Objectives of Prague Airport

• Highly effective and safe airport operations through reliable, consistent and timely shared operations information
• Maximum passenger satisfaction via accurate and timely departure and arrival information
• Readiness to implement the Collaborative Decision Making Methodology (CDM), an initiative of the European Commission to improve the European airports' efficiency and increase their capacity

Key challenges prior to CAODB

• The airport operations was supported by several information systems that were not integrated and did not communicate
• Data from these systems were manually typed into a system which opened check-ins and gates and displayed the data for further use - manual typing caused inconsistencies in the data
• Due to this situation, there existed no consistent and accurate real-time view of operations data

Profinit's CAODB

• Single operations data repository - consistent flight data from all airport operations systems as well as from the operations partners (Aircraft Operators, Air Traffic Control and Ground Handling Agents) - i.e. sharing accurate real-time data across the airport operations
• Several user interfaces supporting effective operations - interface for opening and closing check-ins and gates, interface for recording the duration of baggage handling and mobile client for bus drivers and bridge operators
• Public information display - data from CAODB are fed into FIDS (Flight Information Display System) and into the CAODB Web Interface
• Historical data are stored in the data warehouse, ready for analysis
• Automatic error detection throughout the CAODB architecture
• Clear specification of any new system to be added into the architecture

What difference have we made?

• Thanks to CAODB the Prague Airport handles 100% more passengers with the same number of operational staff
• Operations data is exchanged automatically, i.e. quickly, accurately and cost-efficiently, which is reflected, among other things, in the fact that the operations staff makes 80% less phone calls compared to 2002
• The quality of information displayed to the public has increased - the terminal information is more accurate and is available sooner, moreover, up-to-date arrival and departure times are available online
• Data warehouse enables automatic generating of reports required by authorities such as The Ministry of Transport or International Civil Aviation Organization
• Open CAODB architecture reduces the costs of adding a new operations system, e.g. in case of the crucial Resource Management System, only one interface instead of six needs to be built
• According to Eurocontrol, the EU authority for air traffic control, CAODB is an ideal platform for CDM implementation as thanks to CAODB, 90% of information demanded within CDM is already available to the Prague Airport authorities