Dublin Airport, Ireland’s busiest airport, is expanding its infrastructure and adding new technologies to support passenger growth. The airport has chosen ADB SAFEGATE to provide its Safedock Advanced Visual Docking Guidance Systems (A-VDGS).
The company will also link its SafeControl Apron Management (SAM) to support Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) on the apron. With this, Dublin Airport will be able to increase efficiency at every stage of the turnaround process, reduce delays and unnecessary fuel burn, and better utilize resources.
“Dublin Airport recorded its busiest year in 2018 and, with growth expected to continue, we’re making huge investments in infrastructure, “ said Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.
“In the past, delays have occurred to aircraft turnaround times such as airline marshallers not getting to stands on time and inbound aircraft held off stand for several minutes blocking the apron. This no longer happens on equipped stands.
“AVDGS is another example of technology enhancing airport processes that deliver huge benefits for the airport, its airline customers and passengers,” according to Dublin Airport Managing Director Vincent Harrison.
“This system will improve airport safety and efficiencies and supports Dublin Airport’s continuing drive for sustainability,” he added.
ADB SAFEGATE will supply 94 Safedock T1 A-VDGS. The automated system offers many features that will heighten safety and reduce delays through faster aircraft turnarounds. The low visibility function allows pilots to park aircraft in poor weather conditions, such as mist and dense fog, to significantly reduce weather-related delays.
The apron scan function ensures safety and further reduces delays by detecting vehicles and other objects in the way of arriving or departing aircraft. The Safedock system’s large screen and intuitive guidance is easy to read for pilots and ground crews. Faster docking allows ground operations staff to get to the aircraft quicker, thereby reducing turnaround time.
Critical information such as exact on and off stand times and expected and actual times for various turnaround procedures and departure sequencing are fed into the system. Airport and airline staff can view this data to work faster and make better decisions. This improves predictability, traffic flow and operational efficiency. This also reduces the airport’s carbon footprint as aircraft and ground vehicles need not run their engines unnecessarily.
“Dublin Airport’s vision is to be the best performing European airport, and A-CDM is critical to this,” said Christian Onselaere, CEO, ADB SAFEGATE.”
