Airport Integration of Operational Systems, Passenger Processing & Baggage Systems

“We chose Ultra’s solution as it will enable us to better partner with our airlines and other stakeholders for operational excellence. Belo Horizonte Airport is growing rapidly and we require systems that can be readily adapted to our needs and simplifies intersystem communications, by ensuring that all systems are speaking the same language”

Andre Costa
IT Manager, BH Airport

The contract award follows closely behind similar recent wins in Panama and Viracopos, and establishes Ultra as a serious presence in Central and South America.

Fully integrated into Belo Horizonte’s existing infrastructure through Ultra’s Enterprise Information Broker, Ultra will implement its suite of Operational Performance and Resource Optimisation systems, to underpin Belo Horizonte’s expansion plans and help maximize operational performance of the new terminal, opening in 2016.

Belo Horizonte envisages that, once the Airport Management Suite is operational, the airlines and their passengers will see immediate and measurable benefits in efficiency, communication and coordination. Going forward, it will provide the foundation for continuous improvement; with a flexible, extensible platform that can grow as expansion and new business needs arise.

Paul Drury, Ultra’s Vice President, Americas stated: “One of the key investors in Belo Horizonte Airport is Zurich Airports, an Ultra customer for nearly 30 years. Our aim is to create a similarly long-term relationship with Belo Horizonte.”

About Belo Horizonte Airport

BH Airport is the concessionaire for Tancredo Neves International Airport (“Confins”) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is currently composed of 51% private capital, formed by the companies Grupo CCR, one of the largest infrastructure concession companies in Latin America, and the international airport operator, Zurich Airports. Infraero is also part of the shareholder composition with 49% of the capital.

Belo Horizonte Airport will operate and manage Confins for the next 30 years, with plans to transform Confins into an “airport city” that promotes and contributes to the social development of the entire Minas Gerais region.