The Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) solution, which aims for optimum use of air traffic resources and capacity in airports, has been launched at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport. This launch, at the flagship of TAV Airports, will occur in its CDM-IX version , with plans for its wider application in the other airports of the operation.

Within the framework of current competitive and dynamic working needs, the method of collaborative online working has become a necessity in the aviation sector. In line with this necessity, TAV Airports has developed and implemented a solution that suits the needs of the sector with new technologies and that gathers all stakeholders in the airport on a single platform.

On the basis of previous experience, the TAV IT software development team takes Airport CDM one step further with CDM-IX. The technological infrastructure, which brings together airport stakeholders consisting of Implementation, Terminal Operators, Airlines, Ground Services and ATC, lays the foundations for a real collaborative work method. CDM-IX, which enables stakeholders to conduct two-way data exchange and data to be shared electronically, brings airport stakeholders, who are equipped with different technological infrastructures, together in a common platform.

TAV Istanbul General Manager Kemal Ünlü states that air transport is the sum of services produced in harmony by a large number of companies and organizations, pointing out the importance of the CDM-IX project: “Nowadays countries need to view their airports and air spaces as if they were very valuable national resources. The implementation of the Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) solution is of great importance especially in airports with inadequate capacity because of the increase in air traffic. All major airports in the world are able to offer services beyond their previous capacities thanks to this solution. With the CDM-IX project, data obtained from stakeholders in the sector is processed in a rapid and safe environment and passenger movements are managed much more rapidly. Thus we achieve great savings both in time and in manpower.”

Wider applications for the solution

Although the CDM-IX solution is employed only in the Istanbul Atatürk Airport at present, thanks to its flexible infrastructure there are plans to implement it soon in all airports in Turkey and abroad operated by TAV Airports. Ünlü states that their objective is to move on to a CDM implementation that includes all air transport activities taking place at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport and that optimizes national air transport resources in a much wider framework.

KEMAL ÜNLÜ TAV İstanbul General Manager

Advantages obtained

Thanks to the two-way sharing of data by business partners, CDM-IX results in the elimination to a great degree of duplicate data input. The implementation of the system results in a decrease in operational errors, increase in the productivity of resources, savings in manpower and time and a decrease in costs. The move from printed material to electronic form for invoice procedures regarding aeronautical services stands out as one of the most resounding added values of this system. Thus, a platform is established where all stakeholders raise their operational productivity to a higher level.

Future objectives

For detailed information on Airport-CDM: www.euro-cdm.org Prepared by: MEHMET FATİH BERBER