Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews June 29, 2011 Flights were delayed by around 15-30 minutes following the back-office system  of check-ins defaulted with airlines having to check-in manually.     “We are working at getting things stabilized, after which we will have inquiry into the reason this occurred,” an official of the Delhi International Airport told Aerospace Diary. Last year, DIAL delayed the opening of Terminal 3 in part due to information technology (IT) problems.  It is not clear whether power problems led to the shutdown. ARINC installed passenger systems in 2010 at T3 and completed a similar project in 2009, for IGIA’s domestic Terminal 1D.  The T3 project is massive, involving deployment of more than 550 ARINC passenger check-ins and ARINC’s Baggage Messaging. ARINC also worked in partnership with Quantum Aviation Solutions to install 90 hand-held scanners for the automated baggage reconciliation system (BRS) to handle 12,800 pieces of baggage...

ASIAN AIRLINES & AIRPORTS June 2011 India ’s airports are calling for an aviation security force writes Neelam Mathews As India’s passenger traffic booms, a need to increase security measures at its airports is being increasingly voiced with the industry calling for an adoption of best practices and a dedicated aviation security force tuned  to the specific needs of the sector. “Compatible and complementary security measures have a bearing on processing time, staffing, queues and stress. We need a unified agency for all security-related issues at airports,” says Gyaneshwar Singh, general manager security of Airports Authority of India. Presently, only 58 airports in India are manned by the Central Industrial  Security Force, a paramilitary force that provides integrated security cover  to VVIPs and government owned bodies, while the other approximately  62 airports are handled by police and multi agencies. “The Bureau of Civil  Aviation Security (B...

Orient Aviation Neelam Mathews in New Delhi Shifting world dynamics has opened new challenges for security at India’s fast growing airports. Operators’ concern for the safety of passengers needs to be balanced with the smooth and efficient running of airports, presenting them with a dichotomy they will continue to face for some years. As though removing items from carry-on baggage for screening, prohibition of restricted items, stressful queues and having to deal with dutyfree items, were not enough, passengers worldwide continue to bear the brunt of demands that increase daily to ensure they are safe. For instance, the latest rule for domestic passengers at Delhi’s new Terminal 3 airport is mandatory check-in at least two hours before boarding a flight! Yet, security breaches are not as rare as they should be. Many Indian airports continue to struggle with limited infrastructure and the sudden surge of traffic in years following an economic boom made matters worse. Recently, a ...