We are at the starting point of an important decade of the African continent. Africa is full of potential. The population size is like the size of China and it is an amazing market for many companies. The air traffic is expected to double in the next 20 years. This is what Alexander Herring, ADB SAFEGATE’s Regional Director of Africa recently stated at a key conference on Africa’s aviation industry. Continue reading

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VIDEO. IATA predicts that the air transport market in Africa will grow by almost 5% through 2037.  In order to cope with increasing demand the sector needs to invest.  While the traditional way of funding in the transport section has been relying on the Government budgets, this panel discussion at AviaDev in South Africa explores different options for financing.  ADB SAFEGATE´s  Director of Africa; Alexander Herring participates in the panel in his capacity as Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO) of the World Bank Group (WBG).

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Hosted by award winning presenter Nadine Dereza, ADB SAFEGATE celebrated a successful 15th Summit with a special focus on the future of the airside and apron management edition. With a mix of airport industry speakers and through real case studies the ADB SAFEGATE Aviation Summit 2019 looked at how the airport industry can meet upcoming challenges with new solutions and innovative approaches. A BIG thank you to everyone involved in making this happen. See you next year! ✈️

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Lindsey van Bylevelt

Sales Operations Manager at ADB SAFEGATE

What are the main technical requirements of an airport when it comes to their airfield ground lighting? Our own research, including discussions with our airport customers, chimes nicely with an industry survey that pinpoints two major needs – high energy efficiency and small size – to simplify maintenance and enable easy integration.

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Bernard Geldof

VP Research & Development

VIDEO.  The cloud-based ADB SAFEGATE Airside Location-based Inspection and Service solution (ALIS) takes airfield maintenance into the digital era. The asset management solution combines efficient scheduling of airside asset maintenance with accurate tracking and reporting. ALIS helps airports plan and schedule preventive maintenance more easily and implement corrective maintenance more quickly, reducing downtime and significantly improving operational availability. Continue reading

ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

The Reliance Power HF is part of the ADB SAFEGATE intelligent AGL solution. It has been designed to meet the top priority needs of airports for their lighting installations. The flexible power module system brings multiple benefits for many of the real-life installations that we get involved with every day. Power HF is suitable for existing lighting installations and can support an airport’s ambitions to upgrade to LED for even greater energy savings.

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Amaury Huybreghs

Technical Support Coordinator WE

DUBAI. With the Middle East experiencing 4.3% annual growth in passengers, the region is at the forefront of the aviation market’s growth. Airports can substantially increase capacity by integrating and automating systems across tower, airfield, gate and landside operations, as well as their maintenance processes. At the 2019 Airport Show (Dubai, 29 April – 1 May), ADB SAFEGATE is demonstrating multiple Airport Performance solutions that aim to help airports meet rapidly rising demand, safely and efficiently. Continue reading

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VIDEO. Since installing its first docking system in 1977, ADB SAFEGATE has delivered more than 10,000 Safedock solutions, making it the most widely used A-VDGS at airports around the world.  18 million times each year, or every two seconds, an aircraft is safely docked with a Safedock system. Watch Judith Kruse, Area Sales Manager Gate Solutions, present the new Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System from ADB SAFEGATE, Safedock X. Continue reading

ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

RESEARCH. In 2017, Frost & Sullivan kicked off its “Digital Transformation in Aviation” research initiative, running a series of global airline and airport surveys, aiming to understand the current state and future digital vision of operators. This article presents an overview of the key topics covered in the discussions with airport end-users, complemented by Frost & Sullivan’s own insights from published research reports on airport IT systems and airport landside/airside services.

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PTE, LONDON. In her role as product owner for ADB SAFEGATE´s Advanced Analytics Solutions, Josiane Yankam Njiwa is the bridge between the airport customers and ADB SAFEGATE´s development team. Her job is to create customer value, based on the vast amount of data available for each specific airport environment. The way to do this? To work in tight collaboration with the airport to better understand their specific needs and bottlenecks. Continue reading