Leading UK airport operator, Manchester Airport Group, and Copenhagen-based software company, Copenhagen Optimization, join forces to fast-track innovations for airport operations.
Manchester, UK – Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and its software provider Copenhagen Optimization have announced a formal strategic partnership with a view to creating a data-led, airport-wide, planning and operating approach, that delivers crucial operational insights and creates seamless passenger journeys.
While MAG has been a Copenhagen Optimization customer since 2018, the goal of the new partnership is to deliver a closer working relationship that can accelerate game-changing innovations through the collection of crucial operational insights.
The initiative is already bearing fruit with the co-development of Better Shift, a solution that gives airport operational teams the tools to make the right staffing and deployment decisions at the right time.
Nicholas Woods, Chief Information Officer, MAG added:
Ryan Cant, MAG Chief Digital Officer, continued:
About Manchester Airports Group:
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is the UK’s largest group of airports, which owns and operates Manchester Airport, London Stansted Airport and East Midlands Airport. In 2019, the Group served over 60 million passengers.
To build a more sustainable future, MAG has an extensive and ambitious Strategy in place, with a target to be Net Zero carbon by 2038 – 12 years ahead of the national target. MAG was the first airport group in the UK to be certified as Carbon Neutral in 2016, as well as being a founding member of Sustainable Aviation in 2005. MAG was the only airport operator to be named a Financial Times’ ‘Climate Leader’ two years in a row, and was the only airport to feature in 2022. To learn more about MAG’s sustainability plans click here.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jacqueline Shalks-White
Manchester Airports Group (MAG)
Head of Technology Communications & Engagement
Email: jacqueline.shalks-white@magairports.com
Sarah Procter
Copenhagen Optimization
Esplanaden 8A,1263 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Phone: +45 30 91 46 79
Email: procter@copopt.com
About the author
A global software-as-a-service platform with a passion for making airport operations simple and efficient. The software solution Better Airport® is a cloud-based solution that uses data and a combination of AI and advanced mathematical algorithms to bring clarity and confidence to plans, data, and complex decision-making, empowering airports to better predict, operate, and optimize. Better Airport is currently deployed and live in operations in more than 40 medium and large airports globally, spanning across USA, Canada, Europe, Asia, and now also Australia.