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San Diego International Airport Launches New Collaborative Version of PASSUR Community Relations Software; New Version of Airportmonitor Allows Airport to Communicate in Real Time
Greenwich, CT, March 2, 2007 — Megadata Corporation (OTC: MDTA.OB) announced today that San Diego International Airport (SDIA) has become the first customer to launch the new collaborative version of PASSUR® AirportMonitor™, the airport industry’s leading web-based airspace education tool for airport communities.
“We wanted to reach out to our noise-impacted community in an innovative, proactive way,” said Dan Frazee, Deputy Director, Airport Noise Mitigation. “The enhanced version of AirportMonitor allows us to communicate the ‘whys’ and ‘what's’ of noise events immediately, online, and within a compelling visual display of the airspace. It takes communication, dialogue and community interaction to a new level.”
“Our best product innovations come from our customers, and this is no exception,” said Jim Barry, President and CEO of Megadata, which owns PASSUR. “This new ability for airports to communicate in real time with their local neighbors on our visual airspace platform is part of the Collaborative Decision Making trend we believe is the future of aviation – bringing together all industry constituents onto a commonly accessed web platform fed by accurate, reliable, live information to support quicker, better decisions.”
AirportMonitor is the pioneering community airspace awareness tool, which provides an interactive display of air traffic and flight information in and around the terminal airspace, designed for airport websites. It enables residents to view traffic in “near-live” and replay mode, with a host of user-friendly online tools designed to promote airspace education, answer questions about specific flight behavior, and promote openness and trust between residents and the airport.
The new version of AirportMonitor, a patented product, includes:
• Instant airport messaging – based on the existing collaborative decision making technology developed for PASSUR Portal™ and OPSnet™, this allows the airport to instantly communicate about airspace conditions which may be affecting residents’ noise quality. Management of these messages is easily done through PASSUR online password access messaging tools, requiring no Airport IT involvement.
• “My Home Locator” – providing AirportMonitor users the ability to pinpoint their home on the AirportMonitor background map by entering their address, allowing for a more effective assessment of airspace and flight activity in relation to the user’s residence.
About Megadata
Megadata owns and operates PASSUR, a national network of multiple, live flight information sources feeding a single, integrated database known for independent, complete, timely, and accurate information and solutions for the aviation industry. It includes the unique network of PASSUR radar installations in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company’s principal business is the delivery of data, application software, and web-delivered collaborative decision tools to the aviation industry and organizations that serve, or are served, by the aviation industry. Megadata distributes its products through a direct sales force, and through premier aviation decision-support technology firms.
The forward-looking statements in this news release relating to management’s expectations and beliefs are based on preliminary information and management assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a wide range of risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ in material respects, including those related to customer needs, budgetary constraints, competitive pressures, the success of airline trials, the profitable use of the Company’s owned PASSURs located at major airports, the Company’s maintenance of above average quality of its product and services, as well as potential regulatory changes. Further information regarding factors that could affect the Company’s results is contained in the Company’s SEC filings, including the October 31, 2006 Form 10-K .
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