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Finnair Ground Operations Workforce Planning with DELMIA Quintiq

Case study showing how Finnair centralized workforce rostering for 1,350+ ground staff across maintenance, passenger services, cargo and catering.

Published
June 4, 2026
Read time
3 min read
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Finnair replaced multiple legacy systems with a single DELMIA Quintiq platform to generate compliant rosters that incorporate labor agreements, shift preferences, skills, vacations and regulatory constraints. The implementation covered short-, mid- and long-term planning for technical, kitchen and ground resource operations between 2017 and 2018. Planners now run optimization scenarios, reduce manual effort and maintain service levels during demand shocks such as COVID-19.

Key takeaways

Single system replaced fragmented departmental scheduling tools

Rosters automatically enforce labor rules, SLAs and employee preferences

What-if optimization supports strategic and disruption planning

Employee self-service visibility reduced planner query volume

Platform scaled to maintain lean operations during COVID-19 traffic drop

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