What is merlot.aero?
Airline Operations Management Software to forecast, organise, plan, predict, measure and report on activity to optimise daily aircraft and crew utilisation of your airline.
merlot.aero - Airline Operations Management Solution is a comprehensive suite of modules for airline operations and crew management, planning, tracking and regulatory compliance to manage operations and ensure overall safety, efficiency and quality of your airline.
merlot.aero is unique, it is the only truly internet based airline operations management tool on the market. The modules can be used independently or together to provide a fully-integrated airline operations management system for optimum airline performance. The system is offered through a hosted and self-hosted model on a leased license basis.
Planning.
This covers the planning process all airlines go though for their aircraft and crew. The merlot.aero planning modules include:
NetworkPlan Develop optimum flight schedules to maximise commercial return with a focus on route profitability.
AircraftSchedule Automate and improve the development of flight schedules while ensuring operational integrity and meeting the needs of the customer. This includes a maintenance planning capability. Find out more about our AircraftSchedule application.
CrewPreplan Plan and monitor all revalidation and qualification checks, medicals, license renewals, annual leave and administrative needs. Crew shortfalls or surplus information is accurately calculated by fleet, rank or base and can be aggregated at daily, weekly or monthly levels. This extends to future establishment planning.
CrewBuild and Crew.Roster Develop efficient crew rosters that achieve business goals while meeting the needs of crew, and manage changes that arise after the roster is published.
CrewPortal Allows for the active management of crew and their duties on the day via a standard internet browser.
CrewHouse Manage the complex accommodation and transport requirements of the crew as they go about achieving their roster.
Following.
This covers the real time management of the airline's assets(i.e. aircraft and crew). Our tracking modules include:
AircraftFollow Provides a real time graphical representation of your airline's live status for the day. Reports on disruptions such as late running aircraft and provides accurate and timely information to improve the decision support process. Also includes comprehensive MEL / Maintenance planning management. Find out more about Aircraft.Follow.
CrewFollow Provides airlines with the best information to act in response to crew disruptions resulting from (amongst other things) sickness, no shows and crew related aircraft disruptions on the day.
CrewPortal Allows for the active management of crew and their duties on the day via a standard internet browser.
AircraftPortal Capture of relevant actual aircraft data via standard internet browser for distribution to other merlot systems.
AircraftPostFlight Verify all technical or flight log data and automatically make it available for comprehensive management reporting to other departments including maintenance and engineering, human resources, finance and flight operations.
AircraftTrack Track and display actual aircraft information via ATC radar feeds overlaid on terrain maps.
AircraftLoad Track, manage and control the weight and balance of the aircraft. Offers the opportunity to optimise aircraft balance and thus save fuel, standardise processes, reduce messy paper trails and reduce turnaround times.
AircraftFuel Optimise fuel pick-up / tankerage opportunities to minimise fuel burn.
AircraftPerform Manage the Aircraft Performance process for take-off and landing. Offers the opportunity to ensure optimal aircraft performance, standardise processes, reduce messy paper trails and reduce turnaround times.
Add Ons.
We also have a number of add on capabilities. These include:
merlot.pda Enables the collection and distribution of various information to and from crew for direct input into the database thereby doing away with paper forms and data entry by an operator. Find out more about merlot.pda.
merlot.aero-FlightLog Captures sector timings APU on/off, doors closed/open, OOOI times, crew recency (i.e. landings, approaches etc.) Check out our merlot.aero-FlightLog.
merlot.aero-BarControl Allows accurate and timely capture of bar stock and sales information for distribution to other corporate systems. Find out more about our merlot.aero-BarControl application.
merlot.aero-FatigueManagement A tool to systematically identify threats, help manage the risks and contribute to a safer work place. Find out more about the merlot.aero-FatigueAssessment tool.
merlot.aero-Weight&Balance Maximise load and minimise fuel burn while improving safety through reducing the potential for human error. Offers the opportunity to standardise processes, reduce turnaround times and optimise fuel tankerage opportunities. Find out more about merlot.aero-Weight&Balance.
merlot.aero-SimulatorAssessment Captures SIM check information electronically. Find out more about the merlot.aero-SimulatorAssessment solution.
Architecture.
ReportingEngine Allows accurate, timely, targeted and informative reporting.
MessagingEngine A flexible and configurable message switch allowing for the import and export of common airline based message formats (e.g. IATA SSIM, MVT, ASM, ACARS, etc) and other messaging formats (e.g. SMS Text, email, etc).
IntegrationEngine Integrate with other partner products to provide an overall airline solution. Includes Reservations, Finance/Payroll and MRO.
RulesEngine Ensures all regulatory and contractual compliance.
DatabaseEngine At the core of Merlot.aero is a relational multi-tenanted SQL Server 2008 database.
Services.
Consultancy A comprehensive and experienced consultancy service to provide recommendations on organisational structure and associated business processes prior to implementation. Combined with the applications, these recommendations provide a sound platform for cost efficient and cost-effective operation.
ReportingServices A service where we produce specifically designed reports created from data across all existing airline systems, providing you exactly what you want, when you need it. Find out more about the ReportingServices.
