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E-enabled Cabin and Associated Logistics for
Improved Passenger Services and Operational Efficiency
 | Situation Today | E-Cab Objectives |  | Air transportation has tremendously grown over the last decades and the increased volume of passengers and freight and the high complexity of airports have reached a point where transportation efficiency and travel quality is considerably affected. » |
|  | E-Cab is a process oriented research and technology project that integrates various electronically enabled end-to-end logistic chains. The result is a paperless information management system of the future, for improved passenger comfort, crew convenience and airline and airport efficiency. » |
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E-Cab Approach| E-Cab is organised around interconnecting service chain projects. “People Moving" offers information to the passenger to help them to proceed to the gate, to know when they are expected on the aircraft and to determine the amount of time they have left for business or leisure activities. » “Passenger Services” concentrates on services on-board by connecting the passenger to the outside world, both for entertainment and business in the sky offering TV and audio/video on demand, e-mail and internet access, audio and video conferencing and IP based 3G telephony. » "Freight Handling" addresses seamless, automated baggage and freight management solutions, mainly based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Airlines can obtain the tools for getting accurate information about luggage and freight. » “Catering Services” covers newly designed RFID supported logistic processes commencing at e.g. the pre-ordering of meals at the time of booking. Workload for the cabin crew is reduced via new paperless content management applications. » |
Process Management
| Integrated Data Management | | Business processes are analysed and new modelling tools are applied to enable an inside view into the complex world of air transportation and to optimize economic efficiency for the benefit of the stakeholders. » |  |
| | The integrated communication infrastructure developed in E-Cab opens airlines, airports and service providers the possibility to efficiently exchange traveller and flight-handling information via web services. The seamless integration of the aircraft into the ground based IT structure allows a full data exchange on an integrated logistic network platform.» |  |
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Added value for passengers and customersIncreasing passenger choice with regard to travel cost, time to destination, on-board services and comfort. Reducing aircraft direct operating costs by shortening turn around times based on improved seamless logistic processes. Reducing aircraft development costs by providing sets of enabling key technologies to a common communications infrastructure. Increasing transparency and interoperability of the different end-toend chains. » |
E-Cab is partially funded by the Sixth Framework Programme Thematic Priority Aeronautics and Space of the European Commission. E-Cab will pave the way for the European aviation industry to offer a step change in passenger service concepts. |
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