THERA

ProDIGIQ’s Gate Management System, THERA, is a robust and intuitive system for gate assignment, management, and optimization at airports. THERA enables airports to define prevailing operational requirements, including scheduling constraints, adjacency rules, and gate utilization preferences. Airports can upload and edit flight schedules in XLS and SSIM formats, as well as grant airlines system access to upload their respective flight schedules. Airports can use THERA to simulate gate assignment scenarios to establish a schedule that maximizes gate utilization and profitability. THERA includes visual cues and alerts that allow airports to proactively manage gate overlap and adjacency rule violations. THERA supports forecasting and planning with its repository of historical data and extensive reporting capability. THERA alleviates congestion at airports by minimizing the time aircrafts spend taxiing on the runway. This also reduces jet fuel usage which provides airlines with substantial cost savings and allows the airport to become more eco-friendly. THERA is a scalable and configurable solution to meet the evolving needs of the airport as it expands and transforms its operation.

Airports are constantly growing, whether it be a terminal expansion, increase in passenger traffic, or addition of new routes and airlines. Efficient gate management is integral to optimizing and streamlining operations amidst constant growth and change. Optimal gate assignment must consider gate availability, dynamic flight schedules, airport traffic constraints, airline preferences, and passenger experience. Factors such as whether the incoming flight is scheduled or irregular operation, domestic or international, and signatory or non-signatory are also considered by airports when defining rules for gate assignment. Although these factors pertain to most airports, each airport may consider other factors and define business rules that are unique to their airline agreements and flight operations. Gate management systems are a powerful tool to efficiently manage gate assignment and maximize gate utilization. While some airports have digital solutions in place, many airports still rely on a manual process for gate allocation which is prone to error.

Gate management software can automate this complex and time-consuming process by generating robust gate assignments based on pre-defined business rules. A gate management system can be scalable and configurable to accommodate the shifting demands of the airport and the industry at large.