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ince its earliest beginnings, aviation has been at the forefront of technological advancement – and with each new step forward, new challenges have arisen that require further innovation in turn. Back when the technology was in its nascency, pilots were required to maintain full, continuous attention throughout the journey to fly safely. As flight range increased, that requirement led to serious fatigue. It was in 1912, then – a mere nine years after the
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Wright Brothers completed the first successful flight of a powered aircraft with the Wright Flyer in 1903 – that the first aircraft autopilot was developed. Created by the Sperry Corporation, the system connected a
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Automation and AI offer a host of potential benefi ts for the aviation industry, and two airports in the Netherlands are using these technologies to help optimise their turnaround processes. Nicholas Kenny hears from Jeffrey Schäfer, process owner, aircraft turnaround at Royal Schiphol Group, and Eindhoven Airport’s Lennard Albarda, product owner, passenger & airport systems, and Frédérique Portheine, manager, operational excellence, to learn more.
gyroscopic heading indicator and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder, enabling the aircraft to fly straight and maintain altitude without human interference, greatly reducing the pilot’s workload. From there, automation has been part and parcel of many operations within aviation, improving safety and efficiency across key processes. A new solution, developed by Royal Schiphol Group from 2020 onwards and implemented within Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 2023, makes use of AI image-based processing to improve the aircraft turnaround process based on historic, real-time and predictive insights. It’s called Deep Turnaround.
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