Gate Solutions

The Gate Module allocates flights to parking positions and passenger gate lounges. Using customer-defined operational rules, it determines the optimum stand and gate lounge allocations taking into account arrivals, tows and departures, to give you the best utilization of your airports' resources.

Operational Characteristics
The Gate Module considers operational requirements and characteristics such as:

• Gate passenger capacity
• Lounge area passenger capacity
• Security processing facilities
• Carrier/Airline preferences
• Proximity to airline premium customer lounges
• Multi-use gates such as Schengen and Transborder
• Aircraft and stand compatibility
• Adjacent stand conflicts
• Remote stands versus stands with air-bridges
• Pushback conflicts
• Timing of consecutive aircraft on stands

Benefits Include

• Quick and easy reassignment of gates to meet changing requirements
• Simplified passenger bus operation
• Maintenance planning to better accommodate schedules and resources
• Maximized usage of prime gates and stands
• Real-time conflict identification to ensure safety
• Pre-implementation evaluation of new and revised safety procedures

Flexibility

The Gate Module caters equally for the allocation of aircraft to pier served, remote, maintenance and cargo stands. If stands are closed for maintenance or other reasons, they may be declared unavailable for given periods or can be set to operate in restricted modes when required.