CAST Stand & Gate Allocation is the most powerful support tool for quick and cost efficient resource allocation. The software supports airports, airlines and consulting companies in long-term, medium-term and (pre-) operational stand and gate planning and allocation tasks.
Applying CAST Stand & Gate Allocation leads to an optimized capacity, allows handling of higher traffic volumes and increases the quality of the allocation regarding passenger comfort, airline preferences and operational goals.
APPLICATIONS
Optimizing an allocation for given objectives and restrictions
Increasing peak hour capacity to provide more slots
Calculating the stand demand and configuration for a future schedule and fleet mix
Balancing contradicting objectives like contact stand utilization vs. number of towings
Dealing with blocked stands during constructions
Designed for straightforward and uncomplicated workflow, CAST Stand & Gate Allocation provides automated and manual stand and gate allocation and, as unique feature, an integrated performance analysis including the stand demand and detailed allocation schemes. The customizable allocation ruIes consider available or planned stands, hard (=obligatory) and soft dependencies as well as specific stand allocation requirements and priorities.
THE COMPREHENSIVE ALLOCATION RULES EASILY CAN BE ADAPTED IN ORDER TO:
Meet mandatory restrictions like aircraft size/type, flight origin/destination, airline and terminal preference
Model MARS stands e.g. used to park one widebody or two small aircrafts