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.

