Indra ensures ground safety at South Korea’s two largest airports
Indra has strengthened its position in the Republic of Korea’s air traffic management environment through implementing a ground surveillance system at Jeju International Airport, the destination of the world’s busiest airline route
Air traffic controllers of the Korean Airport Corporation (KAC) will benefit from a precise overview and control of the ground traffic, enhanced by advanced safety alerts to further improve their situational awareness
Indra already ensures ground control and safety with a similar system at Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, and has implemented air traffic management, surveillance and navigation systems across the country
The Korean Airport Corporation has implemented Indra’s InNOVA Tower System. The new system is part of an ongoing modernization and expansion project at Jeju International Airport.
The tower system, commonly called Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE) in South Korea, ensures safe and efficient ground operations, providing air traffic controllers with a complete overview of aircraft, vehicles and other moving objects. Indra’s system stands out by offering the most advanced automation and safety alerts and is best-in-class when it comes to reducing disturbances caused by false targets.
“Our ground surveillance system is already in use at Incheon Airport in Seoul, as well as in many of the busiest airports in the world. At Incheon we proved that we manage to minimize downtime during installation, and that was important to this project”, says Tomas Lubeck, International Sales Manager at Indra. “The airport is very busy as Jeju island is the most popular holiday destination in Korea.”
In fact, the airline route from Jeju to Seoul has for several years been the busiest in the world with 85,880 flights in 2021, equivalent to a daily average of 235 flights and 48,000 seats.
Indra is supplying KAC with the InNOVA Tower System, 13 controller working positions and a surface movement radar from Terma. The delivery also includes a contingency system. The contract was signed as a consortium between Indra, Hanjin Information Systems and Telecommunications Co, responsible for infrastructure, and ERA which is providing the multilateration (MLAT) sensor system.
About Indra
Indra (www.indracompany.com) is one of the leading global technology and consulting companies and the technological partner for core business operations of its customers world-wide. It is a world-leader in providing proprietary solutions in specific segments in Transport and Defense markets, and a leading firm in Digital Transformation Consultancy and Information Technologies in Spain and Latin America through its affiliate Minsait Its business model is based on a comprehensive range of proprietary products, with a high-value focus and with a high innovation component. In the 2020 financial year, Indra achieved revenue of €3.043 billion, near 48,000 employees, a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.
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