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Exciting News for Airports, Airlines and Ground Handling Companies
ISSUE 01/2012 - www.groundstar.aero
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NEW CUSTOMER

Optimized Stands and Terminal Resources Management at
Seattle-Tacoma Int. Airport

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) is currently implementing INFORM’s GroundStar resource planning and real-time allocation modules GS Planning and GS RealTime. >>

bmi Implements GroundStar Planning and Rostering
The second largest airline at London Heathrow Airport signed a contract with INFORM to replace the existing system. >>


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SUCCESS STORIES

GS HubControl Goes Live at Finnair
GS HubControl has been successfully implemented at the new Finnair Hub Control Center (HCC) in Helsinki. >>

Dolly Balancing and Optimized Cargo Handling Logistics at British Airways World Cargo
With the relocation of British Airways to Terminal 5, British Airways World Cargo went through major change, not least with the introduction of the Dolly Balancing feature which is used successfully since then. >>

Fully Integrated and Transparent De-Icing Process
By integrating Pre-Departure Sequencing and Vestergaard’s DTS systems with INFORM’s real-time allocation system the de-icing process at Swissport’s Zurich Airport operation has become completely transparent and efficient. >>


GPS Based Location of Crew Buses at Lufthansa LEOS

Lufthansa LEOS uses the GroundStar module GS GroundFleet to locate crew buses at Frankfurt Airport. >>

LSG Sky Chefs Roll-Out to Brussels Airport

GS RealTime has been further rolled-out to the LSG Sky Chefs operation at Brussels
Airport. >>


Successful AODB Migration at Düsseldorf International Airport

The first of the five steps for replacing Düsseldorf International Airport’s existing Flight Information System and Resource Management System took place in February 2011. The project was completed at the beginning of December with the final migration step, when the heart of the new AODB – the new Flight Information System – went live and fully replaced the previous system. >>

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Arrival Baggage Control System at Düsseldorf International Airport
A new system for Düsseldorf International Airport to capture time stamps and deployment of baggage carousels as well as to make a statistical evaluation of baggage delivery data. >>


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COMPANY NEWS

New Partnership to Identify Productivity Improvements in Ground Handling Operations
INFORM and Airport Operations Planning Services recently signed a partnership
agreement.
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INFORM Aviation Conferences Announcement
GroundStar Users Conference and the new GroundStar Airlines Users Forum.

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The enhancements to INFORM‘s line of IT products and the outlook for the future of these products will be presented to the growing community of users at the traditional bi-annual GroundStar Users Conference taking place in Madrid, Spain on September 12-14, 2012 hosted by Iberia Airlines. Like always, the Conference will be dedicated to the entire scope of INFORM’s portfolio for Airports, Ground Handling Service Providers and Airlines. It will include workshop sessions on both new features and new products and, naturally, the opportunity to share experiences with other GroundStar users.

Additionally, given the expansion of INFORM’s solutions and customer base in the airline industry, a new periodic event will be starting this year focused on this branch of the industry. The new GroundStar Airline Users Forum will take place in Atlanta, Georgia on May 23-25, 2012, hosted by Delta Air Lines. Such products as NetStar (fleet management and aircraft assignment), GS HubControl (turnaround management), GS Connect (passenger and baggage transfer management), and GS GroundFleet (GSE management) will be prominent in the Forum’s agenda.


INFORM’s New North American Headquarters
INFORM is pleased to announce the opening in Atlanta, Georgia of the North American headquarters of their Airport Division. >>

INFORM at Industry Events

INFORM will be present at the following industry events in 2012:

Conference/Exhibition Date Place
GroundStar Airline Users Forum 23 - 25 May Atlanta, USA
SITA IT Summit 20 - 21 June Brussels, Belgium
GroundStar Users Conference 12 - 14 September Madrid, Spain
Ground Handling Europe 26 - 29 November Milano, Italy



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