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Think present on ATM industry sustainability to Aviation students

Think present on ATM industry sustainability to Aviation students

This month, we took part in the first ‘Sustainable Future Aviation Symposium’ at Coventry University alongside aircraft manufacturers, ... read more

Prevention of Runway Incursions – A Global Plan

Prevention of Runway Incursions – A Global Plan

Runway incursions have been a hot topic recently. The year started with a couple of serious incidents in the US, those being the Delta ... read more

THINK ATTEND SESAR INNOVATION DAYS

THINK ATTEND SESAR INNOVATION DAYS

Last month, we joined together with other key industry representatives at the annual SESAR Innovation Days in sunny Seville. With ... read more

Advancements in Remote and Digital Towers

Advancements in Remote and Digital Towers

Think have been instrumental to the development of the Remote and Digital Towers concept from our first involvement over 13 years ago. ... read more

A retrospective on Think’s contributions to SESAR 2020

A retrospective on Think’s contributions to SESAR 2020

The SESAR R&D programme has provided the principal mechanism to drive advancement towards a connected and digitalised European ATM ... read more

Simplified Implementation of ICAO RECAT

Simplified Implementation of ICAO RECAT

  As the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, demand remains consistently high for enhanced airport capacity and ... read more

Is Artificial Intelligence Preceding Governance in Aviation?

Is Artificial Intelligence Preceding Governance in Aviation?

Introduction Over the past few decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionising ... read more

Think celebrate one year in Farnborough

Think celebrate one year in Farnborough

A little over a year ago, we made the decision to further expand and open a new office in Farnborough. With the level of growth that ... read more

NATS AND THINK TO CONTINUE LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP

NATS AND THINK TO CONTINUE LONG-STANDING PARTNERSHIP

Over the last few weeks we have been working with NATS in finalising our new framework agreement. Under the new agreement, Think will ... read more

Think participate in Airports Trade mission to Saudi Arabia

Think participate in Airports Trade mission to Saudi Arabia

A couple of weeks ago, Think took part in the UK Department for Business and Trade airports trade mission to Saudi Arabia. James Lewis ... read more

Skyguide awarded the first GreenATM accreditation

Skyguide awarded the first GreenATM accreditation

Today at the CANSO Executive Summit held in Geneva, we saw the first accreditation being awarded as part of the CANSO GreenATM programme. read more

Think Attend the Annual CANSO OSC/SSC Meeting

Think Attend the Annual CANSO OSC/SSC Meeting

This month, Think ATM Consultants James Lewis and Elizabet Pavlova attended the annual CANSO Safety and Operations’ Workgroups and Task Forces Meeting read more

New ANS Collaboration Opportunities for the Asia Pacific Region

New ANS Collaboration Opportunities for the Asia Pacific Region

A few weeks ago, during the CANSO Asia Pacific Conference 2022 in Goa, we learnt more about ANS provision in APAC and the challenges ... read more

Surface access for PRMs & passengers with disabilities- how can airports do better?

Surface access for PRMs & passengers with disabilities- how can airports do better?

When considering provision of disability services at airports it is important to answer what appears to be a simple question. How is ... read more

THE FUTURE OF TOWER AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES (ANS)

THE FUTURE OF TOWER AIR NAVIGATION SERVICES (ANS)

Tower Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs)- aerodrome and approach, are faced with the challenges of managing growth whilst controlling expenditure, improving the environmental performance read more

Think supports EUROCONTROL on Virtual Centres SESAR project

Think supports EUROCONTROL on Virtual Centres SESAR project

  Over the last 18 months, Think has supported EUROCONTROL on their role leading the development of the operational concept for ... read more

General Aviation Airspace Infringements- Causal Factors & Mitigations

General Aviation Airspace Infringements- Causal Factors & Mitigations

Controlled airspace infringements caused by general aviation (GA) pilots is a fascinating topic, as it is a consistent problem in the UK’s airspace, evident as one of the most common occurring incident types. read more

Keeping The Drone Revolution Quiet

Keeping The Drone Revolution Quiet

What challenges must be overcome if we are to keep the drone and UAM revolution quiet so as to avoid community protest and operating ... read more

Think appointed Secretary to CANSO’s Green ATM accreditation programme

Think appointed Secretary to CANSO’s Green ATM accreditation programme

Last month at World ATM Congress in Madrid, Michelle Bishop (Director, Programmes at CANSO) and Think Principal Consultant, Nick Boud, ... read more

Thinks 3-Year Approach to Toronto

Thinks 3-Year Approach to Toronto

On the 28th May NAV CANADA, the Canadian Air Traffic Services Provider, went live with the Intelligent Approach™ (IA) system. This is ... read more

UAM & the ICAO Balanced Approach – What are the challenges?

UAM & the ICAO Balanced Approach – What are the challenges?

