New Version of AirportMonitor Allows Airport to Communicate in Real Time
GREENWICH, Conn., June 8, 2007 — Megadata Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MDTA) announced today that Bob Hope Airport has upgraded their existing AirportMonitor software to the new collaborative version of PASSUR(R) AirportMonitor(TM), the airport industry's leading web-based airspace education tool for airport communities.
"This AirportMonitor enhancement has already made a difference," said Dennis O'Connor, Noise Compliance Officer for Bob Hope Airport. "Last week an Air Force plane made a low pass for a funeral and – immediately – the phones starting ringing. We quickly had the relevant information on AirportMonitor to explain what happened. We're really looking forward to using the enhanced version to keep our community informed."
"We're excited by these AirportMonitor innovations because it further bonds airports and their communities," said Jim Barry, President and CEO of Megadata, which owns PASSUR. "We believe collaboration is key in all aspects of aviation – and we're particularly pleased to help airports and their constituents with this breakthrough product."
AirportMonitor is the pioneering community airspace awareness tool, which provides an interactive display of air traffic and flight information in and around the terminal airspace, designed for airport websites. It enables residents to view traffic in "near-live" and replay mode, with a host of user-friendly online tools designed to promote airspace education, answer questions about specific flight behavior, and promote openness and trust between residents and the airport.
The new version of AirportMonitor, a patented product, includes:
— Instant airport messaging – based on the existing collaborative decision making technology developed for PASSUR Portal(TM) and OPSnet(TM), this allows the airport to instantly communicate about airspace conditions which may be affecting residents' noise quality. Management of these messages is easily done through PASSUR online password access messaging tools, requiring no Airport IT involvement.
— "My Home Locator" – providing AirportMonitor users the ability to pinpoint their home on the AirportMonitor background map by entering their address, allowing for a more effective assessment of airspace and flight activity in relation to the user's residence.
About Megadata
Megadata owns and operates PASSUR, a national network of multiple, live flight information sources feeding a single, integrated database known for independent, complete, timely, and accurate information and solutions for the aviation industry. It includes the unique network of PASSUR radar installations in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. The company's principal business is the delivery of data, application software, and web-delivered collaborative decision tools to the aviation industry and organizations that serve, or are served, by the aviation industry. Megadata distributes its products through a direct sales force, and through premier aviation decision-support technology firms.
Visit Megadata's web site at http://www.passur.com for updated products, solutions and PASSUR news.
The forward-looking statements in this news release relating to management's expectations and beliefs are based on preliminary information and management assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a wide range of risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ in material respects, including those related to customer needs, budgetary constraints, competitive pressures, the success of airline trials, the profitable use of the Company's owned PASSURs located at major airports, the Company's maintenance of above average quality of its product and services, as well as potential regulatory changes. Further information regarding factors that could affect the Company's results is contained in the Company's SEC filings, including the October 31, 2006 Form 10-K and the January 31, 2007 Form 10-Q.
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