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7 articles on Scheduling.
Rotations and tails: how a schedule becomes an aircraft's day
A schedule is a list of flights; an operation is a set of aircraft each flying a connected sequence. Turning one into the other — building rotations and checking they're physically possible — is where the schedule meets reality.
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Deconfliction: catching overlapping flights before they bite
A schedule can look perfect and still be impossible — an aircraft in two places at once, a turnaround that can't be made. Deconfliction is finding those conflicts at the desk instead of at the gate.
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Summer vs winter: how airlines rebuild the schedule twice a year
Airlines don't run one schedule — they run two, rebuilt every season. Here's why the summer and winter schedules differ, how the seasons are defined, and why 'what changed' is the question that never goes away.
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The airline planning cycle, end to end
How a flight goes from a line on a network plan to an aircraft at a gate — network planning, scheduling, fleet assignment, slots, publication, and day-of-ops — and where schedule data ties it all together.
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Airport slots and the schedule: a plain guide to coordination (WASG basics)
At the world's busiest airports you can't just publish a flight — you need a slot. Here's how slot coordination works, the three airport levels, and why the schedule and the slot book have to agree.
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Minimum Connect Time (MCT): the hardest number in scheduling
MCT decides whether a connection is sellable — and it's conditional, per-airport, and lives outside the schedule file. Here's why this one number is so easy to get wrong, and what it takes to get it right.
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Codeshares, wet leases, and operating carriers: reading who really flies
The flight number you book isn't always the airline that flies you. Here's the difference between marketing and operating carriers, codeshares, and wet/dry leases — and how it all shows up in the schedule.
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