Airport Show: Operation needs inspiring new technologies

“There is a need to see the airside operations requirements in more holistic manner,” said Raghu Seelamonthula, solutions leader for airside systems at Honeywell International.
He said that Honeywell has come up with a system - the airside operations database – to help manage manage operations in a millisecond and also allows different systems to follow same data.
He said: “With these capabilities you get more in control as the big data analysis helps you to forecast (when), to explain (why) and to know (what happened). Real time analysis helps in decision-making and tries and uses the data where it makes more sense.”
He said that it helps in surface surveillance data and distance time analysis, besides helping in analyzing airport surface sequencing, taxi routes, analysis of the use of T-RNAV routes for departures, as well as in analyzing the relationship between airport efficiency and surface traffic.
“This will help in modeling or prediction of congestion and delays. With the help of the big database, you can do airport and airspace capacity estimates, queuing delay model for airport and airspace delays, prediction of flight event times with consideration of air traffic control (ATC) constraints.”
Searidge Technologies, the provider of collaborative surface management solutions to air navigation service providers (ANSPs), presented innovative technology for safer and more efficient airports.
Arash Mahin, head of airport products for Searidge said streamlining was necessary for airport operations.
“With increasing costs and demand for better, faster service, it is crucial for operators to improve safety and efficiency at their airports,” he said.

There were a number of new products launched at the event. Bird Control Group, launched the Aerolaser Handheld, an innovative solution to stop birds and aircraft collision by using an ‘Aerolaser Handheld’ to reclaim the airside territory from passing birds. Birds perceive the approaching laser beam as a physical danger. Moving the beam towards the birds appeals to their survival instinct, causing them to fly away.