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Airport Logistics 05 | December 2010 1

Newsletter for Airports and Airlines

Issue 05 I December 2010 I www.siemens.com/mobility

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Hong Kong » Page 2 New Delhi » Page 3 Newsflash » Page 3

visionWorld Expo Fair » Page 6 Interview with Michaela Stolz-Schmitz » Page 7 InnoTrans in Berlin » Page 8

solutionsDialog event » Page 4 Siemens Airport Center » Page 4 Green Day » Page 5 Los Angeles Airport » Page 5

Airport Logistics

Improved airport systems and flows at Münster-Osnabrück Siamos suite to go online with the start of the 2011 winter flight schedule

Management at Münster-Osnabrück Air-port gives top priority to creating a relax-ing atmosphere for passengers, offering a range of worldwide destinations, and up-holding the highest security standards. To continue to pursue these goals, it has be-come necessary to replace the existing airport management system, which reached its life-cycle end, with a new one.

The airport management once again showed its innovative approach. It had, for example, previously pioneered the integration of advertising into its flight in-formation display system (Fids) in 2000.

When airport representatives visited the Siemens Airport Center in Fürth, they were convinced by the Siemens approach and later signed a contract for the installation of the modular Siamos suite. The contract cov-ers the Airport Operation Database (AODB), the Process Integration Platform (APIP) –

into which all the airport operating systems can easily be linked and globally controlled – and the Flight Information System (FIMS) for optimizing flight-time planning. The in-termeshing of AODP and APIP in particular creates new dimensions of information quality and operational control for all those involved in the operation of the North Ger-man airport, right down to the ground staff.

These components in the Siamos suite promise a transparent information base that provides operators with an exact overview of passenger, baggage and supply flows, so that processes can be optimized and closely coordinated with one another. Special fac-tors at Münster-Osnabrück Airport have also been taken into account, such as the han-dling of a high proportion of private air-craft, each of which requires a separate account, and the billing of flight training. »

World Expo Fair The German-Chinese Pavilion drew crowds – and even won an award » Page 6

InnoTrans in BerlinSiemens presents concepts to straighten out airport logistics chains » Page 8

Each year some 1.5 million passengers pass through Münster-Osnabrück Airport

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editorial

The World Expo in Shanghai closed at the end of October. Its message for the past six months has been a global one: “Better City, Better Life,” and it applies to every city around the world. The quickly growing Chinese metrop-olis is only one example of a big-ger trend that Siemens described several years ago in its Megacity Report. According to forecasts, more than a billion people will move into cities in the Asia-Pacific region in the next twenty years.

As such, our awareness of the need for sustainable urbanisation grows ever stronger. However, without modern technology we can never achieve the goal of cre-ating a green city. Siemens is not alone in taking a leading role in the field of efficient transport technol-ogies. As a “Global Partner for in-novative Infrastructure and Health-care,” Siemens has supported the Expo city in many ways (p. 6–7).

Product solutions from Infra-structure Logistics help save ener-gy and ease airport organization as well as passenger and freight transport.

As the new CFO of Infrastruc-ture Logistics, I would like to wel-come you. I wish my predecessor Bernd Ulbricht all the best and hope you enjoy this window on Siemens and the world.

Sincerely yours,Jörg Boekholt CFO, Infrastructure Logistics

Dear Readers, Hong Kong: New material handling system

According to the master plan for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) re-leased by the Airport Authority Hong Kong, HKIA’s air cargo throughput will increase to 8 million tons per annum by 2025. To keep pace with this pro-jected growth, Cathay Pacific contract-ed Siemens to equip its new cargo ter-minal at HKIA with a complete turnkey material handling system (MHS). When the new terminal commences opera-tion in early 2013 it will be the world’s most efficient cargo facility in terms of land use. The MHS is designed to han-dle 2.6 million tons of cargo per year, and it can be adapted to increase to 4 million tons or more at a later phase. The new terminal further strengthens Hong Kong’s position as the world’s major international airfreight hub.

The new terminal occupies a site of approximately 10 hectares. Siemens was awarded the contract in Decem-ber 2007 and will provide a complete turnkey MHS including storage and conveying systems as well as auto-mation solutions and electrical equip-

ment. The intelligent and highly automated Siemens systems are designed to maximize the usage of the site area and provide a high land-use efficiency of more than 25 tons per square meter. The MHS will also minimize cargo handling time and waiting time for trucks.

