Last year, passenger numbers were the highest on record, breaking the 250 million mark for the first time in the U.K. With the aviation industry growing rapidly, there are new airport stories to be told all the time. At the Airport Matters 2016 – AOA Annual Conference in London, one of the projects highlighted is a film presenting the Integrated Tower Solution Project where Birmingham Airport and ADB SAFEGATE work together to enhance Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM).

Presented by national newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, ‘Airport Matters 2016’ looks at the tools and solutions that are supporting the aviation sector and airports across the UK. These range from what airports can learn from customer search data, new solutions in air traffic control and innovations in baggage handling. AOA say that, “the programme features key industry interviews and news-style reports along with sponsored editorial profiles.”

One of the airport projects presented at the AOA Annual Conference in London is Birmingham Airport. With 11 million passengers annually, Birmingham Airport is home to several airline operators, and is the United Kingdom’s seventh busiest airport. The airport has chosen ADB SAFEGATE, to install its Integrated Tower Solution to enable A-CDM and improve real-time information shared between airport stakeholders ─ airlines, ground handlers and air traffic control. The expected outcomes? Greater predictability of aircraft movement, resource optimization and capacity enhancement, leading to safer and superior airport performance, increased efficiency and lower costs.

Watch the Birmingham Airport Video here:

Programme Launch at the AOA’s Annual Conference
‘Airport Matters 2016’ is premiered at the AOA’s Annual Conference 2016 at the London Hilton Metropole, on the November 21st. An abridged programme is premiered in front of delegates at the beginning of the conference, introduced by Simon Shelley, Head of Industry News at ITN Productions.

The Airport Operators Association (AOA) is the trade association that represents UK airports. Its mission is to see UK airports grow sustainably. It represents the views of UK airports to Government, Parliament and Regulators to secure policy outcomes that help deliver our mission. The AOA represents some 70 UK airports and general aviation airfields in the UK.

 ITN Productions is ITN’s bespoke production hub producing creative and commercially valuable content for the corporate, commercial, broadcast and digital sectors. Industry News forms part of this offering and is a communications tool for leading industry bodies and national associations produced in a broadcast news programme format, including interviews, news-style items and sponsored editorial profiles.

ADB SAFEGATE is a leading provider of intelligent solutions that deliver superior airport performance from approach to departure. The company partners with airports and airlines to analyze their current setup and operations, identify bottlenecks, and jointly solve them using a consultative approach that enables airports to improve efficiency, enhance safety and environmental sustainability, and reduce operational costs. Our integrated portfolio includes solutions and services that harmonize airport performance, tackling every aspect of traffic handling and guidance, from approach, runway and taxiway lighting, to tower-based traffic control systems, and intelligent gate and docking automation. ADB Safegate has more than 900 employees in more than 20 countries and operates in more than 175 countries, serving more than 2,000 airports.