Adelaide Airport Selects InterSystems

30 November, 2004

Building Contractor Hansen Yuncken (HY) in conjunction with Adelaide Airport Limited (AAL) have selected InterSystems (Asia Pacific) to supply the Terminal Information Management System (TIMS) for the new smart Terminal due to open at the end of 2005. HY is one of the largest privately owned, commercial construction companies operating within Australia .

Once open, Adelaide Airport will have the newest and most efficient aviation terminal in Australia, with a new $260 million state-of-the-art facility now under construction.

Incorporating the latest in design and technology, Adelaide's new terminal will service the needs of regional, domestic and international travelers from one building with the use of “swing gates”

Construction of the new terminal began in November, 2003 and is progressing on target for completion in late 2005.

The system will use InterSystems proven technology and products including RapidAIMS for the Airport Operational Database, RapidFIDS to manage and distribute the Flight Information, RapidACIS, to handle the passenger flow and retail performance and RapidGATE to graphically manage resource allocations such as Gates and Check-in Counters.

Malcolm Andrews, Manager Customer & Terminal Services of Adelaide said, “we chose InterSystems after a lengthy process of defining our requirements, evaluating the latest technologies and a very competitive tender process. InterSystems is an Australian company that is one of a very small number of companies, both locally and overseas, who were able to demonstrate the sophisticated products we are seeking and combined with the systems integration experience.”

Bruce Allen, Managing Director of InterSystems Asia Pacific operations said, “ we are absolutely thrilled to win this prestigious new project which uses four of the six mainstream products InterSystems offers. This award increases our market share to fifty percent of the major airports in Australia. More importantly it proves that our focus and effort in developing state-of-the-art intelligent solutions dedicated to the aviation industry is paying off and we can hold our won against the biggest and best the world has to offer.”