Unisys India has been named master systems integrator in support of the infrastructure project to modernise and restructure Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), including work on the airport’s new Terminal 3. Terminal 3 will provide much needed additional capacity to Delhi during the 2010 Commonwealth Games as well as serve the more than 34 million passengers per year anticipated by DIAL.

Unisys has been awarded two contracts: the master systems integration agreement to work with GMR, the infrastructure leader at DIAL, and a subcontracted systems integration agreement with Larsen & Toubro Limited, the prime contractor for the project.

As part of the project, Unisys will design, test and commission the overall integration of various disparate airport systems that supply information to the airport community, including airlines, ground handlers, and government agencies such as Immigration and Customs and franchise operators. Unisys will also assist DIAL in defining future operational processes to support its role as a competitive hub airport in the region.

The Indian civil aviation industry has doubled in size over the past four years and is expected to double again by 2010, the year of the Commonwealth Games. Delhi has the country’s busiest international airport in terms of the number of daily flights, with an average of 680 flights landing each day .

Prabhakararao Indana, CEO-Airport Development, DIAL said, “We are happy to be associated with Unisys, which helps us take a step closer to our dream and endeavor of providing world class facilities to our passengers.”