AOP

Airport Operational Plan.
The Airport Operational Plan (AOP) is a set of information that provides a view on the Airport situation for monitoring the traffic evolution. The AOP is not a static view, but instead is a dynamic view which takes into account information as it becomes available. It includes the plan for the use of the airport resources (rules, configurations, and capacities), the traffic demand and the demand capacity balance assessment at the airport level. In addition, it will include data appropriate for the monitoring of airport performance coherent with the philosophy of performance-based airport management. The AOP is part of the Network Operations Plan (NOP).
The AOP generation is carried out based upon higher level target values and detected deviations from inner cycle targets. The result can be a tentative plan with new target values. Through the Plan Selection the choice of the plan occurs which should be active, either to take place of the old active plan or the new tentative plan that is the alternative plan. This process includes the negotiation and commitment between the different stakeholders. In the Activation process, the new planned targets will be integrated in the current plan.