Vaisala's Innovative Winter Weather Technology Being Evaluated by Emirates
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Vaisala Press Release
February 28, 2017
Vaisala's Innovative Winter Weather Technology Being Evaluated by Emirates
Vaisala, expert in aviation weather, offers a solution to improve airline
efficiencies, reduce environmental impact, and maintain a strong aviation winter
safety record. Emirates is testing the solution at Chicago O'Hare International
Airport and Copenhagen Airport until the end of the current winter season.
Vaisala, the global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, is
working with Emirates on a new decision support system for winter weather. The
combination cloud service and equipment tested by Emirates, called CheckTime,
monitors winter conditions and provides information to pilots so they can make
decisions about keeping an airplane's wings free of ice and snow. A decision to
expand CheckTime to other Emirates' stations with winter weather will be made
following a thorough and complete analysis of test results.
Emirates, a multi-award winning airline, flies to more than 150 destinations
across six continents. Emirates is the industry's largest operator of Boeing
777s and Airbus A380s with 256 aircraft in total.
Emirates selected Copenhagen and Chicago as testing stations for CheckTime
because both destinations experience adverse winter conditions. In addition,
Copenhagen and Chicago are serviced by the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 777
aircraft, respectively, allowing Emirates to gain fleet wide experience for the
performance of the CheckTime decision support system in winter weather. During
the initial tests, Emirates has been using the CheckTime system in parallel with
existing manual cold weather operating procedures to examine and validate
results.
CheckTime replaces a procedure where pilots manually use a combination of
holdover timetables, information charts and observation of weather conditions to
estimate the amount of de- and anti-icing fluids required, and the time beyond
which it would no longer be desirable for the aircraft to depart under existing
weather conditions. "By using a precise automated decision support technology
rather than a cumbersome manual procedure to estimate the effective lifetime of
the fluids, Emirates' pilots will be able to better focus on other crucial
aspects of safety and flight operations, and the airline can improve
efficiencies and reduce environmental impacts," said Nick Demetriades, Head of
Aviation Information Services at Vaisala.
Developed by aviation weather experts, CheckTime uses Vaisala precision weather
sensors that measure temperature, wind, precipitation type, and Liquid Water
Equivalent (LWE) to calculate the impact of changing weather conditions on anti-
icing fluid after the aircraft anti-ice time. Updated every minute, the system
is able to provide dynamic decision support to the pilot via the airline ACARS
computer or mobile application in the cockpit.
Vaisala has been providing solutions for the aviation industry for over forty
years, and now has aviation installations in over 100 countries all around the
globe in all types of climates. Vaisala provides weather information and
equipment to ensure safe aviation travel 24/7, including severe and winter
weather situations.
For more information, please contact:
Nick Demetriades
Head of Aviation Information Services
Tel: +1 303-436-2913
nick.demetriades(at)vaisala.com
Jon Tarleton
Head of Information Services Marketing
Tel: +1 303-436-2943
jon.tarleton(at)vaisala.com
About Vaisala
Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement. Building
on 80 years of experience, Vaisala contributes to a better quality of life by
providing a comprehensive range of innovative observation and measurement
products and services for chosen weather-related and industrial markets.
Headquartered in Finland, Vaisala employs approximately 1600 professionals
worldwide and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange.
www.vaisala.com
About Emirates
Emirates is a global connector of people and places and an enabler for trade and
tourism. With a fleet of 256 fuel efficient aircraft, the multi-award winning
carrier flies to more than 150 destinations across six continents. Emirates is
the industry's largest operator of Boeing 777s with more than 160 in the fleet.
The airline is also the world's largest operator of the Airbus A380 with 93
currently in its fleet. A total of 222 aircraft, worth US$ 108 billion, are on
the order books.
This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Vaisala Oyj via GlobeNewswire
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