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NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR NEPALESE GATEWAYS KEISER PHILLIPS ASSOCIATES

The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has selected Collins Aerospace to provide passenger processing and baggage systems at Nepal’s Tribhuvan (KTM), Gautam Buddha (BWA) and Pokhara (PKR) international airports.

According to Collins, its solutions will help the airports ease congestion; enable airlines to accelerate passenger processing and sort, route and handle baggage with higher accuracy; and streamline the passenger’s experience with the ability to self check-in, tag and dispatch their own luggage.

The systems to be deployed include ARINC Multi-User System Environment (MUSE), ARINC SelfServ Common Use Self Service (CUSS) Kiosks, ARINC Self Service Bag Drop, ARINC BagLink and Baggage Reconciliation System.

KTM is located in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, in Bagmati Province. It is Nepal’s busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers and only international gateway. BWA is one of the oldest airports in Nepal after KTM, serving tourists who visit Lumbini for its Buddhist Heritage Tour, and PKR is the aerial gateway to the Himalayan and Annapurna regions in Nepal.

“Collins’ airport solutions are customisable and scalable to fit both small and large airports, and we utilise onsite resources to optimally distribute passenger traffic to ensure that we don’t have an area that is congested.” said Rakan Khaled, the company’s general manager for airport systems.

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