Air transport communications company SITA will introduce technology that will allow airlines to efficiently and cost-effectively track their aircraft.
The system, which is currently being evaluated by several airlines for testing, will utilise technology that is already installed in the aircraft to provide advanced tracking capabilities.
The SITA Aircom Server Flight Tracker solution will enable interested airlines to track aircraft movement by merging SITA’s airline dispatcher center system and airline operations center system (AIRCOM) Server, with its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) ground application, which is available to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).
“The FANS system is already installed in many aircraft, so the service does not call for extensive additional cost or investment by the airlines,” said Francesco Violante, ceo of SITA.
“The Server Flight Tracker system will allow end-to-end flight tracking on conditions and parameters the airline sets through their own ADS (Automatic Dependent Surveillance) contract. This in turn will help the airline to react to different aircraft events, including adapting the pace of tracking as appropriate. The service can be fully managed from the ground and is not dependent on actions from the crew or cockpit as the data is sent automatically after initialisation.”
SITA offers aircraft tracking option
Cargo Archive Stories #231
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Air transport communications company SITA will introduce technology that will allow airlines to efficiently and cost-effectively track their aircraft.
The system, which is currently being evaluated by several airlines for testing, will utilise technology that is already installed in the aircraft to provide advanced tracking capabilities.
The SITA Aircom Server Flight Tracker solution will enable interested airlines to track aircraft movement by merging SITA’s airline dispatcher center system and airline operations center system (AIRCOM) Server, with its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) ground application, which is available to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).
“The FANS system is already installed in many aircraft, so the service does not call for extensive additional cost or investment by the airlines,” said Francesco Violante, ceo of SITA.
“The Server Flight Tracker system will allow end-to-end flight tracking on conditions and parameters the airline sets through their own ADS (Automatic Dependent Surveillance) contract. This in turn will help the airline to react to different aircraft events, including adapting the pace of tracking as appropriate. The service can be fully managed from the ground and is not dependent on actions from the crew or cockpit as the data is sent automatically after initialisation.”
