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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Fabrice Villaume, Seysses, FR;
Pierre Scacchi, Toulouse, FR;
Fabrice Villaume, Seysses, FR;
Pierre Scacchi, Toulouse, FR;
Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for managing a convoy of aircraft during taxiing. Taxi management is carried out by exchanging, by a first data transmission unit, information between the aircraft of the convoy concerning aircraft flight parameters of the aircraft within the convoy, and exchanging, between the aircraft of the convoy and at least one control station that manages the convoy collectively, information relating to the collective convoy. The exchange can be carried out by a second data transmission unit, with the ground control station receiving from each aircraft in the convoy information relating to convoy status, centralizing the received information, scheduling the convoy, and transmitting to each aircraft a convoy status table that indicates overall status of the convoy.