Abstract: The integration of science, education and practice is an important part of the training of excellent engineers. Under the new situation, the education mechanism for the civil aviation transportation industry faces many challenges. Operations research is a fundamental course in the field of civil aviation transportation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is characterized by civil aviation, facing the training needs of outstanding civil aviation engineers, this article designs an integrated teaching reform path from civil aviation scientific issues to classroom teaching, and then from classroom teaching to product design practice. In terms of integrating science and education, introduce the scientific issues in civil aviation and combine scientific research with teaching. In terms of classroom teaching, the characteristics of civil aviation transportation are taken into consideration to adjust the teaching focus to ensure that students can quickly establish an operations research knowledge structure for the civil aviation industry. In terms of the integration of industry and education, through the course design process, teaching knowledge is applied to product design practice. Design a progressive and interactive practice model to help students accumalate practical experience and establish application confidence. Update the focus based on student feedback.

Key words: Air transportation, New engineering, Excellent engineer plan, Practical teaching, Educational reform, Integrating research and teaching