Case Study: Brussels Airport achieves optimized stand and gate capacity and boosts planning efficiency with DELMIA Quintiq

Optimizing Stand and Gate Capacity at Brussels Airport

Brussels Airport, operated by Brussels Airport Company (BAC), is Belgium’s international gateway handling 21.9 million passengers a year with about 200 aircraft stands (60 contact, 20 remote). BAC faced the recurring challenge of minimizing use of remote stands—which slow turnarounds, increase costs and inconvenience passengers—without investing millions to build new contact stands, while coping with last‑minute flight changes, strict aircraft compatibility rules and the need to align multiple stakeholders in real time.

BAC implemented DELMIA Quintiq’s integrated planning and optimization solution, which connects to the airport operational database, models all rules via a points‑based assignment system, and gives planners user‑friendly tools (drag‑and‑drop, scenario forecasting, real‑time alerts) to create flexible plans. The result was higher planning efficiency, better resource utilization and invoicing accuracy, greater operational transparency, a 90% reduction in parking‑fee complaints and the freeing of a full‑time finance resource.

Brussels Airport

Roland Coppin

Head of Operational Control