Zakaria Masmoudi
Zakaria graduated in air navigation engineering. He started his career as an air traffic controller and instructor for aerodrome, approach, and radar qualifications, and was a lecturer in civil aviation for six years. He was deputy GM at Tunis Carthage Airport, then projects and ORAT manager for the construction of four Omani airports. He was the GM of operations and strategic advisor at Muscat Airport and is currently an aviation affairs consultant at Sharjah International Airport Authority.
Day -
3 - Increasing airport capacity and flexibility - 10:00 - 10:25
AI innovation for aviation future
With the tremendous development of AI in all sectors, aviation, as one of the most innovative industries in the world, will be affected by this new technology in its future innovation. No sector in this industry will be prevented from using this technology. AI can be revolutionary in supporting air traffic control and airspace capacity, airport management, customer experience and handling operations. The journey of the passenger would be preplanned from before reaching the airport until boarding, through the retail activities and services provided to customers.
The audience will learn:
- How to increase airspace and airport capacity through the use of AI
- How to improve the customer experience during the journey
- How to optimize the resources and slots for the airspace and airport operations by using AI
- How to enhance the efficiency of handling operations
- How to support airports to increase non-aeronautical revenues
