Modernizing a terminal without losing a departure
Phasing, cutover planning and contemporaneous delay analysis for a terminal modernization inside a busy, operating airport.
Every gate taken out of service moved a flight somewhere else.
An airport authority was modernizing a terminal while passenger volumes continued to grow. Gate takeovers, baggage system cutovers and checkpoint relocations had to be phased without disrupting airline operations.
Disputed delays from earlier phases were straining relationships and budgets, and the authority needed an independent view of entitlement.
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How we turned it around
We planned forward with operational precision and analyzed backward with forensic rigor.
The difference we made
Operations continued, stakeholders aligned and disputed delays moved toward resolution on evidence.
The terminal kept functioning through every phase.
Airlines and operators understood the plan and their part in it.
Delay entitlement was established on a record both sides could test.
Ten minutes with the phasing sequences did what months of meetings had not: everyone finally saw the same plan.Representative client perspective
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