Mactan Cebu International Airport Improves Passengers’ Travel Experience Thru Arinc Vmuse

Mactan Cebu International Airport has selected Rockwell Collins’ ARINC airport solutions to improve its passengers’ travel experiences. The airport is currently using ARINC vMUSE™ common-use passenger processing system (CUPPS) as well as ARINC SelfServ™ common-use self-service (CUSS) kiosks, and will soon implement many of the company’s other solutions including ARINC AirVue™ Flight Information Display System (FIDS), AirDB 7™, the latest generation ARINC Airport Operational Database (AODB) system and ARINC BagLink™, a baggage messaging server.

As part of the deployment, Rockwell Collins has teamed with Gunnebo AB to streamline the entire check-in process by implementing ARINC™ VeriPax on Gunnebo Security Group automated gates. The gates will validate passenger flight details, enhancing security at the airport.

“Rockwell Collins was able to seamlessly migrate our systems from the previous vendor to ARINC vMUSE in record time, providing our airport with a superior passenger processing system without disrupting our travelers,” said Andrew Acquaah-Harrison, chief executive advisor, GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC). “We are extremely pleased to be implementing all of these ARINC airport solutions to improve our operations while keeping costs low.”

“Tourism is one of the major drivers of the Philippines’ economy so ensuring that travelers have a positive experience is critically important,” said Heament John Kurian, managing director, IMS Asia Pacific for Rockwell Collins. “Using the latest ARINC self-service based technologies is enabling Cebu to become an IATA Fast Travel Airport, which is focused on providing more choices for passengers and lower costs for the industry. We are excited to help facilitate Cebu’s transition.”

Rockwell Collins’ airport systems management organization, ARINC Managed Services, is responsible for the on-site maintenance and support of all the systems.

With this latest agreement, all of the common use airports in the Philippines are now using the ARINC common-use passenger processing platform (CUPPS) to provide a better travel experience for their passengers.