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A large TETRA radiocommunications installation is contributing to the success of Germany’s fastest-growing airport operation.Richard Lambley visited Munich to see it in action
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oosted by visitors to the city’s famous Oktoberfest as well as increasing holiday travel, Munich Airport enjoyed its best summer ever in 2010, handling
more than 10 million passengers in three months. On October 1, almost 130 000 passengers walked through its two terminal buildings, setting another record for the airport. Cargo traffi c is booming too, increasing 29 per cent the same period in 2009, a sign of the recovering economy. T ough Frankfurt, home of Lufthansa, the national
fl ag-carrier, remains Germany’s busiest airport, Munich’s fast-growing operations may soon eclipse it. Opened in 1992 on a large rural site near the town of
Freising, Munich Airport has two 4000-metre runways, each 60 metres wide and capable of handling the very largest airliners. Spaced wide apart, they can function as separate airports, achieving a large advantage in traffi c capacity over airports which are confi ned to a more compact layout. Buoyed by its traffi c forecasts, the airport’s operating company is already planning a third runway to be built alongside the present site.
In a record-breaking year for Munich Airport, it expects to handle some 34 million passengers. Air cargo is growing fast too. More than 32 000 people work at the airport
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Airport operations One of the factors contributing to Munich Airport’s effi cient operation is a TETRA digital mobile radio system, supplied by Motorola a few years ago. Responsible for this network is the airport’s IT department, whose 180 staff develop the main IT applications and operate and support the entire IT world at the airport. T is also includes two data centres, the internal telephone system, closed-circuit television (CCTV) and a large data network – services with
TE TRA TODAY Issue 1 November 2010 - February 2011
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