A-CDM – Advanced Collaborative Decision Making

  • can be realised in a step by step approach aligned to Eurocontrol levels
  • has been proven in operation for all three levels
  • guarantees quick return on investment
  • optimises the whole airport airside process
  • works based on information from all stakeholders
  • assists in coordinated decision making
  • improves situational awareness in each organisation

CDM is the exchange and use of information among airport stakeholders with the objective to improve the overall efficiency of operations.

delair’s Advanced-CDM product suite is fully aligned with the Eurocontrol Airport CDM approach. A-CDM consists of several modules which can be combined and related to the different CDM levels defined by Eurocontrol. Several highly sophisticated optimisation tools like arrival and departure manager and resource manager can be used.

The A-CDM platform has been implemented for the first time in 2003 at Zurich Airport and is fully operational since then. The quality of A-CDM has been testified by Eurocontrol in 2005 when Zurich Airport was nominated as the most advanced CDM airport in Europe. The achieved benefits in Zurich are:

  • additional capacity (1-2 additional movements at peak hours)
  • reduced fuel costs (more than 1.5 Mio. EUR/a)
  • reduced environmental impacts (3,600 t CO2, 34 t CO etc.)