The first scheduled commercial air service was flown in 1914 by the St. Petersburg – Tampa Airboat Line. By the mid-1950s communities in the vicinity of US airports began to complain about the level of noise read more

Think expands operations further with new base in Farnborough

Think expands operations further with new base in Farnborough

This week we are pleased to announce the official opening of a new Think office, based in Farnborough. The new office, which is our ... read more

Presentation at the Ergonomic & Human Factors Conference

Presentation at the Ergonomic & Human Factors Conference

This month, Hanna Neroj will be attending the Ergonomics & Human Factors Conference 2022 which is being held by the Chartered ... read more

The Data Analytics Toolbox: Rolling Joins

The Data Analytics Toolbox: Rolling Joins

Data science can be intimidating.   The truth about the field is that truly every day is a school day and we are learning and ... read more

Think increases expertise in economics, regulation and UAS

Think increases expertise in economics, regulation and UAS

2022 is the year for growth here at Think, so what better way to start the year than by welcoming 2 new members to the Think ... read more

Think expands operations with new Middle East base

Think expands operations with new Middle East base

Think Research is pleased to announce the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary company and the opening of a new base in Qatar.  The ... read more

Think contributes to ATC Network UTM bulletin

Think contributes to ATC Network UTM bulletin

We were invited by ATC Network to give our insight and views on UTM in relation to Air Traffic Management as part of their special ... read more

Re-fuelling aviation, SAF, Hydrogen or Electric?

Re-fuelling aviation, SAF, Hydrogen or Electric?

We don’t have a crystal ball or the luxury of hindsight when it comes to re-fuelling aviation but developing scenarios may help avoid some of the pit falls. read more

How do we improve the flying passenger’s experience?

How do we improve the flying passenger’s experience?

It is time to fly again.  Due to the pandemic this normal frequent flyer hasn’t flown for 18 months.  Coincidently my first flight ... read more

Think Continue To Support CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

Think Continue To Support CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

Despite the challenges the past year posed within the aviation industry, the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force (SDT TF) have ... read more

Autonomous Vehicles In Airports

Autonomous Vehicles In Airports

When will your baggage drive itself to the aircraft? Autonomous ground vehicles (AV) are being investigated and adopted by airports ... read more

Matching Terminal Capacity To Demand During The Recovery

Matching Terminal Capacity To Demand During The Recovery

The recovery of sorts is finally underway. The overall traffic levels in Europe appear to be heading upwards and tracking a trend that would show movements to be back to pre-Covid levels by 2024. read more

Exploring The Possibilities of UAM

Exploring The Possibilities of UAM

One of the topics that has not been put on hold over the last 19 months is the development of eVTOLs and UAM. This is the third ... read more

Finalists in the Investors in People Award

Finalists in the Investors in People Award

We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as a finalist in this year’s Investors in People awards.  The awards aim to ... read more

Airspace Considerations for UK Spaceports

Airspace Considerations for UK Spaceports

With Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin recently launching their CEOs to space, space tourism has arrived.  For a mere $250,000 you ... read more

The Journey Towards Jet Zero

The Journey Towards Jet Zero

In June 2019 the UK became the first major economy to pass legislation that commits the country to net zero emissions by 2050, which basically means to reduce net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 100%. read more

Vlad Nasta joins Think on a 12 week virtual placement

Vlad Nasta joins Think on a 12 week virtual placement

This month we welcomed Vlad Nasta to the Think Team. Vlad joins us as part of a 12 week virtual placement as part of his Summer ... read more

Seamless passenger experience

Seamless passenger experience

Irene Boñal shares her thoughts on improving accessibility to provide a seamless airport experience for all passenger types. read more

Think selected onto EUROCONTROL’s Innovation Labs Framework

Think selected onto EUROCONTROL’s Innovation Labs Framework

We are delighted to have been selected as one of the organisations on EUROCONTROL's new Innovation Labs Framework. The framework ... read more

Very Shiny Web Applications

Very Shiny Web Applications

We’re big fans of Shiny here at Think.  It allows us to develop data dashboards, display data visualisations and utilise data models ... read more

Think teaser for SESAR KTN workshop contribution

Think teaser for SESAR KTN workshop contribution

Preparations are well underway here at Think for next weeks’ SESAR’s Engage Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) workshop which will ... read more

Think and Engage KTN join forces to deliver an economic workshop

Think and Engage KTN join forces to deliver an economic workshop

On the 21st June 2021, SESAR’s Engage Knowledge Transfer Network will be hosting a workshop on the “Economic incentives for future ... read more

Optimising new Ground Movement Control (GMC) concepts

Optimising new Ground Movement Control (GMC) concepts

Whilst the focus of capacity improvement at airports often centres on the runway, increasingly we are seeing airports where the ground movement control (GMC) function is also a contributory factor. read more

Competitive colouring

Competitive colouring

It seems that competition can find a place just about anywhere in today’s modern society…from which supermarket can create the ... read more

How close are we to Social Acceptance of UAM?

How close are we to Social Acceptance of UAM?

