Airspace Optimization

Traffic management initiatives such as GDPs (Ground Delay Programs) often have unfortunate effects for carriers. For example, weather or other factors may create a situation where acceptance rates fall below demand for arrival space. Implementing a GDP in this situation helps to control air traffic volume, which is good for the airport – but for the airline, it means delayed arrivals (and subsequent departures) and unhappy passengers who have to wait to land or take off.

PASSUR’s Airspace Optimization solution provides automated decision-support capabilities that alert ATC coordinators and dispatchers about likely imbalances between capacity and demand – as much as eight hours in advance! At the same time, the solution rapidly benchmarks pending and live performance against past performance under identical conditions.

Airspace Optimization allows airlines to collaborate with the FAA from a position of strength. They will be able to come to Strategic Planning Telcons (SPTs) armed with the information needed to access and optimize their own business plan.This gives operators both the time and the intelligence needed to negotiate with ATC for more favorable arrival rates.

Part of the PASSUR Integrated Traffic Management (PITM) program, Airspace Optimization enables airlines to achieve significant operational improvements, including:

• Greater rate of arrival acceptance during GDPs
• More optimal departure rate during GDPs
• Fewer total delay minutes per GDP
• Improved ability to proactively consolidate or cancel to prevent launching into likely diversion conditions

In addition, the information is auto-populated for improved efficiency, accuracy, and convenience; Furthermore, the information is not subjective – it is a unique capability based on the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF).

Moving the dial on these metrics can save carriers millions of dollars annually and are only possible through PASSUR’s automated decision-support capabilities. Manual processes introduce unacceptable delays and lack the objective information needed to build a compelling case for ATC.

A famous saying goes, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” With PASSUR’s Airspace Optimization solution, airlines finally can.