Airport IT & Operations Systems installations at Zayed International Airport (AUH)

This category covers the software and IT backbone of an airport: Airport Operational Databases, Resource Management Systems, Flight Information Display, Common-Use Passenger Processing (CUPPS) and Self-Service (CUSS) platforms, biometric single-token journeys, A-CDM total airport management, and the underlying networks, data centres and cybersecurity. It ties the airline DCS, the BHS, ATC, customs, immigration and retail into one operational picture. Airports procure it as a 10-year programme, not a one-off box, with heavy local-cloud and sovereignty requirements in the GCC.

Renamed in 2024 in honour of the UAE's founding father, Zayed International announced itself to the world with Terminal A — a sculptural, light-flooded building the size of 27 football pitches, opened the same year. Home to Etihad's Greenliner fleet, the airport is Abu Dhabi's statement that capital-of-culture ambitions demand capital-of-aviation infrastructure. Passenger volumes surged to 28.8 million in 2024 as Etihad accelerated a 170-aircraft fleet plan.