Mumbai: The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is developing a software-based project to ease the ever-rising congestion at the country’s second busiest airport on a real-time basis.
The pilot project, which is likely to be implemented within a year, has been named Dynamic Departure Slot Manager and Target Start-up Approval Time (TSAT) Generator, a senior official of the Airports Authority of India told DNA on the condition of anonymity.
Put in simple words, this software will reduce passengers’ discomfort as check-in and boarding time will be better estimated in keeping with the ground reality at the airport at that point in time. Likewise, it will help incoming passengers reach their destinations on time as aircraft will not waste precious time going around before landing at the airport.
This, of course, will end up reducing wastage of precious aircraft fuel and, therefore, translate into reduced airfares, added the official.
Currently, what happens at the city airport, like at most others across the country, is that passengers taking a flight are asked to report a few hours in advance for security check-in.
01/04/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
