PDC Aviation FIDS

PDC FIDS is a Flight Information Display System for small and medium sized airports. It is available as an on-premise installation, as a cloud service and supports multi airport operation.

The PDC FIDS package contains many use full features like a flight generator, a stand allocation package, gate assignment, check-in handling, baggage handling features etc. All these features are configurable through administration programs.

The package has the possibility to handle automatic flight status messages from SITA or other message suppliers. The airport may be operated automatically without operator interventions.

The airport may at any time, be operated manually through the PDC FIDS program.

If you combine PDC FIDS with a standard economy system, it is possible to operate the complete airport without investing in a separate AODB system. If you already have an AODB system, the PDC FIDS system will easily integrate into it.

Display engine based on the Chrome browser

The display engine is based on the Chrome browser. Therefore, the graphic possibilities are virtually endless. The flight information pages can easily be combined with advertisement pages. The pages may be created by the customer in HTML5. Push technology using web-sockets guarantees real-time data flow with update response times of less than 2 seconds.

Full featured operator flight browser

The Flight browser displays the flights in order by STD or STA. Arrival and Departure flights is distinguished by background colors. For visibility the cancelled or replaced flights are also distinguished by background colors. Changes to data are highlighted by timestamp colors. The timestamp colors are divided into three groups, 0-3, 3-6 and 6-15 minutes since last change.

Resource allocation

The allocation of resources like Stand, Gate and Belt may be done automatically, in advance on a weekly base from a predefined schedule. The automatically generated resource schedules may then be manually changed afterwards.

Check-in counter assignment

In the check-in application the information is planned independently from the individual flights, but they may be linked, in order for let flight information be shown at the checkin counters.

Benefits

• Fully flexible display setup – design your own layouts
• Extremely low latency for updates
• Compatible with most existing screen types
• Inexpensive plug-and-play controller box available to connect to controller-less screens
• Display advertisements when no flight information or show them side by side
• Advanced surveillance solution for remote monitoring and control of displays