Airport IT & Operations Systems installations at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)

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.

Jeddah is the gateway to Makkah — and few airports carry such spiritual and logistical weight in a single footprint. Its Hajj Terminal, a Skidmore Owings & Merrill marvel of tented fibreglass, has moved pilgrims for four decades while the new Terminal 1 by HOK now handles Saudia's widebody flows. 2024 traffic climbed to 49.1 million as the Kingdom chases a goal of 150 million pilgrims and tourists a year by 2030.