FleetWatch

Expand the fleet without increasing resources

Managing aircraft resources and maintaining operational continuity in the face of disruption are critical factors in the pursuit of profitability.

SITA FleetWatch offers complete operations control. It manages aircraft deployment and provides the ability to continually re-optimize the airline schedule following disruption.

Overview

SITA FleetWatch:

Anticipates and minimizes delays and offers effective use of operations staff
Includes tools to provide consistent operations
Offers access by more departments to real-time flight information
Fully integrates with FleetPlan, the advanced schedules management system
Reduces number of cancelled flights and passenger transfer misconnects
Offers more effective fleet utilization, quick recovery from operational disruption, optimal maintenance planning
Improves flexibility and accuracy (despite more complex environment)
Enhances ability to identify operational implications and cost impacts of flight changes
Minimizes impact of delays using a range of responsive functions to quickly restore on-time performance
Is customized to reflect business practice and policy

Benefits

SITA FleetWatch provides the following benefits.

Improves profit margins
Enhances flight operations management
Improves analysis
Improves customer satisfaction
Reduces costs
Expands business

Features

SITA FleetWatch includes the following features.

Flight following and management

Supports schedule and maintenance planning for coming weeks and months
Evaluates changes on-screen, distributes updates automatically
Processes flight updates as standard IATA or ACARS generated messages
Displays current status of each flight, providing immediate overview of operating schedule
Triggers and displays warning alerts when any programme is disrupted

Weather monitoring

Constantly checks surface weather at destinations and alternates
Triggers visual warnings when weather conditions may impact planned operation
Provides real-time view of current weather status

Delay management

Updates flight display with movement information in real-time
Projects downstream effect of any disruption
Uses aircraft and airport information to evaluate likely impact
Evaluates alternative solutions

Flight details and airport information

Provides in-depth information for each flight sector and airport
Consolidates relevant flight and airport data to assist in decision-making process

Simulation capabilities

Evaluates "what if" scenarios
Implements and saves simulation results

Maintenance tracking module

Schedules and tracks maintenance activities
Improves access to details of planned maintenance
Provides link between maintenance planning and operations department

Decision support module

Monitors updates within the system, identifies their impact
Proposes solutions based on airline's established business practices
Encapsulates airline's practices, allows wide range of data held within FleetWatch to be considered
Proposes solutions to problems encountered, taking into account rules and business practices

Handling aircraft assignment and flight changes

Supports changes that may be needed to aircraft assignment or detail of the flight itself
Distributes changes immediately to other departments, highlights them through change-alert displays

Cost factors

Provides information for calculation of costs for flight sectors and ad hoc changes
Enables multiple cost factors to be used in calculations

Security

Protects functionality with passwords
Enables different levels of access
Allows system administrator to fully control access levels and functional options granted each user

Report generation

Provides easily accessible source for customized report requirements, running on SQL database
Tailors report requests and formats to individual requirements
Provides on-screen view, as a file, or print directly