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November 7, 2011
INFORM opens aviation unit HQ
INFORM is pleased to announce the opening in Atlanta, Georgia of the North American headquarters of their Aviation Division.
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October 17, 2011
Successful inter airport Europe
After four busy days of exhibition the INFORM team was happy to announce the success of its presence at inter airport Europe 2011.
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October 4, 2011
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Signs Contract with INFORM
INFORM's intelligent software solution will underpin staff demand planning and bus allocation as well as the planning and deployment of terminal resources.
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September 21, 2011
INFORM will be Exhibiting at inter airport Europe 2011 in Munich, Germany
INFORM presents its GroundStar system at inter airport Europe 2011 at Stand 1166 (Hall B5), Sector interDATA. Benefiting from its extensive R&D and the implementation of cutting-edge technology, new products and upgraded versions of existing systems have been incorporated to GroundStar.
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May 2, 2011
INFORM's First Russian Users Conference
Having been active in the Russian aviation market for ten years now, INFORM decided to hold a Users Conference specifically for its Russian customers and those interested in INFORM’s IT solutions in Russia.
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April 8, 2011
Cobalt to Implement GroundStar
Manual planning will soon become history at the Cobalt operations at London’s Heathrow Airport. The company has decided to implement GS Planning and GS Rostering for staff demand and shift planning in relation to about 750 employees.
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March 21, 2011
Acciona Signs Contract for GS RealTime
INFORM announces that Acciona Airport Services (AAS) has decided to install the GroundStar RealTime system at Palma de Mallorca airport.
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November 29, 2010
Air Freight Security must learn from Credit Card Fraud Prevention
Following the latest terror attack attempts using explosive parcels in air freight, INFORM's Risk & Fraud and Airport Systems divisions are urging the aviation industry to adopt profiling techniques currently being used in the finance industry to identify suspicious cargo items.
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March 30, 2010
Egypt Air Ground Services Adds to the GroundStar Family
Egypt Air Ground Services Company (EGS) just issued a Letter of Intent announcing their decision to implement GroundStar IT to support and enhance its operation at Cairo International Airport.
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March 03, 2010
A new interactive map has been launched
The new GS AirportMap offers a user oriented and intuitive display, as it is based on state-of-the-art user interface technology (Microsoft WPF); it has fast graphic display, is fully scalable (vector based maps), and uses a layer based map with zoom and filter functions for increased transparency.
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February 5, 2010
GS GroundFleet: Maximum Control over the Operation
In line with its constant drive to enhance GroundStar, INFORM has unveiled GS GroundFleet to help control and improve the operation of ground support equipment.
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January 15, 2010
Special support for HON Circle Members
In 2009, GS RealTime was implemented to support the tasks carried out by the Lufthansa LEOS at Munich Airport. There are about 15 to 20 drivers per shift in the LEOS Department serving the so-called HON Circle Members with luxury transfers in cars such as the Porsche Cayenne.
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January 8, 2010
Düsseldorf Airport and its Ground Handling Subsidiary Go for GroundStar
INFORM has signed contracts with SITA Airport IT for a major roll-out of IT systems at both Düsseldorf Airport and its subsidiary Düsseldorf Airport Ground Handling. The project is being undertaken by INFORM and its partner topsystem.
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December 31, 2009
National Aviation Services Modernises Processes and Control with GroundStar
As the culmination of an exhaustive selection process shortly before the end of 2009, and as part of their ambitious continued improvement program, NAS signed an agreement with INFORM for the implementation of a wide range of GroundStar systems at operation at Kuwait International Airport.
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November 24, 2009
Flightcare Trusts GroundStar to Streamline and Optimise its Operations
On 24th November last, the starting shot was fired for a contract for a new GroundStar project, signed by Ignacio Garrido, Managing Director of Flightcare and a group of other Flightcare representatives from Belgium, Spain and Italy.
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July 16, 2009
Budapest Airport Buys Complete GroundStar Suite
INFORM has won the contract for a further roll-out at Budapest Airport
Shortly after signing a contract for the implementation of the GroundStar AODB, Stand and Gate Management, Reporting, GroundStar Seasonal Flight Information System, Flight Information Processing and SITA Parser, Budapest Airport signed a further contract, this time for the roll-out of the GroundStar Human Resource Suite.
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July 8, 2009
Brussels Airlines Goes Fast
Brussels Airlines is already seeing the benefits of GroundStar.
GS Planning has decreased the Brussels Airlines planning exercise from 3 weeks to 1 day. Changes can now be handled much more easily and are less time-consuming. Even what-if-scenarios can be carried out with little effort. The workforce calculation has become precise and can be proven by reports.
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June 24, 2009
GS Planning: a Tool to Deal with the Crisis
GS Planning offers functionality to increase productivity and make better use of existing capacities.
The current economic crisis confronts the aviation industry with multiple challenges. Conditions might, and in fact do change drastically with very short notice to fluctuating flight capacities, fast changing flight-schedules and airlines using different, often smaller, aircraft types.
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June 9, 2009
Northport Benefits from RFID Solution
Communication solution accelerates real-time flow of information.
GS RealTime and GS Communications have been in use at Finnair's handling subsidiary Northport's base at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport since 2001. The system covers four separate handling units where it allocates a total of 760 staff members at Gate Services, Ramp Handling, Check-In and Baggage Handling.
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April 28, 2009
GroundStar is Extended to Lufthansa Operation at Cologne-Bonn Airport
GS RealTime has been rolled-out with only limited support from INFORM.
GroundStar is already successfully in use to plan Lufthansa's passenger services staff at all of their major German locations with realtime allocation of check-in staff being underpinned by GroundStar at Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart Airports. Additionally, GroundStar has recently been rolled-out to the Lufthansa check-in operation at Cologne-Bonn Airport.
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April 16, 2009
Aviapartner Roll-Out Successfully Completed
GS RealTime is operational at Aviapartner's Düsseldorf Airport operation.
The Aviapartner Group provides full aircraft handling including handling of passengers, baggage, cargo and mail, maintenance, aircraft cleaning at 31 airports in 5 European countries.
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March 31, 2009
DNATA Optimises its GroundStar Deployment
A long-term user of INFORM's systems reviews all departments to bring out the best in GroundStar.
The Passenger Services Department went live successfully in March, followed by the Ramp Department in April 2009. The reimplementation is ongoing and will impact more departments during the course of this year.
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March 9, 2009
Budapest Airport Signs for AODB
The Budapest Airport has signed an agreement with INFORM GmbH for the provision of an Airport Operational Database for the Ferihegy Airport. INFORM's AODB, an integration-broker-based system of the GroundStar suite, will be installed with the main aim of guaranteeing the seamless integration of the variety of systems on which Ferihegy Airport's operation relies. INFORM will also supply its planning and real-time deployment systems for the management of aircraft stands, baggage belts and check-in counters.

