Quite Simply - The Highest Quality Schedule Information Available
One of ACL’s primary roles, at the airports it serves, is to collect and maintain high quality schedule information. By definition ACL is the definitive source of up to date airline schedule data at each of the airports it serves.
ACL schedule data is comprehensive and unique, including charter flights, freight services and ad hoc operations. At some airports ACL also collects data for general and business aviation operations.
Many major airline handling companies, fuel suppliers and aviation support companies subscribe to ACL’s OSCAR service which enables regular downloads of up to date schedule data.
There are numerous business benefits accruing from using ACL’s data including: the ability to accurately predict workload, analyse trends and identify commercial opportunities.
These subscribers use the ACL schedule data to drive their own computer systems for resource planning and to identify new business prospects at the earliest opportunity.
Schedule data can either be downloaded in snapshots taken at key dates or with unlimited access to the up to date schedule.
Forecast Scheduling – Providing detailed schedules for a future dates
ACL can draw upon its scheduling systems and expertise to ‘grow’ an airport schedule for future years based on a combination of econometric factors, scheduling assumptions and ACL’s own detailed industry knowledge.
The benefit of ACL’s service is that the output is a schedule in standard format that can be fed into your own planning tools for further analysis.
ACL has produced numerous forecast schedules based on a wide range of varying assumptions from environmental changes through to options for new runways.
Schedules for future years are particularly important for infrastructure and resource planning, capital expenditure planning, obtaining regulatory and/or planning approvals for new infrastructure and to support the business case for new investments.
Value added Scheduling Services
Schedule Linking - providing a fully linked schedule to support ground based resource planning such as aircraft stand plans. ACL is able to provide regular updates of ground links of aircraft.
Stand Gantt Modelling – Ensuring the development of the airport schedule is kept within the aircraft parking stand capacity.
Check-In Modelling – Ensuring the development of the airport schedule is kept within the airport check-in capacity.
Score Planners Link - providing access to ACL’s powerful systems to enable complex schedule manipulations and ‘what if’ studies to be conducted at the airport.
Slot Monitoring – ACL will monitor the actual schedule operations for an airport and compare these with the planned movements, reporting to the airport managing body on any differences. This service is standard for coordinated airports.
General and Business Aviation – at coordinated airports ACL manages all operations, schedule, charter, GA & BA. A growing number of non coordinated airports are seeking support from ACL to manage all operations at their airports, in particular GA and BA.
Consulting Services
Airport Scheduling and Capacity Management - ACL is at the forefront of the coordination industry, driving innovative systems and processes and influencing the development of worldwide regulations.
ACL is able to utilise this broad industry knowledge and experience in coordination processes and systems to analyse against industry best practice various aspects of the airport scheduling and capacity management process.
ACL has provided comprehensive reviews of the slot allocation methodology and processes at a number of international airports including Dubai, Mexico City and Singapore. As part of the final report and recommendations ACL also provided benchmarking against international best practice, such as the IATA worldwide scheduling guidelines.
Aviation Capacity modelling
In undertaking its core role ACL has developed significant expertise in assessing airport capacities, particularly terminal, gate, and stand capacities. ACL uses industry-recognised methodologies to assess terminal capacity.
The Company has undertaken terminal and stand capacity assessments for airports in Dubai, Dublin, Athens, Belfast, Bristol and Newcastle.
Punctuality Analysis
Analysing airline punctuality is the beginning, what is important is identifying patterns of operational performance and root-cause analysis which is where ACL’s expertise can really make the difference.
Optimisation of Coordination Parameters
The ACL team has a great deal of experience in designing coordination parameters to optimise utilisation of airport infrastructure (runways, stands, terminals etc.) – maximising standards of service and minimising constraints on airline schedules.
Developing Check-in or Stand Allocation Policies
ACL has expertise in the development of stand allocation policies and has also developed a check-in policy for an airport in India.
For more information on any of these products or services please contact Simon.arthur@acl-uk.org
