Airport & ATC scheduling: regulated 24/7 shifts with AI

Shifts, handovers and critical posts

Airports combine constraints spreadsheets handle poorly: 24/7 coverage, qualifications per post, incidents and last-minute cover — without breaking handover chains.

• Robust 24/7 shifts

  Continuous coverage for ops, security and handling with minimum rest between periods and hour caps checked at generation time.

• Handovers

  Overlap windows and operational continuity are treated as scheduling constraints — not spreadsheet footnotes.

• Critical posts and qualifications

  Every slot requires the right clearance. Non-compliant assignments are blocked before publication.

Statutory rest and traceability

Airport organisations must demonstrate compliance with rest periods, amplitudes and internal business rules. Planory encodes these parameters; SKYNET checks them at every generation, with an audit trail for internal reviews.

Airport scheduling challenges

Traffic peaks, weather disruption, absences and reinforcements: the roster must stay compliant while absorbing the unexpected.

• Incidents and cover

  Fast replacements without rebuilding from a blank sheet — while keeping qualifications and rest intact.

• Night and weekend fairness

  Measurable distribution of difficult slots — essential for retention and industrial relations.

• Multi-team / multi-post

  Ops, security, handling and support sometimes share pools: the engine must prioritise coverage rules.

• Long horizons

  Plan weeks ahead while reacting on the day — without losing cumulative compliance.

What Planory brings to airports

• SKYNET generation compliant with rest and airport business rules
• Configuration by post, qualification and shift type
• Automatic fairness on nights, weekends and public holidays
• Swap and cover management without starting from scratch
• Draft → validation → team publication workflow
• Audit trail of applied rules — suited to regulated environments

Use cases

• Airside / terminal operations

  24/7 coverage, seasonal peaks and continuous handovers.

• Airport security

  Critical posts, clearances and fair rotation of sensitive slots.

• Handling and ground support

  Variable amplitude with the flight programme, absences and reinforcements.

• Multi-site organisations

  Harmonised rules while preserving autonomy per platform.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Planory suitable for 24/7 airport scheduling?

Yes. Planory targets regulated continuous-coverage environments: shifts, rest, qualifications and fairness are first-class constraints in SKYNET.

What does the Orly pilot reference mean?

A non-commercial pilot is underway at Paris-Orly Airport. It illustrates Planory’s fit for complex airport schedules — alongside your HRIS, with WFM / GTA focused on the scheduling layer.

Does Planory handle incidents and replacements?

Yes. Swaps and cover start from an already compliant proposal: you adjust without rebuilding the roster in a spreadsheet.

Does Planory replace the HRIS or time clock?

Planory covers WFM / GTA on the operational 24/7 scheduling side. It does not replace a full HRIS for payroll and global HR. Depending on context, badge clocking and punched-time tracking can stay in an existing tool or be scoped in the deployment: AI proposes, planners decide.