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Telematics solution endorsed by GlobeGround Berlin
GlobeGround ground handlers in Berlin have decided to invest in an award- winning telematics system to optimise the deployment of aircraft tugs and power units.
Even though the days of the Otto Lilienthal airport in Berlin-Tegel are numbered, full apron service for more than 160,000 fl ight movements per year must be ensured at the station until the opening of the new Berlin Brandenburg airport. This challenging task has been tackled by the staff of Aviation Ground Service Berlin, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlobeGround Berlin. Ground services include baggage loading and unloading as well as cleaning of the aircraft cabins. Tasks requiring electrical energy inside the aircraft are supplied by external power while the aircraft is on the ground. GlobeGround operates 13 ground power units for this purpose. To ensure more effi cient planning and deployment of these GPUs, GlobeGround now operates the
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apronFleet telematics system supplied by Funkwerk eurotelematik. The system consists of a type FB-4000 onboard telematics computer, which regularly transmits the GPU position to a central server via mobile communication. The GPU positions appear on a digital map displayed on the workstation screens in the GlobeGround control room, so it is known at all times where the GPUs are positioned and whether or not they are supplying aircraft with energy. This feature is also important to ensure
correct billing of GPU usage to the airlines. Flight handling and maintenance staff use RFID transponders which have to be held against the appropriate readers on the GPU, so as to activate the external power supply of the aircraft. At the same time, the onboard computer checks the user identity and reports the time of usage to the central telematics server. A software interface specially designed by Funkwerk transmits the usage data to the post-linked billing system, thus making manual billing forms obsolete and ensuring higher effi ciency of the entire billing process. In addition, GPU usage can now be charged exactly
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to the minute, which allows deployment of the power units to be much more effi cient and economical. The solution, as mentioned, goes beyond the GPUs and includes the 16 aircraft pushback vehicles that belong to GlobeGround. GlobeGround’s control room apportions available tugs to aircraft, a task that can be handled more effi ciently if vehicle dispatchers are provided with a clear overview of a tug’s current position and availability. Besides improving the planning and billing procedures, apronFleet also contributes towards enhanced internal services by offering various evaluation functions, such as the capacity utilisation of GPUs and tugs. In summary, it can be said that the
introduction of telematics has been extremely successful and satisfactory. The system was also awarded the Best Innovation prize on the occasion of the 2012 Commercial Vehicles Exhibition.
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