Situation

Airports are very large, complex systems

due to:
Interface between different Traffic
Modes (Air, Rail, Road,...)
Internal Traffic (Passenger, Luggage,
Cargo, Crew,...)
Various Services (ATC, Catering, Fire
Brigade, Towing cars,...)

Dependencies between Services due to:

Share of common resources (e.g.
Tarmac of the Apron)
Share of common objective (Transport
of Persons and Goods)

What is TAMs
TAMs is a sophisticated computerized
system.
TAMs interfaces and integrates the majority
of electronic information within the airport
TAMs assure
maximum flow of information for operations
and management,
providing unprecedented levels of service,
safety and comfort to the travelling public

 There are 17 sub-systems in TAMS,

Flight Information Display System,
Gate Allocation System,
Runway/Taxiway Lighting Control System,
Passenger Check-In System,
Baggage Handling System,
Automated Warehouse System,
Facility Management System,

Building Management System,

Closed Circuit Television,
Meteorological System,
Air Traffic Management System,
Apron Services Management System,
Noise Monitoring System,
PABX System,
Point of Sale System,
Card Access System, and
Trunked Radio System.

Problems
Historically grown Structures
Different commercial and governmental
Stakeholders
Partly conflicting Interests between
Stakeholders
Further Fragmentation in the near Future
Co-ordination from the Local Point of View of the
Services
Local Decision Making without Globale Situation
View
Very conventional Techniques for Co-ordination

Innovative Idea
Total Airport Management System

ATC

Apron
Control

Airline

Catering

Airport Ressources

...

Benefits
Optimized Use of Airport Ressources due to Integrated
Operations
More Throughput through the Airport
Enhanced Robustness by Improved Management of Exceptions
More Money for the Service
Less Environmental Impact for the Society
More Comfort for the Passengers / Customers

Questions
What are the Possibilities and Limits of TAMS?
Who would benefit and how big are the Benefits?
What Technical and Operational Changes would
be necessary?
What Technologies could be used?
Centralized or Distributed System Architecture?
How to Test, Demonstrate and Validate a TAMS?
How can an Airport migrate to a TAMS?
Who will operate such a TAMS?
...

What we are already doing

Modelling Airside and Landside Processes
Investigating new HMI Technologies
Developing first TAMS Ideas and Concepts
Preparing a Development Environment

What is still necessary

In order to speed up research further funding
is necessary
A joint effort of research and users would be
more efficient
European ATC Providers would directly profit
from optimized Airports, so Eurocontrol
should have a certain interest in TAMS
Mobility is one of the most important topics
of tomorrows society, so the EU should have
a certain interest in TAMS

Potential further Steps

1. Pilot Study
Thourough Determination of the State of the Art
Situation Analysis at 3-4 European Airports
Definition of further necessary work more in detail
Building Research Consortia
Development of Operational and Technical Concepts

2. Feasibility Study
Detailled Requirement Analysis
Prototyping main parts of a Total Airport Management
System
Evaluation in simulation and field test
...

 The Total Airport Management System (TAMS) is an

integrated airport management system which is now
being used in Kuala Lumpur International Airport
(KLIA).
The system interfaces and integrates the majority of
electronic information within the airport, assuring
maximum flow of information for operations,
management and security.
The integration also supports the business goals of
providing an efficient, cost effective operation of KLIA
as it is the nucleus on the Multimedia Super Corridor
and as the precursor to the next generation of airports
in Malaysia and the world.

K.L. International Airport will be equipped with a sophisticated

computerised system called TAMS. TAMS applies advanced
Information Technology (IT) concepts and equipment to help make
KLIA a primary international transportation hub for South-east Asia.
TAMS is a state-of-the-art technology, designed with a high level of
sophistication.

This system interfaces and integrates the majority of electronic

information within the airport, assuring maximum flow of information
for operations and management, and providing unprecedented levels
of service, safety and comfort to the travelling public. This, in turn,
will help bring more tourists and business to Malaysia.

This integration also supports the business goals of providing an

efficient, cost effective operation of KLIA. As both a primary node on
the Multimedia Super Corridor and as the precursor to the next
generation of airports in Malaysia, KLIA will demonstrate advanced
airport technologies and be a model for future IT enterprise solutions
for Malaysia and the world.

What is Total Airport

Management?

Total Airport Management: is performance-based airport operations enabling

performance-based ATM (Air Traffic Management);
provides a time-ordered system approach from an operational viewpoint;
facilitates the creation, agreement, and maintenance of the Airport Operational Plan
(AOP);
will have a system design that, despite a high level of automation, shall still follow a
human-centered approach;
is aligned with existing concepts and systems but integrates them into one holistic
architecture, by the re-use of, for example, Arrival Managers, Departure Managers, ASMGCS (Advanced -Surface Movement Guidance and Control System), CDM, amongst
others;
provides a platform whereby operational decisions taken by the airport operator or
ATC may be made in the full knowledge of airline operational constraints and/or
priorities, coherent with the principles of CDM;
ensures fairness and mitigates conflicting interests between competitors and
partners; and
is based on identified control loops using C4I (Command, Control, Communication,
Computer, and Intelligence) principles ensuring all partners are working efficiently
towards agreed common goals.

Objectives of TAMS
According to KLIA, The main objectives of
TAMS are:
Operating an airport in an efficient manner
Cost containment
Increased quality services to airport users
Centralized airport authority management
Improve crisis management
Efficient, fast and safe processing of
passengers, baggage and cargo

 TAMS encompasses: Centralised databases that expedite information sharing

among various airport systems.
Centralised Management Information System for management
of airport human, physical, financial and information assets.
Centralised Airport operation centres that co-ordinate and
expedite airport functions during normal and emergency
situations.
These systems are all connected by a network infrastructure of
fiber optics and copper-based telecommunications backbone
used by all airport voice, data, and video users. However, each
can operate independently in the event of a central control
system failure.
The integration of these primary groups of sub-systems at KLIA
brings a new level of functionality and service to international
airports and will be the catalyst that will ensure KLIA as a
major hub in this region.

 There are seventeen sub-systems in TAMS, including the

Flight Information Display System, Gate Allocation System,
Runway/Taxiway Lighting Control System, Passenger CheckIn System, Baggage Handling System, Automated
Warehouse System, Facility Management System, Building
Management System, Closed Circuit Television,
Meteorological System, Air Traffic Management System,
Apron Services Management System, Noise Monitoring
System, PABX System, Point of Sale System, Card Access
System, and Trunked Radio System.
TAMS will provide a proving ground for electronic commerce
for other similar enterprises. The Crisis Control Centre (CCC)
at KLIA may be expanded to manage national crisis. Or as a
minimum, KLIA's CCC will be proving ground for crisis
management concepts. Intelligent airport systems will come
on line as technologies mature.

 As a major component of the MSC,

TAMS megabit fibre-optic network
and information infrastructure is
designed to provide a platform that
will allow for easy integration and
link to the other components of the
MSC.