WAISL, an Indian tech company whose AI-powered solutions have transformed the running of Hyderabad Airport in India, is now looking at implementing the same systems in airports across the UK and Europe.
WAISL’s AeroWise to be Implemented Across India and the World
WAISL is already working on implementing its AeroWise solution in Delhi and in a number of other countries around the world. AeroWise, an Airport Predictive Operations Centre (APOC) system, has already been implemented in Hyderabad with great success.
It integrates landside, terminal and airside systems to create an efficient operating process that predicts problems and offers solutions. All the data is collated on a single platform, allowing easy monitoring of people and aircraft across an entire airport.
The Indian tech firm wants to bring the system to UK airports, which have faced pressure to increase capacity and strengthen infrastructure due to increasing passenger numbers — in August, London Heathrow Airport had more than eight million passenger journeys in a single month, becoming the first European airport to reach this figure.
AeroWise to Revolutionise UK Airport Infrastructure
Andy Bordass, the head of WAISL’s European AeroWise rollout, gave the following statement:
“This is a game-changer. Having worked in the sector for many years I am well aware of the stress our airports are under and the need for efficiencies and increased capacity. There are so many systems used in airports but they are rarely integrated and usually operate independently of each other. What WAISL has done is to enable the integration of them all – in Hyderabad it has successfully integrated more than 40 IT and OT systems. It monitors more than 100 KPIs, provides real-time insights and enables far better planning, faster incident responses, enhanced safety and high levels of passenger satisfaction. One great thing about this tech is that we know it works; it is already operating and making a huge difference. Where installed, AeroWise has delivered 30 per cent improvement in staff and resource utilisation, 25 per cent reduction in turn-around delays and an 80 per cent reduction in manual surveillance workloads. It leads to shorter queues, better security, reduction in missed flights and baggage mishandling, improved traffic and parking solutions and large savings. It also increases sustainability and environmental protections. Airports’ retail operators benefit as do the airlines which can get more flights in slots, more passengers on seats and more freight in the air. Passengers benefit because everything is more efficient and the whole airport experience is better – we know this because it is what passengers going through Hyderabad tell us. The UK is a world leader in the sector – our aviation network is second only to China and India’s – but to remain so we have to improve our airports. With physical improvements so difficult, technology is the only option and WAISL’s AeroWise is a terrific solution. The time it takes to get it up and running depends on the size of airport and the number of systems to integrate – it took 30 months in Hyderabad, an airport with almost 30 million passenger journeys a year. Thanks to AI and the tech pioneers at WAISL we now have a system that can deliver what European airports desperately need.”
WAISL’s AeroWise solution has a variety of use cases, from statistics on passenger flow and queue times to monitoring of IT operations to ensure the smooth running of the airport and its digital systems.
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