MetraNet for airport and aviation billing, mass transit and congestion charging.
Airports
The growth in global passenger numbers has transformed the airline and airport industry over the past decade. From an era of excess airport capacity and government ownership in the 1980’s, airports are now operated as commercially viable entities with multiple revenue streams. Although intense regulatory interference remains, airports continue the need to compete for airline business and engage in multi-million dollar investment programs to significantly expand their non-aeronautical revenue streams.
Annual airport revenue for ICAO contracting states is in excess of $13bn USD and similar to large modern-day corporate enterprises, many airports face the need for continued IT investment to support their growing and highly complex infrastructure. The 2007 Global Airport IT Trend Survey highlighted the objectives of airports is to expand their use of IT to aid ancillary revenues from passengers, i.e. non-aeronautical revenue, while also invest in airside technology to increase operational efficiency.
The IT challenge for airport senior management is to integrate the many different systems departments operate, thereby reducing overall operating cost and ensure operational, financial, resource and facilities data is available to maximize efficiency. Integrating systems to enable accurate and timely billing is no exception; an integrated systems approach to billing enables reliability, enforces common processes, and assures accurate data capture while also providing seamless access to information for multiple departments and airlines.
MetraNet for Airport Billing
In use for billing the second largest airport in the world, Chicago O’Hare, MetraNet is unique in its ability to support the following airport business models:
- Residual Cost
- Compensatory
- Hybrid
MetraNet is not only a tool for invoice generation, but can provide management with an instant view on all outstanding charges via an easy to access web-based portal. Airlines and other users can view their own outstanding charges in a secure and real-time environment.
Easy configuration of the product allows contracts to be managed, including the ability to:
- Enforce and manage route targets based on multiple parameters, such as route frequency passenger numbers and punctuality
- Bonus payments, based on multiple parameters, such as exceeding passenger number quotas
- Discounts on fees for new routes based on traffic movements, or season
- Managing non-aeronautical pricing contracts for retail and other airport departments and expanding the scope of business interests
The following table summarizes examples of standard airport charges supported by MetraNet:
Traffic Movement charges for aircraft | Landing charges based on one or multiple parameters including but not limited to: - MTOM/MTOW
- Aircraft Type
- Passenger Numbers
- Time of Day
- Carrier Callsign (for ACMI Billing)
- Revenue Flights
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| | Parking Charges based on one or multiple parameters including, but not limited to: - Terminal
- Stand allocation: Pier, or remote stand
- Duration (Incl CTOT allowances, if required)
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Ground Handling Charges | Ground Handling Services incorporating hourly charges, units, weights/mass or volumes for:
- Refueling (Gallons/Litres/Mass)
- De-Icing (Gallons/Litres)
- Tug & Dispatch services
- Ground Power Units
- Loadsheet preparation
- Airstart Units
- Air-conditioning
- Engineering Services
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Non Aeronautical Charges | - Retail space
- Advertising
- Telecommunications
- Rental car fees
- IT Services
- Any other service
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Other Transportation Solutions include:
- Congestion Charging
- Mass Transit
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