WHITE PAPER. Post pandemic airport recovery depends on how airports and airlines can tackle volatility in an affordable way, without sacrificing safety and efficiency. In a white paper titled The Elastic Apron, which ADB SAFEGATE’s Thorben Burghardt recently co-authored with Michael McElvaney from Jacobs, we explore the concept of operational elasticity and how it can aid airport recovery.

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Thorben Burghardt

VP Gate Services & Asset Management

The 2021 edition of ADB SAFEGATE’s Corporate Social Responsibility Report confirms our commitment to sustainability while highlighting our aspirations, progress and impact. From solutions that reduce aviation’s environmental footprint and initiatives to make operations more sustainable – to conducting our business with integrity and promoting workplace diversity and inclusion – we’re strengthening corporate citizenship efforts to make our company, our industry, and the world a better place.

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PRESS RELEASE.  ADB SAFEGATE and Assaia have successfully delivered pilot projects featuring a first-of-its-kind concept at a number of pioneer airports around the world. The concept combines ADB SAFEGATE’s Safedock A-VDGS built-in cameras with Assaia’s ApronAI image recognition capabilities to record turnaround events in real-time. The solution offers airports unprecedented transparency and resilience in apron operations.

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As part of a special report on information technology, Airport World, the official magazine of the Airports Council International (ACI), published an article written by ADB SAFEGATE’s Thorben Burghardt on closing the data gaps to automate airport operations. The article looks at how data has become the new integration layer for applications of multiple vendors.

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Thorben Burghardt

VP Gate Services & Asset Management

DIGITAL APRON. We all know how frustrating airport delays can be. Silo operations and uncoordinated processes at airports can often lead to inefficiencies, errors and delays. If you ask ADB SAFEGATE´s Niclas Svedberg, the answer to this challenge is the ‘digital apron’.

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DIGITAL APRON. We see a future in which the Internet of Things (IoT) and a higher software maturity create smarter, automated and tightly integrated airport processes and systems.  Increased operational efficiency helps eliminate congestion and flight delays to deliver a better passenger experience. Our Digital Apron Solutions including SafeControl Apron Management, Safedock A-VDGS, Analytics Tools and AS-Vision, support airport and airline transformation and digitalization strategies from approach to departure. Continue reading

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DIGITAL APRON. Safety on the ground is a top priority for airports and airlines. More than 27,000 ramp incidents and accidents happen each year according to IATA, but did you know that many of these could be prevented with an automated approach to parking aircraft? Safedock A-VDGS and SafeControl Apron Management provide safe and efficient docking at airports worldwide.

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VIDEO. What do you think is the most complex area of an airport? The area where the different processes of an airport come together? The Apron?  If anything goes wrong in one of the processes here; the aircraft, the passengers and the baggage flow –  it immediately has a knock-on affect on the other processes. Watch the video where our Director of Business Unit Advanced Analytics, Patrick Reijnders shares his thoughts about “Re-defining the apron set-up – The digital Apron”. Continue reading

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PRESS RELEASE. At inter airport Europe 2019, ADB SAFEGATE will show how airports can transform their performance by integrating and unleashing the power of data. We are bringing together the solutions and partners that will help airports build a more efficient future, one in which intelligent integration and automation will create smarter, more tightly integrated airport processes and systems.

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PRESS RELEASE. ADB SAFEGATE is unveiling two new capabilities as part of its Digital Apron initiative, at inter airport Europe 2019. Together, these capabilities offer a fully automated and tightly integrated approach to apron management, increase operational collaboration and heighten situational awareness, efficiency and safety.  Safedock X A-VDGS and the new SAM and mobile operator panel are commercially available in 2020. Continue reading

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