“Hong Kong has always experi-enced challenges such as limited space, growing demand for infra-structure, and increasing competi-tion from the region. We need to con-stantly improve our competitiveness through higher capacity and efficien-cy,” said Denis Leung, President and CEO of Siemens Hong Kong. “Siemens is proud to provide sustainable solu-tions to Cathay Pacific and has always been supportive of the city’s infra-structure development.” The MHS is Siemens’ third large-scale infrastruc-ture logistics solution for HKIA, and the project follows on the heels of successful projects in the city includ-ing a letter and parcel sorting center and a baggage conveying system. «

Land is at a premium in Hong Kong: the new cargo facility makes the most of available space

Münster-Osnabrück takes up the challenges of the futureMünster-Osnabrück Airport was officially opened in May 1972. It is located near the junction of the borders between the German states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands. Its catchment area has a population of about 7 million. Each year, some 1.5 million pas-sengers pass through the 40 check-ins and 20 gates in its two terminals. Each week, 14 airlines provide 398 flights to 65 different destinations. TUI, a German tour operator, plans to double its summer flight schedule to Münster-Osnabrück.The airport also handles about 14,000 tons of freight every year. And the trend is strong: 42 percent more freight passed through in the first eight months of this year than in the corresponding period last year. «

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New Delhi: Terminal 3 operational in time for the XIX Common-wealth Games

Delhi delivered world-class Games – with the support of Siemens. Major events be-come catalysts for infrastructure, bring-ing far-reaching benefits to the hosts. The state-of-the-art integrated Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi is an example. In preparation for the XIX Commonwealth Games, the airport was equipped to han-dle 34 million passengers per year, mak-ing it the 5th largest airport in the world.

Terminal 3 has 168 check-in desks and 4 desks for oversized items. All baggage checked in at the terminal is scanned by one of the 25 x-ray stations. Siemens delivered the baggage handling system consisting of tilt-tray sorters, vertical sorters and high-speed diverters. The system has a total length of about 6.5 kilometers and is similar in design to the system at Beijing’s new airport. On the arrival level, 12 baggage claim systems deliver bags to arriving passengers, and customs operates 16 x-ray stations to screen bags.

“The aviation sector is vital to India’s sustained economic growth. It plays a major role in generating tourist flow, accelerating industrial development, creating new jobs and integrating our country,” said Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel.

Siemens also provided equipment for the Airport Metro Express Line, a high-speed metro link for safe and convenient travel to and from the airport. Passengers are now able to buy air tickets and check-in their baggage at the New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium Metro stations. Before the checked-in baggage is automatical-ly loaded onto the trains, it is inspected by an integrated x-ray system with a throughput of more than 12,400 bags per hour. At the Airport Metro station, baggage is unloaded automatically and merged with the airport’s baggage han-dling system.

With the Airport Metro Express Line, New Delhi joins cities like London, Hong Kong, Beijing and Bangkok, all of which have similar rail-link systems from Siemens. «

Newsflash

IT software support for Stuttgart Airport

A long relationship continues: Siemens has signed a contract to support Stuttgart Airport with its IT for the next five years. New hard- and soft-ware for the Flight Information Display System (Fids) is now being installed and the project will be completed by the end of 2010. «

Munich T2

Operators at Munich Airport’s Terminal 2 contracted Siemens to replace four Explosive Detec-tion System (EDS) devices with EDtS devices, the second gen-eration of explosive detection systems. The project involved reconstructing the baggage handling system and baggage sorting hall. The project was completed this month, and now Germany’s second busiest airport has a fully integrated, multi-level system to provide 100 percent hold baggage screening. The project was planned and carried out to ensure the highest degree of component reusability. «

Ho Chi Min City: New air cargo terminal

Tan Son Nhat Cargo Services Co. Ltd. chose Siemens to build a new ter-minal at the main cargo gateway of Ho Chi Min City Airport, Vietnam’s largest international airport. The new terminal will provide better and more efficient handling of international cargo for Tan Son Nhat Cargo Services, which currently serves 250 freight forwarders. The building will have 6,000 m² of operational floor space with room for 200 Unit Load Devices (10 feet ULD) and an Elevating Transfer Vehicle (ETV). The new terminal, which is designed for 150,000 tons of freight per year, will be finished in July 2011. «

Munich Airport now features 100 percent hold baggage screening


Dialog event zooms in on efficient and safe airports Siemens Airport Dialog was held at the Siemens Airport Center in Fürth at the end of September. The topics presented ranged from the political to the details of a security and energy concept.

