Aerospace Diary

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Sept 21, 2011 Unisys Corporation says its China subsidiary has been named systems integrator to support the expansion and modernisation of Chengdu Airport, including work on the airport’s new Terminal 2. Unisys is subcontracted to the project’s prime contractor Sinotec, a Unisys partner in aviation industry in the Asia Pacific region. Recent projects of Unisys include Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), the world’s largest terminal building, which was completed in time for the 2008 Olympic Summer Games; Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, also in China; and the new Terminal 3 at Delhi International Airport (DIAL) made ready for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. In 2010 Chengdu was China’s sixth busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers with 25.8 million passengers. Under the project Unisys will supply the core operational systems for the entire airport including the Airport Operational Database (AODB) and the Flight ...

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...

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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 ...

Travel/Distribution Systems Aviation Daily Nov 16 , 2010 , p. 13 Neelam Mathews As cargo business starts to look up, Unisys Corporation is targeting India as a market for its web-based airline cargo Logistics Management System. The system is used by airlines worldwide to manage their air cargo business via a shared “software-as-a-service” model, paying on a per-shipment basis, providing savings and increased flexibility over in-house purchased systems. Unisys says it will focus on the vast opportunities that exist in cargo, baggage reconciliation and airports in India. Airline clients currently include Delta Cargo, Air Canada Cargo and SAS Cargo, and an Indian carrier will be added soon, according to Unisys. “We are also talking to five big airlines in Asia-Pacific as they need to do something quickly, not having invested for a long time (in the cargo space) since market volumes have increased,” says Sue Carter, Asia-Pacifi...