TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST FOR THE AVIATION & TRAVEL INDUSTRIES
Opentec’s L-DCS provides fully featured, automated check-in and boarding for those
carriers without access to traditional host systems.
The graphical interface is simple to learn, easy to use and allows the agents to focus on
customer service, whilst providing all the power needed for advanced airline systems.
Multiple flight check-in through a single desk provides real time display updates for speedy seat
allocation and passenger reconciliation.
New operating procedures and increasing security requirements are readily incorporated for
success in the modern airport.
Stand-Alone Check In and Boarding
Passenger check-in and boarding can be an
expensive process. Links to conventional airline-
owned mainframe computers incur significant
operating costs, and the information exchanged
with the computer often travels half way around
the world; yet nearly all the information required
for check-in and boarding is already available
locally at the airport.
L-DCS operates as a standalone check-in and
boarding system. All the information required
for the passenger handling process is stored
and accessed from a local database maintained
directly by the application.
Links to external DCS systems such as those
operated by the major airlines are therefore not
required.
This means that the operator of the L-DCS
system is in total control of all the operating
costs.
L-DCS makes use of ATB2 technology and
local processing to register passengers rapidly
at check-in and to ensure simple and effective
reconciliation of the passengers boarding at the
gate.
L-DCS Speeds Check-In
L-DCS has a clear, easy-to-use, graphical
interface which simplifies the job of the check-in
agent, but without compromising the ability to
perform more complex tasks.
It can take several weeks to train staff on a
traditional host DCS - a costly exercise that
must be repeated for all new systems. Because
the graphical user interface built-in to L-DCS
is so easy to use training times and therefore
costs are drastically reduced, and the agent is
less likely to make mistakes.
L-DCS users report that typically within 2 hours
of starting training, agents are able to check-in
passengers at the desk.
L-DCS Speeds the Boarding Process
The use of ATB2 technology in the boarding
process significantly cuts the time taken to
board the aircraft. No more manual coupon
counts, no more manual revenue protection
checks, no more manual registration of
passengers.
In practice, use of automatic boarding
techniques has been shown to cut the time
to board a fully loaded 747 from 40 minutes
to 15 minutes. Reduced turn-around times
provide ample revenue and cost-reduction
opportunities.
Check-in
L-DCS Check-in is the part of the system that
deals with acceptance of passengers and their
baggage. This includes production of boarding
passes and bag tags.
Multiple flights may be checked-in through a
single desk with the agent hot-keying between
them.
Passenger Handling
Facilities provided include REC and NOREC
Check-in for individual passenger or passenger
groups, seat pre assignment, SSRs and
Frequent Traveller information and Full
Passenger and Baggage Editing functions.
Seating
A graphical seat map display shows the up to
date status of check-in and boarding, along with
the facilities available on the aircraft.
The seat map display is always kept completely
up to date across the network so agents can
see the current status at a glance.
Bag Tags and Boarding Passes
L-DCS provides on-demand bag tags
with Airline’s own logo, conforming to IATA
Resolution 740, facilities for pre-printed or hand
written (manual) tags and multi sector bag tags
for check-in of through baggage.
Sequenced ATB2 boarding passes are
produced including Airline’s own logo and
encoding of magnetic strip, conforming to IATA
Resolution 722.
Flight Editing
L-DCS has the capability to import booked
passenger lists in IATA PNL/ADL format
automatically through interface to SITA Type B
Network.
Generation of IATA formatted post-departure
messages such as PSM, TPM, SOM etc. during
flight close-out processing and hand off of
relevant passenger and baggage data to third
party Load Planning systems for automated
weight and balance are automatic.
Automated Boarding
L-DCS Automated Boarding is the gate
application responsible for controlling the
boarding and reconciliation of passengers. Use
of ATB2 boarding passes and boarding gate
readers leads to fast, positive reconciliation.
Running totals and missing passenger lists
allow agents to continuously monitor boarding
progress from any workstation.
External Interfaces
L-DCS provides a number of standard and
customisable interfaces to external systems.
This feature enables easy integration with
existing airport informations systems, there by
safe guarding investment.
The available interfaces include SITA Type B
message handling allowing dispatch and receipt
of a variety of standard IATA messages, Load
Planning providing database-database transfer
of information to external weight and balance
systems, Reconciliation Systems incorporating
feeds for external BRS, and systems to allow for
faster and more accurate reconciliation of flights.
Flight Information Systems
L-DCS provides for links to airport FIDS
systems, providing operational flight data as
required.
Security
L-DCS has up-to-date security features
including collection of APIS data at check-in for
transmission to US Customs, Special Watch List
and Selected Passenger handling for profiled
passengers, Boarding module interfacing to the
BRS for positive reconciliation, and on-site/off-
site configuration for US mandated check-in
procedures.
Technically, L-DCS:
- Is designed for Windows 16 and 32 bit
platforms.
- Client/server application. All data is stored
locally in an ORACLE® Relational Database.
(Oracle may be run on a Novell, Unix or
WindowsNT server).
- Communicates across standard local area
networks.
- Makes use of ATB2 technology.
- Has a modular construction that can be
tailored for a precise business fit.
- Part of an integrated airport solution with
other Damarel or third party CUTE platform
products such as baggage sortation and
reconciliation systems.
- Comprehensive system management
functions.
- Runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week with
minimal computer operations supervision.
- Supported and diagnosed remotely.
L-DCS Customers
Baltimore, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dallas
fort worth, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter,
Erbil - Iraq, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Guam,
Las Vegas, London, Gatwick London,
Heathrow, London, Stansted, Malta, Male,
Manchester, New York JFK, New Castle,
Oakland, Osaka, San Francisco, Seoul,
Southampton, Tokyo, Washington and
many more
L-DCS
Local Departure Control System
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