delair Air Traffic Systems, provider of solutions for optimising airport processes, will exhibit again at this year's ATC Global. ATC is one of the most important international trade shows for air traffic control systems and will take place from 17 to 19 March 2009 in Amsterdam. delair will be at booth H417, where Braunschweig Research Airport and FCS Flight Calibration Services will also be exhibiting. The focus of delair’s trade show presence will be the A-CDM product suite.
A-CDM
delair's focus at the show will be its A-CDM (advanced collaborative decision making) product suite. The A-CDM product suite has already been operational at Zurich International Airport for many years. The product suite is based on the A-CDM platform and features the arrival and departure manager 'darts4D' which was co-developed with the DFS (German air navigation service provider), the resource manager 'sally' (stands, gates, check-in, counter, baggage belts etc.) and the electronic flight strip system (EFSS) 'focus'. Airports like Zurich, Frankfurt and Vienna are using modules of the resource management system 'sally' for the optimised utilisation of stand and gate resources.
Optimisation of airport traffic procedures
Software-based systems for optimised air traffic procedures contribute largely to cope with traffic growth at remaining physical resources of the airports. They support the precisely timed planning and control of the controllers regarding the arrival and departure traffic. With precise planning and shorter staggering times the runway capacities can be used optimally. Based on flight plans, radar and weather data, and considering the noise reduction measures, the tower and apron controllers are provided with an optimum sequence of arrivals and departures in connection with corresponding departure and arrival times. Thus, the controllers are supported in their planning of air traffic and they can concentrate on safe air traffic control.
The result is a harmonic traffic flow from which airport, carrier, passengers and also residents will profit. The utilisation of the capacities is improved and delays are reduced. Less holding patterns, shorter taxi times before departure and optimised procedures result in reduced fuel consumption and less noise and pollution emission.
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