Speaker Biograghy: Juan Francisco holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, and is a Project Management Professional (PMP) with 15 years' experience in the airport systems engineering field. He is passionate about airport systems, and his main interest is to contribute to the improvement of flight operations and passenger experience in airports through the introduction of innovative concepts and systems. Juan Francisco is currently leading the participation of the Indra Airport Department in innovation programmes (ACI ACRIS, 7th Framework Programme, Horizon 2020) and aligning the prototypes developed in those innovation programmes with the roadmap of airport products at Indra.


Day 1 - 14 March
Session: Management & Operations

15:45 - 16:15 - INTERACTION – integrating airport processes to improve the turnaround management
Synopsis: A-CDM milestones are insufficient to monitor all activities from different processes involved in the turnaround. INTERACTION is a FP7 project where one of the developed solutions is a centralised turnaround information management platform, focused on integrating information from different airport processes (aircraft, passenger and baggage), which will increase information sharing between all involved stakeholders, providing an improvement in common situational awareness, increasing the predictability of airport operations in real time and helping airlines and airport operations take better decisions when one task steps out of schedule.

Audience will learn:

• How the current A-CDM milestones do not provide enough granularity to manage turnaround activities and unexpected events
• How information sharing among stakeholders is vital for efficient turnaround management and recovery delays caused by events
• How warnings and alarms raised by threshold trespassing of turnaround performance indicators can ease event management
• How collaborative decision making is essential for efficient turnaround operations
• How new interfaces with the aircraft can automate the coordination of turnaround activities