{"id":92,"date":"2024-06-10T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.20.147.187\/satcosa\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:16:03","slug":"airports-support-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satco.sa\/satco\/airports-support-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Airports Systems Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A collaborative effort of several hundred technicians, coupled with over fifty 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.<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>SATCO\u2019s services include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and provision through SATCO\u2019s alignment with CIMC-Tianda (a world leader in design and supply of PBBs)<\/li>\n<li>Supply, installation, operation and maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) and Hose Retrievers (HR)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and provision through SATCO\u2019s alignment with ITWGSE (a world leader in design and manufacturing of GSE)<\/li>\n<li>Stand alone, mobile units and bridge mounted units with Air Hose Retrievers as well as Pop-up Pits<\/li>\n<li>Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>400Hz Ground Power Unit (GPU)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and provision through SATCO\u2019s alignment with ITWGSE (a world leader in design and manufacturing of GSE)<\/li>\n<li>Stand alone, mobile units and bridge mounted Power Coilers as well as Pop-up Pits<\/li>\n<li>Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Advance Video Docking Guidance Systems and Apron Management System<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design, supply, installation, operation and maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Airfield Lighting and Airside Signage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design, supply, installation, operation and maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) and Screening Systems<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check-in Counters, including CUTE and FIDS<\/li>\n<li>Conveyors, Carousels, including SCADA, RFID and BRS<\/li>\n<li>Self-Bag Drop and Self-Check-in kiosk<\/li>\n<li>Design and provision through SATCO\u2019s alignment with DIMARK (a European leader in design and manufacturing of BHS)<\/li>\n<li>Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Air Cargo Handling Systems and Automated Storages Systems<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design and provision through SATCO\u2019s alignment with CIMC-Tianda<\/li>\n<li>Supply, installation, operation and maintenance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PBB Installation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ke1Xr-_RXxY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Preceding Projects:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the early 80s, SATCO\u2019s ASD, along with SIETAM, supplied and installed all BHSs at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) Riyadh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD has completed several BHSs and turn-key projects in the following domestic airports in Saudi Arabia: Gassim, Gurayat, Turaif and Sharourah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD has designed, supplied &amp; 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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD has supplied and installed six CIMC-Tianda PBBs with six 400Hz GPUs at the new Blaise Diagne Airport, Diass in Senegal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD maintained thirty PBBs for over two decades at KKIA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD maintained all BHS structures at KKIA and has gained tremendous experience in maintaining systems that no longer have designated spare parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD upgraded the inbound BHS system in terminals 1 &amp; 2 at KKIA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b4300;\"><strong>Projects in Progress:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD has been operating and maintaining 21 PBBs at the Hajj Terminal Complex at KAIA since November 2007 until February 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD\u00a0was awarded, in May 2017, a new 20 years \u201cBuild, Operate &amp; Transfer\u201d (BOT) Concession in ARAR, TABUK &amp; ABHA airports which include the Design, Supply, Operation and Maintenance of 20 PBBs, including bridge mounted 400Hz GPUs, PCA with HR and AVDGS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">The BOT Concession Agreement started in August 2017, in both TABUK &amp; 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s ASD was awarded, in 2019, the design and installation of the Baggage Handling System and associated Civil &amp; MEP Works in Terminals 3 &amp; 4 of KKIA through SATCO\u2019s alignment with Siemens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>SATCO\u2019s 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 &amp; 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