A collaborative effort of several hundred technicians, coupled with over thirty years of experience in the industry, has enabled SATCO, through its Airports Systems Division (ASD), to become a premier provider of airports support services in the region.

SATCO’s services include:

Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB)

• Design and provision through SATCO’s alignment with CIMC-Tianda (a world leader in design and supply of PBBs)
• Supply, installation, operation and maintenance

Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) and Hose Retrievers (HR)

• Design and provision through SATCO’s alignment with ITWGSE (a world leader in design and manufacturing of GSE)
• Stand alone, mobile units and bridge mounted units with Air Hose Retrievers as well as Pop-up Pits
• Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance

400Hz Ground Power Unit (GPU)

• Design and provision through SATCO’s alignment with ITWGSE (a world leader in design and manufacturing of GSE)
• Stand alone, mobile units and bridge mounted Power Coilers as well as Pop-up Pits
• Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance

Advance Video Docking Guidance Systems and Apron Management System

• Design, supply, installation, operation and maintenance

Airfield Lighting and Airside Signage

• Design, supply, installation, operation and maintenance

Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) and Screening Systems

• Check-in Counters, including CUTE and FIDS
• Conveyors, Carousels, including SCADA, RFID and BRS
• Self-Bag Drop and Self-Check-in kiosk
• Design and provision through SATCO’s alignment with DIMARK (a European leader in design and manufacturing of BHS)
• Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance

Air Cargo Handling Systems and Automated Storages Systems

• Design and provision through SATCO’s alignment with CIMC-Tianda
• Supply, installation, operation and maintenance

Preceding Projects:

• In the early 80s, SATCO’s ASD, along with SIETAM, supplied and installed all BHSs at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) Riyadh

• SATCO’s ASD has completed several BHSs and turn-key projects in the following domestic airports in Saudi Arabia: Gassim, Gurayat, Turaif and Sharourah

• SATCO’s ASD has designed, supplied & installed twenty one (21) PBBs, including three of which are serving A380 aircrafts for the Hajj Terminal Complex at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) Jeddah during 2007-2010

• SATCO’s ASD has supplied and installed six CIMC-Tianda PBBs with six 400Hz GPUs at the new Blaise Diagne Airport, Diass in Senegal

• SATCO’s ASD maintained thirty PBBs for over two decades at KKIA

• SATCO’s ASD maintained all BHS structures at KKIA and has gained tremendous experience in maintaining systems that no longer have designated spare parts

• SATCO’s ASD upgraded the inbound BHS system in terminals 1 & 2 at KKIA

Projects in Progress:

• SATCO’s ASD has been operating and maintaining 21 PBBs at the Hajj Terminal Complex at KAIA since November 2007 until February 2027

• SATCO’s ASD has been awarded a Build, Transfer and Operate (BTO) concession to replace the 32 old PBBs as well as operate and maintain the new PBBs including bridge mounted 400Hz GPUs and PCA with HR at Terminals 1, 2, 3 and TK-1 (Royal Terminal) at KKIA.

• The period of the BTO Concession Agreement is thirteen (13) years and will end in April 2026, with the possibility of being renewed for periods of ten years.The BTO Concession Agreement started in November 2012, following a KKIA approved timeline concurrently with the normal airport operations.

• In 2016, SATCO installed additional 17 PBBs at Terminal 5, increasing the total number of PBBs and GSE under the BTO Concession Agreement to 43.

• In 2018, the Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System (AVDGS) services were added to the BTO Concession Agreement, and approx. 100 AVDGS were supplied and installed in all KKIA contact and remote stands; increasing the total number of AVDGS under BTO Concession Agreement to 120.

• SATCO’s ASD was awarded, in May 2017, a new 20 years “Build, Operate & Transfer” (BOT) Concession in ARAR, TABUK & ABHA airports which include the Design, Supply, Operation and Maintenance of 20 PBBs, including bridge mounted 400Hz GPUs, PCA with HR and AVDGS

• The BOT Concession Agreement started in August 2017, in both TABUK & ARAR, where SATCO has supplied and is operating 7 PBBs and related GPUs, PCA with HR and AVGDS following a GACA approved timeline concurrently with the normal airports operations.

• SATCO’s ASD was awarded, in 2019, the design and installation of the Baggage Handling System and associated Civil & MEP Works in Terminals 3 & 4 of KKIA through SATCO’s alignment with Siemens.

• SATCO’s ASD was awarded, in 2021, the Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance of 22 PBBs, including bridge mounted 400Hz GPUs, PCA with HR and AVDGS in Terminals 3 & 4 of KKIA.

• SATCO’s ASD was awarded, in 2022, the Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance of 18 PBBs, including bridge mounted 400Hz GPUs, PCA with HR and AVDGS in GIZAN, JOUF & BAHA new Airports projects