Airport Integration of Operational Systems, Passenger Processing & Baggage Systems
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems' comprehensive suite of offerings in Airport Operational Systems, Passenger Processing and Baggage Systems and our experience in Master Systems Integration positions us as one of the industry’s most trusted and reputable suppliers.
Ultra offers its products as fully managed services to airport, airline and ground handler communities around the globe. Ultra is proud to have more than 100 airports and 100 airlines as users of Ultra products world-wide.
In 2009 Tisys became a branch of Ultra Electronics Airport Systems (www.ultra-as.com), providing synergies in terms of products as well as regional coverage. For over 10 years, Tisys has been dedicated to Airport Management applications with a strong focus on regional and medium size airports in French speaking areas.
Airport Systems is a division of Ultra Electronics Holdings plc, an international Group of businesses specialising in the design, manufacture, and support of electronic and electromechanical products and integrated IT solutions for aerospace and defence markets world-wide. The Ultra Group has over 45 years experience as a supplier of technically advanced solutions for civil and military applications employing some 4000 people within 25 businesses. It has seen a steady and considered growth to reach its current turnover in excess of USD $1billion.
Ultra Electronics Airport Systems, Airport Operational Systems - 13/07/2011
Ultra Electronics, Airport Systems awarded £200m airport integration contract in the Sultanate of OmanFollowing an intensive two year tender process Ultra Electronics, Airport Systems, in partnership with Oman Investment Corporation, has received a ‘letter of award’ relating to an airport IT and systems integration contract in the Sultanate of Oman. The contract, worth RO127.5m, approximately £207m at current exchange rates, will see Ultra act as the master systems integrator for the new terminal developments at Muscat and Salalah airports.
Commissioned by the Omani Ministry of Transport & Communications, Muscat and Salalah airports are being developed to be capable of handling 48 million and 10 million passengers per annum respectively.
Ultra’s wide ranging portfolio of proven airport products, extensive systems integration expertise and strong partner consortium were instrumental in winning the contract. These key strengths will ensure Ultra is able to deliver the full scope of this project, including all airport operational systems, building systems and communication and network infrastructure.
“This award is an affirmation of the industry’s recognition of Ultra’s expertise and experience in large scale systems integration and special airport systems projects,” commented Aidan Douglas, Managing Director of Ultra Electronics, Airport Systems. “Our past successes and continuing engagements with the BAA, Heathrow Terminal 5 and Shanghai Pudong contributed significantly to the tender board awarding this contract to Ultra Electronics, and continues our aspiration to be recognised as the airport industry’s premier complex systems integration specialist.”
Scheduled for completion in 2014, the project will create around 450 jobs during the three years of the project execution phase and around 50% of the contract value (RO50million) will be awarded to local Omani companies.