Speaker Biograghy: Wolfgang Pelzer holds a PhD in High Energy Physics. He has been working in the IT department of airport operator Fraport AG since 1997 as Vice President. He is responsible for application development and maintenance of ERP, disposition and management information systems. His team is providing a broad range of airport management solutions. They are considered pioneers in utilizing big data in the airport field developing optimization and forecast systems. Besides his duties at Frankfurt Airport Wolfgang is Managing Director of AirITSystems GmbH, a joint venture of Fraport AG and Flughafen Hannover-Langenhagen GmbH, providing full range IT Services at airports and other industries. Wolfgang is an active triathlete Wolfgang and enjoys crossing the Alps with his mountain bike as a way to relax and re-charge batteries for new challenges.


Day 2 - 16 March
Session: Management & Operations

11:45 - 12:10 - Are you ready to win the race against time?
Synopsis: 4 km to be cleared of snow, 30 minutes to do it – is your airport ready to win the race against time? Harsh winters pose a challenge, since airports cannot afford to come to a standstill. Winter services need to step in last-minute, bringing in their best equipment operated by specially trained staff. Frankfurt Airport handles over 60 million passengers a year. Discover the strategies of one of Europe’s busiest airports for keeping its four runways and 7.5 million square metre apron clear of snow. Learn best practices for planning optimisation and how to deploy winter services in record time.

Audience will learn:

• How the winter services at Frankfurt Airport are run
• A drastic change in speed and efficiency after switching from manual to advanced planning technology
• How planning and optimisation software can enable airports to react optimally to last-minute disruptions
• How improved resource utilisation affects the operational efficiency of an airport
• How, as a direct result, this impacts the success of your business