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AVIATION SPRING EDITION | 2021 EWSLETTER N On March 25th we’re once again joined by an experienced group of aviation professionals for a live panel discussion, the third session in our Navigating the pandemic series. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to interact with the panel and our avation community on this highly relevant topic. We’ve got a busy spring ahead! After kicking off the year with our Journey through the airport event, we’re following up with more IN FOCUS sessions, Up for discussion panel webinars and in-depth Product Presentations. Join our Aviation Forum on LinkedIn to stay in the loop and connect with other airport professionals worldwide. We’re looking forward to seeing you online this spring. Stay safe! Anna Påhlsson, Senior Marketing Manager [email protected] With intensive vaccination programs being rolled out across the globe the industry is preparing for a potential increase in air traffic in the months to come. A situation that will bring about both challenges and opportunities for aviation, as we take the next few steps towards recovery. STEPS TO RECOVERY Up for discussion | Steps to recovery IN FOCUS | Taxiway regulations compliance Consider your stakeholders - plan holistically Panel discussion on March 25th >> Live webinar on March 17th and 18th >> Interview with Tony Docker, President, AGD Associates >>
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SPRING EDITION | 2021EWSLETTERN
On March 25th we’re once again joined by an experienced group of aviation professionals for a live panel discussion, the third session in our Navigating the pandemic series. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to interact with the panel and our avation community on this highly relevant topic.
We’ve got a busy spring ahead! After kicking off the year with our Journey through the airport event, we’re following up with more IN FOCUS sessions, Up for discussion panel webinars and in-depth Product Presentations. Join our Aviation Forum on LinkedIn to stay in the loop and connect with other airport professionals worldwide. We’re looking forward to seeing you online this spring.
Stay safe! Anna Påhlsson, Senior Marketing Manager [email protected]
With intensive vaccination programs being rolled out across the globe the industry is preparing for a potential increase in air traffic in the months to come. A situation that will bring about both challenges and opportunities for aviation, as we take the next few steps towards recovery.
STEPS TO RECOVERY Up for discussion | Steps to recovery
IN FOCUS | Taxiway regulations compliance
Consider your stakeholders - plan holistically
Panel discussion on March 25th >>
Live webinar on March 17th and 18th>>
Interview with Tony Docker, President, AGD Associates>>
CONSIDER YOUR STAKEHOLDERS - PLAN HOLISTICALLYTony Dockery has over 30 years of planning and design experience directly related to airport facilities and the surrounding airport environment with special expertise in terminal and concourse buildings. His project management experience leading numerous facility planning programs is extensive covering many large airports in the US and overseas. He recently presented the IN FOCUS webinar “Planning for Apron Expansion”. Learn more about Tony in this interview.
Tell us a little bit more about yourself – Who is Tony Dockery?For the past 35 years Northern Virginia has been my home where I have raised my family. However, I was raised in Texas and attended Texas A&M for undergraduate architectural studies. After graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Design, I started my career with USAir in the Facilities Department. USAir’s headquarters were based in Northern Virginia and working in the corporate real estate group for an airline was my first taste in aviation that really set the stage for my future in airports. I am a registered architect licensed in Washington D.C. and have worked for some of the best firms in the aviation consultant field – PGAL, HNTB and AECOM.
I started AGD Associates in 2012 after working for 7 years as the terminal planner for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Over the course of my career, I have had the opportunity to work on the consultant side of the table as well as the airport operator and airlines’ side and it has really provided the chance to see both sides of how projects are initiated, developed, and finally delivered. Apron planning and aircraft parking planning is an unusual skill set
and the airlines and with limited apron space during construction, this became challenging.
Any final advice to share with fellow colleagues working on aircraft parking planning projects?Advice I would share with colleagues whether working on or managing projects that involve aircraft parking planning are 1) clearly define what the operating parameters are; 2) identify all requirements for fleet mix today and if possible, in the future; 3) always consider ground servicing of the aircraft parking position, and 4) try to understand the airport operator and airlines needs in the process. These are very general guides I use and have used in my work at Wilmington, but the key is to collect as much information on existing site conditions, building elevations, and equipment to use in the study and have a good system for working with the stakeholders.
for an architect; but this is something I learned at USAir and thoroughly enjoy so I have continued it and have developed the skill over the years. As an architect, terminal and concourse facility programming, planning and design are the core strengths that I bring to most projects; however, the apron planning aspect of the service I provide is key in almost all the projects I have worked on over the past 35 years.
Your firm AGD Associates have recently been involved in an apron expansion project at Wilmington Airport (ILM). Could you tell us more about your role in this project?AGD Associates supported The Wilson Group, Talbert & Bright, Inc., and DK Consultants on the project with aircraft parking planning; AGD was responsible for all apron planning work associated with the concourse expansion. We developed the apron layout concept, prepared the contract documents for apron markings as well as passenger boarding bridge procurement and analyzed various options for phasing of the aircraft parking positions during construction. The most recent study described during the webinar involved developing a layout to use in discussions with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in order to secure funding for constructing additional apron space for the concourse expansion.
