Airline/Airport Operational Management / Fleet Management / Resource Management Systems

PDC StandPlan is a decision support system used for planning the assignment of stands and gates in an airport.

A wealth of facilities will lead you through all planning stages of gate/stand planning – from long-term specification of apron characteristics and requirements to last minute revisions on the day-of-operation. Once defined, gate and stand utilization is optimized while also providing an overview that enables increased capacity.

Make Stand Planning Decisions You Can Trust

Based on real-time data describing the flights in and out of the airport, PDC StandPlan does more than just notify you of a scheduling conflict. A combination of business rules and decision-making functions enables you to resolve the assignment problems quickly and efficiently.

PDC StandPlan takes into account hundreds of interrelated constraints such as arrival patterns, airline rules, service preferences, handler rules and preferences. Moreover, you have complete control of all the rules and access to easily adjust or update them. Within minutes, you can update the constraints or create new ones in order to modify your assignment strategy. For example, you can set up hard rules that the planner can never violate, such as never parking two specific aircraft types at adjacent stands, and soft rules that allows gate planners to make gate-assignment decisions.

The result is that you can always trust that PDC StandPlan delivers a workable and cost effective assignment solution.

With PDC StandPlan you can:

• Easily create long-term and day-of operation assignment plans for stands and gates
• Overview resources and limitations: swing gates, sector assignment, parking capabilities, etc.
• Assure compliance with airport requirements
• Manage and adjust even complex constraint settings in an easy-to-use way
• Easily resolve conflicts due to unplanned events
• Simulate and observe consequences of planning decisions before they are applied
• Maintain a high service level to airlines

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