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December 2007 |
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Ilembe Consortium awarded Alcatel-Lucent a multi-year contract worth approx. EUR34 million to design and deploy an integrated communication, security and IT system for the new King Shaka International Airport in Durban.
Alcatel-Lucent will provide project management, design, integration, installation and deployment of the system, which will consist of 25 subsystems spanning telecoms backbone, security and IT systems. The airport is expected to be completed in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
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November 2007 |
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EDS, a leading airline IT Services provider, has selected IER’s new Self-Service Check-In Application for its Zürich operations. ALISS is the IER web-based comprehensive CUSS self-service check-in application
especially designed for airlines, airports or ground- handling companies wishing to easily and rapidly offer
self-service check-in on kiosks to their passengers. ALISS provides paper or electronic ticketed passengers
with the ability to quickly and efficiently check in for their flight, select or change their seat assignment,
and obtain their boarding pass.
IER will provide Air Tahiti with five IER 918s, its new generation of CUSS
kiosks. The IER 918 is the latest kiosk generation designed to meet trends in passenger travel such as eticketing
and 2D bar-coded boarding passes. It is the most compact kiosk on the market offering
maximum functionality and flexibility. It comes with a large variety of optional components such as
passport or card reader, bag tag printer, WiFi wireless network.
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October 2007 |
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The French architect Laurent Adelaide has designed the new Cotonou Airport at Glodjigbé,
about 40 km from the capital, for the Government of Benin. The engineering management
for the project, to be built on a 3000-hectare site with a 3500-m runway, is being provided by CIEC
Engineering S.A. The project’s gross value is
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Thorn AFL, part of the Safegate Group, has launched the new and unique SafeLED IQ, an intelligent lighting system that enables increased safety and efficiency at airports.
The SafeLED IQ (patent pending) can be remotely controlled and contains an integrated LED, converter and control unit. The system can be used to guide the pilot from landing to take-off. The SafeLED IQ looks like a standard lamp, but is an integrated system. It consists of an LED, a converter, light monitoring as well as a switch and control unit. The lighting can be remotely controlled without need for further hardware, ensuring high availability. The lighting system is designed to minimize maintenance, as it contains a reduced number of components compared to traditional lighting, and its cover is extremely resistant to harsh weather conditions. |
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Alpha-Cim presented a new control system for fire safety installations
in airport terminals at Inter Airport Europe 2007 in Munich. The software system allows safety
staff to check and control in real time all fire-safety and alarm facilities in terminal buildings via mimic
diagrams. Activation of the control system from AutoCAD drawings is possible. The system allows zoning
and partitioning of certain terminal areas, as well as controlled ventilation and rearming of fire and
security concentrators.
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IER has been selected to supply eleven self-service check-in kiosks to be installed at Vienna International Airport, which has been offering its passengers a self-check-in solution with 36 CUSS kiosks since 2003 and has now selected the new-generation, IER-designed 918 Common-Use Self-service kiosk. The IER 918 has been designed to take advantage of emerging trends in passenger travel such as e-ticketing, 2D barcoded boarding passes, the ability to read e-passports, and to check-in airline passengers with or without bags.
Air Tahiti, French Polynesia's domestic airline, has chosen the IER Common Use Self-Service application to provide its passengers the benefits of self-check-in.
IER will provide Air Tahiti with 5 IER 918, its new generation of CUSS kiosk. The solution supplied to Air Tahiti also includes the IER self-service check-in application, an Internet check-in application which allows passengers to check in from any Internet connected PC and the IER Monitoring System to supervise the kiosks from a centralized location.
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Belgium's Civil Aviation Authority awarded Thales a contract to provide Brussels International Airport with its latest-generation EUROCAT control centre. The control centre will provide a en-route and approach control capability for the airports of Brussels, Antwerp, Charleroi, Liège and Ostend.
Thales has been awarded a contract by ITT Corporation to support the Federal Aviation Administration’s Automatic Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) system, a major milestone in the FAA’s plans for a comprehensive modernisation of the US air traffic management system.
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September 2007 |
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 PROAVIA's new catalogue 2007-2008 is available.
To get a copy, contact us at info@proavia.com
or download the pdf version (8 MB)
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FB Technology has sold to ULMER Aéronautique the following activities :
- Airfield guidance signs
- Luminescent frame for heliport
- Heliport study
ULMER Aéronautique studies, designs, manufactures and sells airfiels ground lighting equipment an doxygen masks for pilots
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The new Emirates headquarters building at Dubai International Airport, due to open in late
2007, has been equipped with a baggage sortation system jointly designed and installed by
Alstef of France and Beumer of Germany. Equipped with Beumer’s BA55 Autover® system, the BHS
consists of self check-ins operated by Emirates crew members. The system has a total track length of 618
m and uses 20 sorting chutes and is being served by 31 Autover DCV cars. The system capacity is 1280 bags per hour.
