First class consulting services and
CAST software solutions for the aviation industry

Airport Research Center GmbH (ARC) is an independent, global provider of professional airport and aviation consulting, featuring engineering, planning and decision support services. With CAST ARC offers a world-wide leading IT software solution which helps to optimize investments and reduce operational costs. ARC’s worldwide clients and partners include airport owners, airport operators, airlines, ground handling companies, ANS provider, logistic companies, authorities, universities and other organizations, as well as engineering, planning and consulting companies.

Consulting Services

Airport Research Center GmbH offers its customers consul­tancy in all areas of airport planning and airport operations. An interdisciplinary team of experts ranging from architects, civil, traffic and aerospace engineering to economists work in close co-operation and are selectively chosen to meet the requirements of every customer and every project.

 CAST Software

CAST, the scalable and modular software solution, provides modules for airport simulation and capacity planning, resource allocation and real-time prediction based airport management. The usage of CAST reduces cost for investments and operations, speeds up decision making and planning processes and sup­ports smooth, safe and punctual operations. CAST solutions seamless cover strategic and tactical planning as well as operational and real-time optimization.

Client Testimonials

  •   The CAST tool has now been used as part of a number of simulations in collaboration with EUROCONTROL, Airbus and participating airports (LHR, CDG, MAD, BOD, TLS). The feedback from the airports during these simulations in relation to the CAST functionality is overwhelmingly positive.  

    Alan Marsden, Eurocontrol

  •  … Retrospectively 2017 has been extraordinary successful for both our guests and the airport. There were as few complaints as ever and the better planning meant an excellent economic success to the service providers. … 

    Lufthansa, Cologne/Bonn Airport

  •   ARC has always responded with intelligent new-thinking and development of the CAST toolset and skills. It is great fun to work with them  

    Peter Eriksen, Head of Airport Research, EUROCONTROL

  •   Our experience with the Airport Research Center GmbH has been very positive, both through their support and development of CAST, but also through demonstrating their knowledge and experience in the aviation sector.  

    Chris Pickard, London Heathrow Airport, Great Britain

  •   The support that was provided was absolutely fantastic. It was a very successful project for us and I was really happy that we completed a project internally in conjunction with our airline client that they had wanted to use external consultants for.  

    Jean Halpin, Dublin Airport Authority, Ireland

  •   Applying the impressive CAST simulation software, it was possible to model OSL's complex and interrelated airside processes exactly in line with our given rules and operational concepts.  

    Kjell-Arne Sakshaug, Oslo Gardermoen Airport, Norway

  •   CAST Terminal is one of the most versatile pedestrian modelling tools available, both analytically and visually.   

    Rob Whitehouse, Jacobs Consultancy, Great Britain

  •   By the use of the CAST Simulation model BAA was able to save 800,000GBP by the reconfiguration of the existing system instead of a more expensive expansion of the reclaim area at Stansted Airport.  

    Louise Hoyte, BAA, Great Britain

Latest News

  • At ACI-NA Conference & Exhibition airport decision makers of the US market have the chance to learn more about ARC’s consulting and software solutions in face-to-face meetings and live demonstrations at the ARC booth 934.
    The event will take place in Nashville (TN), United States from 30 September to 2 October 2018.

  • Save the date for this year's CAST User Conference at 18-19 September 2018! Celebrating ARC's 20th anniversary this conference will take place at our headquarters in Aachen, Germany. The 2-day event will be a great opportunity to network with other CAST users, share experience, talk about projects, get insight into the latest developments and discuss the future vision of CAST.

  • ARC’s partner Hans Dorries will give a presentation about “Using Airport Simulation to Improve Operational Performance and Safety” at SAPOE 2018 Conference. The conference brings together airline representatives, aircraft manufacturers and many other international aviation experts. This year, the conference will take place in Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona on November 15th and 16th. Hans will showcase how CAST Simulation supports quicker and more reliable decisions for an optimized use of infrastructure and more efficient operations.

  • CAST simulation and capacity planning projects for the Middle East region are in the focus at the ARC stand in the German Pavilion on the Dubai Airport Show 2018. Come and meet us to discuss how CAST Airport Solutions can support your strategic, tactical and operational resource planning as well as how the actual operations can be improved with CAST Express real-time passenger flow prediction.