Indra has implemented and is putting into operation the new air traffic management systems in Chengdu, along with Shanghai and Beijing, with two major international airports.

 

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The Chengdu Tianfu International Airport has three runways and a capacity for 60 million passengers, but will double its capacity by 2035 with the construction of three more runways. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, the country's fourth-largest airport in terms of operations, is also active.

 

The complexity involved in managing such a sky has led the Southwest Air Traffic Management Bureau of China (SWATMB) to once again rely on Indra, a worldwide leading supplier of this kind of technology. The company has equipped the control towers at both airports and the new terminal area control center, which orders flights within a radius of 200 miles, with state-of-the-art systems.

 

This centre has a flight plan processing system fully integrated with the en-route air control centre in Chengdu. "The two centers will operate jointly using the same processing system or switching to employ their own if necessary. This achieves a practically perfect coordination," Indra said in a statement. The two towers are, in turn, integrated with each other and with the area control center. "They will operate as if they were a single system, ensuring complete fluidity in the control of every flight in all its phases."

 

A single interface will give them access to all the data provided by different equipment: air traffic management systems, surveillance of movements on runways, digitised electronic records, etc. All functionalities are aimed at supporting decision-making and enhancing security. 

 

Indra has played a critical role in SWATMB's meeting the deadlines for putting the Chengdu Tianfu International Airport into operation. In total, the new area centre has more than 55 air traffic controllers working positions, in addition to the more than 34 work stations in the control towers. Indra's technology has made it possible for all of them to operate as a single centre.

 

 

Edited by Lei Lei

Source: Asian Aviation