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August 2007 |
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From August 1st 2007, becomes 
Well-known for its demonstrated competence in all civil aviation fields, Sofréavia has exported its expertise all over the world for nearly 40 years. By integrating the EGIS Group, one of the world's leading companies in multi-modal transport and infrastructure engineering, Sofréavia is in a position to tackle a larger scale market. This transformation process had already started more than 10 years ago when ATM activities were developed, in addition to airport core-business activities. Its last year reorganisation reflected its aim to provide a full range of dedicated service solutions meeting its Customers needs and expectations.
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During the first half of 2007, the French industry group Proavia welcomes three new members: Assystem, Bouygues Bâtiment International and CIEC Engineering. These new members bring the latest competencies in consultancy, terminal engineering, and global airport realization to the French airport technology trade association which now has 41 members involved in airport projects. |
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Logan Teleflex has won a major contract from Siemens to supply two tilt-tray sorters at Central China’s Wuhan-Tianhe Airport’s new terminal. The contract is worth GBP 1.3 million to Logan Teleflex and sees the baggage handling specialist working with Siemens in a massive project to develop Wuhan-Tianhe as China’s fourth air hub after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Logan Teleflex’s contract covers the design and supply of the sorters, supply of sorter control systems and supervision of the installation with the company’s engineers in attendance during the trial period, which will run from October to December 2007. The target for full operational start-up of the tilt- tray sorters is January 2008.
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IER has introduced two new check-in applications, especially designed for airlines, airports
or ground-handling companies wishing to quickly offer self-service check-in to their
passengers. Both are part of the IER Multi Access Check-In Platform.
The CUSS-compatible ALISS-IER Self-Service Check-in Application is designed to be deployed on check-in kiosks and is a
comprehensive self-service check-in application.
MAACS-IER Internet Check-in Application is a
system that allows passengers to check in at home, at the office, from any Internet connected PC or on a
web check-in kiosk. It has been especially designed for airlines that do not want to develop a custom
application or for airports or ground handling companies looking for a turnkey solution for their local use.
Both can be multilingual and include a remote administration module that can also deliver statistical
information about the usage of the application. |
July 2007 |
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Aeroports de Paris has signed five contracts in four Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Tunisia and Libya for a total amount of EUR100 million for its ADPI and ADPM international subsidiaries.
In Saudi Arabia, ADPI will carry out studies and provide technical support during the renovation and extension work on the three terminals (Hajj, South and North) of King Abdulaziz International airport. Aeroports de Paris Management has also signed a 5-year contract to steer through the management of Hajj Terminal.
In Pakistan, ADPI, winner of the international competition for the facilities at the New International Airport of Islamabad, signed a study and works supervision contract for all infrastructures and auxiliary buildings of this airport, which has a handling capacity of 6.5 million passengers.
In Libya, ADPI has won several major contracts: master plan studies, passenger terminals and cargo terminals for the three airports of Tripoli, Benghazi and Sebha.
In Tunisia, ADPI has signed a technical assistance contract for the construction of infrastructures and buildings at the new centre-east Enfidha airport.
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Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), together with engineering consultants Pellemon, have placed
an order with ALSTEF Automation for a baggage-handling system to be installed in the
relocated transborder terminal at Montréal’s ‘Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport’.
Construction work has already started on site and the system will be in operation at the end of October
2008. The substantial order coincides with the creation of ALSTEF subsidiary ALSTEF Canada Inc.,
established near the airport.
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ASECNA (Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation Aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar) has
awarded Thales a contract to provide its Eurocat ATC system and a secondary Mode-S radar
to be deployed in Brazzaville/Congo by the end of 2008. With this contract, ASECNA acquires its
fifth Eurocat control centre and becomes the largest Eurocat user in the world.
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June 2007 |
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Kazakhstan’s Air Navigation Service Provider, RSE Kazaeronavigatsia, awarded Thales a contract to supply its Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System and new navigation aids (two ILS/DME and one DVOR/DME) for Almaty International Airport.
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Steria, a leading European end-to-end IT services provider, has been appointed by BAA to deploy a taxi management system at the new Heathrow Terminal 5. The new £4.3 billion development, due to open in March 2008, will cater for around 30 million passengers annually. The Steria solution will reduce taxi waiting times and enable the world’s leading airport company to control and track taxi access.
Steria currently provides its taxi management system for London Heathrow Terminals 1 to 4, which handles over 60 transactions per minute and has 95 interfaces, rising to 120 with Terminal 5. Collectively the Steria system is predicted to manage over 1 million taxi movements across all terminals by the opening of the 2012 London Olympics.
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Norwegian Air Shuttle AS - the low-cost airline based in Oslo, Norway - has chosen the next generation IER 918 CUSS kiosk to provide its passengers the benefits of self-check-in at 7 airports.
The IER 918 is a new generation of Common Use Self-Service kiosk designed to meet the latest trends in passenger travel such as e-ticketing, 2D bar coded boarding passes, the ability to read e-passports and to check-in passengers with or without bags. The IER 918 installed by Norwegian are equipped with a full page passport reader including a RF reader, a fingerprint scanning device, a 2D barcode reader, a Wifi connection and a bag tag printer for self tagging and drop off.
Coming soon after the deployment of 35 IER 918 at the San Francisco International Airport (spring 2007), this installation of 53 IER 918 kiosks in Scandinavia is extremely satisfying for IER. It is another confirmation that our CUSS solution is fully adapted to our customers needs and strengthens our leading position for the number of CUSS sites equipped worldwide.
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May 2007 |
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Many French companies exhibited within the French Pavillion at The Airport Show - the region's leading showcase for airport equipment, technology and services - held in Dubai 28-30 May 2007.
Among them were the following PROAVIA members : Adpi, Alstef, Boyer, Caddie, CIAT, Dirickx, Hub télécom, IER, Lord Ingénierie, Sagem Défense Sécurité, Sofréavia, Thales Shield, TLD Europe.
The last event in June 2006 attracted a record 407 exhibitors from 41 countries - including 6 national pavilions and 18 civil aviation stands. The event was attended by almost 4,000 professional visitors from 71 countries with officials from 47 regional civil aviations and airports visiting as well.
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IER has designed two new gate readers, the IER 600 and IER 610, to provide flexible
solutions to airports and airlines that have adopted 100% barcoded boarding passes as well as those
who require a transition solution from ATB to barcode.
The new IER 600 is a versatile, flatbed multiformat
2D barcode reader ideal for both check-in and boarding applications.
Equipped with both a 2D
barcode flatbed reader and an ATB reader, the new IER 610 is the ideal gate reader to migrate smoothly
towards 2D barcode applications.
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For over ten years, CIAT Airport Systems equipment has been used in airports to
provide passengers with the comfort of PCA while their aircraft is at the gate. The system
avoids the need for aircraft on the ground to use their APUs, which are noisy, polluting, and consume
fuel.
CIAT uses optimized
power calculations and electronic control to adjust the volume and temperature of the air distributed to
each aircraft to obtain optimal cabin conditions. Furthermore,‘PCA by CIAT’, unlike the simple cooling generated
by an APU, provides true air-conditioning. Air is filtered, dehumidified and diffused gently to provide
passengers with greater comfort. PCA systems made by CIAT have been
installed at Madrid, Brussels, Palma de Mallorca, Santiago de Chile, Prague,
Palermo, Damascus, Aleppo, Geneva, Riga, and Bergamo.
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April 2007 |
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Jordanian Government awarded a JV between Aéroports de Paris, Nour, Abu Dhabi Investment Company, Edgo and J&P Construction a contract to construct a new USD425 million, 90,000 sq m terminal, capable of handling 9 million passengers p/a, at Amman Queen Aliaa International Airport. The JV has 21 days to form a Jordanian company as a precondition of the agreement. Construction will commence before the end of 2007, and is scheduled for completion in 2010.
Aéroports de Paris Ingénierie (Adpi) has won a contract to design the new terminal at Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan , central Asia. The futuristic design will copy the typical traditional tents used by nomadic people in the region. Made of wood and glass, the 32,000m² building will encompass three 'yurts' with room for more to be added. Initially it will have a passenger handling capacity of 2M per annum, scaleable up to 6M. The building is expected to be complete in two years.
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SITA and Servisair forge partnership to provide ground services for 20 million passengers
annually in Europe and North America.
The partnership will see Servisair benefiting from SITA’s Horizon portfolio in 30 locations in Europe and North America. The agreement includes use of the SITA DCS (Departure Control Services) along with e-ticketing and web check-in applications, Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) processing and network connectivity.
The PassengerHandler common language facility provided will help Servisair to deliver faster check-in services to new airline customers and to offer improved levels of service. The SITA DCS will operate across a number of existing airport common-use check-in applications, including SITA’s CUTE solution and other third party applications.
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Modernization of the Egyptian ATC Institute with a set of ATC and AIS simulators is a very important step for training personnel required by the Egyptian Aviation Authorities. To achieve these goals, the National Civil Aviation Training Organization (NCATO) has awarded a contract to Sofréavia for the supply of a 3D 360° aerodrome simulator with a large cylindrical screen for the panorama projection.
