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Airport Transfer Service – Everything You Need To Know

April 18, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

What Are Airport Transfers?

The airport transfer is the service that takes you from your home or office to the airport and back, and it is a very important part of traveling. It can be done in different ways depending on what you need.

If you are going for business purposes, then you should consider hiring an airport transfer service because they will take care of all the details involved with getting to and from the airport.

They will also provide you with comfortable transportation so that you do not have to worry about anything while you are away. [Read more…] about Airport Transfer Service – Everything You Need To Know

Filed Under: Transportation Tagged With: airport, company, service, services, transfer, transportation

Alstef tests AGVs at Rennes Bretagne Airport in baggage handling

February 23, 2022 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Alstef Group has been utilising the AirportLAB experimentation agreement with Rennes Bretagne Airport, in France, to test its automated guided vehicle.

Created by ProAvia, AirportLAB allows member companies to trial their innovations in a real airport context.

Within this framework, AlstefGroup registered one of its major innovations, BagXone, “the fastest AGV on the market”, dedicated to automated hold baggage handling in the terminal. [Read more…] about Alstef tests AGVs at Rennes Bretagne Airport in baggage handling

Filed Under: Logistics, News Tagged With: agreement, airport, airports, alstef, baggage, bagxone, group, innovations, operational, phase, rennes, testing, trial, vinci

Ottonomy provides ‘first’ fully autonomous delivery robots for airport

December 17, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

A company called Ottonomy is providing a fleet of its fully autonomous delivery robots – called Ottobots – for food and retail at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

This is said to be the first autonomous robotic delivery of food, beverage and lifestyle products in an airport environment.

Officially launched for the holiday travel season, passengers are now able to order contactless delivery directly to their location in Concourse B of the airport, delivered by an autonomous robot. Customers can select grab and go, beverage and travel items sold at select retail stores operated by Paradies Lagardere via orderatcvg.com on mobile devices. [Read more…] about Ottonomy provides ‘first’ fully autonomous delivery robots for airport

Filed Under: News, Service robots Tagged With: airport, autonomous, beverage, called, ceo, contactless, customers, cvg, deliveries, delivery, environment, experience, fleet, food, fully, innovation, items, live, ottobots, ottonomy, passengers, products, retail, robot, robots, secure, select, tech, travel

Honeywell Aerospace equips newly designed Dassault plane

May 7, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Honeywell Aerospace was one of the main technology suppliers for Dassault Aviation on its new, long-range Falcon 10X business jet.

Stevan Slijepcevic, president, electronic solutions, Honeywell Aerospace, says: “Honeywell is proud to equip the new Dassault 10X aircraft with its next-generation Primus Epic technology that brings the safety and situational awareness of the aircraft to an unprecedented level.

“Honeywell and Dassault collaborated since the inception of the 10X development program to create unique Human Factors and Pilot Interface experiences. [Read more…] about Honeywell Aerospace equips newly designed Dassault plane

Filed Under: Design, Features Tagged With: aircraft, airport, alerts, approach, apu, awareness, cockpit, dassault, deck, display, enhanced, features, flight, honeywell, maps, moving, overrun, pilot, power, runway, safety, situational, synthetic, system, technology, vision

Avinor ploughs €40 million into Yeti autonomous snow removal vehicles

April 9, 2021 by Sam Francis Leave a Comment

Norwegian airport operator Avinor is taking the next step towards autonomous snow removal through a new framework agreement regarding the purchase of self-driving runway sweepers.

The self-driving technology is developed by the technology company Yeti Move, where Semcon is one of the co-owners.

Since the winter of 2018/2019, a number of self-driving runway sweepers have been tested at Oslo Airport. With Avinor’s new framework agreement with snowplough manufacturer Øveraasen, which runs for eight years, more autonomous vehicles will be put into operation during the winter of 2021/2022. [Read more…] about Avinor ploughs €40 million into Yeti autonomous snow removal vehicles

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, Features Tagged With: agreement, airport, airports, autonomous, avinor, company, contract, move, norwegian, operations, øveraasen, runway, snow, solutions, sweepers, technology, vehicles, winter, years, yeti

ANA and Toyota test autonomous towing vehicle at Tokyo airport

March 25, 2021 by Mai Tao Leave a Comment

All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest airline, is partnering with Toyota Industries to conduct a test of the latest autonomous towing tractor in the restricted area at Tokyo Haneda Airport from March 29 to April 2, 2021. These trials be the first to take place at Haneda Airport.

