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New system at Noi Bai
A new systems integration installation
at Terminal 2 at Hanoi’s Noi Bai
International Airport will see vMUSE™ Taipei expansion
workstations, along with SelfServ Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan is to spend due to begin in late 2014, with a view
Common Use Self Service kiosks, US$1.5billion on a new runway and to the project being completed by the
a VeriPax Passenger Reconciliation terminal in a bid to snare some of the end of 2018, said We-Jen Cheng, head
System and Flight Information Displays expected expansion in Asia air traffic. The of Engineering Department, Taoyuan
to facilitate the airlines’ check- tenders for the new facilities have been Airport. Although not a major transport
in applications. Yoshiaki Takimoto, released, and are expected to be awarded hub at present, Taoyuan has been chosen
spokesperson for TVJV said that Noi later this year. The projected new facilities as an international locus by both EVA Air
Bai International Airport, as one of the will boost the airport’s capacity to handle and China Air, and is taking increasing
largest airports in Vietnam, needed a total of 43 million passengers a year, traffic from LCCs Scoot and Tiger from
increasingly sophisticated passenger a significant increase. Once contracts across the increasingly mobile southern
management capability to cope with have been finalised, construction is areas of the region.
the expanded terminal numbers. “In
anticipation of its continued growth
and economic development, we need
passenger handling systems to be both
robust and reliable,” he asserted. The
contract for the installation, awarded to
ARINC, will be implemented by Taisei-
Vinaconex Joint Venture (TVJV) the
project manager for the construction
of the new terminal.

Virtual arrivals
Adelaide Airport is offering visitors to Myanmar goes for growth
its Terminal 1 building the chance to Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport check-in counters and gate resources
experience a virtual visit using Google (YIA) has upgraded its passenger to ease processing. “Over the last year,
Maps indoor ‘Street View’ technology. handling systems in preparation for an we have seen the airport grow from 14
The system works on computers, anticipated rise in passenger numbers. to 22 airlines, which means we need to
tablets and smartphones, so viewers Following the easing of sanctions and increase our capacity immediately, while
can explore the departures and arrivals a political “opening up”, the airport also planning for the future,” noted U
areas and ‘walk’ down an aerobridge is looking to a projected 20% annual Win Ko, general manager at YIA. The
and out alongside the the runway in growth as the country welcomes upcoming 27 South East Asian Games,
th
a 360-degree experience. Adelaide increasing numbers of international to be held in November this year, will
Airport is one of the first in the world airlines. The new system, using SITA’s be staged in Myanmar, and the country
to provide an interactive virtual tour in AirportConnect Open system, allows expects to see a surge of visitors leading
Google Maps. operating airlines to use the airport’s up to the opening ceremony.

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