OneJet, the new air transportation network that provides increased access to
nonstop travel in small and medium size markets, welcomed Peter
Belobaba to its senior advisory team on Tuesday. Recognized as one of
the foremost global experts in the field of airline revenue
management and optimization, Belobaba is principal research scientist
at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology's (MIT) International Center
for Air Transportation and director of the University's Global
Airline Program. Belobaba will advise on matters of network
composition and management, serving in this capacity alongside MIT
Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart and fellow MIT Global Airline Research
Engineer William Swelbar. He will also support OneJet's Director of
Engineering, Barry Smith, former chief scientist of Sabre, the
world's largest airline technology company.
"OneJet is engaging the tremendous
challenges, and therein opportunities, created by the unprecedented
structural changes currently taking place within the U.S. air
transportation system,” said Swelbar. “Peter's appointment not
only reflects the scale of the opportunity at hand but also a razor
focus to engage our industry's very best in order to maximize the
reach and effectiveness of the OneJet network in improving service
options within the lower volume air markets which collectively
constitute roughly half of our nation's air transportation
traffic."
"The OneJet program represents the opportunity to combine mass scale distribution and on demand based optimization science to create highly efficient, scalable networks which can sustainably provide easily accessible and relatively low cost nonstop travel solutions for businesses and consumers,” Belobaba said.
Recently, OneJet announced a multi-phase expansion schedule, following the successful piloting of the program between April and July of this year. The company will add up to twelve destination and/or focus cities through 2016 in parallel with a structured fleet expansion. Tuesday's announcement follows last week's appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray Lahood, to the OneJet team. Both gentlemen complement an existing base of transportation leadership, including former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, John Porcari, Virgin America founding CEO and former Delta President, Fred Reid, and former Kayak Chairman, Terry Jones.
"The OneJet program represents the opportunity to combine mass scale distribution and on demand based optimization science to create highly efficient, scalable networks which can sustainably provide easily accessible and relatively low cost nonstop travel solutions for businesses and consumers,” Belobaba said.
Recently, OneJet announced a multi-phase expansion schedule, following the successful piloting of the program between April and July of this year. The company will add up to twelve destination and/or focus cities through 2016 in parallel with a structured fleet expansion. Tuesday's announcement follows last week's appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray Lahood, to the OneJet team. Both gentlemen complement an existing base of transportation leadership, including former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, John Porcari, Virgin America founding CEO and former Delta President, Fred Reid, and former Kayak Chairman, Terry Jones.
OneJet flights operate from main
commercial terminals and airports in Indianapolis, Milwaukee,
Pittsburgh, Memphis, and Nashville, providing weekday service on
Hawker 400 light jet aircraft.
No comments:
Post a Comment