What challenges did you encounter during the project? Challenges we encountered were primarily focused around maintaining a specific gate count during construction and providing remain overnight (RON) aircraft parking positions. The Airport wanted to maintain a certain amount of contact gates to continue to provide a high level of service to the passenger
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Apron Expansion
MEET THE AVIATION TEAM
Rakesh Krishnan has been in the aviation industry since 2016. An Aerospace Engineer with a Master’s degree in Airport Planning and Management from Cranfield University, Rakesh has deep knowledge of working with airport operations, master planning and terminal capacity optimization.
What’s your expertise?My expertise lies predominantly in Airport capacity planning and optimization of terminal operations. Throughout my career, I have been involved in the Indian civil aviation industry on roles spanning from aviation research and analysis, Airport planning and Airport capacity planning.
reduce the risk of viruses spreading among passengers and airport staff, as well as optimize the processing time per passenger and, of course, increase peak hour capacity.
Any tip for our software users?The Transoft team is always ready to help and support you at any point in time. We are spread across the globe and have a strong online presence through our various social media platforms.
We’re constantly working together with our users to identify specific needs and to help us improve the product. Through our product presentations, webinars and other activities, we’re looking to reach both existing and potential users with educational and informative material. I encourage everyone to follow us on our various social media platforms, as this will help you stay up to date on our products, on top of ensuring you receive invites to webinars and events.
Having worked at one of the fastest growing airports in Asia, I have had the opportunity to work directly with passengers, ground handling firms, airlines and other third-party companies. This helped me to better understand the operational challenges faced by each party, and how their challenges could be solved with effective planning and with the use of simulation tools during the planning process. My focus has always been to come up with an end to end planning solution for airports i.e. capacity planning for landside, terminal and airside.
What development do you see within the Aviation industry?The aviation industry is going through a turbulent time right now. This is a first-hand example of how an unprecedented event can disrupt an Industry to the extent where we have seen airports shut down for a long period of time.
From an Indian aviation context, the domestic travel is likely to gain momentum and there is still uncertainty on International traffic- this is due to the dependency on other countries and how they react to opening up of their borders, Until then the bubble agreement is likely to continue with very less increase in traffic. However, with adequate support from regulatory bodies- the industry will surely pick up gradually. I believe that airports should take the pandemic as an opportunity to revisit the passenger flow i.e. to introduce and/or convert passenger touch points/processing units to contactless process. This would
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We’re off to a busy start this year for all our development teams, with work towards numerous milestones. Notable current projects include a number of major AirTOP WIZer implementations, upcoming AviPLAN and SkySAFE releases with AutoCAD® and Civil 3D® 2022 support and other improvements, new AirTOP updates, and several other projects big and small.
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BULATSA’S AIRTOP WIZER PROJECT BRINGS BENEFITS TO EUROPEAN AVIATION
BULATSA aims at deploying AirTOP WIZer in 2021, which will help manage complex air traffic situations in Bulgaria once air travel increases, while bringing substantial performance benefits to European Aviation
AirTOP WIZer uses Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System flight data information combined with other
prediction data in order to evaluate the complexity of the Air Traffic Management operation. It supports the planning of Air Navigation Service Provider resources to manage air traffic in a more efficient and cost-effective manner while optimizing capacity.
The project, once completed, will support the planning of Air Navigation Service Provider resources to manage air traffic in an efficient and cost-effective manner. It is expected to bring the largest performance benefits in terms of capacity increase and reduction of delays in en-route airspace. A Cost-Benefit Analysis, made by SESAR Deployment Manager and based on standard EuroCONTROL methodologies, indicated a forecast cumulative net present value of about 22 million euros by 2030, even after having factored in the effects of COVID-19.
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IN FOCUS | TAXIWAY REGULATION COMPLIANCEBy request from our aviation community we are once again returning to the topic of the taxiway for an IN FOCUS session. The focus this time around will be on taxiway regulation compliance. We will be joined by our very own Bernard Goodworth, Senior Product Manager at Transoft Solutions, who will guide us through how to analyze existing taxiway infrastructure, how to develop alternate design scenarios and much more.
• Analyzing a complete taxiway infrastructure to verify regulation compliance can be a very time consuming process. What options are available to streamline the task?
• Results of a compliance study may reveal the need for a large amount of disruptive and expensive civil engineering works. Are there alternative scenarios to consider?
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On March 25th we’re joined by a panel of aviation professionals from across the globe, to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the aviation industry as we take the next few steps towards recovery! With intensive vaccination programs rolling out in many countries, airports start to prepare for an increase in traffic but what is to be expected? Will there be a long gradual recovery or a first, steep increase? What are the priorities in this complex playing field with reduced airport staff, revised airline operations, government health regulations and fragile passenger confidence? Should environmental improvements in airport operations be introduced now that traffic volume is still low?
