ePAX-Flow - Development and utilisation of intelligent digital passenger flow measurement from the airport entrance to the passenger seat
ePAX-Flow - Development and utilisation of intelligent digital passenger flow measurement from the airport entrance to the passenger seat
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected air travel behaviour and processes. To reduce the risk of infection, it was necessary to avoid high-density gatherings of people. This requirement can also improve travel processes in the post-pandemic era. The ePAX-Flow project aims to assist travellers throughout their entire journey, with a particular emphasis on the airport and aircraft. The project seeks to provide passengers with enhanced and personalised care, guidance, and control, as well as improved safety, comfort, and access to new services.
The project primarily focuses on controlling passenger flow, which is crucial for ensuring the safety, security, and health of passengers and crew, as well as enhancing the attractiveness of the air transport system. The project aims to achieve reliability, comfort, and efficiency in end-to-end land and airside processes by designing smart solutions and integrating existing technologies. This will be done through suitable structures and digitalization in the air transport system, throughout the airport, and in the aircraft cabin. The goal is to reduce throughput and waiting times, avoid congestion, and create a smoother process. To achieve this, it is necessary to continuously record and evaluate the positions and destinations of participants, such as travellers, passengers, and crew members, in source-sink networks and use this information for passenger flow control.
The participants of the new value creation network for mobility, as envisioned in the project, should be able to engage and integrate themselves in an economically sustainable and successful manner within the context of a platform economy to be developed here.
