SITA and AAI embark on major IT transformation for non-metro airports

SITA announced that ten years after first introducing CUTE common-use check in systems to India, it will spread the latest version of the technology, AirportConnect Open, to 13 major airports around the country in partnership with the Airports Authority of India.
Passenger traffic through the 13 so-called non-metro airports is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 37% over the next five years. Last year 7,350,000 passengers passed through the 13 airports which are: Ahmedabad, Goa, Trichi, Calicut, Trivandrum, Combatore, Amritsar, Varanasi, Srinagar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Dabok and Lucknow.
Speaking at a press conference in Delhi, Dr. K. Ramalingam, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) said: “CUTE (Common Use Terminal Equipment) is a facility providing passenger convenience and ultimately helps both Airports and Airlines in discharging their designated functions in an effective manner. This facility allows optimum utilization of the available resources and its significant implementation ...”
09/02/08 Travel Daily News International, Greece

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