We invite our aviation community to join in on the conversation by sending in comments and questions before the live event to [email protected], responding to polls in the LinkedIn event and during the live event as well as participating in the live chat. Get ready for an interesting panel discussion!
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A JOURNEY THROUGH THE AIRPORTKicking off the year, we embarked on a journey through the airport together with our experienced line-up of Product Managers and over 300 enthusiastic attendees. During two live webinar sessions, we presented our full range of Aviation software solutions, beginning the journey inside the terminal with ArcPORT, after which we boarded the airplane and entered the domain of airside planning and design with AviPLAN. From there, we taxied onto the runway, marked by AeroSTRIPE and kept clear and safe from obstacles with SkySAFE. We ended the journey with AirTOP, simulating the airside and runway capacity before finally entering the airspace.
300+boarded for the journey
60+countries represented
90%found one or more solutions to be relevant for their work
Big thanks to our Product Management team who guided us through the airport!
If you missed the live product presentations, we invite you to visit our webinar library. There, we have made the full airport journey available for you to watch on-demand. It’s up to you if you prefer to view it all in one go, or if you prefer to only view the presentations of some specific products.
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Rakesh KrishnanProduct Manager
Michael FrostSenior Product Manager
Bernard GoodworthSenior Product Manager
Alan MasonSenior Product Manager
Gustavo MercadoProduct Manager
Pier FerrarisProduct Manager
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INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
The comprehensive and powerful terminal simulation tool, ArcPORT, offers advanced features for modeling, simulating and evaluating operations, efficiencies and capacity of entire terminals or isolated processes.
PASSENGER TERMINAL SIMULATION
AIRSIDE PLANNING, DESIGN & OPERATIONS
Analyzing aircraft and support vehicle movements, planning aircraft stands and undertaking safety clearance studies are all important tasks faced by airport planners. AviPLAN is empowering aviation planners worldwide to perform these tasks and more, with its unique feature-set and extensive 2D and 3D object library with 550+ aircraft.
A recent addition to our airside solutions is AeroSTRIPE, which assists planners with the marking design for runways, taxiways and aprons with its intelligent CAD based functionality and extensive library of pre-drawn markings and symbols that are easy to edit.
“ArcPORT simulates the flow of passengers through the airport terminal and allows an accurate assessment of the level of service and other key performance indicators at the various facilities, with nice graphics and animations to present results to stakeholders.”
“AviPLAN enables airport planners to plan complex parking stands in an unrivalled level of detail, undertake safety clearance studies, analyze jet blast impact, simulate aircraft and pushback maneuvers – and visualize it all in 2D or 3D.”
Meet Ben van Leest, Senior VP Aviation, at Transoft Solutions. Ben is an experienced aviation professional who holds a MSc Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. He began his career working in an airport project management role with the Royal Dutch Airforce and after that spent more than 10 years with Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO), including 3 years stationed in Thailand and Laos. Returning to The Netherlands he held a 2 year on-site placement at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, before moving Sweden where he’s currently based and has spent the last 22 years involved with the development and sales of software solutions for the airport planning sector.
Ben van Leest, Senior VP, Transoft Solutions - Aviation
“Transoft Solutions range of Aviation software is used to plan, simulate and optimize airports around the world. Our software solutions stretch from terminal to airspace, from CAD-based design and planning solutions to
modeling and fast-time simulation tools.”
We invited Ben to give us his view on our range of aviation software solutions!
Aviation professionals looking for aircraft specifications can access the electronic database Aircraft Data Viewer as a single reliable source with data relevant for airport planning and operations.
Protecting the departure and approach paths is a high priority task for every airport. SkySAFE is an obstacle limitation compliance tool which assists planners and operators with this task.
OBSTACLE LIMITATION COMPLIANCE
MODELING, SIMULATION AND DECISION SUPPORT
Unique rule-based gate-to-gate fast time air traffic complexity modeling, simulation and assessment software, AirTOP, is used by major air navigation service providers (ANSPs), airport authorities, airlines, research labs and ocnsulting companies globally. It features a powerful GUI, with integrated maps and full GIS capabilities.
“SkySAFE allows the creation of obstacle limitation surfaces, analysis of obstacle and terrain impact and display the result in 2D and 3D, while using built-in regulatory standards from ICAO, FAA, EASA and a number of other country specific regulations.”
“With AirTOP, users can assess air traffic and airport complexity using advanced modeling and fast-time simulation and study alternatives to improve the capacity of the airspace and airport.”
“AirTOP WIZer provides operational decision support by producing detailed, up-to-the-minute forecasts of air traffic demand, traffic complexity and controller workload with the option to evaluate “what-if” scenarios to optimize operations in the coming hours.”
“Our mission is to provide software that helps create and maintain a safe and efficient airport and airspace environment.
We continuously work on improvements and additions for our product portfolio and this year will bring some exciting news.
Let’s hope it will be received by an industry that is recovering and moving ahead with renewed confidence”
Ben van Leest, Senior VP Aviation, Transoft Solutions
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