Travel IT specialist SITA has been chosen by the Amazon Airport Concessionaire, which operates seven airports as part of the VINCI Airports Network, to implement the SITA Airport Management solution at Manaus, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Boa Vista, Cruzeiro do Sul, Tabatinga and Tefé airports. In addition, the airport group has renewed an ongoing agreement with SITA to continue providing the same service at Salvador Bahia Airport. The systems will be available to passengers from the second half of this year.
SITA Airport Management is a multi-airport solution that helps airport managers and airlines efficiently manage flight operations, optimise fixed and mobile resources, such as check-in counters, baggage reclaim carousels, and manage mobile resources, meaning the staff that works during the aircraft turnaround at the airport. The solution also facilitates collaborative decision-making. The technology can enable a reduction in fuel consumption by reducing the amount of time the aircraft's engines are running, limiting idling.
The airports will also incorporate the SITA Operations Manager, which stores all data related to flight operations and applies business rules according to airport operational procedures; SITA Fixed Resource Manager which optimises the usage of resources by the airport and the flight operations; and SITA Information Display System modules into the solution, which provide passengers with accurate and timely data on flights through fully customisable displays throughout the airport.
By combining these technologies, the eight airports in the VINCI Airports network in Brazil will be able to consolidate their operational data, monitoring key performance indicators for terminal operations and for the business, ensuring that they meet the quality-of-service objectives for passengers. In addition, the data can be shared with the group's entire network.
Shawn Gregor, SITA's president for the Americas, said: “Brazilian airports are seeing an increasing demand in air traffic, which is why optimising operations is more important now than ever to ensure the industry can keep up. Solutions like SITA Airport Management can help unlock the operational capabilities of airports across the country, region and on a global scale. We are excited to be expanding our partnership with VINCI Airports, which is responsible for operating more than 70 airports in 14 countries around the world.”
