Category: TITAN

News from the EU TITAN Project – Adding value to basic CDM

TITAN extended by three months

Although the TITAN project was to have ended in November 2012, we are now happy to announce that a three months extension was granted by the commission. The original aims had been reached on time and all the deliverables were completed, however, some of the originally agreed budget was still available and it was decided… Continue reading TITAN extended by three months

TITAN Final Workshop

Those of you who have followed the evolution of the TITAN project on the pages of Roger-Wilco will be familiar with the aims and development methodology of this trend-setting EC 7th framework project. Building on the achievements of Airport Collaborative Decision Making systems (A-CDM), TITAN had set out to show how aircraft turnaround can be… Continue reading TITAN Final Workshop

The Principles of the TITAN Tool GUI

The current turnaround process involves many different entities performing many different operations and letting much inefficiency to arise. This may be attributed to lacking common situational awareness; inadequate information sharing and fragmented data flows. As a result readjustment of aircraft’s target off-block time is often unavoidable. By improving common situational awareness at the airport level,… Continue reading The Principles of the TITAN Tool GUI

TITAN Kicks-off its “Integration in the Air Transport System” and Holds Fourth Progress Meeting

The EC 7th Framework Program project TITAN is slowly approaching the final leg of its exciting three year circuit looking at improving the aircraft turnaround process. The TITAN partners gathered in Madrid, Spain, on 14-15 December to review progress and to kick-off WP6. I will come back on the significance of this work-package in moment.… Continue reading TITAN Kicks-off its “Integration in the Air Transport System” and Holds Fourth Progress Meeting

TITAN – The best game in town

No, this is not something new for your Wii or other gaming platform… sorry. True, experts participating in the TITAN project gathered in Budapest’s Airport Hotel for a gaming exercise but this was serious business. The project has reached an important phase in its development: it was time to validate the services and information defined… Continue reading TITAN – The best game in town

The significance of services in TITAN

As you may have heard, TITAN is an EU 7Th Framework project working on improving the predictability and efficiency of the aircraft turnaround. Its name says it all: turnaround integration in trajectory and network. Building on the baseline to be provided by Airport CDM (A-CDM), TITAN will make the details of the turnaround process more… Continue reading The significance of services in TITAN

TITAN Mid-term Progress Meeting

The mid-term progress meeting of the TITAN project was held on 24-25 May 2011 near Frankfurt at project partner Jeppesen’s European headquarters. The meeting was well attended and was of special significance also on account of the fact that TITAN was introduced for the first time to its new European Commission project officer Mr. Remy Denos.… Continue reading TITAN Mid-term Progress Meeting