Staggering figures from the Indian Aviation Industry, but can Airports Handle this Rise?

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India’s aviation industry is in need of some fast-moving and efficient solutions to tackle their growing airport capacity problems.  The region has seen exponential growth over recent decades, with the volume of passenger traffic trebling in the last ten years. In fact, the increase in passenger traffic between 2001 and 2011 was three times the growth that had been achieved in the previous 50 years. A similar increase is predicted over the next decade.

Most airports in India are coming within reach of their existing capacities, if they haven’t already, and the country urgently needs new facilities and airports to ensure that the network can keep up with demand. But why has India got such a constrained network of airports? And what can be done to ensure that capacity is not an issue?

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Is your airport ready for 2018? Changes to Hold Baggage Screening Standards

Departure boardAll airports and airport operators should be aware of the upgrade needed in order to comply with Hold Baggage Screening Standard 3, which comes into force in 2018. This framework, regulated by the ECAC (European Civil Aviation Conference), requires airports to achieve detection levels only provided by CAT (Computed Axial Tomography) type detectors.

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The Strains on Airside

Airport apronWith aeroplanes increasing in size, and 38,000 new aircraft to be introduced into the global fleet within next 20 years (statistic Boeing July 2015), airports are beginning to feel the impact of larger aircraft on the apron and airside.

Airports must plan and prepare for the impact of new planes coming into the market, particularly jumbo planes such as the A380. For these jumbo planes, although the weight and size of plane does not cause stress on all runways (either in terms of size and weight), it does impact on all taxiways, parking, terminal space and passenger demand. Read More »

Strategic Integration Procedures at Menzies plc

We’ve been following the past experience of Adrian Stratta, our Senior Consultant at AiQ Consulting. Adrian has had a fascinating career and we’re very fortunate to be able to gain insights and further understanding from his comprehensive knowledge. In this blog we review his integration role at Menzies USA and notably, the adoption of a People Plan within the delivery.  Read More »

Meet Our AiQ Team – Director – Adrian Todd

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Welcome to the next in our series of posts ‘Meet our AiQ Team’. This week we would like to introduce you to Adrian Todd, one of our directors. Adrian is responsible for overseeing the business and leading our very talented team, both working on the ground at our airports, and behind the scenes.

What is a typical day like at AiQ?

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Walking you around the Walkabout

One of the highlights of our days is the walkabout – taking time to travel around the airports we work in to collect data, view airside layout changes and take time to talk to stakeholders.

We do official ‘walkabout’s (surveys) of Heathrow once every quarter – This is where we assess the whole of the airport to see what has changed and collect relevant data. It may be that car parking allocations have altered, a temporary building has been erected or a construction project has taken some land – this may cause problems if we have targeted this space as possible land to solve a capacity problem!

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Providing Services to Consultants

Are you looking for airport consultants or airport capacity planners who can cost effectively deliver and work efficiently with your team?

We are happy to provide our services to other Consultancies where they lack the resource, specific knowledge or the tools to get the job done quickly and efficiently. This includes multi discipline engineer consultants and project managers working in the aviation industry, amongst others.

We have many years experience in working with airport consultant’s engineers and project managers, solving airport capacity problems quickly and innovatively.

What are the benefits in working with AiQ?

  • We work as an extension of your existing team – making you more competitive.
  • We are airport consultants and can communicate with all stakeholders effectively at every level, taking the pressure off your team.
  • We can clearly present solutions using our bespoke simulation tool, Transvision AiR, to clearly demonstrate and prove your proposed change or solution to stakeholders.
  • Using Transvision Air, we can predict and schedule the impact of your planned change.
  • We have the practical attitude, intelligent solutions and excellent consulting skills to give you the confidence and peace of mind that we can deliver any stakeholder capacity challenge.
  • Using our airport expertise, we:
    • optimise facilities and equipment,
    • reduce congestion and waiting times,
    • improve passenger experience.

 

Find out more about our Services, or contact us today for further information.