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FRACS - drones pour calibration PAPI
For the first time in Toulouse this March: implementation of the UAV of the Directorate of Technology and Innovation (DTI) for the calibration of a PAPI as part of an experiment on the “pilot airport” of Toulouse-Francazal, a fast-growing airfield. This demonstration, carried out by France Aviation Civile Services, in an extremely short amount of time, showed the operational and technical capabilities of the DTI in this rapidly growing and promising domain of calibration with UAV. Thanks to our expertise, the teams from the different concerned departments were perfectly...
ACOREL - Automatic People Counting Systems is equiping EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg with Automatic Passenger Counting and Queue Management Systems. Since 2018 to now, #ACOREL has been installing 150 sensors in police, border, check-in and even the rest rooms of the #Airport in order to give the exact information (at over 98% accuracy!) about #FlowOfPassengers and #QueueingTimes. This is perfect for managing passenger queues, providing information in real time, optimizing sales systems in duty free shops and restaurants, and also...
adp & gmr
With the acquisition of 49% of the Indian Group GMR Airports, Group ADP creates the leading global network of airports. Groupe ADP has signed a share purchase agreement to buy, under certain conditions, a 49% stake in GMR Airports. The operation will unfold in two phases: a first phase will be realized within the coming days for a 24.99% stake. The second phase, for 24.01%, is subject to certain regulatory conditions, notably obtaining the customary regulatory approvals for that type of project, in particular from the Reserve Bank of India. It will be concluded during the upcoming months...
On November 27th, EASIER, expert in airport, airlines and public transportation equipment, and LAWA, the airport authority that owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY) for the city of Los Angeles, signed a 3-year contract covering automated biometric boarding gate equipment, implementation, and maintenance services.  Selected for its expertise in biometric self-service solutions  On November 7th, LAWA’s Board of Airport Commissioners approved the award to EASIER, as part of the modernization plan for Los Angeles International...
Cayenne Félix Eboué International Airport trusts Alstef |B2A Technology to upgrade and redesign its baggage sorting system. To address the increase of the passenger flow and to comply with European regulations by September 2020, Cayenne Félix Eboué airport has selected Alstef from B2A Technology Group. Alstef will adapt the system to comply with the Standard 3 norms and redesign the entire baggage sorting system. A 10-year maintenance contract and hotlines are also part of the project. The airport terminal will therefore be equipped...
"The Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group is announcing a series of measures to completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by the three airports it operates: Nice Côte d’Azur, Cannes Mandelieu and Golfe de Saint-Tropez. This programme is the continuation of the Group’s numerous commitments and significantly speeds up its schedule. While the Group had already joined 192 European airports in June 2019 in setting the 2050 deadline, it has now revealed the steps required to achieve this target in just 10 years." See the press release
The Haitian National Office of Civil Aviation (OFNAC) is getting equipped with the latest system TopSky-AMHS which will be deployed on the 2 main airports in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien. This step is taken to modernize OFNAC’s air traffic management infrastructure. This is a first step towards the modernization of Haitian civil aviation. This contract includes a TopSky-AMHS system and also the support and maintenance of equipment that will be provided in coordination with Integra Holding. The Topsky-AMHS system is an aeronautical messaging system that provides operators with all...
After several months of collaboration with all of its operational partners, on November 25, Nice Côte d’Azur airport commissioned its Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) system in connection with the Network Manager - Eurocontrol. Now equipped with this system, France's second airport is seeking to improve the safety, environmental impact and punctuality of air traffic. After an implementation and testing period, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport operationally commissioned its Collaborative Decision Making system on a permanent basis on Monday, November 25 at 14:36, with...
Glidepath Limited announced today that its shareholders have entered into an agreement to sell the shares in the leading integrated airport baggage and parcel handling systems, to B2A Technology SAS, the French leader in automated turnkey solutions for the intralogistics, airport and healthcare markets. Owner and Executive Chairman, Sir Ken Stevens, said in confirming the sale of the company he founded 47 years ago for an undisclosed sum that it was the right time for him and Stevens’ family interests as shareholders, and Glidepath as a business, to look to the future...... See the...
Groupe ADP and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia have signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start exclusive negociation fot a strategic alliance for operation and developement, over 30-year period, of the Viru Viru Santa Cruz de la Sierre International Airport, the country's largest airport with 2.9 million passengers welcomed in 2018. See the full press release