Hobart Airport is located in the Cambridge Region, 17 km northeast of Hobart and is a major passenger airport in Tasmania. The airport stretches across the width of the Seven Mile Beach Peninsula, an area which can experience periods of low cloud, rain and strong winds originating from the Southern Ocean. Image credit: Hobart Airport
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Pete Smith

Airline & Airport Operations Manager at ADB SAFEGATE

A-CDM – it’s one of many abbreviations peppering the aviation world. Yet, it’s far more than just another acronym, it’s one of the most important developments today affecting airports, promising safer, more efficient and more profitable operations. Caroline Schmeits, Chief Project Officer, Independent Business Group IBG, describes why A-CDM has the power to transform airport operational efficiency and how to deploy it successfully.
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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

Ever since the invention of powered human flight, there has been a need to provide places for these flying machines to take off and land. As technology advanced, the need for an aircraft to land in less than optimal daylight conditions led to the integration of lighting on the airfield. This, now, required the ability to turn these lights on when needed and off when not, leading to the creation of the Airfield Lighting Control System. Continue reading

Jeremy Matthews

GLOBAL PRODUCT MANAGER, SYSTEMS

AWARD. The Integrated Controller Working Position from ADB SAFEGATE – OneControl – has been nominated for this year’s Fast Forward Award, a business award for innovative products, chaired by the Styrian Research Society. The awards showcase which of today’s pioneering inventions can shape the world of tomorrow. Six companies are nominated in the same category as OneControl and ADB SAFEGATE.
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Ieyasu Sugimoto

Global Product Manager ATC Solutions

ADB SAFEGATE now launches a new distributed control and monitoring solution for airfield lighting control and monitoring systems (ALCMS) that will set new industry standards. The ACE3 boasts a full-color interactive touchscreen display, enhanced communication options and input/output expandability, providing major advancements in readability, monitoring and system flexibility.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

Although remote towers bring many benefits and more are being deployed, the possibilities of further digital transformation of the tower go much further, believes Conor Mullan of Think Research.  Mullan challenged the audience at the ADB SAFEGATE Aviation Summit in the UK in May 2018 to think differently.
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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

A-CDM. According to some reports, the amount of data collected by operators is increasing like a supernova; up to 90% of data ever created has been collected and stored in just the last two years. But are airports making the most of this valuable asset?
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Peter Håkansson

Head of Product Management GATE

Air travel has transformed the way the world sees distance. Moving halfway round the globe often takes only a day. But airport congestion still brings more inconvenience than it should.  Most aircraft journeys are smooth and seamless affairs. But transfer stops are still the bane of all long distance journeys. At best, the long distance passenger will wait an hour or so at a key hub airport. But if there are any delays at all on the schedule, the trip can become a nightmare. And probably the main culprit for delays is airport congestion.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

SUSTAINABILITY. The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) aims to contribute to the industry’s commitment to carbon neutral growth from 2020 (“CNG2020”). With commitment from several major players in the industry, a framework of impact mitigation for aviation-sourced greenhouse gas emission levels is taking shape. Slowly.
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Fredrik Johansson

Strategy and Concept Development

A leading airport in the Middle East has partnered with ADB SAFEGATE for gate maintenance services, to improve airport performance. The airport serves as a hub in the region and supports more than 37 million passengers annually. Downtime and system failure are issues that the airport can ill afford, and as the Original Equipment Manufacturer and supplier of the airport’s gate solutions, ADB SAFEGATE is best equipped to guarantee availability on these critical systems.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter