Airport Management Centre for South African Airports
Airports Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd (ACSA) selects Ultra Electronics to supply its new Airport Management Centre IT Platform
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems (Ultra) is pleased to announce the award of the contract to supply the Airport Management Centre (AMC) IT Platform for Oliver R Tambo International Airport - Johannesburg, Cape Town International Airport and Durban International Airport by Airports Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd (ACSA).
The Airport Management Centre allows users and stakeholders at each airport to have a real-time representation of key airport operational aspects, facilitating the implementation of active collaborative decision making (CDM) throughout the airport community. A common vision will be enabled for punctuality, quality and continuous Improvement, delivering end-to-end process enhancement and greatly improved passenger service quality in time for the FIFA Soccer World Cup in 2010.
The AMC project delivers not only the technical requirements of the platform, but also the design and implementation of the required business processes across the entire airport community.
The AMC will be delivered by a team led by Ultra Electronics Airport Systems, leading airport IT systems specialists. The technical solution is based on the Zeus Operational Management Suite delivered by NeuroPie Solutions AG which is deployed at Unique Zurich Airport and also delivered by Ultra at London Heathrow and London Stansted Airports as BAA’s new Staff Information System. Ultra’s team is completed by the human factors, change management and business process consulting expertise of Human Engineering Ltd.
Andre Vermeulen, Group Manager Airport Operations ACSA and AMC project sponsor, commented on Ultra’s selection. “Ultra will be a key partner in ACSA’s strategic plans assisting the airport community’s ability to address passenger service requirements in the future. We look forward to building a long term partnership and delivering world class systems with the Ultra team.”
ACSA’s determination to improve customer experience within its airports has resulted in this highly prestigious award and demonstrates Ultra’s ability to deliver innovative turnkey solutions to support the growing desire for CDM solutions within airport communities. The project will start in February 2008, and delivery will be complete at Oliver R Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, by early 2009. Delivery at Cape Town International and Durban International will also be achieved in 2009.
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Enquiries:
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems
Paul Owen, Business Development Director
+44 (0)161 946 3600
www.ultra-as.com
Ultra Electronics Holdings plc
Andy Hamment,
Group marketing Director
+44 (0)20 8813 4321
www.ultra-electronics.com
Notes to editors:
Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist businesses designing, manufacturing and supporting electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems and products for defence, security and aerospace applications worldwide.
Ultra is organised into three divisions: Aircraft & Vehicle Systems; Tactical & Sonar Systems; Information & Power Systems, within which Ultra Electronics Airport Systems sits.
Ultra, which employs 3,000 people in the UK and North America, focuses on high integrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasis on integrated information technology solutions. The Group concentrates on obtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products and technologies being market leaders in their field.
Ultra’s products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armoured vehicles, surveillance systems, airports and transport systems around the world. Ultra also plays an important role in supporting prime contractors by undertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combined expertise of the Group businesses.
The divisions are:
Aircraft & Vehicle Systems including miniature airborne compressors; high integrity software and systems; aircraft system electronics; aircraft cockpit indicators; aircraft noise and vibration control systems; airframe protection systems, armoured vehicle electronic information and control systems; human/computer interface equipment and shared working environment solutions.
Tactical & Sonar Systems including secure tactical line-of-sight radio systems, multiplexers and switches; voice communication systems; tactical data links; cryptographic equipment; active, passive and multi-static sonobuoys; sonobuoy receivers and processors; distributed surveillance sensor arrays; ship’s sonar systems; acoustic countermeasure systems and ship’s torpedo defence systems.
Information & Power Systems including command and control systems equipment; weapons interfacing electronics; radar tracking; electro optical tracking; surveillance systems; naval data processing and distribution; airport and airline information management systems; ID card systems; naval power conversion; signature management of naval vessels; transit system power conversion and control.
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems delivers integrated operational and common use solutions and managed services to airports and airline operators worldwide. As a systems integrator UEAS provides a totally integrated service from requirements capture through systems design and commissioning to in-service support. The integrated range of products supplied by Airport Systems includes common use check-in, local departure control, weight and balance management systems, an integration broker, airport operational database with integrated resource allocation solutions, baggage management and reconciliation, flight information and display systems and airport-wide system health monitoring systems. These are all proven high availability and resilient systems for use in critical airport environments and are based on open systems technology, delivered on an application basis or as part of a managed service. Airport Systems’ solutions and managed services are now in use at more than 100 airports worldwide
ACSA formed in 1993, owns and operates South Africa’s 10 principle airports, which handle over 98 percent of the country’s commercial air traffic. In 2007 the market driven and customer service oriented company processed 33 million passengers and 236,000 aircraft.
NeuroPie Solutions AG is the world leading provider of Airport Operation Management solutions and expertise. Their flagship product and services offer innovative and reliable solutions based on best practice, experience, a proven track record, state-of-the-art technology and in-depth process know-how.
Human Engineering Ltd is one of the world’s leading independent human factors and ergonomics consultancies. They provide clients with practical coherent and solution focused technical services. Their working methods rely on the application of proven, best practice techniques for human factors integrating.
