Continental to Use Sensis Tools to Help Manage Houston Ground Operations

Continental Airlines will subscribe to Sensis' Aerobahn service to help manage its nearly 800 airside ground operations at Houston Intercontinental.

The carrier will use three components of Sensis' Web-based Aerobahn, which collects multiple operational data in real-time, including those from its MDS (multistatic dependent surveillance) system, and transforms them into more useable information.  QuickView gives managers quick and accurate access to the operational status of the airport, and a real-time summary of arriving and departing aircraft.  It also allows a manager to set thresholds that will create visual alerts when an aircraft meets or exceeds their definition. TaxiView is real-time display that can improve surface situational awareness - especially during periods of reduced visibility - to better manage push backs and other ramp activity.  OpsView is a post-analysis tool that helps identify trends and areas that potential efficiency and capacity might be realized.

Mark Moran, Continental's executive vice president of operations, said the airline believes these Aerobahn tools will enable its ramp controllers to make more informed and effective tactical decisions regarding traffic flows into and out of the ramp area, and reduce the variance between the optimum and actual taxi time during both routine and irregular operations.  "We expect to measure a quantifiable reduction in airside operating costs," Moran said.

Sensis says its Aerobahn service is already used by Northwest Airlines at Minneapolis-St. Paul and Detroit's Metro, and by airport operator's Fraport at Frankfort, and Service de la Navigation Aerienne at Paris Orly and Charles de Gaulle.  03-04-2007.

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