Case Study: Southwest Airlines improves schedule profitability with Optym

Southwest Airlines boosts schedule profitability by tens of millions with Optym

Southwest Airlines, a major US airline, faced the challenge of creating highly profitable flight schedules from scratch for its vast network of over 4,000 daily flights. Unable to find a suitable commercial solution, they partnered with vendor Optym to solve this complex optimization problem using their SkyMAX product.

Optym developed proprietary algorithms and the SkyMAX system to generate clean-sheet schedules, a feat previously considered impossible for an airline of Southwest's size. The solution improved Southwest's annual network profitability by tens of millions of dollars and significantly reduced crew costs. Optym's system also enabled collaborative scenario planning and provided advanced tools for strategic decision-making.

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