March 2, 2009
GroundStar implementation for TAGS
TAGS signed a contract with GroundStar Asia for the installation of the INFORM GroundStar suite at its operation in Bangkok. The implementation will be carried out by consultants and ground handling experts from ISEC, INFORM's Thai partner. The solution comprises strategic planning and day-of-operation management systems aimed at increasing efficiency and quality of service and reducing operational costs at all of TAGS' ground handling areas.

February 05, 2009
A GroundStar is born in Asia
ISEC Inc, a Thai provider of business solutions to the aviation and logistics industries, and INFORM GmbH signed a cooperation agreement launching GroundStar Asia, an enterprise aimed to facilitate the access to the latest technology and best business practices in the Asian airport industry.

January 30, 2009
New Iberia Hub Control Centre
Roberto Alcover, head of Iberia Airlines´ ground handling operation in Madrid, announced the beginning of work for the building of a state-of-the-art Hub Control Center located at the award-winning Terminal 4 of the Barajas Airport. The Center, which is planned for completion in June this year, will house the people and technological tools needed for the centralised management of the hub`s operation in the most efficient manner. The core of the technology supporting the Center, which includes cutting-edge control and optimisation systems, is being supplied by INFORM.

January 23, 2009
German Logistics Award for Lufthansa and Fraport
Lufthansa and Fraport have received the renowned German Logicstics award for their joint project to provide integrated passenger and baggage logistics at the Frankfurt aviation hub.
Since it was first awarded in 1984 the German Logistics Award has become one of the most renowned and important logistics awards. This year`s award ceremony took place during the logistics congress held in Berlin.
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January 22, 2009
LuxairGroup Signs Agreement
LuxairGroup, which includes Luxair Luxemburg Airlines, LuxairCargo, LuxairServices and LuxairTours, and INFORM signed an agreement today for the implementation of INFORMS` systems at Luxair`s operations in the Luxembourg Airport. These systems include tools for strategic and tactical planning and real-time deployment of ground activities and resources.

January 8, 2009
GroundStar Arrives at Veneto
INFORM`s GroundStar system will be implemented at Verona Airport.
INFORM`s Italian partner Sirius Technology proudly announces the imminent arrival of GroundStar at Verona Airport. Verona is situated in the region of Veneto, one of Italy`s most beautiful and most visited regions, which has Venice as its capital, and is among the wealthiest and most industrialised regions in Italy.
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