Operational Efficiency

Prague Airport Consulting
Prague Airport Consulting

Prague Airport Consulting's operational experts will guide your local airport team during the implementation of the Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). Our assistance lasts from an explanation of benefits through an initial analysis to the implementation project and together with the IT partner Profinit, also full delivery of the technical solution for storing and sharing airport operational data. This may include 

  • Central Airport Operational Database (CAODB) with the CDM data platform already integrated
  • Upgrading your existing Airport database by CDM functions
  • Data Warehouse (DW)
  • MOBILE GHA: a wireless PDA/Tablet application for Ramp Handling Agents for reporting and receiving CDM data and Electronic Ramp Sheet

Please call +420 724 550 576 or write to consulting@prg.aero for closer information or request of live demonstration at Prague Airport.

About the CDM concept

As the name implies, Airport CDM is about partners working together and making decisions based on more accurate and higher quality information that has the exact same meaning for every partner involved. An opportunity for better use of resources, improved punctuality and predictability is the result.

In the absence of Airport CDM, operational decisions may often be incorrect, or do not get made at all. Partners may make conflicting decisions as the result of a lack of information or the receipt of information that has a diverging meaning to different partners.

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For an Airport Operator, improved use of stands / gates will increase potential capacity utilization. More stable traffic flow and reduced taxi times will lead to fewer queues at the runway or congestion on the apron or taxiways. Furthermore, CDM increases operational safety and reduces the environmental impact of airport operations.

Air Traffic Control will benefit from the reduced workload of Air Traffic Controllers as well as from the calculation of departure sequence, resulting in improved runway operations and capacity planning. The enhanced flow and capacity management will result in better slot compliance and a reduced number of missed slots.

Aircraft Operators will have an improved awareness of the status and location of the aircraft. Together with sequence information and better arrival times, more accurate fleet predictions will be the result. Fuel burn due to shorter queues at the threshold will be reduced, which reduces costs and the impact on the environment.

The Ground Handlers will benefit from more accurate arrival times, allowing for more accurate planning with more efficient use of resources.

Passengers will benefit from reduction in delays, and fewer missed connections. After disruptions recovery will be faster. Also for arrivals more accurate information can be delivered to public displays and service desks.

operational-efficiency-2_1.jpgPrior to every CDM consulting project, experts from Prague Airport Consulting present the client the CDM solution implemented at Prague Airport. The solution is fully in line with EUROCONTROL CDM Implementation Manual and is further improved by new and advanced IT solutions. The best examples are the PDAs for Ramp Handling Agents with built-in sophisticated tailor-made application. It provides GHA with a list of all flights. GHA is allowed to sign-up into the particular flight and fill the CDM data into the application. Besides that, a full electronic Ramp Sheet has been developed within the mobile application and former paper Ramp Sheets have been replaced.

The CDM is here just as an example how an airport can reach higher operational efficiency through relatively low investments. The scope of Prague Airport Consulting covers much more, for instance, Multiple Push-back Procedures, Power-back Procedures and Alternative Taxilanes for Efficient Apron Operations. And remember, our consulting is not just theory. We only recommend solutions that work and we are proud that we can prove it. Clients are always invited to Prague Airport in order to see and experience in reality, what other consultants just write on the paper.

Don't be satisfied with just theory. Request a live demonstration from your consultant instead!

Contacts

Prague Airport Consulting
Libor Kurzweil