Unisys bags Delhi Intl Airport project

BANGALORE: Unisys India subsidiary has been named master systems integrator in support of the infrastructure project to modernise and restructure Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said  Unisys Corporation in a press release. The project includes work on the airport’s new Terminal 3. Terminal 3 will provide much needed additional capacity to Delhi during the 2010 Commonwealth Games as well as serve the more than 34 million passengers per year anticipated by DIAL.

Unisys has been awarded two contracts: the master systems integration agreement to work with GMR, the infrastructure leader at DIAL, and a subcontracted systems integration agreement with Larsen & Toubro Limited, the prime contractor for the project.

As part of the project, Unisys will design, test and commission the overall integration of various disparate airport systems that supply information to the airport community, including airlines, ground handlers, and government agencies such as Immigration and Customs and franchise operators. Unisys will also assist DIAL in defining future operational processes to support its role as a competitive hub airport in the region.

The Indian civil aviation industry has doubled in size over the past four years and is expected to double again by 2010, the year of the Commonwealth Games. Delhi has the country’s busiest international airport in terms of the number of daily flights, with an average of 680 flights landing each day .

According to Kumar Prabhas, managing director of Unisys India Private Limited, “Airports and transportation infrastructure projects are an important focus area for Unisys globally. Our systems process over 30 percent of the world’s airline passengers and many of the world’s busiest airports use our solutions for core functions including check-in, boarding control, security and operations management,” he said.

Olivier Houri, president and general manager, Global Transportation, Unisys said, "The tremendous growth in India’s transportation and logistics industries holds huge potential and we are confident that with DIAL we will repeat the success that has established Unisys as a leading provider of solutions and technology for China’s aviation industry.