BAA plc

BAA is the world's leading airport company at the heart of the world's transport network. Each year, the company serves 128 million passengers, and 67% of the UK total, at its seven UK airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. More international travellers use Heathrow than any other airport in the world, making it the world's busiest international airport.

BAA has used CEM's AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) system to control access at its UK airports for over fifteen years. Today, the seven airports combined have more than 3500 card readers installed and over 240,000 active cardholders with the systems handling more than 4.5 million card swipes per month.

For over ten years, the three London airports – Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted – have been networked, allowing their valid cardholders to go from one airport to another. This equates to a linked system with more than 3000 readers, handling 218,000 active cardholders, making it the largest airport system in the world. This link has been successfully extended in 2004 to include all seven BAA airports.

System Summary

Project Name:
British Airport Authority

Location:
HEATHROW, GATWICK, STANSTED, GLASGOW,
EDINBURGH, ABERDEEN, SOUTHAMPTON

Card Readers:
3,500 +

Card Holders:
240,000 +

Card Transactions per month:
4.5 MILLION +