On September 21st, the ninth edition of "Civil Aviation Insight," hosted by China Civil Aviation Newspaper Co., Ltd., was held online. The conference focused on the theme "Digital Rebirth: Efficiently Empowering Smart Operations," with discussions and case sharing on hot topics such as smart airport operations, the construction of smart airports in the era of digital transformation, and the application and development of smart construction technology in airport construction. Leaders from Beijing Brilliant Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Capital International Airport Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Airport (Group) Co., Ltd., Sichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd. Chengdu Tianfu International Airport Branch, and Eastern Airports Group Co., Ltd. were invited to attend and deliver keynote speeches.

As a new infrastructure provider for the metaverse and with nearly two decades of experience in the digital construction of civil aviation, Beijing Brilliant Technology Co., Ltd. is the first high-tech enterprise in China to apply digital twin technology to the civil aviation sector. At this conference, Mr. Zhou Yuanjin, Vice President of Brilliant Technology, delivered a keynote speech titled "Practice of Digital Twin Airport Construction." He shared insights on how digital twin technology can be integrated with business systems in the civil aviation field and how it can promote efficient airport operations.

Mr. Zhou Yuanjin stated that in the creation of a digital twin airport, Brilliant Technology integrates various technologies such as airport BIM models, GIS, oblique photography, remote sensing imagery, and panoramic videos to transform two-dimensional data into three-dimensional data. This enables comprehensive modeling of the airport's entire area, both above and below ground, and diverse spatial expressions of equipment and facilities in the flight zone. By combining various positional data and analytical data, the airport's entire domain is mapped between the physical and digital worlds. Additionally, 3D rendering technology is used to dynamically display airport information, presenting key information at multiple levels, such as operational indicators, operational support processes, and overall operational trends, in the form of graphics and images. This achieves situational awareness and panoramic visualization of airport operations, effectively empowering applications at various levels including decision-making, management, operations, and execution. It continuously guides the improvement of airport safety, operational efficiency, and service experience, thereby enhancing the level of airport management and services.

Digital Twin + Mechanistic Models: Enhancing Flight Operation Efficiency

In the actual operation of airports, there are inefficiencies that arise from unreasonable rules. For instance, during the process of aircraft departure and arrival, congestion on taxiways, special vehicle operations, and construction in the flight zone can lead to excessive waiting times for takeoff or docking, and high rates of flight delays. Brilliant Technology's Digital Twin Airport Platform parameterizes the operational environment (such as aircraft, vehicles, personnel, equipment, etc.) and operational status information (such as flight traffic, passenger flow, operational rules, resource scheduling, etc.) to establish a highly realistic digital twin platform that can be used for testing and validation. The Digital Twin Airport Platform possesses capabilities for twin visualization, data perception, and simulation algorithms. It can identify and optimize issues during flight operations and perform virtual verification, thereby guiding and improving airport operational rules and enhancing the actual operational efficiency of the airport.

For example, a major domestic airport using Bona's Digital Twin Airport Platform has reduced the time required for resource allocation and scheduling of aircraft stands and support vehicles from hours to minutes. The usage rate of passenger air bridges has increased by 3%-5%, with an additional 5,000 passengers using air bridges for arrivals daily, shortening the average arrival time per passenger by 10-15 minutes. The taxiing time for departing flights has been reduced by an average of 2.09 minutes, saving approximately 9.75 tons of fuel daily, based on the airport's daily保障 of 500 departing flights.

Intelligent Risk Monitoring and Management to Ensure the Safety of Flight Departures and Arrivals

Brilliant's Digital Twin Airport Platform can achieve sub-meter level positioning of personnel and vehicles. By setting up electronic fences in key apron areas, managing employee permissions, and alerting for restricted area breaches and unpowered equipment positioning, it can be achieved AOC apron operation control's panoramic dynamic digital presentation, ranging from small tools like wrenches to large aircraft. At the same time, for significant safety impact events such as conflicts between support vehicle and aircraft routes, the platform can provide early analysis, prediction, and avoidance suggestions for decision-making based on the application of the digital twin platform. Based on the airfield digital twin model and deep image recognition technology of artificial intelligence, it can conduct real-time scanning monitoring and pattern prediction for significant danger sources affecting airworthiness, such as runway incursions.

Digital Airport Asset Management for Comprehensive Control of Terminal Dynamics

In terms of airport asset management, it has been challenging for airports to have real-time control over the operational status of utilities like water and electricity networks, video surveillance, network communication, and various facilities within the terminal building. This often leads to difficulties in tracking the specific locations of equipment failures andMastering the exact locations of emergencies, posing significant obstacles to asset maintenance and management. Brilliant's Digital Twin Asset Management System, distinct from traditional asset ledger management systems, is a location-based visual asset management system that can promptly identify fault and alarm points based on location information. Additionally, it can visually display the operational status of all assets, including energy consumption statistics, surveillance videos, pipeline status, and passenger density, thus achieving full lifecycle management of assets, including location tracking, maintenance, and status monitoring, under a full-scenario map and between building floors.

High-Precision Indoor Navigation for Effortless Travel

Passengers are the largest group within an airport, and they demand convenient, fast, and efficient services. When passengers are unfamiliar with the airport environment, it is difficult for them to accurately locate shops, boarding gates, restaurants, and other places just by observation. This can not only cause psychological stress but also lead to some passengers missing their flights, delaying their trips, and losing time and money. Brilliant's Digital Twin Airport Platform offers a passenger experience system that provides real-time flight information notifications and indoor navigation services during the pre-trip, journey, and post-trip processes. Passengers can share information and interact in real-time as they go to the airport, check-in, board, and return home. They can immediately understand flight status and check-in counter and boarding gate information, greatly reducing travel time and providing integrated intelligent guidance and planning services. This allows passengers to "smartly tour and enjoy" the airport with just one click.

The core value of Brilliant Technology's Digital Twin Airport Platform lies in its ability to comprehensively, real-time, and integratively access various types of static and dynamic data such as aircraft, passengers, vehicles, and facility equipment on the basis of simulation models. By collecting, cleaning, organizing, analyzing, and predicting data, it can fully and accurately grasp the overall operational situation of the airport. The platform combines the development of airport business applications with technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, including:

- Three-dimensional electronic sand table systems
- High-precision integrated surface monitoring systems
- Pipeline network systems
- Indoor passenger navigation
- Visual security monitoring systems
- Taxiing path planning
- Operational simulation and emulation
- Emergency rescue management
- Airside operation management systems

These applications truly achieve operational visualization, management efficiency, and intelligent decision-making.

Brilliant's Digital Twin Airport Platform is developed based on the Digital Twin Operating System BLinkOS, which can quickly construct exclusive digital twin scenarios and applications according to industry attributes. It includes a vast library of 3D models across various fields such as smart transportation, energy, ports, and cities, enabling rapid, low-cost, and low-code development of digital twin visualization platforms and applications. In the future, the Digital Twin Visualization Platform developed based on Brilliant's Digital Twin Operating System BLinkOS will be applied to more Subdivided fields
 of new infrastructure, facilitating information interconnectivity between smart industry clusters and promoting digital upgrades in various fields under the tide of new infrastructure.