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Issue 2 2011
11 April 2011
The agreement of European Union Member States on the Single European Sky (SES) marked a political solution to an inefficient and expensive European Air Transport System. Officially launched in March 2004, SES aims towards ambitious goals: cutting the cost of flying by half, decreasing by 10% the environmental impact of aviation, and enabling a three-fold increase in capacity, all the while further improving the already high safety record of European airspace.
This first SES package initiated a huge change in thinking and acting on aviation matters in Europe. The framework regulation, the airspace regulation, the service provision regulation and the interoperability regulation built the foundations for a new European Air Traffic Management that could meet future capacity and safety needs by reducing fragmentation. As the EC Commissioner Loyola de Palacio stated: “from patchwork to network.”
11 April 2011
Implementation of the United States’ Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is a highly orchestrated initiative, requiring close collaboration with the aviation community. By leveraging a strategy of incremental implementation with our stakeholders, NextGen capabilities are already emerging, providing benefits to airports, aircraft operators and the travelling public today.
These benefits include improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of air transportation, while reducing aviation’s impact on our environment. Among these capabilities are airfield and surface improvements, including surface data sharing; performance-based navigation; and the deployment and operational use of automatic dependent surveillancebroadcast (ADS-B). The backbone of NextGen surveillance, ADS-B is now operational for air traffic control services in several locations across the US, with the full nationwide ADS-B deployment on track for 2013.
11 April 2011
When planning for a new BHS (Baggage Handling System) I recommend looking at your bags as if they were customers. Similar to a study on passenger profiles for a new terminal, an analysis of bags should be done. The dimensions, typical shapes, materials, per Pax ratio, even content will get you important results that have to be taken into consideration for planning a new BHS.
80% of the typical Middle East checked baggage would be out-of-gauge in Europe, so it is important to get the average profile and per route specifics of your baggage to cater for sufficient baggage handling facilities.
11 April 2011
Security, progress, economic growth, achievement – these are all words, that sadly, many throughout the world have yet to associate with Iraq, but my hope is that when you have read through this article I may have changed your mind. In turn, you may, if you wish, quietly reprimand yourselves for not looking beyond popular caricatures of Iraq, and Kurdistan in particular.
Erbil international Airport sits 7km from the centre of the modern and growing principal city of Kurdish Iraq, Erbil. The city itself is one of the world’s oldest centres of urban development stretching back more than 7,000 years.
In 2010 Erbil International Airport (EIA) welcomed 454,600 departing and arriving passengers. This number, though small by international standards, represents a 178% increase on passenger traffic in 2006.
11 April 2011
San Diego International Airport is served by 21 airlines and offers 213 daily nonstop flights to 48 destinations. It is owned and operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, which was created on 1 January 2003.
Successfully operating San Diego International Airport (SDIA) means balancing three imperatives; working within unusual physical constraints (we are a single-runway airport on only 661 acres in the middle of downtown San Diego), providing an exceptional passenger experience while meeting growing demand and becoming more sustainable and ‘green’ over time.
11 April 2011
Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport’s winter operations have kept the airport open regardless of weather conditions and become the envy of snowbound airports around the world.
The winter of 2010-2011 will go down as one of the toughest ever for airports in Europe and North America. Heavy snow, ice storms and freezing temperatures wreaked havoc on flight operations on both sides of the Atlantic. In some cases, they forced the complete shutdown of major airport hubs.
11 April 2011
Turin Airport, of which SAGAT is the management company, features a modern, efficient and comfortable network of infrastructures able to offer users a range of forefront services. Links with the main European hubs of Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Moscow, Munich, Paris and Rome make it possible to arrive at any destination world-wide via an inter - mediate stopover.
After receiving various international accolades, ACI Europe – Best Airport Awards in 2007 and 2008, Turin Airport qualified for ISO 9001/2008 certification in 2009, thus confirming SAGAT’s commitment to providing passengers and companies with efficient, top quality services.
11 April 2011
In the early afternoon of 7 January, 2009, a Continental Airlines Boeing 737 airliner lifted off the tarmac of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport with a blend of biofuel and conventional petroleum-derived fuel feeding one of its two CFM International jet engines.
This event, along with three similar demon stration flights by Air New Zealand, Japan Airlines, and KLM marked a major step forward in addressing one of commercial aviation’s most pressing concerns. The airlines need sustainable alternative fuels to address a myriad of environmental and economic challenges, and these flights demonstrated that they could soon have what they want.
11 April 2011
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is dedicated to protecting our Nation’s transportation systems and safeguarding the travelling public. We face an adaptive adversary who seeks vulnerabilities in our system and, as a result, TSA must employ new methods to stay ahead of evolving threats. Security technologies, such as Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), are a critical part of this effort.
Based upon the latest intelligence and after studying all available technologies, the TSA has concluded AIT is the most effective method to detect threat items concealed on passengers while maintaining efficient checkpoint screening operations.
11 April 2011
Since 1992, GATE has been the German umbrella association for quality airport suppliers, enhancing worldwide the image of competence and reliability for its corporate members, encouraging cooperation and supporting strategic alliances.
Since the wide body Aircraft came into service demanding new facilities on the ground, airport equipment companies have had a driving objective to create an identity and a strategic platform specifically for the airport industry, specifically to meet experts and executives operating airports who were looking for advanced technology to keep pace with passenger growth.
11 April 2011
The coldest December in 100 years brought into sharp focus the impact that weather can have on the UK’s airports. Across Europe and North America heavy snowfalls and ice brought airports more used to severe winter weather to a standstill. But in a warming world, changing weather patterns are potentially a further complication for the world’s airports.
It is said that we have a fascination with the weather, from what is happening outside now to what conditions are likely to be weeks ahead. For airport and airline operators disruption due to weather, especially in winter, can put strain on schedules through misplaced aircraft, passengers and staff.
11 April 2011
The flying public have experienced huge changes in the air travel experience over the course of the last two decades. Most of those changes have been beneficial and welcomed by passengers such as improved facilities and lower prices. Other changes have been less accommodating, such as the introduction of charges for checking in luggage.
The introduction of these charges has proved very lucrative for airlines, particularly low cost carriers. By unbundling the travelling experience and charging for each constituent part, low cost carriers can offer headline lowcost fares and supplement their revenues with the additional charges.
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