Vinci airports goes full tech

Gatwick has become the first Vinci airport to offer a new centre of excellence speeding up communication between the apron and air traffic controllers, an innovative digital platform that updates vital information quickly, in real time.
 
Called “New AirTurn” it optimises airport efficiency, reducing delays and unnecessary fuel burn on the ground.

The aircraft turnarounds are being transformed at Gatwick with a new handheld digital platform that allows ground handlers to update air traffic controllers about changes to the turn process – in real time.  Information can be communicated more quickly on changes to turn events – such as updates on baggage loading, refuelling or other aircraft preparations – giving the control tower a more accurate, real-time departure or Target Off-Block Time (TOBT) to feed into the airport’s overall flying programme.
 
Without the system, changes to aircraft turn events are updated through paperwork and radio communications – sometimes between several individuals at different locations – before being recorded into the system and communicated to the control tower and EUROCONTROL, the agency that manages air traffic management across Europe.
 
The AirTurn platform is accessed directly through Gatwick’s Community App which is already widely used by ground handling staff across the airport.
 
The innovation is part of Vinci Airports’ strategy to improve airport infrastructure and management, including the dissemination of innovative ideas across its network of 53 airports in 12 countries.

Both AirTurn and the Airport Community App were developed in partnership with AirportLabs.

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