Airport Planning and Scheduling / Air Traffic Control Workforce Optimization

Aviation Planning & Optimization Solution

Understanding the acute challenges facing the aviation industry, Quintiq has developed a decision support system tailored to the complexity of the aviation industry. The Quintiq Aviation Planning & Optimization Solution employs the most sophisticated optimization engine available today to support your current processes, optimize operations and increase productivity.

With the Quintiq solution, you benefit from optimal integration across your business, maximum visibility in overall operations and accurate multi-resource planning. The result: increased employee productivity, improved operational efficiency and significant cost savings.

Optimal Efficiency via an Integrated Solution 
Quintiq offers a fully integrated solution for tactical planning, operational scheduling and real-time event management. The Quintiq Aviation Planning & Optimization Solution supports the comprehensive workforce and resource planning of all aviation operations including: fleet, crew, gates and check-in desks and ground staff.
Each aspect has its own planning module that can stand alone or be fully integrated with other modules. As a unique solution that supports multiple structures, Quintiq offers airline operators and airports the unique ability to integrate multiple networks across different planning horizons.

Air Traffic Control Workforce Optimization

Today, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) face lucrative opportunities and daunting challenges. On the one hand, air traffic control (ATC) is an industry with great growth potential: the planned liberalization of the European air space will open new opportunities and, more importantly, air traffic volume is increasing worldwide. Currently, there are more than 28 million flights annually and the number of passengers is rising daily.
 
On the other hand, Air Navigation Service Providers have never faced greater challenges. While air traffic volume is increasing worldwide, there is a controller shortage. As a result, more and more system restrictions are being put into place to counter the risks caused by controller burnout and fatigue. In addition, stiff security and safety levels must be consistently maintained.

Today efficient personnel utilization in the form of pro-active planning and workforce optimization is crucial to the success of all Air Navigation Service Providers. Air traffic control planning is a complex, dynamic process that must take many factors into account, including the skills and training certifications of individual controllers, union and government regulations, and employee preferences. Furthermore, any planning solution must be flexible enough to deal with frequent schedule changes. Now that this extreme complexity is exacerbated by the controller shortage, efficient workforce utilization has become absolutely critical.