Commissioning of “sally check-in” at Vienna Airport

In February 2009 delair Air Traffic Systems GmbH was awarded the contract to provide a system for the optimisation of the utilisation and seasonal planning of check-in counters. At the end of 2009 the “sally check-in” module was taken into operation in Vienna.

Check-In Planning

“sally check-in” covers all specific requirements of check-in planning, e.g. common check-in or bulky luggage counters. It also includes an assessment of demand of check-in counters to consider the customer-specific key data.

For the automatic and optimised allocation of flights to check-in counters “sally check-in” uses a powerful and extremely fast planning and optimisation algorithm. Furthermore, new web technologies are provided with the current version of “sally”.

In the tactical version “sally” offers the possibility of a planning updated daily whereas the strategic version carries through an optimisation for several days. An extended analysis function provides statistics about the resource allocation, e.g. the utilisation of check-in counters by a specific airline/handling agent or the number of passengers which have checked in at Terminal 1. These assessments can also be exported and processed for further purposes.

Product Family “sally”

The product family “sally” consists of interoperable modules for mobile and immobile resources like “sally-stand”, “sally-gate”, “sally-bus”, “sally-tow”, “sally-check-in” and “sally-racetrack”. “sally-stand” is used for the optimised occupation of aircraft stands. “sally-gate” helps airport operators or airlines to optimise the use of gate areas. “sally-bus” supports dispatchers with the appropriate utilisation of passenger buses and “sally-tow” helps to optimise tug vehicle operations. Through combination with “focus” and/or „darts4D”, this module enables the direct online coordination between apron control and the driver. “sally-check-in” organises the allocation of the check-in counters of an airport. Based on the generic “sally” kernel additional modules for similar resources can be easily planned.