Last week Diana Toma presented at the 2021 Air Navigation Convention where she gave an insight into the importance of Social ... read more

Think Delivering Presentation On The Social Acceptance Of UAM

Think Delivering Presentation On The Social Acceptance Of UAM

Next Wednesday (14th April) marks the kick-off of the Air Navigation Convention 2021. The event is a 3-day virtual event which ... read more

Think support for further extension of the SESAR R&I programme

Think support for further extension of the SESAR R&I programme

Just over a year ago, in March 2020, we completed an Impact Assessment Study for the Candidate Institutionalised European Partnership for Integrated Air Traffic Management[1]. This was the first step in the regulatory process for the renewal of the SESAR JU. A lot has happened during the last year read more

What Can ATM Concept Development Learn From The COVID-19 Vaccine?

What Can ATM Concept Development Learn From The COVID-19 Vaccine?

In the race to develop a vaccine, the UK was the first country to approve the COVID-19 vaccine, less than a year after the UK’s first reported case.  read more

Initial thoughts on the benefits of virtualisation in ATM

Initial thoughts on the benefits of virtualisation in ATM

The first instance of virtualisation in Air Traffic Management were Remote Towers. The initial concept was simple: digitise the controller’ view, transmit it to a remote location and replicate it to allow tower controllers to perform their duties. This concept has grown and continues to grow. read more

Think contribute to CANSO air traffic forecasting white paper

Think contribute to CANSO air traffic forecasting white paper

Looking for a reliable/ accurate Air traffic forecast? Well, it's not that easy to find one in the challenging and forever ... read more

Think makes key appointment to support our airport clients in their recovery efforts

Think makes key appointment to support our airport clients in their recovery efforts

It is no secret that the COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on the aviation industry and has put a certain amount of strain on airports across the globe. read more

The hesitation for validation

The hesitation for validation

Around about this time in a normal year (where normal is the old normal, not this new normal), we’d be packing up for World ATM Congress in Madrid.  read more

Safety Assurance of Complex Systems

Safety Assurance of Complex Systems

Would you trust a self-driving car to take you on your next journey? If not, why not? Is it because you don’t know what decisions the ... read more

Think presenting at CANSO Remote & Digital Tower Academy workshop

Think presenting at CANSO Remote & Digital Tower Academy workshop

Rory Hedman, Sarah McLarty and Elizabet Pavlova will be presenting at the ‘Improving efficiency through remote and digital towers’ ... read more

How Virtualisation Can Transform The ATM Marketplace

How Virtualisation Can Transform The ATM Marketplace

Paul Ravenhill's presentation for the ICAO Global Symposium 2020 Economics Panel on how virtualisation can transform the ATM Marketplace. read more

Think lead high-fidelity tower simulation for Abu Dhabi’s new Terminal Building

Think lead high-fidelity tower simulation for Abu Dhabi’s new Terminal Building

Think consultant Jonathan Twigger was in the United Arab Emirates in December to lead an eight-day validation activity, simulating operations at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s new Midfield-Terminal Building (MTB). read more

THINK TAKE TO THE STAGE AT ICAO SYMPOSIUM

THINK TAKE TO THE STAGE AT ICAO SYMPOSIUM

On Thursday 10th December Paul Ravenhill took to the stage on the ICAO Global Symposium which this year focused on the ... read more

AIRPORT APPROACHES IN A NUTSHELL

AIRPORT APPROACHES IN A NUTSHELL

Over the past few years Think have been involved in a range of R&D and deployment projects for approach concepts, and during that time I have developed my knowledge in this area. There are many different types and categories of approaches and the distinction between them can seem rather confusing! read more

THINK JOIN ICAO PANEL AT GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM

THINK JOIN ICAO PANEL AT GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM

Next week from the 8th till the 11th December, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) will be hosting a series of ... read more

THINK LEAD RECORD NUMBER OF SIMS IN 5 MONTHS!

THINK LEAD RECORD NUMBER OF SIMS IN 5 MONTHS!

Think has been leading Real Time Simulation (RTS) Validation Activities all around the world since its foundation in 2004. These ... read more

Think conclude set of IA Development Simulations for Schiphol

Think conclude set of IA Development Simulations for Schiphol

Last month saw the conclusion of four development simulations for the implementation of  Intelligent Approach (IA) at Schiphol ... read more

Assessing Airspace Environmental Aspects

Assessing Airspace Environmental Aspects

Airspace change proposals vary significantly in terms of complexity, size and environmental impact – they could be simple, ... read more

Hydrogen Powered Aircraft – A saviour or a step too far?

Hydrogen Powered Aircraft – A saviour or a step too far?

