Target user: OCC Planning Teams

Use Case | Proactive Recovery Planning for Forecasted Weather Disruption at a Hub

1. When severe weather is forecasted 24–48 hours in advance at a major hub, an OCC Planner uses Horizon to anticipate operational impacts and prepare a recovery strategy. Horizon runs predictive delay models to identify probable disruptions at both the flight and network levels, flagging high-risk connections, crew legality concerns, and aircraft misalignments.

2. The user is alerted to the affected airport and the throughput constraint based on weather forecasts (e.g., reducing capacity to 30 flights/hour from 15:00–18:00). 

3. The user then explores several what-if scenarios using Horizon’s simulation engine—each one generating recommended recovery actions, such as targeted pre-cancellations, reroutes, or aircraft swaps. Each plan is ranked by cost, passenger impact, and network resilience. Once the optimal plan is selected, it’s saved with a trigger condition (e.g., “execute if GDP is issued or METAR > threshold”) for fast deployment if the disruption materializes. 

4. This allows the OCC to shift from reactive scrambling to proactive, data-informed execution across shifts.