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ch-aviation releases database for maximum take-off weights and wins Munich Airport as launch customer

The Swiss airline intelligence provider ch-aviation, at the request of the scheduling group of Munich's airport, has developed a database that provides these weights and other important information for more than 41,000 passenger aircraft around the world in seconds.

CHUR – The tedious and time-consuming compiling of accounting and budget-related data of passenger aircraft will soon become a thing of the past. A centralized database captures nearly all passenger aircraft in the international airline traffic and provides data for maximum take-off weight, seat configurations, engines and age.

Whenever planes take off and land at airports, they have to pay clearance fees. These are often based on the maximum take-off weight of each aircraft. The Swiss airline intelligence provider ch-aviation, at the request of the scheduling group of Munich’s airport, has developed a database that provides these weights and other important information for more than 41,000 passenger aircraft around the world in seconds.

To date, Munich Airport, as well as all other airports has been using a solution from the 60s of the last century. Back then, people began to compile passenger aircraft data, sorted by registration number and serial number, in a large book. However, the British provider ceased production a year ago. A successor could not be found. For the flight planning team of Munich Airport, this was reason enough to take matters in to their own hands as innovation leaders.

Guy Decuypere from the Aviation Division at Munich Airport explains: “After a brief exchange with other airports, we had found that they faced the same problem as we did. There were alternatives but these were either incomplete or too costly. We had already worked with ch-aviation for other research purposes, leading quite quickly to initial talks to see if they could operate such a database with the maximum take-off weights for us and all other commercial airports. As an innovative airport we are very pleased to have found a new, modern, solution. So far, we are completely satisfied with the data.”

Approximately 1,500 changes are processed in the aircraft database of ch-aviation each week. Be it changes in the maximum take-off weight, the cabin configuration, or even the complete conversion of aircraft. Using a built-in contact database, which provides more than 10,000 addresses, airlines can be contacted directly. Other database modules constantly provide updated information about new start-up airlines or strategic decisions by airlines, both big and small. Additionally, important fleet decisions made by the airlines are recorded.

Steve Butler, Vice President of Data & Research at ch-aviation explains: “I am personally very pleased that we could win such a prestigious and internationally recognized launch customer for our new database enhancements with Munich Airport. The patience and expertise, which Munich Airport infused into this project, has been immensely important for us. Maximum take-off weights are not publicly available, and we needed over a year to capture these from over 1,000 airlines all over the world. At this point we would like to extend our gratitude to all the airlines which have very willingly provided the necessary data available. For them, the advantages are obvious. The more accurate the reported data, the lower the risk of incorrect billing.”

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