Our previous blogs have covered aviation emissions in the past and future years.  We now turn towards one of the high-profile ... read more

Aviation emissions, the path to 2050 and a hint of optimism

Aviation emissions, the path to 2050 and a hint of optimism

I've expended quite a few words recently on our need as an industry to honestly own our emissions problem and to take the COVID ... read more

FUTURE PBN TMAS WILL NEED ADVANCED FLOW MANAGEMENT

FUTURE PBN TMAS WILL NEED ADVANCED FLOW MANAGEMENT

In my previous blog article, I presented a new focus for advanced approach concepts - harnessing their environmental benefits in a ... read more

Introducing…Word of the Weeks

Introducing…Word of the Weeks

And now for something different… Step inside the mind of one of our biggest brains at Think as Principal Consultant Peter Weeks brings you his own unique insight into the future of ATM concepts. read more

Paul Ravenhill Moderating Standards Evolution Workshop

Paul Ravenhill Moderating Standards Evolution Workshop

Tomorrow at 10:00am marks the start of the virtual Standards Evolution Workshop which is being organised by EUROCONTROL in ... read more

Think Attends Annual AirTOp and ArcPORT User Groups

Think Attends Annual AirTOp and ArcPORT User Groups

November is an exciting month for our Fast Time Simulation (FTS) team. Our AirTOp expert, Elizabet Pavlova, and our ArcPORT ... read more

MODE SWITCHING IN DIGITAL TOWER TRANSITION

MODE SWITCHING IN DIGITAL TOWER TRANSITION

When the market talks Digital Towers, it usually focuses on operational benefits or technological advancements, and not so much on the ... read more

Think supporting EUROCONTROL in SESAR 2020 Wave 2

Think supporting EUROCONTROL in SESAR 2020 Wave 2

We are pleased to have been awarded our first contract within the second wave of SESAR 2020. Our consultants have begun providing ... read more

COVID protocols -still necessary, still possible

COVID protocols -still necessary, still possible

Back in May we did some analysis on the COVID-related measures likely to be put in place during air travel.  We modelled some recovery scenarios across the terminal and the gate as traffic started to pick up following “lockdown” across Europe.  Now that 6 months have passed and we have a clearer picture of what form the recovery is taking, we’ve taken a look back at our modelling to see if the analysis still holds.  read more

Challenging The 80/20 Fallacy of ATCO Workload

Challenging The 80/20 Fallacy of ATCO Workload

As Human Factors has grown as a discipline within the ATM industry, controller workload has slowly gained appreciation by decision ... read more

Role of markets in AAS deployment

Role of markets in AAS deployment

Find out more about our work on 'project RoMiAD' which is a catalyst project awarded by the Engage KTN the SESAR Knowledge Transfer Network. read more

A step towards sustainable mobility in Europe

A step towards sustainable mobility in Europe

From the 16th to the 22nd of September many politicians, companies and individuals celebrated this year’s European Mobility Week, ... read more

THINK SHOWCASING ROMIAD AT ENGAGE SUMMER SCHOOL

THINK SHOWCASING ROMIAD AT ENGAGE SUMMER SCHOOL

We are ready for school! This week is the second summer school organised by the Engage KTN the SESAR Knowledge Transfer Network ... read more

Do We Need To Regulate Virtualisation?

Do We Need To Regulate Virtualisation?

The Airspace Architecture Study (AAS) provides a blueprint for removing structural inefficiencies in Europe through a process of ... read more

Got a SESAR 2020 project? Here are my top tips

Got a SESAR 2020 project? Here are my top tips

In 2004, just as Think was starting, something else was born – the Single European Sky ATM Research Programme (SESAR). A few years ... read more

INTEGRATING COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT INTO ATM

INTEGRATING COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT INTO ATM

Spaceflight is booming. Virgin Galactic and SpaceX have become household names in recent years with their impressive feats of ... read more

Update to Think’s Remote Tower Map

Update to Think’s Remote Tower Map

Back in June we updated our website to include a Remote and Digital Towers resources page, this included Think’s first-of-its-kind ... read more

The numbers underpinning the UK aviation industry’s climate ambitions

The numbers underpinning the UK aviation industry’s climate ambitions

We've written recently about the climate aspects of the UK aviation industry and how we could prioritise carbon reduction as we ... read more

Think’s First Socially Distanced (and Remote) Simulation!

Think’s First Socially Distanced (and Remote) Simulation!

When the COVID-19 pandemic news erupted, and the seriousness of the situation was realised, the initial schedule for the implementation of Intelligent Approach (IA) at Schiphol Airport instantly appeared a lot more challenging. read more

SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF UAM – A GREAT UNKNOWN

SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF UAM – A GREAT UNKNOWN

To anyone that has the slightest interest in the future of air mobility, even a basic google search will illustrate current excitement of 2020 being the pivotal year for eVTOLs (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) and UAM (Urban Air Mobility). The underlying concept of enabling enhanced mobility using small aircraft have been around for quite some time now, originating with the idea of “flying cars” initially outlined in the1930s. read more

Think moderates webinar on The Role Of Digital Towers

Think moderates webinar on The Role Of Digital Towers

Think MD, Conor Mullan will moderate a webinar tomorrow (11th August ) on ‘The Role of Digital Towers in Future Air Traffic ... read more

IS VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR ATCOS THE FUTURE?

