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Hitit - Smooth Scheduling: Optimizing Annual Leave Planning in Aviation

Discover how Hitit uses optimization to streamline airline crew leave planning while improving efficiency, fairness, and operational performance.

April 30, 2025

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Webinar

Hitit - Smooth Scheduling: Optimizing Annual Leave Planning in Aviation

Discover how Hitit uses optimization to streamline airline crew leave planning while improving efficiency, fairness, and operational performance.

April 30, 2025

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Webinar

Hitit - Smooth Scheduling: Optimizing Annual Leave Planning in Aviation

Discover how Hitit uses optimization to streamline airline crew leave planning while improving efficiency, fairness, and operational performance.

April 30, 2025

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PST

Event Recap

On April 30th, we hosted an exclusive webinar with Belma Şıpka from Hitit, a global Airline & Travel IT Solutions provider, where we explored how advanced optimization techniques can transform annual leave planning in the aviation industry.

Belma introduced a powerful leave planning model built with the Gurobi solver, designed to efficiently schedule airline crew leaves while honoring individual preferences and maintaining operational stability. The session highlighted how this solution enhances efficiency, reduces planning workload, and promotes fairness and transparency in workforce management.

From airline operations and crew planning to HR and data science, the webinar offered valuable insights for professionals seeking to streamline complex scheduling challenges with scalable, data-driven solutions.

Speakers

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  • David Torres Sanchez

    Mathematical Optimization QA Engineer

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    David received his PhD in Operations Research from Lancaster University (UK) in 2019. The topic was aircraft maintenance scheduling and recovery. Since then, David has held research positions at SINTEF Digital (Norway) and Lancaster University, where he has worked on a varied range of combinatorial optimization problems from vehicle routing to multicommodity flow problems.

    In his spare time he enjoys bouldering, riding his mountain bike, and maintaining and contributing to several open-source projects.

  • Belma Sipka

    Senior Product Manager, Optimization, Phd in Industrial Engineering

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    Belma Sipka is a results-driven Operations Research (OR) professional with a strong background in Mathematical Modeling, and Arline Optimization. She holds a PhD in Operations Research from Sabanci University. She has been working as Senior Product Manager at Hitit for almost ten years and is leading a product team for developing optimization and AI-based solutions to improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and drive revenue growth for airlines.

  • Christine Tawfik

    Optimization Engineer

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    Dr. Christine holds a PhD in Economics and Management Sciences from the University of Liège in Belgium, where she focused on network pricing and design optimization for logistics applications. Before joining Gurobi, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Zuse Institute Berlin, where she led the sustainable energy planning research group, supervised MSc and PhD theses, secured research grants, and managed collaborations in the district heating sector. She then spent nearly two years in the steelmaking industry, working in consulting and professional software development.

Speakers

Meet Your Expert Speakers

Learn from the best in the industry.

  • David Torres Sanchez

    Mathematical Optimization QA Engineer

    Image

    David received his PhD in Operations Research from Lancaster University (UK) in 2019. The topic was aircraft maintenance scheduling and recovery. Since then, David has held research positions at SINTEF Digital (Norway) and Lancaster University, where he has worked on a varied range of combinatorial optimization problems from vehicle routing to multicommodity flow problems.

    In his spare time he enjoys bouldering, riding his mountain bike, and maintaining and contributing to several open-source projects.

  • Belma Sipka

    Senior Product Manager, Optimization, Phd in Industrial Engineering

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    Belma Sipka is a results-driven Operations Research (OR) professional with a strong background in Mathematical Modeling, and Arline Optimization. She holds a PhD in Operations Research from Sabanci University. She has been working as Senior Product Manager at Hitit for almost ten years and is leading a product team for developing optimization and AI-based solutions to improve operational efficiency, enhance customer experience, and drive revenue growth for airlines.

  • Christine Tawfik

    Optimization Engineer

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    Dr. Christine holds a PhD in Economics and Management Sciences from the University of Liège in Belgium, where she focused on network pricing and design optimization for logistics applications. Before joining Gurobi, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Zuse Institute Berlin, where she led the sustainable energy planning research group, supervised MSc and PhD theses, secured research grants, and managed collaborations in the district heating sector. She then spent nearly two years in the steelmaking industry, working in consulting and professional software development.

Speakers

Meet Your Expert Speakers

Learn from the best in the industry.

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    Mathematical Optimization QA Engineer

    David Torres Sanchez

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    Senior Product Manager, Optimization, Phd in Industrial Engineering

    Belma Sipka

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    Optimization Engineer

    Christine Tawfik

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