Aircraft Fleet Management
PDC FlightTime
With PDC FlightTime, you can schedule your aircraft efficiently, optimise aircraft fleet management, and maximise the utilisation of your fleet. Additionally, you can keep track of activities and identify extra capacity, thereby creating opportunities to grow your business.
Our solution is tailor-made for:
- Commercial Airline Fleet Planning
- Slot Management (add on module)
- Maintenance Handling
Whether you are a flag carrier optimising production or a smaller airline boosting profits, PDC FlightTime uses powerful AI tools based on mathematical optimisation to analyse demand against capacity. Furthermore, the system recommends optimal fleet utilisation aligned with your key business objectives. As a result, you can make more informed planning decisions, improve operational efficiency, and increase profitability across your fleet.
Why Select PDC’s
Aircraft Fleet Management?
Currently used by 47 international airlines, PDC FlightTime improves communication between departments. As a result, it increases operational efficiency and provides data-driven decision support (add on module). Moreover, it enables better coordination across planning functions. Consequently, it reduces the risk of losing valuable slots and helps airlines make more effective use of their available resources.
In summary, PDC FlightTime serves as the ideal solution for aircraft fleet management, combining advanced optimisation capabilities with practical decision support to drive operational excellence.
“PDC Airline Suite is a good system and we are very happy about it – including the special adjustments we had made in relation to our particular business. The support, training and attention to our business exceeds what we have experienced from any IT Suppliers”
Atlantic Airways
Who can use PDC’s aircraft fleet management system?
PDC’s Aircraft Fleet Management System is built for the airlines that need to plan smarter, use fleet resources better, and stay in control as schedules change. Designed for airline planners, fleet planners, schedule planners, slot coordinators, and procurement teams, FlightTime brings long-term schedule planning, aircraft assignment, slot management, and fleet optimisation into one planning environment.
It supports commercial airlines as well as cargo, charter, and ACMI-focused operations, with documented support for scheduled flight planning, cargo and charter-oriented cost analysis, and ACMI request workflows. Planners can assign flights to aircraft, optimise within a type or across the fleet, and rearrange rotations without disturbing planned maintenance blocks. For procurement teams, that means a stronger case for efficiency, better fleet utilisation, and one system that supports integrated planning across schedules, slots, and future operations data flow .
- For Commercial Airlines – manage long-term schedules, aircraft assignments, and slot-sensitive planning in one system.
- For Cargo and Charter Operators – support contract-based planning with cost analysis capabilities intended mainly for charter or cargo airlines.
- For ACMI-related operations – support ACMI request handling as part of the planning workflow.
How can you maximise your aircraft fleet potential?
Equip your technical department with powerful tools for effective aircraft operations maintenance management. With PDC FlightTime, you can facilitate the seamless allocation of available resources for maintenance tasks at both home bases and outstations. Furthermore, by operating around a single database, PDC FlightTime collaborates seamlessly with other departments responsible for strategic planning and aircraft resource management. As a result, information is shared efficiently across the organisation, supporting better coordination and decision-making. In addition, the flight schedule management system is equipped to schedule and track planned maintenance activities, ensuring greater visibility and control over maintenance operations.
How can you reduce the time spent on slot submission? (add on module)
We have vast knowledge and experience in slot submission for airlines and coordinators. Moreover, our automated Slot Management module streamlines communication between airlines and slot coordinators, significantly improving flight planning and airline scheduling management. As a result, route planners spend less time requesting, managing, and adjusting airport slots during operational changes. Furthermore, the automation helps airlines reduce the risk of losing valuable airport slots while improving efficiency, coordination, and schedule optimisation. In turn, this enables planning teams to respond more effectively to operational challenges and maintain a more robust and reliable flight schedule.
- Automatic sending SCR of cancelled flights to avoid penalties
- Format and distribute slot change requests
- Process responses from the airport coordinators
- Validate the SHL against the airline’s own records
- Flag operations that require a change request and co-ordinate responses that require action
How to enhance aircraft maintenance planning?
In PDC FlightTime, maintenance is planned against each aircraft tail number or registration. Moreover, this planning takes place well in advance and simultaneously with the creation of the long-term flight schedule. As a result, airlines save valuable time while optimising both the schedule and overall aircraft utilisation.
Furthermore, maintenance information is automatically shared with both FlightOps (day-of-operations) and FlightCrew (crew scheduling and day-of-operations). Consequently, all relevant departments have access to the latest maintenance data, improving coordination and supporting more efficient operational decision-making. In addition, this integrated approach helps ensure that maintenance requirements are considered throughout the planning process, reducing disruptions and enhancing operational reliability.
Why use PDC FlightTime for aircraft fleet management?
PDC FlightTime gives airlines a smarter way to manage fleet planning by combining long-term scheduling, aircraft assignment, fleet optimisation, slot management, maintenance awareness, and reporting in one system;
- Assign flights to aircraft faster
- Optimise within a fleet or across fleets
- Protect maintenance while adjusting rotations
- Manage slot performance and 80/20 reporting
- Work with standard airline schedule data formats
How to simulate your initial aircraft schedule or test “What-if” Scenarios?
PDC FlightTime comes with a powerful simulation mode that enables users to conduct “what-if” scenarios. In this way, organisations can evaluate potential changes before implementing them in a live environment. Moreover, all standard functions remain available, allowing users to create a copy of the live file and make adjustments within the simulation to assess the impact of proposed changes.
Furthermore, users can save simulation files on their PC for future use or apply them immediately after evaluation. At the same time, multiple users can run simulations concurrently, while departments such as FlightOps and FlightCrew can view upcoming plans if they have the appropriate access rights. In addition, users can run multiple simulations in parallel, enabling the comparison of different scenarios and outcomes. Consequently, the system supports more informed decision-making, effective training, and comprehensive planning through advanced “what-if” analysis.
What is delivered with PDC FlightTime?
Read about the main features and functions in PDC FlightTime.
FlightTime Optimiser
Automatically assists in recommending optimal tail assignments and fleet rotations across your schedule, maximising fleet utilisation and minimising operational costs across your planning horizon.
User Group Meetings
PDC AirlineSuite customers automatically join the PDC Airline Community and its annual user group meetings.
Accelerated ”Go-Live”
We estimate 2-3 months to deployment, contingent on your internal resources.