Acting as ‘eyes’ of the control centre at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, a surface surveillance software is providing real time data on position of aircraft and terminal area movements on the twin runways at the airport. Commissioned in March, the Surface Awareness and Guidance at Airport or SAGA developed by France-based ALTYS Technologies has helped improve reaction time to any emergency at the airport, MIAL officials claim.
With a staff of at least 35 people, the control centre of the airport includes MIAL officials who track movement of airlines, their customer care team and representatives from airlines and their ground handling agencies. Placed right at the centre of the control desk, a giant screen using SAGA, a data fusion and analytic system displays real time movement of aircraft, their entry into the taxiway and movement of every vehicle on the runway surface.
