Vasiliki Kalliga
Vasiliki Kalliga is working as a research associate at Bauhaus Luftfahrt and is concurrently pursuing her PhD at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as an external candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Constantinos Antoniou. She received her diploma in Mechanical and Production Engineering from the Technical University of Crete (TUC) and her master's degree in Transportation Systems from TUM. After her master's degree, she worked at BMW as a data analyst in supply chain management, focusing on optimizing the on-time arrival of auto parts. She is currently focusing her PhD research on optimizing airline scheduling for transatlantic flights under new transport concepts.
Open Topics for Master (/Bachelor) Thesis
1. Contrail Mitigation through Flight Rescheduling: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Analysis of Operational Measures and Modelling Approaches. Download description (release date: 08.07.2026)
Education and Training
| Oct. 2019 – May 2022 | Master of Science in Transportation Systems Technical University of Munich (TUM) Thesis: Who does new trips and why? An analysis towards induced demand |
| Oct. 2013 – Feb. 2014 | Erasmus exchange Czech Technical University Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Oct. 2011 – Oct. 2017 | Diploma in Mechanical & Production Engineering Technical University of Crete |
Work Experience
| April. 2024 – present | Ph.D. Candidate Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, TUM Munich, Germany |
| Jan. 2023 – present | Research Associate Department of Transportation & Economics Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V. Munich, Germany |
| Nov. 2021 – Dec. 2022 | Data Analyst in Supply Chain Department of Export Planning BMW AG Munich, Germany |
| Jun. 2020 – Nov. 2020 | Working Student Department of Transport and Network Planning BMW AG Munich, Germany |
| Jan. 2019 – April 2020 | Working Student Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, TUM D-vanpool project Munich, Germany |
Publications
Journal papers
Kalliga, V., Narayanan, S., Antoniou, C.(2025). Trip generation dynamics under the introduction of shared mobility. Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104135 (Link)
Kalliga, V., Hagspihl, T., Voigtländer S., Antoniou, C.(2026). Flight Scheduling with Aircraft Sharing - Initial Findings. Transportation Research Procedia, 95, 369-376 (Link)
Conference contributions
Kalliga, V., Schaumeier, J. (2024). Business Model Innovation in Urban Air Mobility: An Application of Business Model Innovation to Vertiports. mobil.TUM 2024, Munich, Germany (Link)
Kalliga, V., Schaumeier, J. (2024). Landing fees for vertiports: An analysis of CAPEX and OPEX for different site layouts. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK 2024), Hamburg, Germany.
Kalliga, V., Hagspihl, T., Voigtländer S., Antoniou, C. (2025). Flight Scheduling with Aircraft Sharing - Initial Findings [Paper presentation]. Euro Working Group on Transportation 27th Annual Conference (EWGT 2025), Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland.
Kalliga, V., Hagspihl, T., Antoniou, C. (2025). Evaluating Solution Approaches for Flight Scheduling under the Context of Aircraft Sharing. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress (DLRK 2025), Augsburg, Germany.
(edited) 21.05.2024 by Hao Wu