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Using slot management to optimise airport operational utilisation
Journal of Airport Management,
14
(2),
171-180
(2020)
Abstract
The growing demand from airlines for airport capacity poses a real challenge to airport managers. Hence, smart solutions enabling current airport infrastructures to render maximum performance have taken a leading role. One of the principal processes guaranteeing the operative efficiency of an airport is slot management and coordination. Landing and take-off time frames are the key factors determining entry and exit airport traffic, so their management is strategic. Coordinating, optimising, detecting dysfunctions, applying the corrective measures necessary to resolve problems, and planning efficiently based on the varying needs of winter and summer seasons are essential airport functions. This paper shows how efficient slot management can improve the use of airport capacity, enabling one and the same infrastructure to attract new operations; liberate capacity for the distribution of the demand for operations based on airline records and needs; promote competition among airlines to comply with the slots assigned; and facilitate better management of the air traffic burden, through close collaboration in data sharing between the airport and air navigation authorities. All this is shown through a real case, such as that experienced by RIOgaleão Airport in Brazil, which faced the need to increase its capacity to meet the growing demand induced from its hosting of the Olympic Games in 2016.
Keywords: slot management; data sharing; IATA Standard Schedules; Airport Operational Database (AODB)
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Author's Biography
Alain Urbeltz Isla is a senior Product Manager at Ikusi and an expert in airport solutions, mainly in slot management and coordination. His professional experience at Ikusi has allowed him to know in depth the airport business. In his more than 20 years of experience, he has had the opportunity to be part of important projects in several national and international airports. The most relevant are the projects of Terminal 1 of Barcelona Airport (Spain) and Da Nang International Airport in Vietnam. For most of his career, he has been a product manager focusing on the implementation of solutions for the operational optimisation of airports. This experience has provided him the possibility of knowing well the needs of airport managers. He efficiently applies his knowledge of the needs of clients to the design of the architecture of new solutions.
Hildoberto Augusto De Oliveira has 16 years of professional experience in the aviation sector, which allows him to deeply understand the challenges that the industry is facing. He started his career in the airlines industry, serving for GOL airline for over six years as Planning Manager. This experience helped him understand airlines’ needs and the importance of strategic scheduling and planning. He continued as consultant for TAM Airline, managing their fleet and scheduling. After serving in the airlines industry, he moved to the airports sector. He is currently working as Slot Coordinator for RIOgaleão — Tom Jobim International Airport. His goal is to increase airport capacity through better planning and coordination with airlines.
