Aviation boom allows Wiener Frequentis Group to take off

Frequentis also benefits from the boom in aviation.

“We deliver almost exclusively to authorities, which makes us very independent of macroeconomics. That brought us well through the pandemic and the time of high inflation, ”said Haslacher. And the forecasts for aviation continue to point up, with the greatest Growth in Asia is expected. “In Europe, the focus is more on compliance with ESG criteria and less CO2 emissions,” says the CEO.

Frequentis has developed some solutions for the challenges. One of them is relatively new on the market and is called Digital tower. This enables the Control and monitoring of traffic at airports, without piloting physically being present at the airport in the tower.

Instead, the data is being removed Tower Control Center Translated where the pilots take control. There they see with the help of Cameras and sensors A live view of the airport. All typical tasks of a tower are carried out from a distance. That brings more flexibility and save costs. “This also helps to optimize the time between arrival and departure, there is still a lot to get out,” said Haslacher.

According to Haslacher, the remote tower of frequentis has been in Abu Dhabi as well as in Oslo in action. Also the Austro Control Evaluates the use of a remote tower. “We expect findings to do this in the course of the year,” spokesman Markus Pohanka says to the courier. That could New building Spare a tower, although this is currently not planned in Austria.

Saved more than one million tons of CO₂ emissions

Another tool has been in use worldwide for more than 20 years and has saved more than one million tons of CO₂ emissions. This is the Arrival Manager (Aman). He is intended to support pilots to efficiently manage incoming flights and to optimally use the available capacities of the landingways and air spaces.

“Aman improves the prediction of delays in the landing approach, as a result of the speed is adapted, which reduces the need for queues,” says Haslacher. Frequentis worldwide has one in the area Market of 60 percent.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is also an issue for frequentis. Haslacher: “We use AI as a support tool, for example to filter out noise in radio traffic.” Or for better recognition of objects, for example around Birds or clouds to exclude. Out of Safety reasons But do not always decide the AI, for example when changing a flight. “People will make the final decision.”

The AI ​​use is also conceivable for flights with only a pilot. “Maybe that would be a solution for the growing air traffic.” Or on the ground with pilots in the face of the great need.

Great potential for drones

Haslacher also locates great potential when it comes to drones. “In 10 to 15 years there will be more drones than planes.” Because the number of Application cases increase. However, the regulators are still overwhelmed, especially when it comes to flights without visual contact. For the radar, most are Devices too small therefore a transponder is necessary.

“You have to make the drones visible to manage them with other aircraft.” But one thing makes one thing clear: “We only provide software for civilian drones, we don’t want to have anything to do with military operations.”

Possible new US criminal offense the manager sees “relatively relaxed”. Firstly, you sell software, secondly, 70 percent of the Value creation pallet From the USA and third parties, the country’s sales share is only 12 percent (with an export quota of 98 percent). The greatest growth he expects anyway in Asia. “100 airports will build India alone in the next 10 years.”