NIIT Technologies has signed a multi-year Rs 344 crore value
contract with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the
implementation of Airport Operations Control Centers (AOCC), in
partnership with SITA, the global air transport IT and communication
specialist. This project will benefit AAI, its customer airlines, and
its other stake-holders across 10 cities.
The
Airport Management System and Resource Management System will be
implemented and integrated by NIIT Technologies solution which has been
supplied by SITA. The systems and their interfaces will help improve
airport management by consolidating multiple sets of information and
providing accurate real-time data from just one source.
Arvind
Mehrotra, President, Asia-Pacific & Middle East, NIIT Technologies,
said "We are delighted to have been chosen as a partner by AAI for the
complete integration of IT systems enabling efficient utilization of
airport infrastructure at the 10 airports in respective cities. AOCC
will allow collaborative decision making for all the Airport operators
in the day-to-day operations."
NIIT Technologies has deployed its solutions for 12 airports including Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi for the project.
The
project is a key initiative undertaken by Civil Aviation ministry
towards modernization of Indian airports to improve capacity
utilization, passenger throughput enhancement, stakeholder management
and process standardization. The project will be executed within the
next 15 months at the airports in Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune,
Thiruchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Calicut, Mangalore, Guwahati and
Jaipur.
At the metro airports of Chennai and
Kolkata Primary Data Centre and the Disaster Recovery Data Centre are
also being established respectively. The project has a provision for
extending the solution to additional 25 airports in India.
