Installation
of Flight Information Digital System (FIDS) boards, Interactive Voice Response
System (IVRS) and SMS facility for passengers are in the final stages at the
Coimbatore Airport and are likely to be inaugurated within the next seven to 10
days, says Airport Director K. Peter Abraham.
Talking
to The
Hindu ,
Mr. Abraham says that the facilities under FIDS include provision of
information through LCD display boards and video walls and the total project
cost is around Rs. 1 crore. The measures are part of the exercise taken up to
modernise the airport.
A
total of 74 digital boards will be installed to keep the people informed on the
departure and arrival status of flights. Two of the boards will be outside the
airport for the visitors, while the rest will be in front of the various
airlines counters and arrival and departure halls.
The
digital flight information system will be functional based on the inputs fed by
the airlines.
These
boards will replace the 15-year-old conventional flight information board.
This
comes at a time when the airport was accorded the International Airport status.
“The boards are likely to be in place and functional within the next 10 days,”
he adds.
In
addition, passengers or their relatives/friends wanting to see them off or
coming to the airport to receive them can get to know the flight status by
dialling 2573100/ 2574100 to access the IVRS. For accessing flight status
related information, passengers can also send in a text message i.e., SMS to
94422-64287/ 94422-64297 with the flight code. These facilities relieved the
people from problems related to constantly busy telephone lines, call waiting
etc.
The
facilities are expected to provide information on flight status on a real time
basis.
Growth
Some
of the facilities are already on trial to fine-tune them before formally
launching them in a couple of days, Mr. Abraham says. Coimbatore Airport has
continuously been on a growth trajectory with close to 10 per cent year on year
increase in passenger traffic and revenue.
As
on date there are a minimum of 20 landings and take offs with an average of
3,500 to 4,000 passengers using the airport every day, of which 10 to 12 per
cent of them are international passengers travelling to Sharjah or Singapore,
the two international destinations for which Coimbatore Airport has flight
connectivity.
Besides
the two international destinations, Coimbatore has domestic flight connectivity
with Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kozhikode, Hyderabad.
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