Simulation software CAST Vehicle Ground Handling

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CAST Vehicle Ground Handling is the leading fast time simulation tool for evaluating airside vehicle traffic and ground handling processes. It offers decision support for planning, optimization and validation of the airside road network and ground support equipment (GSE) facilities. With CAST Vehicle Ground Handling, operations and infrastructure can be evaluated rapidly in scalable levels of detail, in order to improve the airside layout, plan resources or optimize operations. Applications covered by CAST Vehicle include: Validation of infrastructure networks planning Capacity analysis and identification of bottlenecks Determination of required resources (equipment, staff, parking space, facilities, etc.) Comparison of different layouts and operational strategies Reduction of ground handling related delay Analysis of the influence of an increasing amount of traffic on the existing infrastructure Comparison of alternative routing and operational procedures (What-If experiments) Test and validation of new technologies like AI dispatching and routing or autonomous vehicles Simulation of autonomous airside operations including electric taxiing FACTS & BENEFITS Short-, medium- and long-term decision support Reduced investment costs and risks Optimized resources and higher efficiency Enhanced operational quality Individual expert support Easy communication with stakeholders Quick return on invest CAST Vehicle Ground Handling incorporates a sophisticated schedule-based dynamic traffic generation, which takes into account flight load information (e.g. passenger, baggage and cargo), as well as individual ground handler responsibilities and their dispatching strategies.