Technological improvements in Southeast Asia (SEA) and around the world are making travel safer and easier, and airport operations more ecological and effective.
Fremont, CA: Technological advancements can address environmental, economic, and social concerns while also changing the way people live, work, connect, study, and travel. Technological improvements in Southeast Asia (SEA) and worldwide make travel safer and easier and airport operations more ecological and effective. On that note, three upcoming advancements—use of machine learning, biometric facial recognition, and autonomous vehicles—are expected to have a big impact on the aviation industry during the next five years. Let’s go deeper!
Machine Learning
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The surface area management system at SEA Airport monitors ground handling and service activity in and around parked aircraft at a gate using computer vision technology. The Port’s Information Communications Technology (ICT) team also built a comparable computer vision tool to monitor activities at cargo hardstands, which are authorized parking locations for wide-body cargo planes. Another example of SEA’s use of ML is creating a sound or acoustic sensor to assess whether an airplane uses its auxiliary power unit (APU), which releases CO2 gases and other pollution and raises airline fuel expenditures. This APU use by aircraft at the airport and the research of the application of AI can assist airline pilots in knowing when to turn off their APUs and switch to clean, low-carbon energy sources to power the cabin while parked at the airport gate.
Biometric Facial Recognition
One of the most successful ideas from the pandemic era was using biometric facial recognition technology to create a “touchless” passenger experience. The aviation industry’s adoption of facial recognition technology is accelerating. It is being used in trials at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints. Many airlines are incorporating the technology for touchless check-in and even self-service bag drop, which allows passengers to check their baggage directly without the assistance of airline staff. Even passenger’s iPhone and windows computers are used for facial recognition to gain secure access to their device.
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Autonomous Vehicles
For long years, airports have been seen and used as testing grounds for autonomous vehicles and technologies. Today, autonomous vehicles are tested outside airport buildings or on the ground, transporting employees and passengers with limited mobility. Self-driving jet bridges, airplane tugs, luggage carts, de-icing and snow removal, employee buses, maintenance vehicles, and passenger shuttles are just a few of the benefits of autonomous vehicles. They also serve to implement social distancing health standards during pandemics. Driverless service vehicles, such as tugs, remove humans from the equation, whereas passenger shuttles can control occupancy by prohibiting bookings over maximum capacity and providing passengers with a view of real-time occupancy, allowing them to choose the safest alternative.
