I am sure you remember the movie Passenger 57… There is a scene in which one of the bad guys gets his neck broken while seated in his airplane scene and then they cover his head with his hat to keep the cabin crew from asking questions too early. I was reminded of this scene… Continue reading Viewfinder View 5 – Passenger 57?
Delivering the Real Time Airport
Connecting terminal and airside operations to enhance true collaborative decision making Martin Bowman, Transport Sector Director for Amor Group, a specialist provider of Airport Operational Systems, discusses the rationale behind Amor’s bid to take CDM concepts firmly in to the heart of the terminal operation, putting passengers at the centre of all airport processes. With… Continue reading Delivering the Real Time Airport
Quote of January 2012
Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. John Ruskin
Happy New Year!
We wish all our readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Airbus, Sharklets and a Lawsuit
Perhaps you too have been wondering when you saw Boeing 737s and 757s sprouting winglets: why was the Airbus 320 family stuck with the old-fashioned wingtip fences? Winglets have been shown to bring substantial (up to 5 %) reduction in fuel burn and the Aviation Partners, Inc. (API) blended winglet design, patented in 1994, have… Continue reading Airbus, Sharklets and a Lawsuit
UDPP – What and Why?
If I could give a word of advice to anyone embarking on a long ATM project (well, any ATM project, they’re all long) it would be ‘keep a good diary’. When Roger-Wilco’s indefatigable editor Steve asked me for a few words on the origins and meaning of UDPP, I struggled to find how and when… Continue reading UDPP – What and Why?
Young European candidates wanted for Innotour USA – Application deadline 5 January 2012
Dear Young European Innovators, I am Kumardev Chatterjee, Founder and President of the European Young Innovators Forum (EYIF). You will be aware of the competition for the Masterclass on Innovation we launched erlier this year with Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary, and which EYIF organised with the European Commission at its Innovation Convention (IC2011) in Brussels this December.… Continue reading Young European candidates wanted for Innotour USA – Application deadline 5 January 2012
Collaborative Departure Queue Management (CDQM) – What is this?
Although the concept of Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) originated in the US, Europe did leapfrog ahead with its initiative called Airport CDM (A-CDM). A-CDM has been implemented at a number of European airports with varying degrees of success and it seems that the momentum of implementation has slowed somewhat. On the other hand, most everybody… Continue reading Collaborative Departure Queue Management (CDQM) – What is this?
Merry Christmas!
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Fact sheets on SWIM
One of the ways SESAR communicates with the world is the so-called fact-sheets. These are compact descriptions of certain aspects of the work-packages and as such provide a fairly useful source of quick reference. System Wide Information Management (SWIM) has its own set of fact-sheets, well worth a look. Check them out here.