Airport Management Systems

Capabilities:

AIS’s products represent the very latest in airport management software and consist of a set of integrated modules to fully cater for an airport's operational and data management needs.

AIS’s software has the following integrated modules -

ALDIS 2000 Airport Data Management System

• Credit or Cash Billing and Invoicing Engine
• Financial and Statistical Information

AFIDS 2001 Passenger Information System

• Staff Information System
• Web Information System

Sentinel 

Web and Kiosk Boarding Card Validation

Recent developments now offer airports the ability to:-

• Use plain paper for invoicing
• Email invoices
• Create reports in an Excel format
• Target Incentive invoicing on passengers and fuel
• Vary published fees and charges by operator
• Displaying remarks in two languages by flight
• Sharing of operational information on all movements to any department connected to the airport
• LAN
• Web and kiosk boarding card validation against either the schedule or mayfly

Capabilities:

All of AIS’s developments are based on its off-the-shelf software packages targeted specifically to meet the requirements of any airport, international, regional or local.

Working in partnership with our airport customers, through the ALDIS User Group (AUG) we continuously strive to enhance our products and services.

AIS are members of the following organizations:-

• Airports Council International (ACI)
• Airport Operators Association (AOA)
• British Airport Services & Equipment Association (BASEA)

A.L.D.I.S. 2000

A.L.D.I.S. 2000 is the Next Generation Of Airport Landing Dues Information Systems.

A.L.D.I.S. 2000 is a powerful & flexible management information system.

A.L.D.I.S. 2000 is the successor to the market leading A.L.D.I.S. software that has been installed in over twenty-five airports.

A.L.D.I.S. 2000 software retains all of the functionality of the previous A.L.D.I.S. version. In addition it has added business functionality that offers the user greater flexibility in airport management.

A.L.D.I.S. 2000 is for the airport that wishes to take advantage of the latest technology from the company that is one of the market leaders in airport business systems.

FEATURES

• Open System/Client Server Architecture
• Windows Look & Feel
• Industry Standard Networking, Hardware & Operating Systems
• ODBC Compliant
• I.C.A.O. & I.A.T.A. Databases for the following: -

• Airports
• Airlines
• Aircraft

• User Profiles
• Full Access Permissions
• Drill Down Facilities
• Movement Information Captured From: -  

• Air Traffic Control
• Apron Control
• Handling Agents/Airlines

• Powerful Interactive Validation Facilities
• Nine Levels of V.A.T. or Sales Tax
• Multi-Currency Invoicing including the Euro
• Credit Billing and Invoicing Engine
• The Ability to Add a Charge to an Invoice
• Range of Discount/Surcharges
• Block Booking Facility
• Invoicing Process is an Automatic Function
• Interfaces to various Accounting Systems
• Detailed Audit Facilities
• A Range of Statistical & Financial Reports
• Print Preview using Windows APIs
• Export Facilities to Modeling & Graphical Packages

Integration with other A.I.S. Products: -

•  A.F.I.D.S.  Airport Flight Information Display System

AFIDS 2001

The Next Generation Of Flight Information Display System

Features

• Display by Flight Types
• Marqueeing Techniques
• Public & Private Displays using "Mouse Over Technology"
• Unlimited Colour Selection Palette
• User Selectable Fonts & Display Settings
• 16 x 9 or 4 x 3 Aspect Ratio SVGA Monitors
• 42", 50" or 60” XGA Plasma Displays
• 15”, 17”, 19”, 21”, 32”, 42” or 50” LCD TFT Displays
• Multi-Language Status Messages
• Internet and Intranet Enabled
• FTP Web Page Up Load with Monitor
• Windows 2003, XP Pro, Open VMS, Unix Based Systems
• ICAO or IATA Formats in UTC or Local Time
• Seasonal Schedule with Mayfly Generation
• Flight Matching
• Multi-Level Security
• Inter Airline & Handling Agent Privacy
• Flexible System Triggers
• User Profiles
• User Configurable Status Messages
• User Configurable Languages
• User Configurable Flight Completion
• Cash/Fuel Invoicing & Billing Engine

Additional Features

• Teletext Output
• WAP Output
• Interface to Suitable Public Address/Voice System

Interfaces to other AIS Products: -

• A.L.D.I.S. 2000 - Airport Landing Dues Information System     
• Sentinel - Security Sentinel

Security Sentinel

With the advent of IATA’s 2D Barcode Resolution 722C/792 covering the use of PDF417 barcodes on boarding passes an ever increasing number of airlines are now allowing passengers to print their own boarding passes which allows them to bypass the normal check-in process and proceed directly to security.

The major benefit is to business travellers with only carry on luggage thus speeding up the check-in process and allowing this class of passenger to move more quickly through the airport.

All of the above means that the airport security staff required a system to thoroughly check the e-boarding passes to ensure the following:-

• The point of origin is valid
• The flight number is valid
• The sequence number has not been used previously
• The seat number has not been used previously
• The date of the flight is the current day
• The door or gate is still open
• The flight has not been cancelled

AIS developed Security Sentinel to handle all of the above but also to handle the following:-

• The ability to re-set a flight
• To handle flights and delayed flights around midnight
• Full audit and reporting

All of the above checks are paramount in controlling access to airside and is fundamental to the safe running of an airport.

The system displays an instant go or no go decision when the document is scanned. If a no go then the reason is also given.

The major benefits of the AIS system is as follows:-

• Software runs under MS Windows Professional or XP Pro
• Control PCs communicate via the airport LAN or WAN
• Available 24 hours a day
• Supported and diagnosed remotely
• Available for the smallest regional airport up to the largest international airport
• Integrates with the daily mayfly for up to date flight information
• Uses industry standard 2D barcode scanners
• Supports M1 Style Barcodes for Web Boarding Passes
• Supports S Style Barcodes for Kiosk Boarding Cards

This additional software ensures the maximum possible security with the minimum impact on passenger processing times and meets fully the UK DfT requirements.