Crane SLOTS has been developed and designed to assist today’s Airlines in efficiently and effectively managing their slot messages and slot allocations.  Crane SLOTS helps to improve communications between scheduling departments and airport slot coordinators.

Crane SLOTS Benefits:

• Improves the quality of slot requests

• Reduces time in sending SCR’S and SMA’S

• Provides user friendly reports of all slots allocated compared with slots required

• Allows more time for the schedulers to evaluate future slot requirements

• Enables the airline to have improved slot control

• Increases aircraft productivity to meet market demand and competition

• Responds faster to coordinators slot offers

• Minimum keyboard entries to change requirements

• Slot organiser substantially reduces the time spent on slot management in a fast and integrated environment

Main Features:

• SSIM formatted data bases

• Automatic handling of incoming messages

• Automatic generation of outgoing messages

• List historical slots status

• Send SCR’s / SMA’s

• Genarates SIR messages automatically or manually

• Generates split-up messages for specified parameters

• Request changes to cleared slots

• Delete and eliminate cleared slots

• Intgerated with Schedule Planning department

Live Slot Management:

• Flight list with slot information

• Automated error control

• Color coded status

• User friendly GUI

• Grapic and Gantt chart view

• Flexible view option for missed, mismatch and free slots

• Automated / Manual SIR messages

• Automatically recieve messages and update

• Able to Merge/split slot messages

• Automated / Manual leg difference update

• Slot telex messages

Live Slot Gantt Chart:

• Colored graphical view for live flights

• Multiple search options

• Users can list daily slots

• Grid view and graphical view

• Customizable graphical view

• Every action has own security process

• Advanced slot list

Crane SLOTS has been integrated with Crane SP to take over the complete slot handling process.  Crane SLOTS creates and manages SCR / SMA telex messages for communication with the airport coordinator and takes into historic slots for initial submission.

Crane SLOTS receives and manages coordination responses, providing the user with total control over the slot management process.  Crane SLOTS also provides the user with a Live Slot Monitor for quick response and absolute control of the slot process.  Slot Coordination ensures that no slots are lost.

Crane SLOTS reduces time in matching “required slots” with “slots held”.  The well designed user help file allows intuitive control of the system for maximisation of use with simple training activities.

Crane SLOTS improves your aircraft productivity by assisting airlines to better utilise commercial slots thus improving aircraft rotations.

Crane SLOTS provides the ability to select appropriate slots for schedules at heavily congested airports.