IS VIRTUAL TRAINING FOR ATCOS THE FUTURE?

On the 18th June I attended a Webinar entitled ‘Leading the way: Virtual Training for ATCOs’, of which our Manging Director, Conor Mullan, participated along with Greg Pile, MD from Micro Nav, Sharon Cooke from Airways International NZ and Waleed Al Riyami, Air Traffic Services Inspector from GCAA . read more

Think enlists additional team support

Think enlists additional team support

This month we are looking forward to welcoming Tom Casson to the Think team. Tom is joining us from the University of Bath where ... read more

Urban Air Mobility.  The cities of the future?

Urban Air Mobility. The cities of the future?

For many years now, if someone asked us to picture the future, flying cars were one of the first things to come to mind.  But Urban ... read more

James Lewis attends 2020 STAMP Workshop

James Lewis attends 2020 STAMP Workshop

Last week, Think ATM Consultant, James Lewis took part in the first stage of the  MIT virtual 2020 STAMP Workshop which will ... read more

From airport capacity to environment – A new focus

From airport capacity to environment – A new focus

There have been large advancements in the last 20 years within final approach tool support, all with the goal of improving runway ... read more

Think announce two more virtual placements

Think announce two more virtual placements

Last week we welcomed an additional two virtual placements to the Think team. Ioana Diaconu and Dragoș Daniil Săndică are joining us remotely for the summer months. read more

Runway Optimisation Concept Development

Runway Optimisation Concept Development

Think have been working with NATS on the feasibility and options for implementing a world's first Optimised Mixed Mode TBS tool at ... read more

Re-thinking Hazard Identification

Re-thinking Hazard Identification

The aviation industry is obsessed with techniques and processes to demonstrate safety and rightly so. It is important that the right ... read more

Our very first virtual placement

Our very first virtual placement

We are pleased to announce that Rifayat Miah has ‘virtually joined’ the Think team this week and will be working with us remotely ... read more

Digital Towers Buyers’ Club

Digital Towers Buyers’ Club

Cross-border partnerships and alliances for procuring ATC systems are not new but we haven’t seen one for Digital Towers yet. Why is that and could they be a route to implementation for some potential operators? read more

ROMIAD: CATALYST OF ATM TRANSFORMATION

ROMIAD: CATALYST OF ATM TRANSFORMATION

Last week we announced the kick-off of Project RoMiAD (Role of Markets in AAS Deployment) project. In this blog, Maribel Tomás ... read more

Think awarded contract from SESAR’s ENGAGE KTN

Think awarded contract from SESAR’s ENGAGE KTN

Think is delighted to have been awarded a contract for a catalyst project from SESAR’s Engage Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN). ... read more

UK unveils details of Emissions Trading Scheme incorporating aviation

UK unveils details of Emissions Trading Scheme incorporating aviation

There is a lot of focus on the UK aviation restart at the moment particularly when it comes to the climate change aspects. ... read more

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AIRFIELD LAYOUT CHANGES ON AIRPORT RFFS

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AIRFIELD LAYOUT CHANGES ON AIRPORT RFFS

Recently Think led a series of workshops with the Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (RFFS) of a major UK airport as part of a project ... read more

We need to do more.  We need to say more.

We need to do more.  We need to say more.

I have almost 1000 connections on LinkedIn but I didn’t see a single post on the #blacklivesmatter movement or talking about one of ... read more

THE VALUE IN KEEPING ATCOS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT ATM RECOVERY

THE VALUE IN KEEPING ATCOS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT ATM RECOVERY

The world over, ANSPs and airports are currently operating at reduced staffing levels in response to far fewer flights in need of ... read more

SIMULATING COVID IMPACTS ON AIRFIELD OPERATIONS

SIMULATING COVID IMPACTS ON AIRFIELD OPERATIONS

At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic air traffic levels quickly dropped to around 70% globally. Now we are starting to observe a ... read more

Think-led simulations advance NATS’ Toronto Intelligent Approach development

Think-led simulations advance NATS’ Toronto Intelligent Approach development

Between June 2019 and February 2020, Think Consultants Sarah McLarty and Jonathan Twigger led the planning and execution of a ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – CURRENT REFLECTIONS

THE FUTURE OF ATM – CURRENT REFLECTIONS

Two months ago, as the coronavirus pandemic was taking hold, we completed our series of blogs on the future of ATM by concluding that ... read more

Rory Hedman appointed Co-Chair of the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

Rory Hedman appointed Co-Chair of the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

It has just been announced that Think, ATM Consultant, Rory Hedman has been appointed as the co-chair of the CANSO Smart Digital ... read more

Re-opening airports with COVID-19 measures requires re-thinking of terminal processes

Re-opening airports with COVID-19 measures requires re-thinking of terminal processes

After the initial chaos resulting from rapidly declining traffic levels had passed, airports and their supply chains slowly ... read more

