NIIT Technologies Ltd, a global IT solutions organization has signed a multi-year 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 is claimed to be the first multi airport project in Asia which 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.”
He further added, “NIIT Technologies has leveraged its vast experience and solutions at 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.
