Aviation

Aviation

Efficient passenger and baggage handling

The efficient handling of baggage is an indispensable necessity in air transport. This results from security aspects as well as the limited space capacity in the passenger cabin, which is only sufficient for a limited volume of hand luggage. Baggage drop-off is usually done during the check-in process, while at larger airports baggage claim is often automated and without direct staff. To ensure a seamless connection between all airport systems, PSI Logistics provides the innovative solution PSIairport. With the help of PSIairport, interfaces can be flexibly configured, new systems easily integrated and information efficiently filtered and distributed in a targeted manner. This enables optimised passenger and baggage handling that meets today's requirements for efficiency and transparency in air traffic.

Aviation – special industry functions for special requirements

Our Supply Chain Management System PSIglobal includes functions, e.g., for:

Baggage reconciliation system PSIairport/BRS to avoid baggage arriving on board without an associated passenger
Baggage Handling System (BHS) for optimising baggage flow at airports
Camera-based evaluation of baggage flow based on neural network technology (CCTV)
Tailor-made infrastructure packages and services to ensure smooth operations

Our aviation system PSIairport supports the following industry-specific processes, among others:

Visual baggage tracking on conveyors and sorting machines
Label identification
Exception Handling on-the-fly
Airline-specific loading strategies (e.g. batch loading)
Baggage segregation
Automatic recording of incoming and outgoing containers (container management)
Monitoring with reports and statistical analyses (e.g. scan rates, container lists, freight lists, etc.)
Cross-platform mobile solution with Mobile Data Terminals (MDT)
Transport history tracking

Our software enables, e.g., the following:

Transparent mapping of complex material flows
Early detection of potential and risks
Cross-process view of data for information gathering
Faster process turnaround by improving pre-sorting and loading
Cost reduction through optimised use of loading equipment and space-saving sorting
Faster process turnaround by improving pre-sorting and loading
Tracking and tracing (“Track and Trace”) of all Transport
Real-time baggage classification from check-in to the aircraft
Reduction of no-reads
Reduced failure risk through pro-active maintenance and failure analyses
and much more

In terms of transparency and availability, airports are in no way inferior to logistics service providers and industrial companies, but go even further. Particularly taking into account international security-relevant functions, such as the 100 % control of baggage, continuous optimisation and adaptation of the largely automated handling processes in the airport industry is indispensable. In view of the constantly growing passenger and cargo volume, airport operators are faced with ever higher demands on the efficiency and security of handling processes. Intelligent systems are also indispensable in view of the limited space available for expansion and growing demands on availability and service quality.

They ensure optimal process flows, increase the efficiency of existing processes and facilities, as well as the availability of services. The seamless integration of all relevant data plays a decisive role here and is made possible by integrated IT systems at all hierarchical levels.

For an uncomplicated and transparent connection of all airport systems, PSI Logistics offers the PSIairport solution. This enables the flexible configuration of interfaces, the integration of new systems and the targeted distribution of information while considering individual filters.

PSI Logistics' airport systems support all interfaces attached to the baggage handling systems and control the areas involved in the process. We are continuously expanding and optimising the monitoring and baggage tracking. With the PSI software, the interfaces are guided to the control level of the system. The AI application makes it possible to directly process the camera images in real time.

Angela Lipinski
Project Manager Passenger and Baggage Logistics, Hamburg Airport

In view of the increasing passenger numbers over the past decade, we have continuously improved and adapted the hardware and the software, too. In addition to the implementation of further standard systems of Airport Solutions, the existing PSI systems can be conveniently expanded.

Klaus Geißler
Project Manager, Flughafen Köln/Bonn