Solution lead for SESAR Wake Turbulence Separation Optimisation

Solution lead for SESAR Wake Turbulence Separation Optimisation

Between July 2019 and March 2020, Think Consultant Jonathan Twigger held the role of Solution Lead for the Wake Turbulence ... read more

Reflection on PCP to CP1

Reflection on PCP to CP1

One of the first events I attended after joining Think, four years ago was the “Sneak Preview” event organised by the SESAR Deployment Manager for the 2016 transport calls. It was a well organised and typically Brussels event. Over a hundred industry experts gathered at the Sheraton Hotel to enjoy each other’s company as much as the presentations. An excellent networking opportunity for a consultant in a new role with a new company. read more

STRENGTHENING HUMAN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS IN SESAR WAVE 2

STRENGTHENING HUMAN PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS IN SESAR WAVE 2

It is important that HF contributors are able to collect the right data during the validation exercises(s) to provide evidence against each of the HF issues and benefits. If not, additional HP activities will be required to fill the gaps, creating unwanted work. read more

Think hosts 4th meeting of the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Taskforce

Last week Think hosted the 4th meeting of the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Taskforce (SDT TF). The meeting had originally been scheduled to take place in Bucharest over two days. However, in light of the ongoing pandemic a series of virtual meetings were held instead. read more

ACCOMMODATING THE DRONES

ACCOMMODATING THE DRONES

Not so long ago drones were everywhere – well, people talked about them everywhere. For an ATM specialist it was hard to go to a meeting without someone saying – “but how are we going to accommodate drones?” But, when drones made it to the press it was normally for the wrong reasons – typically disrupting busy airports. So, how do you accommodate drones without them being a nuisance? To answer this question there are three critical observations that need to be understood. read more

Time to Think

Time to Think

For the past few weeks, soon to be months, we’ve all been counting numbers, looking at exponential graphs in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of our ever-changing role within this new context. But how is tracking these numbers helping our personal and professional lives, other than compounding the general mood of uncertainty? read more

Think Invited to join the SIDs Programme Committee

Think Invited to join the SIDs Programme Committee

We are pleased to announce that Think Director, Paul Ravenhill accepted an invitation to join this year’s programme committee for ... read more

Remote Real Time Simulations – Still in the thick of it

Remote Real Time Simulations – Still in the thick of it

Over the last 16 years, Think have been providing ATM concept validation and simulation as one of our core services. We have worked ... read more

UK Airport Recovery Scenarios

UK Airport Recovery Scenarios

Think Airport Account Director, Steve Leighton, has been looking at the different recovery scenarios for airports in relation to the potential outcomes of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The recovery solutions are not going to come without some challenges but he provides a breakdown of possible scenarios and responses for each in a bid to help senior leaders in the UK airport industry make the necessary preparations for when the time comes. read more

Maybe Next Year

Maybe Next Year

The company Rob and myself set up in 2004 turned 16 last week.  16 is one of those ages which is a big deal – definitely worth ... read more

Approach Concepts and Intelligent Approach

Approach Concepts and Intelligent Approach

Why not take a look at our latest video to find out more about our work in approach concepts and our collaboration with NATS and Leidos on Intelligent Approach. read more

Modelling security queues to improve passenger experience

Modelling security queues to improve passenger experience

Our landslide modelling lead, Irene Bonal Bravo, takes a look at how fast time simulation of security processes can help airports ... read more

Think Research- How we can help

Think Research- How we can help

Find out more about the types of people who make up the Think Team, our areas of expertise and a few of the projects we have contributed to. read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 7: Where does that leave us?

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 7: Where does that leave us?

We had always intended the final part of this blog series to be an invite to discuss our views of the future of Air Traffic Management ... read more

Think take on Validation Lead for new controller support tools at NATS

Think take on Validation Lead for new controller support tools at NATS

Throughout December and January, Think ATM Consultant Sarah McLarty, has been busy leading a set of Real Time Simulations (RTS), ... read more

Think to lead simulations for implementation of IA at Schiphol Airport

Think to lead simulations for implementation of IA at Schiphol Airport

Think ATM Consultants Sarah Cavanagh and Sarah McLarty recently took a trip to Amsterdam to visit LVNL, the Air Traffic Control ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 6: ACHIEVING THE TRANSITION

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 6: ACHIEVING THE TRANSITION

In the previous blogs in this series, we have explored from an operational, technical and organisational perspective what the ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 5: Shaping Human Roles

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 5: Shaping Human Roles

Technological changes are prompting ATM roles to merge and shift in response to new pressures and changing priorities. The ability to ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 4: The Common Data Layer

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 4: The Common Data Layer

As discussed in Parts 2 and 3, the purpose of the common data layer is to provide ATM data services for all area control centres, but ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 3: The Digitally Connected Airport

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 3: The Digitally Connected Airport

Aviation’s environmental challenge will severely limit ability to build new runways. The only new runway under construction in the EU ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM –  PART 2: THE VIRTUAL CENTRE