Masaki Yokai, senior vice president of ANA, says: “Our work with Toyota Industries has led to several successful autonomous towing tractor tests that we have continually learned from.

“We are excited about the opportunity to take this technology one step further by running trials at Haneda Airport. As we work with Toyota Industries to create the Simple & Smart airport of the future, ANA remains committed to integrating advanced technology in order to improve the travel experience.” [Read more…] about ANA and Toyota test autonomous towing vehicle at Tokyo airport

Filed Under: Autonomous vehicles, News Tagged With: advanced, airport, ana, autonomous, equipped, haneda, industries, latest, technology, tests, tokyo, towing, toyota, tractor, trials

Pratt Miller installs autonomous disinfecting robot at Detroit Airport

September 23, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

In the early months of 2020, the world became victim to the rapidly spreading Covid-19 virus, causing a pandemic of epic proportions, as well as unprecedented shutdowns and public health mandates.

One industry that was hard hit was air travel as it slowed to nearly a standstill as airlines and airport facilities scrambled to build proper protocols for safe travel.

The adverse health situation provided opportunities for manufacturers and engineering firms to step up and create solutions to combat the disruptive virus pandemic. [Read more…] about Pratt Miller installs autonomous disinfecting robot at Detroit Airport

Filed Under: Health, News Tagged With: airport, area, autonomous, coverage, detroit, disinfectant, ford, international, laad-v, large, mcnamara, metropolitan, miller, mobility, pratt, safety, terminal, vehicle, wayne

Pratt Miller and partners demo disinfecting robot at Grand Rapids airport

August 3, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Pratt Miller Mobility has demonstrated its Large Area Autonomous Disinfecting (LAAD) Vehicle at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The robot is the result of a Pratt Miller’s partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and PlanetM, and the demo was conducted in front of key stakeholders and members of the press.

The partner companies say the LAAD robot is “the first-of-its-kind” to be introduced in the US, as it is a connected, electric and autonomous disinfecting robot that dispenses FDA-approved disinfecting materials through a multi-head electrostatic sprayer array. [Read more…] about Pratt Miller and partners demo disinfecting robot at Grand Rapids airport

Filed Under: Health, News Tagged With: airport, autonomous, disinfecting, ford, gerald, laad, michigan, miller, mobility, partnership, pratt, robot, solutions, technology

Fetch Robotics partners with Build With Robots and Albuquerque airport to launch autonomous disinfecting robot

June 18, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

Fetch Robotics, a warehouse robotics and automation company, has partnered with Build With Robots and the City Of Albuquerque to launch the “Breezy One” disinfecting autonomous mobile robot. (See video below.)

Designed to protect Albuquerque Sunport airport employees and passengers from both harmful pathogens and cleaning agents, Breezy One can quickly, safely and effectively decontaminate spaces over 100,000 square feet in 1.5 hours with a patented, environmentally safe disinfectant.

Breezy One was co-developed with the City of Albuquerque’s Aviation Department, where it autonomously sanitizes the Sunport’s facilities every night in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. [Read more…] about Fetch Robotics partners with Build With Robots and Albuquerque airport to launch autonomous disinfecting robot

Filed Under: Features, Industry Tagged With: airport, albuquerque, breezy, build, city, commercial, covid, disinfectant, disinfection, employees, harmful, hours, passengers, robot, robotics, robots, safe, sanitization, sunport, team

ThyssenKrupp to provide 155 lifts and 22 escalators to Beijing airport base

July 29, 2019 by Anna

As the sole lift supplier to China Southern Airlines’ new Beijing airport base, Thyssenkrupp Elevator is to deliver 155 elevators and 22 escalators to Beijing Daxing Airport, which is currently under construction.

China Southern Airlines has moved to the new mega airport in the south of Beijing as part of its ‘two-hub’ strategy, alongside its current Guangzhou base.

The plans for the airport facilities were designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, while the hexagonal main terminal was designed by Zara Hadid Architects. At approximately 7.5 million sq. feet, it will be the largest terminal in the world.

[Read more…] about ThyssenKrupp to provide 155 lifts and 22 escalators to Beijing airport base

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