Several overall conclusions about the DAVINCI Solution can be reached, as follows:
- The DAVINCI project has made manifest the lack of standardization of airport traffic management system, operation and technology.
- DAVINCI proposes the ability to choose the planning priority as a function of the periodic changes in the traffic situation and the associated requirements of real-life operation. Thus, it is an appropriate tool for creating different planning scenarios and adjusting to different planning priorities .
- The proposed architecture has many positive features, including that it is open, flexible and independent of the operation of the planning tools available at each airport.
- One important benefit of the DAVINCI Solution is that the plans provided by each planner are visible to all of the other planners, as well as the quality indicators for the expected situation. The human/machine interface supports this visibility/transparency in operation.
- Since the proposed solution is independent of the planning tools, only the data interfaces would need to be adapted.
- The proposed solution is independent of the technological solution used to implement the co-operation tool .
- The Demonstrator is available, operational and can be adapted to other airports, although a complex tuning process will be needed due to the large number of parameters to be adapted to the specific configuration of each airport.
- The evaluation made by comparison with real operation was only able to be made subjectively, since real operation does not include taxi, push-back and stand allocation planners.
In conclusion, the DAVINCI project has made a start in improving traffic management at airports by proposing flexible, tool-independent co-operation among the planning tools used in airport operation. Although the specific results obtained by the DAVINCI Demonstrator are not as significant as was initially expected, they are positive overall and point the way to future work.