THE FUTURE OF ATM – PART 2: THE VIRTUAL CENTRE

In Part 2 of this blog series on the future of ATM, Maribel Tomás Rocha and Elizabet Pavlova explore the virtual centre concept and ... read more

THE FUTURE OF ATM – Part 1: The challenge

THE FUTURE OF ATM – Part 1: The challenge

Air Traffic Management needs to change. The current European ATM system is a patchwork of national infrastructures that is not able to ... read more

Think Supporting CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

Think Supporting CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force

At the end of last year, Rory Hedman, one of our ATM and airport consultants, attended the CANSO Operations Standing Committee full working group meeting in Amsterdam to start his new role as Secretary of the CANSO Smart and Digital Towers (SDT) Task Force. The CANSO SDT Task Force aims to provide leadership in the area of Digital Towers for the benefit of CANSO members and global ATM. Below we provide a brief flavour of what the Task Force are working on and our own insight into why we feel there is a need for such materials to be produced. read more

EUROCONTROL selects Think to support one of the largest ever real time simulations

EUROCONTROL selects Think to support one of the largest ever real time simulations

EUROCONTROL has selected Think Research to provide validation, human factors and simulation support to its Real-Time-Simulation ... read more

THINK PROVIDES GATWICK AIRPORT SAFETY ASSURANCE SUPPORT

THINK PROVIDES GATWICK AIRPORT SAFETY ASSURANCE SUPPORT

As part of their ongoing support to Gatwick Airport, Think have recently provided safety assurance consultancy as part of the ... read more

RETHINKING AIRPORT SECURITY IN AN ERA OF CT & BODY SCANNING

RETHINKING AIRPORT SECURITY IN AN ERA OF CT & BODY SCANNING

Airports are moving towards the increased use of new generation full body scanners and 3D cabin baggage screening equipment to process ... read more

Meeting with Minister for International Trade

Meeting with Minister for International Trade

On Friday, Think MD Conor Mullan met with The Right Honourable Conor Burns, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West and ... read more

Think working in collaboration with NATS and Leidos on IA

Think working in collaboration with NATS and Leidos on IA

Think are proud to be working with NATS and Leidos to develop the Intelligent Approach (IA) concept for Schiphol airport.  We are ... read more

Think go back to school!

Think go back to school!

This week two of our Think ATM Consultants attended a ‘speed networking’ careers events at QE School in Wimborne. Rory Hedman and ... read more

Think to lead panel at ACI Airport Exchange 2019

Think to lead panel at ACI Airport Exchange 2019

Think Managing Director, Conor Mullan, will be leading a panel discussion during the Airport Development and Sustainability ... read more

Think attends EASA Conformity Assessment Workshop

Think attends EASA Conformity Assessment Workshop

On Thursday 31st October Think ATM Director, Paul Ravenhill and ATM Consultant, Elizabet Pavlova, attended the EASA workshop ... read more

Optimising arrival capacity for future growth

Optimising arrival capacity for future growth

Just in case you missed it, why not check out Think's contribution to the first issue of ‘Airport Performance Insights’ ... read more

Successful Conclusion to Think’s Support to COOPANS in SESAR 2020 Wave 1

Successful Conclusion to Think’s Support to COOPANS in SESAR 2020 Wave 1

We recently concluded our support to COOPANS on SESAR 2020 Wave 1 Solution: PJ.10-02a ‘Improved Performance in the Provision of ... read more

Think seminar success

Think seminar success

Last month on the 18th September we held our very first Think seminar in the very apt setting of the Royal Air Force Club in ... read more

Recruiting at the University of Southampton

Recruiting at the University of Southampton

Last week the Think team ventured onto the University of Southampton Highfield Campus to spend a day with the students discussing ... read more

Celebrating another step forward

Celebrating another step forward

At the end of last week, on the 19th October, another milestone was achieved in Avinor’s Remote Tower roll out.  Following ... read more

The UDPP results are in….

The UDPP results are in….

Results from the recent validation of UDPP at Eurocontrol, led by Think ATM Consultant Katherine Cliff ​(on behalf of EUROCONTROL), has shown to have large reductions on the impact of delays on airlines and passengers. read more

ARE RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS THE SOLUTION TO REDUCING RUNWAY ACCIDENTS?

ARE RUNWAY STATUS LIGHTS THE SOLUTION TO REDUCING RUNWAY ACCIDENTS?

Aviation is one of the most regulated industries, behind nuclear, to ensure operations are safe because of how unforgiving the results of mistakes can be. This has resulted in huge reductions in aviation accidents over time; however, more improvements can always be made. read more

Think to host inaugural Annual ATM & Airports Seminar

Think to host inaugural Annual ATM & Airports Seminar

On Wednesday 18th September we host our inaugural Think Annual ATM & Airports Seminar at the RAF Club in Piccadilly. ... read more

Think to speak at the ATM Policy Institute Workshop

Think’s Managing Director, Conor Mullan, will be speaking at the 2019 ATM Policy Institute workshop. The workshop is a 2 day ... read more

Do you have a Big Data Strategy for your Airport?

