Airplane Turnarounds Take a Spin with AI
Airlines generally aren’t soaring with fans, but AI could shorten delays to get people flying high again. Zurich-based Assaia is developing AI that aims to compress the time between landing and liftoff. The self-funded startup, founded earlier this year, is using image recognition algorithms sped by NVIDIA GPUs to process video feeds and deliver insights for management of airplane turnarounds. Airport ground crews today don’t rely on sophisticated systems. Airports lack the digital tools to manage all the activities of an aircraft turnaround in real time, said Max Diez, founder and CEO of Assaia.