SubscribeBased on the experience of 20 years delair Air Traffic Systems GmbH aims at the development of innovative air traffic management systems.
Based on the experience of 20 years delair Air Traffic Systems GmbH aims at the development of innovative air traffic management systems. The delair engineers have realised the A-CDM product suite, which consists of the electronic flight strip system focus, the arrival and departure manager darts4D, the resource manager sally and the analysis tool arosa.
The main benefit of delair's products and services is that they are tailored to the specific requirements of the users. Only this approach guarantees an intuitive use of the products and a strong acceptance by the customers.
A-CDM (Advanced Collaborative Decision Making)
With A-CDM delair offers the first proved product suite in the world with the capability to plan and optimise the entire airside process at an airport. This optimisation process starts with arrivals when they are still at cruise levels, coordinates the ground activities and ends with the handover of the departure from the tower to the departure sector.
The A-CDM philosophy enables the user to start with only one application and extending it with further functionality based on other modules at any given time. It is possible to add or modify interfaces without influencing the applications and to add new modules without the necessity to duplicate interfacing to other systems. This protects the investments of customers and reduces costs and risks.
A-CDM has been in operation at Zurich Airport since 2003 and is currently being installed at Frankfurt Airport. The suite comprises the A-CDM platform as the common data and communication base of all applications and sophisticated decision support tools like darts4D, the resource manager sally (gates, stands, check-in counters, etc.), arosa and focus.
focus (electronic flight strip system)
Focus is an operationally tested module of the A-CDM product suite. focus not only replaces paper strips by electronic flight strips, but also adapts content and layout according to the requirements of each individual working position.
This approved procedure guarantees that only the information which is important for the respective working position is indicated. focus covers all the essentials to assist each controller in the optimal way.
This facilitates the co-ordination between the controller working positions and the ability to distribute data between the different organisations, e.g. airport, airlines, ATC and handling agents.
focus has been operational and proven since 2003. In 2006, the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation has selected delair to supply the electronic flight strip system focus for Dubai International Airport.
The focus adaptation is planned to be finished at the beginning of 2007.
darts4D (arrival and departure manager)
In cooperation with the DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung delair has developed darts4D, the world's first, proven, operational arrival and departure manager (AMAN/DMAN). Its components are in operational use at Frankfurt and Zurich Airport and have provided capacity improvements, delay and cost reduction, better organisation of operations and reduction of environmental impact. Darts4D presents the optimum solution to improve operations for all airport stakeholders. The darts4D planning consists of two sub-modules, which can be applied in an inter-dependent way or as stand-alone modules.
The darts4D AMAN module is the first operational arrival manager of the second generation, whereas the darts4D DMAN module is the first operational departure manager ever. Both modules maximise the use of the limited resources airspace and runway capacity in combination with maximum flexibility and reduced workload for controllers.
