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Inverness chosen as remote digital tower hub for seven Scottish airports

9 July 2018 | By International Airport Review

The affected airports include Sumburgh, Dundee, Inverness, Wick John O’Groats, Kirkwall, Stornoway and Benbecula.

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Coordinating the highly complex communications in aviation

19 June 2018 | By Tony Gray

Transportation accounts for the largest share of critical communications adopted in the business-critical sector. Tony Gray, Chief Executive of The Critical Communications Association (TCCA), reveals the role that critical communications plays in the airport industry.

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A world-first for the air traffic control industry based in Sweden

19 June 2018 | By Brett Weihart

December 2019 will see the opening of Scandinavian Mountains Airport – the world’s first new airport to be built without a traditional tower. The airport will instead use remote tower services based at Sundsvall Timrå Airport, approximately 350km to the east. Brett Weihart, CEO of Scandinavian Mountains Airport AB, reveals…

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Changing the face of air traffic management for the better

19 June 2018 | By Florian Guillermet - Executive Director of SESAR

In a matter of years, remote tower technology has re-written the rulebook on air traffic control. Initially conceived as a smart, safe and sustainable solution for airports with very low traffic density, remote towers are now becoming a reality at airports with significantly higher traffic movements, says Florian Guillermet, Executive…

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International Airport Review – Issue 3, 2018

8 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

In this issue: discovering the benefits of remote digital towers, the rise of automation in passenger processing, and unlocking the value of data to improve operational efficiencies.

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Community app: The cure for airport campus fragmentation

8 May 2018 | By Abhi Chacko

Although it looks like a single entity from the outside, airports are mini cities hosting a collection of independent organisations including airlines, ground handlers, retailers, restaurants, police, immigration agencies and hotels. Getting the right information to the right person at the right time is crucial for the airport ecosystem to…

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Transport critical comms market to top $3 billion by 2021

5 April 2018 | By International Airport Review

New research from market intelligence firm IHS Markit has projected that total critical communications revenues associated with transport will be worth more than $3 billion by the end of 2020.

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Munich Airport to develop “future-focused” innovation campus

9 March 2018 | By International Airport Review

Aerospace, digitalisation, energy and mobility will be just some of the areas industry experts will focus on at a new innovation hub in Munich Airport.

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BULATSA and IATA to develop an airspace strategy for Bulgaria

1 March 2018 | By International Airport Review

BULATSA and IATA have said they will strengthen their existing cooperation through a new initiative, aimed at delivering benefits to the travelling public while supporting national economic growth and the competitiveness of the Bulgarian aviation sector.

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HungaroControl: More than an ANSP

23 February 2018 | By HungaroControl

HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation service provider (ANSP), provides air navigation services in the Hungarian airspace - on a NATO assignment – in the upper airspace over Kosovo, trains air traffic control personnel, and conducts air navigation research and development.

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Air Traffic Control / Management In-Depth Focus 2018

23 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

ATC/ATM operations are some of the most critical in the airport industry, especially with air capacities reaching their max. This In-Depth Focus explores some smart options available to the traffic control/management industry and the steps some experts are taking towards making valuable changes for future success.

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Gatwick the ‘first major airport’ to introduce cloud-based flight info display

20 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

More than two years after deciding to develop cloud-based FIDS in line with the its cloud migration strategy, Gatwick Airport's new system has gone live.

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Dubai Airports opens Tier 3-certified data centre complex

16 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

Dubai Airports' new facility is expected to provide a stable and reliable environment for Dubai Airports to host its private cloud.

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AI-equipped robot ‘Josie Pepper’ to greet passengers at Munich Airport

15 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

A first for German airports, Josie Pepper's brain is based on IBM Watson technology, a question and answer computer system specifically developed to answer questions from the quiz show Jeopardy.

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Icelandic air navigation provider latest to deploy state-of-the-art recording tech

12 February 2018 | By International Airport Review

Iceland has become the latest of 50 countries to use Frequentis DIVOS technology to reduce operational efforts for incident investigation.