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Parking Systems
for Airports

Reliable parking management systems for thousands of spaces and millions of transactions daily – around the clock, worldwide.

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Our Approach

Parking shapes the first and last impression of an airport.

Airports today are far more than mere transportation hubs – they are modern interfaces of globalization. Sustainability, digitalization, and continuously rising passenger numbers demand parking solutions that seamlessly combine efficiency and comfort. Designa delivers exactly that – proven worldwide for over 75 years.

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Hardware & Software Overview

Hardware

The CONNECT Series

Award-winning devices built for 24/7 continuous operation – from the barrier gate and pay station to license plate recognition, engineered for the demands of international airports.

CONNECT GATE 600 CONNECT PAY 500 CONNECT LANE 600 CONNECT FOCUS LPR
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Software

Airport Solutions

From barrier-free parking with FREEFLOW to contract parking – the complete software platform for airlines, business travelers, holiday parking, and every other use case at the airport.

FREEFLOW TICKETLESS CONTRACT PARKER MODULE FREQUENT PARKER MODULE RESERVATION MODULE PARKETPLACE
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Worldwide References

200+ Airports
worldwide

Designa is deployed at over 200 airports worldwide.

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Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt am Main · Germany

One of the largest parking operators in Europe. Discover how Designa reliably manages 57,000 parking spaces and 12 million parking transactions per year.

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Challenge
Fraport AG is one of Europe's largest parking operators. 57,000 parking spaces on and around the airport must be managed around the clock – with 12 million parking transactions per year.
Solution
Fully integrated Designa parking management system as a high-availability cluster, embedded directly into Fraport's IT environment. 50 operator workstations, 6 service stations, 24/7 service plan.
57,000
Parking spaces
12M
Parking transactions / year
470
Barriers
Sydney Airport
Sydney · Australia

One of the most demanding retrofit projects in the Asia-Pacific region. How Designa delivered a fully integrated valet solution under intense time pressure.

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Challenge
An ambitious retrofit project – in terms of schedule, scope of delivery and logistics, one of the most demanding projects in the Asia-Pacific region.
Solution
Fully integrated valet parking system with handheld capture, single-space monitoring and advance booking via web interface. Fully virtualized server environment.
41
Entry Lanes
31
Exits
8
Valet-PoS-Terminals
New York Airports
JFK · LGA · EWR · SWF · USA

Four airports, one system. How Designa connected 44,000 public parking spaces in New York with ticketless, LPR-supported parking.

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Challenge
Four airports, complex infrastructure: reserved parking spaces, kiss-&-fly zones, external gates reached by shuttle train – all unified in a single system.
Solution
Ticketless handling for advance bookings and contract parkers, license plate recognition, ticketless/hybrid for kiss-&-fly zones. 44,000 parking spaces fully migrated to the new system.
44,000
Parking spaces
>80
Entry devices
>50
Pay stations
Hamburg Airport
Hamburg · Germany

5 customer parking areas, 2 kiss-and-fly zones, taxi and shuttle management – how Designa controls 10,000 parking spaces with a single system.

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Challenge
5 customer car parks, 2 kiss-&-fly zones, taxi and shuttle management with differentiated access rights – maximum throughput for 10,000 parking spaces.
Solution
Ticketless handling for advance bookings, differentiated access management for taxis and shuttles, seamlessly integrated into the existing airport IT.
10,000
Parking spaces
32
Entry devices
55
Exit devices
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Frequently Asked Questions about
Airport Parking

Over 200 airports on all six continents rely on Designa parking management systems – including Fraport Frankfurt, Sydney Airport, New York's JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Stewart airports, as well as airports in Abu Dhabi, Dublin and Ottawa.

In principle, all Designa products can be deployed at an airport. The most commonly used are the CONNECT hardware series for high-throughput operations, along with the software products FREEFLOW (barrier-free parking), TICKETLESS (ticketless parking with barrier), CONTRACT PARKER MODULE (employee parking permits), FREQUENT PARKER MODULE (frequent/season pass holders) and RESERVATION MODULE (advance booking).

Fraport AG, one of Europe's largest parking operators, relies on a fully integrated Designa PARCS system configured as a high-availability cluster with 470 parking barriers, 50 operator workstations and a 24/7 service plan – handling 12 million parking transactions per year.

Yes: Designa connects four New York airports (JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Stewart) with a single ticketless parking system – 44,000 spaces, license plate recognition (LPR) and ticketless processing for Kiss & Fly zones with over 80 entry devices.

Designa has been active in parking technology since 1951 – more than 75 years of industry experience – and today delivers parking management systems to more than 200 airports on all six continents.

Designa develops its parking systems for maximum system availability with zero downtime. At Hamburg Airport, for example, 10,000 parking spaces including Kiss & Fly zones and taxi/shuttle management are controlled around the clock with a single integrated solution.

Shortlist vendors with proven airport references, high-availability operation and software for every airport use case. Designa is deployed at over 200 airports worldwide, including Frankfurt, Hamburg, Sydney and the New York airports JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Stewart. It covers FREEFLOW, TICKETLESS, contract parking, frequent parkers and advance reservations in one platform – for greenfield sites and existing facilities.

Compare PARCS providers on airport references, system availability, IT integration and software scope. Key questions: Can the system run as a high-availability cluster? Does it integrate into the airport’s IT? Does it cover reservations, contract parkers, kiss-and-fly zones and taxi or shuttle access? Designa delivers all of this – at Frankfurt Airport as a high-availability cluster embedded in Fraport’s IT environment.

A business case for an airport PARCS platform weighs revenue, operating effort and passenger experience. Typical levers are online advance bookings via the RESERVATION MODULE, ticketless and barrier-free processing with TICKETLESS and FREEFLOW, centralized operation of several car parks and less hardware to maintain. Designa supports the analysis with references such as Frankfurt, Hamburg and the New York airports.

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