Parking is the first and last impression of your airport facilities for many travelers. It’s critical to make that impression count and for the experience to be as pleasant, friendly and hassle-free as possible.
The DESIGNA Connect Series Parking Access and Revenue Control System is built to make your airport’s parking experience the best while keeping a firm grasp on finances.
“Every business, no matter what industry, depends on their people and we have the best. No question,” said Paul McIlvride, vice president, DESIGNA USA. “While the competition may offer standardized systems, we consider our clients’ needs and design customized, integrated and future-proof systems and solutions. We become a value-added partner for all our airport clients.”
DESIGNA’s Connect series product is a best practice solution for all parking access and revenue control systems (PARCS) requirements for airport operations. Encompassing garage, lot, employee, valet and ground transportation functionalities, a DESIGNA PARCS is a total solution for all parking, access and revenue collection situations.
Multiple options for entry media are available, including tickets, proximity cards, toll tag integrations, long range automatic vehicle identification readers, license plate recognition, QR code and credit card in.
At exit, the entry media used is again presented or perhaps a frictionless experience is delivered by license plate recognition of tickets already paid without the need to scan or insert the ticket at exit.
Ticketless and barrierless free-flow solutions are also available.
“When we say systems, we aren’t talking about our software, we are highlighting our project management, documentation, quality assurance, environmental management, workplace safety and training processes and deliverables. All of these core systems and processes are second to none,” McIlvride said. “A DESIGNA system will bring reliability, longevity, stability and integrity to any airport’s parking operations. Our goal is to bring our worldwide expertise to improve your business and your customer parking experience.”
The technology of parking has changed substantially in the last 20 years. Automation is now the norm, and cashless payments, by credit card, or app, are commonplace.
The technology advantages, combined with a well thought out central parking management facility, will delivery efficiencies and increase revenues to customers that choose a DESIGNA solution. Increased revenues flow from implemented controls, such as the company's central parking management web-based application and associated true transactional data flows that provide the DNA for business decisions.
Open databases, owning your data, and the DESIGNA flexibility of the implementation of any industry leading business intelligence toolset will ensure revenues are maximized.
“Parking is not just barriers up and down,” McIlvride said. “Extensive functionality for entry and exit media, pre-booking or reservation systems, marketing and loyalty programs, mobile ticket payment and integration to third-party aggregators are all key feature-sets considered essential for any airport parking operation.”
A true partner listens and contributes to your business. DESIGNA delivers flexibility with a consultative approach, McIlvride said.
With experience in more than 250 airports worldwide and with project team members in the U.S. who specialize in airports with more than 30 successful airport installations, McIlvride said there’s no issue the company can’t help you to resolve.
The successful implementation of DESIGNA’s flagship project in the U.S., the largest PARCS contract awarded in the world to-date, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is testimony to the company’s ability to improve customer service and revenue, he said.
“Parking is a key revenue earner for all airports. No question. Choosing the right partner for your PARCS is a big decision that has long-term implications. Get that decision wrong and you will probably be faced with a painful time until you can justify a replacement,” McIlvride said. “DESIGNA will be a cooperative and consultative partner. We value, as will you, the ability to be engaged early in the process of review of your PARCS requirements.
“Our Team has many years of worldwide and we would value the opportunity to share this experience with you.”
