air travel demand stimulation in first-time served markets. Journal of Air Transport Management, 98, 102162.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., & Huang, C. W. (2021). An integrated reinforced learning and network competition analysis for calibrating airline itinerary choice models with constrained demand. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 1-21.
• Abdelghany, A., Mahmassani, H., Abdelghany, K., Al-Ahmadi, H., & Alhalabi, W. (2019). Incidents in high-volume elongated crowd facilities: A simulation-based study. Simulation, 95(9), 823-843.
• Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., Mahmassani, H., & Kaysi, I. (2018). Equitable Access to Services in Large-Scale Pedestrian Facilities. Transportation Research Record, 2672(35), 79-89.
• Abdelghany, A., Khaled Abdelghany, and Farshid Azadian (2017). "Airline Flight Schedule Planning under Competition." Computers & Operations Research, Volume 87, November 2017, Pages 20-39.
• Verbas, İ. Ö., Abdelghany, A., Mahmassani, H. S., & Elfar, A. (2016). Integrated Optimization and Simulation Framework for Large-Scale Crowd Management Application. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2560), 57-66.
• Hashemi, Hossein, Khaled F. Abdelghany, and Ahmed F. Abdelghany. "A multi-agent learning approach for online calibration and consistency checking of real-time traffic network management systems." Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics (2016): 1-21.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., & Mahmassani, H. (2016). A hybrid simulation-assignment modeling framework for crowd dynamics in large-scale pedestrian facilities. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 86, 159-176.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, H., & Alhalabi, W. (2014). Modeling framework for optimal evacuation of large-scale crowded pedestrian facilities. European Journal of Operational Research, 237(3), 1105-1118.
• Guzhva, V., Abdelghany, A. and Lipps, T. (2014) " Experimental approach to NextGen benefits estimation: A case of single-airline Aircraft Arrival Management System", Journal of Air Transport Management, 35, pp 108-116.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, H., and Al-Zahrani, A. (2012) “Dynamic Simulation Assignment Model for Pedestrian Movements in Crowded Networks”, Transportation Research Record No. 3254, pp 95-101.
• Abdelghany, A., Guzhva, V. and Srinivasan, K. (2011), “Addressing and Benchmarking Variations in Airport Demand in the U.S. Domestic Market”, Transportation Research Record No. 2214, pp 20-26.
• Abdelghany, A. and Guzhva, V. (2010) “A Time-Series Modeling Approach for Airport Short-Term Demand Forecasting”, Journal of Airport Management, Vol 5, No. 1, pp 72-87.
• Hassan, A., Abdelghany, K. and Abdelghany A. (2010) “Modeling Framework for Evaluating Airline Schedule Sensitivity to Airport Congestion Pricing”, Transportation Research Record, No. 2177, pp 33-40.
• Abdelghany, A. and Guzhva, V. (2010) "Analyzing Airlines Market Service using Panel Data", Journal of Air Transport Management, 16, pp 20-25.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, Al-Ahmadi, H., and Halabi, W. (2010), “Modeling the Evacuation of Large-Scale Crowded Pedestrians Facilities”, Transportation Research Record No. 2198, pp 152-160.
• Hassan, A., Abdelghany, K. and Abdelghany A. (2009) “Modeling Framework for Airline Competition in the U.S. Domestic Market”, Transportation Research Record, No. 2106, pp 47-56.
• Abdelghany, A., Sattayalekha, W. and Abdelghany, K., (2009) "On Airlines Code-share Optimisation: A Modelling Framework and Analysis", International Journal of Revenue Management, Volume 3, Number 3, pp 307-330.
• Abdelghany, A. and Abdelghany, K., (2008) “A Micro-Simulation Approach for Airlines Competition Analysis and Demand Modeling”, International Journal of Revenue Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 287-306.
• Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., and Ekollu, G. (2008) “An Integrated Decision Support Tool for Airlines Schedule Recovery during Irregular Operations”, European Journal of Operational Research 185, pp 825-848.
• Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., Niznik, T. (2007), “Managing Severe Airspace Flow Programs: the Airlines’ Side of the Problem”, Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 329-337.
• Abdelghany, A. (2007) “Methodology for Comparative Analysis to Evaluate Air Travel Service in Alaska”, Transportation Research Record No. 1996, pp 83-91.
• Abdelghany, A. and Abdelghany, K., (2007) “Evaluating Airlines Ticket Distribution Strategies: A Simulation-based Approach”, International Journal of Revenue Management, Vol. 1, No.3, pp 231-246.
• Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, H., and Abdelghany, A., (2007), “A Modeling Framework for Bus Rapid Transit Operations Evaluation and Service Planning”, Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp 571-591.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K. (2006), “Modeling Air-Carrier’s Portfolio of Business Travel”, Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, Volume 6, Number 1, March 2007, pp 51-63(13).
• Abdelghany, K., Abdelghany, A., Mahmassani, H., and A. Abdelfatah, (2006), “Modeling Bus Priority Using Intermodal Dynamic Network Assignment-Simulation Methodology”, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 9, No. 5, 2006. 
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K. F., Narasimhan, R. (2006), “Scheduling Baggage Handling Facilities in Congested Airports”, Journal of Air Transport Management, Vol. 12, pp 76-81. 
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany, K., Mahmassani, and S. Al-Gadhi (2005), “Micro-Simulation Assignment Model for Multidirectional Pedestrian Movement in Crowded Facilities,” Transportation Research Record No. 1939, pp. 123-132.
• Abdelghany A., Abdelghany, K. F., Ekollu, G., (2004), “A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Ground Delay Program Management: The Airlines’ Side of the Problem”, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Vol. 12(1), pp 53-74.
• Abdelghany, A., Ekollu, G., Narasimhan R., and Abdelghany, K. F., (2004), “A Proactive Crew Recovery Decision Support Tool for Commercial Airlines during Irregular Operations”, Annals of Operations Research, Special Issue on Staff Scheduling and Rostering: Theory and Applications, 127, pp. 309-331.
• Abdelghany, K. F., Shah S. S., Raina S., and Abdelghany, A.  (2004), “A model for projecting flight delays during irregular operation conditions”, Journal of Air Transport Management Vol. 10 (6), pp 385-394.
• Abdelghany, K. F., Abdelghany, A., and Raina S. (2004), “A Model for the Airlines’ Optimal Fuel Ferrying Strategies”, Journal of Air Transport Management, 11, pp. 199-206
• Abdelghany, A., and Mahmassani, H. (2003), “Temporal-spatial Micro-Assignment and Sequencing of Travel Demand with Activity/Trip Chains”, Transportation Research Record 1831, pp 89-97.
• Abdelghany, A., and Mahmassani, H., and Chiu, Y. (2001), “Spatial Micro-Assignment of Travel Demand with Activity/Trip Chains”, Transportation Research Record 1777, pp 36-46.
• Abdelghany, A., Abdelghany K., Mahmassani H., and Murray, P. (2000), “Dynamic Traffic Assignment in Design and Evaluation of High-Occupancy Toll Lanes”, Transportation Research Record 1733, pp 39-48.