For the second year in a row, HUB Parking Technology is attending the Saudi Airport Exhibition 2024 in Riyadh, to showcase its advanced parking solutions within the Italian Pavilion (position H1-334). Nowadays a classic in the aviation industry gatherings, the show takes place on November 11-12 and attracts regional and global players.
At the Italian Pavilion, HUB Parking team will welcome visitors alongside FAAC Technologies, presenting a comprehensive array of access and parking solutions tailored to the needs of modern airports.
While the impact of aviation in connecting regions and facilitating economic development is clear, the role of parking services in the picture is yet to be brought to shine. Let’s take on a express flight across the challenges and opportunities this may bring in regional aviation networks.
The adoption of advanced automation technology across multiple airports facilitates synergies, elevates standards, and boosts operations efficiency.
For those entities that manage multiple airports, the adoption of the highest level of automated technology facilitates synergies – especially when integrated in an overarching system that can embrace and interface with ancillary services.
The implementation of the same advanced technology on various sites elevates the standards across the board, resulting in a premium experience for passengers. Training all the facility and operations staff on the same technologies and platforms saves time and resources, thus boosting their efficiency.
Air transport and the aviation industry are important contributors to Saudi economic prosperity and are vital for keeping the surrounding region connected. FAAC Technologies and HUB Parking experience in the field can assist further development, by offering innovative and cost-efficient access control and parking management solutions for regional airports, leading to real savings in passenger services as well a more efficient management of operations across the whole regional network.
Passengers first! Advanced automation unlocks greater flexibility and efficiency in airports, airlines, and ground handling.
FAAC Technologies and HUB Parking solutions modernize passenger handling and improve operational flow, for an end-to-end straightforward experience. Automation is the key to easing airport congestion. Automating and accelerating passenger processing times are essential to meeting air travel demand, preferably with a single point of reference.
With passenger numbers expected to double by 20401, the focus has once again turned to aviation infrastructure on the ground – which is composed of terminal buildings and the transport infrastructure that connects them to the territory. Especially in traffic-stricken cities, the aviation industry’s only option to accommodate demand is greatly improving passenger facilitation through the existing airport footprint. Automating manual processes and even moving them off airport will be integral to the success of this initiative.
Contactless travel will supply the industry with the tools to meet air travel demand. The combination of mobile tools like JPass (pre-booking parking), J4Pay (mobile payment), barriers and bollards for vehicle access, board gates (Magnetic) streamline the whole travelling experience, delivering a seamless passenger experience.
As part of the transport infrastructure, parking is the ultimate gateway to the airport. More efficient mobility management and digital enablement enhance the airport sustainability rating.
Air connectivity is a crucial component of regional economic and social ecosystems, contributing to economic growth, ensuring access to the markets, and supporting their cohesion2. All components in the aviation industry, including the transport infrastructure around the airports, factor in the success of the resolutions to decrease emissions, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2°C.
An example in point is IATA “Fly Net Zero”, the commitment of IATA member airlines to achieve net zero carbon by 20503. To succeed, it will require the coordinated efforts of the entire industry (airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, manufacturers) and significant government support. The path towards a sustainable future is a combination of the maximum elimination of emissions at the source (transportation and passengers’ vehicles included), offsetting, and carbon capture technologies.
Parking-wise, multiple options allow airports to lighten their environmental footprint: from ticketless configurations to mobile options to access and pay, on to smart video guidance across multiple parking floors, many technologies can be integrated to deliver an optimized equipment TCO and consumables, ultimately lightening the parking areas environmental footprint.
Simplification of all other ground operations will take the stress/issue away from the airport facility management and IT departments.
A digital management system that integrates all mobility and parking services is a Swiss knife in the toolbox of a facility manager, allowing them to overview, monitor, and act upon all operations: ground transportation, permits and subscription renewals, fleet management, parking lots CCTV systems, guidance, occupancy, and tariff management.
HUB’s JMS management system boasts of a robust architecture that allows not only to scale over time and accommodate future expansions, but also encompasses the flexibility to integrate multiple services and existing third-party systems.
Quite the ideal solution for those Chief Information Officers who are eager to make airport operations as agile, resilient, and efficient as possible with IT solutions central to their success.
Airport IT Insights signals plenty of ambition in the airport IT community to embrace digital strategies and innovate their business, operations, and the passenger journey4.
At Saudi Airport Exhibition 2024, HUB team is eager to deep dive these topics and welcome you into the future of parking operations. Get in touch!
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1 https://airlines.iata.org/2023/07/11/automation-key-easing-airport-congestion
2 https://cpmr.org/transport/regions-smes-and-regional-airlines-call-for-a-strong-and-sustainable-air-connectivity-for-enhanced-socio-economic-cohesion-across-all-europe/33905/
3 https://www.iata.org/en/programs/environment/flynetzero/
4 https://blog.aci.aero/data-automation-and-connectivity-top-technology-priorities-for-leading-airports/
