Floating Fleet AI hires optimisation guru Norbert Lingaya
Floating Fleet AI has added Norbert Lingaya (pictured above), an expert in operations research and optimisation to its team.
The company says the hire “reinforces” its commitment to tackling the most complex planning and scheduling challenges facing operators.
“Norbert is a problem solver through and through, with rare depth at the intersection of mathematics, software engineering and real-world airline operations,” said Dr Roger Zhan, founder of Floating Fleet AI. “His experience tackling large-scale, high-stakes optimisation challenges aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver trustworthy AI solutions to aviation organisations. We are excited to scale our capabilities to meet growing customer demand.”
Lingaya brings more than two decades of experience building and deploying optimisation engines across aviation, transportation and defence. He began his career in academic research at the renowned GERAD Laboratory. There he contributed to solver technology that continues to underpin optimisation platforms used by airlines and transportation providers today. He later spent two decades at AD OPT and Sabre, where he led core optimisation technology, research direction and academic partnerships.
At Floating Fleet, Lingaya will play a key role in advancing optimisation capabilities. He will also work directly with customers whose operational challenges extend beyond what off-the-shelf tools can solve.
“Floating Fleet AI is redefining how private aviation operators turn complexity and scale into true competitive advantage,” said Lingaya. “With the right models and technology, problems that once took days or weeks to resolve can be addressed in minutes or even seconds. I am excited to bring my deep commercial aviation expertise to Floating Fleet AI and help operators unlock significantly more value from the resources they already have.”
Floating Fleet AI debuted its scheduling software at NBAA-BACE 2025 in Las Vegas last November. The AI Scheduler integrates with existing flight management systems and was recently connected with FL3XX.
