• ISO-Gruppe has successfully completed the implementation of its electronic flight strip and ground surveillance system, SKYcontrol Tower, at Penang International Airport (PIA) in Malaysia.
• According to AviationHub, PIA ranks second in Malaysia for cargo tonnage after Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), handling roughly 100,000 tonnes a year, and its exports carried a value of about RM365 billion in 2023.
• It has reported this as the first digital air traffic control system in Asia.

ISO-Gruppe has successfully completed the implementation of its electronic flight strip and ground surveillance system, SKYcontrol Tower, at Penang International Airport (PIA) in Malaysia.

It has reported this as the first digital air traffic control system in Asia.

According to AviationHub, PIA ranks second in Malaysia for cargo tonnage after Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), handling roughly 100,000 tonnes a year, and its exports carried a value of about RM365 billion in 2023.

“The total project duration of just 14 months demonstrates the maturity of our SKYcontrol platform and its ability to integrate into complex systems. This successful major project in Penang underscores our ATC expertise and serves as an important springboard for further expansion in the rapidly growing Asian aviation market,” Stephan Schaer, Project Manager and Authorized Signatory at ISO Software Systeme GmbH said.

‘With the deployment of the advanced SKYcontrol Software Suite, the German IT specialist is making a key contribution to modernizing and end-to-end digitalizing air traffic control workflows in Malaysia,’ ISO-Gruppe stated.

An Electronic Flight Strip System (EFS) replaces traditional paper-based flight strips. ISO-Gruppe have stated air traffic controllers now benefit from a highly precise digital interface for the structured tracking and sharing of relevant flight data, such as estimated arrival and departure times, routes, and clearances.

SKYcontrol Ground Track, the ground and approach surveillance system, has replaced the existing approach radar display. It provides the flight strip system with second-by-second landing tracking and departure detection as well as information on taxiing and parking maneuvers

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