ARINC Enhancing Its Airport Information System with New Functions

ARINC says it has partnered with GCR & Associates of New Orleans, and Real Time Engineering of Glasgow, Scotland, to add airport financial and resource management functions to its AirVUE information management suite.

AirVUE is a Web-based information system manager that allows passengers to view real-time flight information from any location using their PDAs (personal digital assistants), cell phones, or any Internet connection, including wireless.  With the system, they can receive automatic flight updates wherever they are—at the terminal, at home, or in between.

The alliance with its new technology partners, ARINC believes, will allow the creation of an enhanced AirVUE suite that can go beyond passenger information, and help airports manage their own operations as well, especially in maintenance, staffing, space, and equipment planning.

Daniel DesRosiers, who manages the AirVUE product for ARINC, says, “Customers [meaning airport operators] will now be able to manage their entire airport enterprise at multiple financial, operational, and resource levels, sharing all of the airport’s real-time and historical data – a first for the airport industry.”

To help do this, GCR & Associates will add its Airport IQ suite of integrated applications to AirVUE to help airport managers manage their assets, finances, airspace resources, and construction projects, as well as everyday maintenance of their flight information displays, and Web-based security badging.

For its part, Real Time Engineering will add its FirstPlanIT product that brings a fully configurable, end-to-end airport resource management capability to help schedule staff more efficiently and analyze data to improve passenger flow and increase airport capacity.  06-24-2004.