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How One Airline Cut Turnaround Time by 30 Percent
Episode 84 of The Operations Podcast. Lucas and Luna examine how a major airline slashed aircraft turnaround time by 30 percent—from 45 minutes to 32 minutes—at a single hub. They break down the three specific bottlenecks: baggage offload sequencing, lavatory servicing coordination, and gate crew cross-training. The episode walks through the before-and-after numbers, including a 22 percent reduction in delayed departures and $14 million in annual fuel savings from less taxi-idling. Lucas explains why most airlines optimize for utilization while this one optimized for predictability, and Luna…
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