Flight by flight: improved insight into operational efficiency How do you obtain better insight in the operational performance of the Air Traffic Management (ATM) system? Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL) has conducted various activities over the past years with this goal in mind, and with success: LVNL now improved its insight in performance relating […]
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Whatever the weather: improving capacity and runway predictions The KLM Operations Control Centre (OCC) is the nerve centre of KLM. It’s here that all flights are planned and monitored, day and night. The OCC prevents delays and deploys smart tactics to eliminate them so that the timetable can be carried out as punctually as possible. […]
Read MoreNew article posted (June 24, 2015)
24 June 2015 News
Under the ‘Projects’ tab the following new article is filed: Safe Airspace and Airport Navigation* Applications of ADS-C: Everything under control
Read MoreEverything under control: Building a traffic overview beyond radar coverage Air traffic control centres in Canada and Australia are already using it: Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C), a new technology to downlink data from the aircraft. With ADS-C air traffic control is able to build a traffic overview above the oceans, where there is no radar […]
Read MoreSummary of KDC results 2014
12 May 2015 Results
KDC worked on eleven projects in 2014. Three of these projects were completed in 2014 and the delivery of one project was slightly delayed until the first quarter of 2015. The others are multi-year projects which will continue in 2015.
Read MoreSummary of KDC results 2013
12 May 2015 Results
KDC worked on eleven projects in 2013. Six of these projects were completed in 2013. The others are multi-year projects which will continue in 2014.
Read MoreSummary of KDC results 2012
12 May 2015 Results
KDC worked on a large number of projects in 2012. Some of these projects were initiated in 2012, while others were started in preceding years. In contrast to 2011, several projects were completed and yielded results in 2012.
Read MoreNew articles posted (May 12, 2015)
12 May 2015 News
Under the ‘Projects’ tab the following new articles are filed: Safe Airspace and Airport Navigation* New Applications of Downlink Airborne Parameters : The more parameters the better?* Vision on the implementation of new technology in the control tower : Air traffic control’s naked eye Schiphol Airport Meteo Development* Forecasting LVP Conditions at Schiphol Airport en […]
Read MoreAutomatic distance Peak hours? The on-ramp traffic lights makes merging onto the motorway easier. Long queues at the till in the supermarket? An extra till opens up. Or better yet: we use the self-scanners so we don’t need a cashier at all. We are always developing new means and methods to use our time and […]
Read MoreDe-Icing Planner
12 May 2015 Capacity Management
Scraping off ice before take-off? Innovative forecasting system for ice formation on aircraft wings Like car drivers, pilots also experience problems with ice formation. Not on the windshield but on the wings of their aircraft. The ice needs to be removed before the aircraft can depart. This often forms a bottleneck for departing aircraft in […]
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