CBA of Arrivals Spacing Decision Support Tool for DANS. This was a project with IBG as part of the development of an operational concept and business case for the introduction of an Arrivals Spacing Decision Support Tool for Dubai Air Navigation Services. The work included an assessment of the costs and benefits of both time based and distance based separations. It included developing a model of arrivals throughput based on different traffic mixes and wind conditions.

Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM). Out team has conducted cost benefit analysis of A-CDM for around 15 international airports across Europe and the Middle East. Recent examples include Hamad International (HIA), Riga (RIX) and Abu Dhabi (AUH). Our work includes developing operational use cases and causal chain analysis.

Remote Operated Tower business cases. We have conducted several CBAs and business cases for Remote Operated Towers, also known as ‘digital towers’ including in contingency mode, working with IBG and others.

Airport Operational Control Centre (AOCC/APOC). Working with our partners IBG and ADB-Safegate, Winsland supported a study for Riyadh Airport Company to facilitate the introduction of an Airport Operations Control Centre (AOCC) at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA). The project included detailed site assessment to identify as aspects of the airport operations and infrastructure that require attention to move to AOCC operations. The team also conducted a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) and made recommendations for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The site assessment examined all aspects of the airport activities from curbside to airborne for departures and from airborne to curbside for arrivals.