Axel Klinge put forward a number of air-port-relevant issues like passenger track-ing (Sipax), integrated security processes (Siveillance Vantage), and energy man-agement. They also covered green and efficient airports, and the contributions that can be made, for example, by electri-cally powered vehicles. «

also the relevance of security measures. The trends discussed by Stefan Keh matched up with the visions for airports presented by Nils Ecke from Lufthansa, who pointed out the effects of new business models on the ground and service processes. The Siemens speakers Stephan Poser, Robert Schaetzke, Christian-Mariaus Wegner and

The Siemens Airport Center was once again the crystallization point for innova-tion, technology and discussion. Around 90 guests followed the invitation of Dr. Michael Kassner, head of the Airport Initiative, and came to Fürth at the end of September to listen to and discuss the propositions and topics presented by the speakers at Siemens Airport Dialog.

Dr. Stefan Keh, CEO of the Infrastructure Logistics Business Unit, spoke about trends in infrastructure and presented the goals and technologies of Siemens’ “Complete mobility” concept. His talk covered issues of intermodal IT platforms, green airports, city check-ins, freight traffic centers, container security, fast transshipment of containers, and integrated solutions for an electric-car infrastructure.

There was also an interesting contribu-tion from the world of politics: Katja Hessel, Bavarian Vice Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, emphasized not only the importance of the airplane as a means of transport but

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The latest news and products from Fürth, Germany

Siemens Airport Center News

Airport simulation on the wayEngineers at the Siemens Airport Center in Fürth have developed a tool for simulations and tests that makes synchronization of processes such as check-in, baggage claim and coordina-tion of aircraft servicing more efficient. For airport operators the tool offers opportunities to optimize materials and logistics processes – from passenger

flows to management of fleets, resources, buildings, security and energy. The sim-ulation tool can also be used to detect potential problems, improve the perfor-mance of systems, and save costs for plan-ning, investment, resources and energy. The simulation tool available at Siemens Airport Center demonstrates in a most impressive manner the potential for pro-cess optimization at airports.

From left: Rudolf Martin Siegers, Stefan Keh, Katja Hessel, Michael Kassner and Nils Ecke gave presentations at Siemens Airport Dialog


Venice: Italian National Airports Green Day

of the approach. Further valuable con-tributions came from a representative of Munich Airport, a front-runner in environ-mental sustainability with a specific focus on CO

2 reduction. There were also pre-

sentations from delegates of ENAC (Ital-ian Civil Aviation Authority) and ENAV (Air Traffic Control service) who dealt with the analysis of applicable legislation and strategies to simplify airport opera-tions and reduce environmental impact.

Another interesting contribution came from Bocconi University of Milan, which focused on the social and economic im-pact of airports on the environment and surrounding community.

The Italian National Airports Green Day was a unique experience for everybody; IL intends to make this a fix event for air-port operators in Italy. «

In February, Venice Marco Polo Airport in Venice underwent a Green and Efficient Air-ports Health Check, performed by Siemens Infrastructure Logistics (IL) Italy in coop-eration with SAVE, the airport’s operating company. The results of the Health Check were so positive that the partners decided to share their experiences in the frame-work of the Italian National Airports Green Day, which may just be the first event of its kind in the world. The event was at-tended by top management of ASSAER-ROPORTI, the association of Italian air-ports, as well as operators from 15 Italian airports, which together handle more than 70 percent of air passengers in Italy.

The IL presentation on the Health Check at Venice Airport stirred up a lot of inter-est among the participants, who appre-ciated the integrity and good structure

solutions

LED solutions from Osram LED down lights, LED street lighting and LED mood lighting from Osram are now presented at the Siemens Airport Center.

Virtualization saves energyConventional PCs and servers are being replaced at Siemens Airport Center with virtual systems. This step enables ener-gy savings of up to 80 percent and also improves load balancing and redundan-cy concepts.

Protecting airportsAn attractive, five-meter-long demon-stration panel at Siemens Airport Centernow displays the value chain of incident prevention, detection, response and recovery with a special focus on fire detection and extinguishing, security and energy efficiency. 3-D video sce-narios inform customers on energy savings in airports, full integration with command and control, and evacuation and extinguishing concepts. «

Demonstration panel at the Siemens Airport Center on airport protection

From left: Massimo Colombo, Siemens Italy; Christian-Marius Wegner, head of IL Customer Service; and Giuliano Busetto, Siemens Italy, spoke about different aspects of the Health Check performed at Venice Airport

Siemens Apron Baggage Screening

Los Angeles Airport (LAX) Apron Baggage Screening

Siemens Apron Baggage Screening (SABS) is an innovative approach to solve inline baggage screening de-mands at airports. This turnkey solution is based on a pre-engineered building and modular screening matrix design, which allows a project to be completed significantly faster than conventional systems. The first-ever SABS project worldwide is at LAX T5 for Delta Airlines. The contract was signed in November 2009, and the project was completed in mid-November 2010, about one month ahead of schedule. The system provides an inline baggage screening matrix with four EDS devices that are linked to the existing baggage han-dling system at the airport. «


