The traffic load increasing continuously, the actors of the air transport industry have to work together on limited and shared resources. New ways of solving congestion problems must be developed to allow for the evolution of air traffic.

One of the latest trends is the Collaborative Decision Making (CDM), aiming at improving information management and facilitate exchange by linking between them the majority of airports and airline operation centres. The Air CDM Demonstrator is the first European project that embodies the concept since it explores the feasibility of a running prototype.

NeoSYS was in charge of the feasibility assessment and specifications of the Air CDM Demonstrator, a limited scale prototype of collaborative information exchange. The use of Internet technology provides a readily extensible in scale solution.

The sharing of both slow-changing and real-time data on an Internet link, ensuring data integrity, security and consistency.

The CDM concept has gained widespread currency in the civil aviation community over the last few years: it is a key driver in the EUROCONTROL ATM Strategy for 2000+ and has already delivered.