Résumé
A disruption management problem for commercial airlines, has been presented by Amadeus for the ROADEF 2008/2009 Challenge, an international competition organized by the French Operational Research and Decision Support Society (ROADEF). This paper presents this industrial large scale optimization problem and underlines its difficulties compared to previously tackled problems in the area. We review the most prominent methods proposed by the candidates and provide the official results and participant ranking. Last, as lessons learned from this experience, we draw guidelines for further research.