The NCATO training Institute will be equipped in parallel with an ATC en-route training centre to complete ATC Controller training programme on the same equipment than the one to be used in the Cairo Air Navigation Centre. This contract has been awarded to Thales. |
March 2007 |
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 From March 27 to 29, Proavia exhibited at "Passenger terminal Expo" in Barcelona. Companies Gorgy Timing (master clocks, LED digital and analogue handle clocks) and Steria (IT solutions for airport management) were exhibiting on Proavia's stand.
Other French companies exhibiting at Passenger terminal 2007 were IER (check-in and boarding
equipment), Alstef (BHS), Ciat (air conditionning), Caddie (luggage carts), Hub Telecom and Logan Teleflex (BHS).
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Thorn Airfield Lighting, a newly acquired subsidiary of Safegate International AB, was awarded the contract to supply Safedock visual docking guidance systems for two new A380 bays at Brisbane International Airport. The contract award came from Bovis Lend Lease. Thorn/Safegate will work with local subcontractors to deliver this project valued at AUD 800 000. |
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Eurocontrol and Germany’s DFS have contracted the Sofreavia/SITA consortium to supply the next generation of data link gateway systems. Known as the Data Link Front End Processor (DL-FEP), the system will contribute to the ultimate goal of the Eurocontrol LINK2000+ Programme of supporting the majority of all aircraft movements in European air space.
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Geneva International Airport (AIG) has chosen Hub télécom to develop a
professional Wifi network throughout its site.
To strengthen its service offering to airlines and companies at the airport, AIG
intends to develop a professional Wifi network to allow roaming computer applications to be
used more intensively - Internet access, ground-aircraft communication... - guaranteeing users
greater efficiency and productivity.
For this reason, the airport has chosen Hub télécom to deploy and implement a powerful shared
professional Wifi network, offering integration tailored perfectly to the way the airport operates. |
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Servisair Cargo commence Royal Jordanian Freighter Handling at Stansted
Servisair Cargo has sealed the deal with Royal Jordanian Airlines to handle their weekly A310 freighter at Stansted.
The contract which commenced on 7 February 07 entails Servisair Cargo providing full cargo warehousing as well as aircraft loading and unloading.
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February 2007 |
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Russia's Domodedovo Airport has selected SIDES to supply
the airport with 4 rapid intervention fire fighting trucks.
The equipment will provide runway protection, aircraft fire
fighting capability, and foam laying capacity in the event of
emergency crash landings.
The ARFF type VMA112 M vehicles have a 10,000 liter water tank and capacity for 1,500 liters of
foam. In addition, SIDES water pump is capable of discharging 6,000
liters of water per minute. The trucks will also be equipped with a fully automatic foam proportioning
system and a power-assisted foam monitor to efficiently spread the
foam over the fire.
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Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme and Thales announce the signature of a contract for the
procurement of three new radar stations. One
primary and secondary station will be deployed in Riga, and two secondary stations in
Cirava and Ergli, in replacement of existing stations.
The Brazilian Air Force and Thales signed two contracts for the
modernization of 26 air traffic control radars. Thales will provide the Brazilian Air Force with 17
solid-state S Band transceivers and 9 solid-state L Band transceivers. This is the third phase of the modernization programme undertaken by the Brazilian
Air Force in 2001.
The technical department of DSNA, the French Air Navigation Services Provider,
awarded Thales a contract to implement cooperative surveillance of vehicles in Lyon-Saint
Exupéry airport, based on the GPS and ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance –
Broadcast) data link.
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Penauille Servisair was awarded an operating licence by Liverpool John Lennon Airport to provide full ground handling services at the airport. In addition, easyJet renewed its ground handling contract at the airport. |
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Royal Jordanian selected IER to supply the very first Common Use Self-Service check-in platform to be deployed in the Middle East.
IER has installed 15 IER 978 kiosks, equipped with ATB, GPP and bag tag printers, a passport reader and a bar code reader. Those kiosks are deployed at Amman Queen Alia International Airport and at Aqaba Airport. IER also provided Royal Jordanian with the full CUSS application, the multi-airlines interface as well as the monitoring solution which allows the remote supervision in real time of the installed base.
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January 2007 |
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Silverjet awarded Penauille Servisair a contract to provide ground handling services at London Luton Airport. Silverjet operates B767 aircraft in an all-business class 102-seat configuration.
Penauille Servisair began operating JetBlue’s new service at Chicago-O’Hare International
Airport on 4 January 2007. The handler was awarded the contract to offer the New York-based lowcost
carrier an extensive range of ground handling and de-icing services. JetBlue is providing its own
Customer Service agents and management personnel for the service.
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Alstef will supply the baggage-handling system of the new terminal T2G at Paris-CDG,
designed for a capacity of 3 million passengers annually and dedicated to Air France’s
regional flights and to Schengen flights.
The baggage
system is built on two levels and allows 100% baggage screening and the sortation of bags coming from
twelve check-in desks.
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