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Aegean Airlines Extend Usage of Calidris’ Analogic Receives
Revenue Integrity Solution $15m Order from L3
Aegean Airlines are already well aware of the cost This functionality was implemented by Analogic Corporation has announced that it
savings and increased revenue that the Calidris Aegean Airlines to offer their customers better has received an order from L-3
revenue integrity solution is providing for them. service and an option for speedier departure Communications for EXplosive Assessment
Extending the solution with additional processes is through the airport. Computed Tomography (EXACT®) systems
a great advantage that Calidris customers can The process was generated in a straightforward valued at approximately $15 million. This order,
exploit and Aegean Airlines had a particular way using the Calidris Manager Client and the which follows an order received in August
business requirement that the Calidris solution images below present an overview of the process 2007, calls for shipments to begin in June
could help them with. and associated steps that were created. Behind 2008. The EXACT is the heart of the certified
The business requirement was to send an e- each process step are defined airline specific eXaminer 3DX® Explosives Detection System
mail 24 hours before departure to all customers rules/conditions that determine the action to be (EDS), developed jointly by L-3 and Analogic
of bookings created by a particular booking taken on the bookings. and distributed exclusively by L-3 for screening
office. The e-mail should contain a link to the The process queues the appropriate bookings checked baggage at airports. The system
ECheckIn web application at Aegean Airlines, until 24 hours from departure and then sends an e- features advanced multi-slice CT imaging
allowing the passenger to check in using the mail to the customer that contains a link to the technology and provides full 3-D images of all
web prior to departure. ECheckIn web application at Aegean Airlines the contents of a bag, enabling automatic
along with the appropriate XML info for the detection of explosives.
ECheckIn application to find the right passenger. Jim Green, President and Chief Executive
The XML format was defined within the e-mail Officer of Analogic Corporation also
body text in the Calidris process. announced that Analogic and L-3
Aegean Airlines could test the process quickly Communications have concluded an
with a manual set up, before switching the process agreement awarding L-3 exclusive, worldwide
to run automatically. rights to market and service Analogic’s new
This simple process is helping Aegean Airlines KING COBRA® and XLB™1100 security
to improve the service offered to their customers imaging systems for air carrier checked
and present them with a more valuable flying baggage applications.
experience from the time of booking to the arrival The KING COBRA system provides the most
at their final destination. advanced technology to meet the requirements
of small and medium-sized airports.
Historically, these airports have relied on
costly, labour-intensive Explosives Trace
Detection (ETD) technology or hand searches
to screen a comparatively low number of bags
per hour. The KING COBRA, with real-time 3-D
imaging and automatic explosives detection,
can scan up to 300 bags per hour as a stand-
Meesons Develops Bespoke Staff Security alone system, or 400 bags when integrated
System for Manchester Airport
into an automatic baggage handling system.
The XLB1100 EDS, an advanced inline
baggage screening system, addresses the
Security doors and screens installation company, The biometric access control system rapidly growing needs of large, heavy-traffic
Meesons, has drawn on its 20-years of experience in enables Manchester airport, one of the airports that expect to see significant increases
access control to implement the UK's first Iris Biometric largest airports in the UK, to transit staff from in passenger traffic as new, larger airplanes are
access control portal. The bespoke solution has been airside through to landside safely and introduced. Extending the limits of CT
designed and fitted for controlling and monitoring staff securely. The solution incorporates single technology, the XLB (eXtra Large Bore) scans up
access to restricted areas at Manchester Airport. person volumetric access control portals to 1,100 bags per hour in a very-high-speed,
Working with Human Recognition Systems Ltd (HRS) combined with Iris recognition cameras, inline EDS network, with real-time 3-D imaging
and CEM Systems a provider of fully customised security allowing staff access into restricted zones. and a reduced false-positive rate. The XLB is the
management solutions, Meesons has played a critical This has resulted in enhanced security, first commercial application of Analogic’s
role in the development of an integrated security and increased efficiency, more accurate reporting revolutionary, patent pending PowerLink™ non-
personnel management system that will be used by more and a reduction in the costs associated with contact power system, which reduces downtime
than 25,000 staff. manned guarding. and maintenance costs for CT systems.
36 April 2008 Aviationsecurityinternational
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