Do you have a Big Data Strategy for your Airport?

At Think we spend a lot of time working with, analysing and building insights from airport and ATM data sets.  However, one of the ... read more

Think Research- An overview

Think Research- An overview

Ever wondered how an ATM & Airports Consultancy can help your business? Click here to find out. read more

Think Research- Who Are We?

Think Research- Who Are We?

Find out more about Think, who we are, what we do and how we can help deliver your next project. read more

What next for Remote Tower?

What next for Remote Tower?

Despite limited operational installations, the current ‘Remote Tower’ concept has been around for many years. It is one of the most ... read more

Think Research- What We Do

Think Research- What We Do

Find out about our services and how we can help with your next remote tower, SESAR, Airport capacity & analytics projects. read more

Challenge of ATM capacity planning in European airspace

Challenge of ATM capacity planning in European airspace

Since the beginning of Reference Period 2 of the Single European Sky (SES) Performance and Charging Scheme in 2015, European airspace ... read more

Conor Mullan elected onto CANSO ExCom

Conor Mullan elected onto CANSO ExCom

At CANSO’s 23rd AGM in Geneva, Conor Mullan was elected onto the CANSO Executive Committee. read more

Concept Development

Concept Development

Take a look at the concepts we have helped to develop over the last 15 years read more

Helping you deploy

Helping you deploy

Take a look at the type of projects we can help deploy by applying our expertise in validation. read more

Think Research- AirTOp Showcase

Think Research- AirTOp Showcase

Find out about how our ATM Modelling expertise could help your business read more

First impressions as graduates at Think Research

First impressions as graduates at Think Research

We believe coming into a new place always brings along the same questions: What is it going to be like? Am I going to like it? Will I get along with my colleagues? read more

Rapid Showcase

Rapid Showcase

Find out about our data-centric approach to modelling and Fast Time simulation using RAPID read more

Leading the way in UDPP validation

Leading the way in UDPP validation

During the first week in June, the final UDPP (User Driven Prioritisation Process) validation exercise took place at the ... read more

Think leads SESAR real time simulation in Malmö

Think leads SESAR real time simulation in Malmö

Our recent SESAR real time simulation exercise in Malmö has just come to an end. Over the course of seven months, we planned and ... read more

We are recruiting

We are recruiting

Due to continued growth in recent months across both our airports and ATM portfolios we are currently looking to expand our group ... read more

Regional Airports caught between a rock and a hard place

Regional Airports caught between a rock and a hard place

A unique combination of pressures is coming together in the airport Air Traffic Control (ATC) market that pose a strategic dilemma for the senior managers at the UK’s regional airports read more

Think is motoring in Duke of Edinburgh project

Think is motoring in Duke of Edinburgh project

Two of our team are currently delivering a 3-month programming session to Duke Of Edinburgh participants in order to help achieve their Bronze award. read more

iSA User Group expands

iSA User Group expands

Another ANSP has purchased an iSA licence for use in their workload assessments. read more

The challenge of providing unique airport capacity assessments

The challenge of providing unique airport capacity assessments

It is important to understand that before any benefits to capacity can be realised, we first need to identify the key constraints that affect the current capacity at the airport. These key constraints will typically vary based on the size of the airport and hence will drive different requirements for increasing operational performance/capacity in the airport masterplan. read more

What does the future look like?

What does the future look like?

The future is coming. Are you ready? Find out more about our view of the future ATM landscape. read more

Are we in a remote tower paradox?

Are we in a remote tower paradox?

Why not take a look at Think’s Conor Mullan discussing the development of digital tower technology in the latest issue of Air Traffic Management Magazine. read more

Think invited to speak at the EUROCAE Symposium

Think invited to speak at the EUROCAE Symposium

Think will be leading a panel on Innovative ATM solutions at the 2019 EUROCAE Symposium. read more

Think joins the Airport Operators Association

Think joins the Airport Operators Association

Our airports business is growing at a pace! To demonstrate our commitment to the industry we’ve joined the UK Airport Operators Association (AOA). read more

Think at Passenger Terminal Expo 2019

Think at Passenger Terminal Expo 2019

Think will be attending Passenger Terminal Expo this year in London. Drop us a line to arrange a meet up! read more

2018 best year for customer growth

2018 best year for customer growth

2018 was a record year for signing new customers. read more

iSA Relaunch

iSA Relaunch

Our iSA application has been redeveloped and relaunched with successful use already in SESAR simulations read more

Visit us at World ATM Congress 2019

Visit us at World ATM Congress 2019

Same venue, new stand! We have a new, improved home on Stand 1135 read more

New joiners for 2019

New joiners for 2019

Successful round of recruitment sees four new staff join Think read more

Website Launch

Website Launch

Finally! A new website! read more