Solutions to improve the passenger experience during flights

2022-10-31 2022-10-31T13:21:29Z
رنا السيلاوي
رنا السيلاوي
محرر أخبار - قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

Weather of Arabia - Most families are waiting for the holiday season to travel to their favorite destinations, so you book your flight on your favorite airlines and head to the airport with enthusiasm to take off on the scheduled flight, but you are surprised, after arriving at the airport, that the departure time is delayed due to weather conditions!

Extreme weather clearly affects air travel and the parties involved in it. In case of extreme necessity, airlines and authorities are forced to postpone or cancel flights, despite the high cost and damages resulting from the decision, and the inconvenience it poses to travelers.

With climate change, weather conditions have become a major impact on air navigation. Data from Eurocontrol, which coordinates national air traffic management agencies, indicates that in 2018, weather was the main cause of flight delays, with delay time rising to 14,600 minutes per day, a sixfold increase over the 2014 weather-related delays (which was 2,400 minutes per day).

In the Arab world, the summer of 2015 was marked by the frequent occurrence of dense dust waves and sandstorms, which negatively affected the extent of horizontal visibility and the aviation sector, especially in the Middle East. Perhaps the most prominent sandstorms that struck the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula were in the first week of August, which affected More than 500 flights at King Khalid Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

To contain the negative effects of extreme weather, airlines, airports and regulators are studying ways to better address the repercussions of climate change and extreme weather conditions, by resorting to the competent authorities in providing aviation improvement solutions and programs to obtain solutions that mitigate some of these challenges, by understanding how severe weather affects aviation field.

"Sky Watch" services to improve the passenger's experience on flights and avoid human and material damages

One of the best weapons against severe weather is technology that is particularly effective in forecasting weather effects and early warning systems. SkyWatch services from MeteoWeather Corporation provide vital support to help prevent or reduce the effects of extreme weather by providing preemptive forecasts and planning support, to avoid Unnecessary flight delays.

Airport Solutions

Quickly and easily identify potential outages at your airport, Air Business Solutions displays weather information in an intuitive form in the form of light signals, allowing you to make contingency plans for possible flight delays, cancellations or airport closures.

Airlines Solutions

We provide real-time weather forecasts for multiple flight plans, arrivals and departures, and weather monitoring in case of a change in weather conditions. Aerial business solutions help you make smarter, more reliable, more reliable decisions that are based on the weather, saving you time and money.

Helicopter Solutions

Helicopter pilots often receive the command to fly within minutes. Thanks to our accurate, real-time information, we are able to support these pilots in a practical and effective way, so that they can decide whether the flight is safe, thus ensuring the safety of everyone.

While weather is the main reason for flight delays or cancellations, airlines must be able to plan ahead from an operational point of view to deal with emergency weather conditions, and Sky Watch services help operations teams take advance action after receiving the necessary information, to improve their services Which increases the satisfaction of travelers, and reduces financial losses.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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