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Paris Airport Android Application

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Lost in Roissy? Your smartphone may be able to help you navigate the maze of the great Parisian airport. Airports in Paris released this Friday, July 8, 2011, on Android only for now, a location-based application that allows lost travelers to be guided in the enclosure of Roissy … without using the GPS, obviously inefficient with a roof over your head.

My Way, which is still in the experimental stage, based on technology developed by Hub Telecom, a subsidiary of ADP: this allows you to locate “with an accuracy of several meters” and guide you through indoor a triangulation method using the hotspots of the airport. The application is free and does not work for the moment that the terminals 2E and 2F in the train station and parking area Premium terminals above. It will be later extended to other terminals as well as Orly.

The application creates a route to the different services and areas of the airport, in the manner of a conventional steering system. “My Way Aéroports de Paris operates on the free Wi-Fi network-Airport. This application is particularly suitable for foreign passengers who, for reasons of cost do not activate the data connection on their smartphone, “said ADP in a statement. Also note for travelers on the move: ADP also today launched the Android version of its application information My Airport.

African Airport Traffic Slows

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African airports are shunned, they saw a decline in passenger traffic of 16.5% between March 2011 and March 2010, according to figures released Wednesday by the Airports Council International (ACI). Into question the Arab revolutions have reduced attendance at airports in Tunisia and Egypt.

Passenger traffic has slowed from 16.5% in African airports in March 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, according to statistics from the Airports Council International (ACI) published on Wednesday. In contrast to the global traffic increased by 6.6%. The origin of this decline: the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. “Some 130,000 passengers pass through airports African per year. Four areas – North Africa, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria – account for 70% of these travelers. North Africa alone has recorded a decline from 20 to 40%, mainly because of charter traffic, the majority of tourist destinations in Egypt and Tunisia, which fell from 50 to 70%, “said Ali Tounsi, the Secretary Africa Regional Office of the AIT.

Africa down, Latin America up

If Morocco, which also attracts many tourists in the Maghreb, has not experienced a revolution, it is also a victim of the Arab Spring, which took the form of political upheavals in the kingdom. “People are afraid of a possible contagion,” says Ali Tounsi reminder that the latest bomb attack experienced by the city of Marrakech also feeds the fears of tourists.

The head of the Africa office of the AIT said that it is a major setback for African airports. “They have lost in one year what they could gain in attendance over 4-5 years,” he said. With a similar figure to Africa in absolute terms – 15.3% – the Latin American region is one that enjoys the strongest growth in the first quarter of 2011.

The ICA brings together more than 1600 airport platforms, including about 200 on the African continent.