Passenger information system in intl airports to be upgraded

New Delhi: In view of the growing terror threat, the advance passenger information system (APIS) installed at all international airports in India is being upgraded by global aviation technology firm SITA, which has tied up with over 50 airlines flying into the country.
The APIS is a system that gives a complete picture of an air traveller for risk assessment by providing their details to border control authorities like immigration as soon as an aircraft takes off for India from somewhere across the globe.
The SITA, or the Geneva-based Societe Internationale de Telecommuncations Aeronautiques, has provided the APIS technology to India. It serves 50 airlines, several governments and a large number of airports and aerospace firms.
SITA has "signed up with more than 50 airlines flying into India to use its communications network and messaging capabilities to meet Indian government's new requirements for the provision of an APIS," its vice-president (government and security solutions) Thomas Marten told PTI in an interview.
He said SITA's capability was to "interconnect with all airlines flying to India, and all other telecommunications operators serving such airlines so that the airlines can comply with legal requirements at the lowest cost."
01/11/09 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Nov 2009