Airport Information Systems - Airport Management Systems

For most airports, today's challenges lie in the ability to respond to the growing requirements of the many departments involved in operational, statistical and financial information.

Senior management realise that in order to have the different departments contained within an airport working in harmony, they must link and integrate their resources, people, equipment, facilities and information across the airport's local or wide area network.

Airport Information Systems' (AIS) complete, fully-integrated software solution includes:

• Aeronautical management systems with billing engines
• Flight information display systems
• Staff information via the Intranet
• ATC administration systems with over flight billing
• Cash invoicing
• E-Boarding passenger security systems
• Ledger accounting

After nearly three decades of research and development, AIS have produced a tried and tested airport management system, which has proven to increase financial returns by dramatically increasing airport efficiency and ensuring that all aircraft movements and services are invoiced correctly.

ALDIS 2000 - AERONAUTICAL BILLING

Airport billing is becoming more and more complex with surcharges, discounts and targets. The ALDIS 2000 billing engine, with its online validation, simplifies the creation of invoices, and ensures that all movements and services are charged correctly.

AFIDS 2001 - FLIGHT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEMS

Using the latest video drivers, TFT LCD displays and browser-based technology, AFIDS 2001 flight information display systems accurately display flight-related information to travellers, airline staff, retailers and ground staff.

AFIDS 2001 flight information display systems provide flight-related information including baggage information and passenger information throughout the airport.

Information can be shown at check-in desks, arrival and departure areas and baggage carousels. Arrival and departure information can also be uploaded to the airport's web site in exactly the same format that is being displayed within the airport.

ATCAS - ATC ADMINISTRATION AND OVERFLIGHT BILLING

The Air Traffic Control Administration System (ATCAS) allows air traffic control to share information with other airport departments. This information can then be used for correct allocation of stands or air bridges. It can also be used to create the mandatory statistics required by some government agencies including the National Air Traffic Service (NATS).

The ATCAS includes a link to AFTN and other ATC systems such as flight strip printing, and it can also allow for over flight billing through and within the FIR.

E-BOARDING PASSENGER SECURITY SYSTEMS

As more and more carriers allow passengers to check-in on the web, airport security staff require a system to thoroughly check e-boarding passes and ensure passenger security. AIS has thus developed its Security Sentinel system, which checks web-produced, 2D barcode boarding passes.

Security Sentinel is capable of verifying basic security information such as the validity of the point of origin and the flight number. The system is also able to re-set flights, and to handle flights and delayed flights around midnight.

Checking details like this is paramount to controlling access to airside and fundamental in the safe running of an airport.

LEDGER ACCOUNTING

AIS can supply a number of third party ledger systems with links to ALDIS 2000 and cash invoicing.

Modules include the following:

• Sales ledgers (accounts receivable)
• Purchase ledgers (accounts payable)
• Nominal ledgers (general ledgers)
• Cash books
• Payroll and HR
• Stock control
• Purchase and sales order processing
• Sales invoicing

The sales invoicing module allows the creation of invoices for all non-aeronautical revenue.