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Shanghai bids farewell to World Expo FairThe German-Chinese Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai honored with the Theme Development Award

In the German-Chinese Pavilion was a presentation of the “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together” initiative. Well over four million people took part in the exhibitions, conferences, performances and festivals that were part of the initia-tive. The German Federal President and the Chinese President were official spon-sors of “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together,” which traveled to five major Chinese metropolises between fall 2007 and fall 2009. Working together under the banner of “Sustainable Urban Development,” Chinese and German po-litical, economic, urban planning, cultural and educational experts worked on solu-tions for global issues, and in dialog with citizens they developed visions for mod-ern city living in the 21st century.

Longtime sponsorSiemens is one of six German companies that supported the initiative for more than three years. On the tour of Chinese metrop-

olises, Siemens showcased among other things innovative solutions for city living such as resource-friendly energy produc-tion, water treatment and healthcare.

The German-Chinese Pavilion was the only project at the EXPO that did not rep-resent a country, city, region, international organization or corporation. Nonetheless, it fit perfectly with the Expo theme of “Better City, Better Life,” especially with the strong focus on the environment and the use of bamboo for the structure. As a construction material, bamboo is especial-ly eco-friendly: the adaptable plant is par-ticularly light, sturdy and fast growing.

Inside the German-Chinese Pavilion, the focus was on urban development. “Build Your City” was the theme for the interac-tive game developed by RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with the Cen-tral Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. The game, in which players move together and cast their shadows on the wall, links the Chinese tradition of shadow puppetry with modern computer technology. Intelligent software transforms body outlines into houses and trees, electricity and water, and, as if by magic, urban areas spring up and grow into a megacity. The game helps players reflect on the process of urbaniza-tion, bringing to life the challenges of sus-tainable urban development. The fun game promoted dialog among visitors to the pavilion. Each group that took part created its own urban area. The individual urban areas were then ordered next to one anoth-er and over time they grew into a megacity.

Concrete solutions for today and tomorrowAside from focusing on the urban landscape, displays in the pavilion demonstrated the

The smallest pavilion at the international exhibition had a lot to offer, especially in its approach to urbanization – namely that the only viable option is to work out sustainable solutions together. Along with its involve-ment at the Expo, Siemens also supported a project that focused on cooperation and exchange between Germany and China.

A record 72 million people visited the Expo pavilions staged by more than 240 countries and organizations. On walking across the Expo 2010 grounds in Shanghai, one build-ing in particular captured the eye: the Ger-man-Chinese Pavilion with its light, elegant and futuristic design. Eight-meter-long canes of Julong bamboo, a rare and particularly long type of bamboo from South China, support the only two-story bamboo struc-ture at the Expo. Munich-based installation artist Markus Heinsdorff designed the build-ing with the intent to marry the traditional Chinese construction material with Western technology, thus breaking new ground in sustainable, alternative construction.

The interactive city game united shadow puppetry with modern computer technology


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Why did Siemens get so involved in EXPO 2010 in Shanghai?Siemens has always used world fairs to present its innovations to a global audi-ence. The EXPO topic “Better City, Better Life” couldn’t be better tailored to our cor-porate strategy. Within our offering for the areas of industry, energy and health are so-lutions for sustainable urban development.

What is the significance for Siemens of the “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together” project at EXPO 2010?For three years the project has dealt with

Michaela Stolz-Schmitz is the Vice President of Siemens China and is responsible for Siemens’ involvement at EXPO 2010 and in the “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together” project

opportunities for sustainable development in the areas of architecture and urban plan-ning, nature and the environment, energy, water, mobility and urban living.

An example is the Waigaoqiao power station in Shanghai, which has been turned into the most energy-efficient coal-fired plant in the world thanks to technology from Siemens. It sets new standards in fuel consumption and low CO

2 emissions. Com-

pared to the average Chinese power sta-tion, Waigaoqiao consumes 1.1 million tons less coal and produces 2.8 million tons less CO

2 per year.

Also in demand is Siemens’ expertise in transport engineering. China’s biggest urban traffic control project is another ex-ample of sustainable urban development. In 2007, Siemens equipped more than 420 crossroads in the central Chinese metropo-

lis of Wuhan with innovative, all-encom-passing traffic-control technology. This decongested the roads with lasting effect and optimized travel times and the effi-ciency of the transport network.

