SITA, JDA and Intelex have joined forces to
offer SITA AirportSafety Management an integrated safety
management system (SMS) solution to meet the proposed Federal
Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Part 139 SMS rule due later this
year.
The FAA rule will affect more than 540 commercial airports
in the United States and is expected to come into force in
mid to late 2012. At that point, the airports it will impact will
have between 18 – 24 months to design and implement a SMS and
safety manual as defined by the mandate.
An SMS helps to streamline airport operations by
using safety risk management (SRM) processes coupled with
technology to integrate people and systems that today are
organized independently by the Part 139 function.
The three organizations have different areas of
expertise which, combined, offer airports a comprehensive
and cost effective solution to meet the SMS requirements.
SITA is
a leading global IT provider to the air transport industry,
including airports. In North America, close to 50 airports serving
more than 845 million passengers use SITA’s technology to run
operations. SITA also works extensively with US
Government departments, including the Department of Homeland
Security, US Customs and Border Protection, and the FAA.
JDA Aviation Technology Solutions is a leader in aviation
safety, certification and compliance services. Collectively, JDA
has over 1,000 years of FAA, National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB), and industry experience in providing aviation system
safety services. It is a qualified FAA certification consultant
and a MITRE licensed SMS training and implementation organization.
Intelex Technologies supplies state-of-the-art SMS data collection
and reporting applications to a variety of industries. Together
these three experts provide airports the opportunity to be fully
compliant as the new standards are set by the FAA this year.
SITA AirportSafety Management
is an all-inclusive approach to SMS that builds on SITA’s decades
of experience of airport system integration and its ability to
manage complex airport implementations. It leverages JDA’s SMS
design, implementation and compliance services and Intelex’s
state-of-the-art SMS data collection and reporting application
giving airports the technology and resources to deliver an
effective SMS.
Ilya Gutlin, SITA Vice-President
Airport Solutions, said, “SITA provides airports with a single
point of contact to help manage the complex process of designing,
implementing and supporting a compliant SMS. We understand
airports and know that each, though similar, is different and
therefore requires a unique SMS approach to meet its specific
needs. With JDA and Intelex, we will provide our airport clients
with a comprehensive solution to meet this rapidly approaching
challenge and will allow airports to ensure compliance while
saving time and money.”
See other recent news regarding:
Airlines,
Airports,
Awards,
Flights,
Codeshare,
FFP,
Inflight,
Lounges,
First Class,
Business Class,
MICE,
GDS,
Rewards,
Miles,
Hotels,
Apartments,
Promotions,
Spas,
Yoga,
Retreat,
New Hotels,
Traffic,
Visitor Arrivals,
Cruises,
Free Deals,
Interviews,
Videos,
Tickets,
SITA
|