Another illustration is the high-speed baggage handling system at Beijing airport developed by Siemens to meet high-per-formance, high-reliability specifications. The system can sort up to 19,200 items of baggage per hour, and now it takes less than 25 minutes for a bag to be moved from one parked aircraft to another.

Small things can also amount to big efficiencies, as shown, for instance, by the introduction of Siemens’ high-efficiency conveyance mechanisms. One such exam-ple is the especially reliable and economi-cal crossbelt sorter Variosort EXB 120 that will be brought into service in Nanjing.

An award-winning partnershipWith its contributions, Siemens played a part in making the German-Chinese Pavilion such a success. The pavilion won gold for the best development of the Expo 2010 theme “Better City, Better Life.” The decision was based on exhibi-tion content, information on display, educational value, and solutions for sus-tainable urban development and innova-tion capabilities.

The German Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Brüderle, visit-ed the Expo about two weeks before its closure, expressing his happiness about the award. He stressed the role that German companies, research and ideas play in confronting urban chal-lenges in a sustainable, creative and professional way. «

Tailored for Siemens urban development in Chinese second-tier cities. Solutions for energy supply, mobility and water supply that reduce CO

2 are in

high demand in developing cities. Sustain-able urban development is the topic of many high-level discussions in megacity Shanghai, where the project was broughtto a successful close.

What topics in the event series were especially interesting for Siemens?For us it is particularly interesting to see how well known Siemens is in many parts of China. In the framework of the Germany and China project, Siemens presented its entire portfolio range, tailored to specific condi-tions. That really impressed a lot of visitors. «

The design for the German-Chinese Pavilion brought together Chinese construction mate-rial and Western technology


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New transport and transfer concepts straighten out airport logistics chains

What used to cost a great deal of time and money – the transfer of freight from truck to rail and vice versa – now appears to have become almost child’s play. Visitors to the Siemens fair stand were fascinated by pre-sentations of the new concept for express freight on rail, known as Cargo Rail Lines (CaRL). The figures are especially impres-sive: Up to 100 containers can be trans-ferred in just 20 minutes. The cost savings in comparison to end-to-end truck trans-port are 30 percent, and the quick transfer processes have lengthened the distances that perishables and other time-sensitive goods can be transported.

But eliminating the freight-transfer bot-tleneck was certainly not child’s play for Siemens engineers. A great deal of innova-tive technology, automation components, and organizational and logistics expertise have been invested in CaRL. The most important elements of the concept are Velaro Cargo from Siemens, the Fifty Box standard container, the automated loading system, the rail-mounted crane, and the platform layout between truck and train. Boris Weber, head of the sales depart-ment for Logistics and Airport Solutions, explained, “Our solution provides a link

between train and truck, which remain to-day’s predominant means of transport. It is also a response to the challenge of reducing CO2

emissions by 20 percent by 2020.”

Check-in at the rail station Sibag Train, a further highlight of the Siemens presentation at InnoTrans, was well aligned with the fair slogan “The future of mobility.” Sibag Train answers challenges that are facing many airport operators: Forecasters say that air-passen-ger numbers will continue to rise. How-ever, already today airport parking lots are bursting at the seams, and check-in facili-ties are operating to capacity. And in both cases, there is little room for expansion. Traveling to the airport by public transport would help eliminate these airport bottle-necks, if it were not for heavy baggage. Sibag train offers an answer.

Already today, in several cities around the world – such as Bangkok, Taiwan Taoyuan and Kuala Lumpur – passengers can check in their baggage and get their boarding cards directly at a rail station. All passengers have to do is board the train to the airport, and once there, pass through the airport security check to get to their

Peter Löscher and Hans-Jörg Grundmann visit the Siemens booth at InnoTrans

airplane. After the baggage has been checked in at the rail station, the Siemens conveyor system passes it through a feeder system on the station platform, and the baggage is loaded into a container on the train. At the airport the baggage car stops exactly opposite the designated baggage transfer point. From there, the baggage is sent through screening and then on to the awaiting airplane. Sibag Train controls the entire process completely automatically.

“Sibag Train is a shining example of the solutions Siemens offers to optimally coordi-nate people, baggage and freight logistics. And it also shows how we strive to make traveling easier on both passengers and the environment,” Boris Weber sums up. «

Rising interest in the world’s leading rail-transport trade fair remains unbroken: more than 100,000 people visited the 8th InnoTrans held in Berlin September 21–24. One attention getter at the Siemens stand was the Airport-Rail Link, a solution suite for fast and easy link-age of people, baggage and freight at the airport.

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