Supplier
Collins Aerospace — ARINC Airport Systems
Collins Aerospace MUSE Common-Use Platform
Common-use check-in and boarding on shared terminal infrastructure.
MUSE is Collins Aerospace's common-use passenger processing platform, letting any airline use any counter, gate or kiosk at the airport. vMUSE provides a virtualised/cloud variant, while vPad extends the same environment to tablet-based mobile agents. Deployed extensively across the Gulf at both mega-hubs and low-cost terminals.
Collins Aerospace MUSE Common-Use Platform
airport · wifi · it
AVS·CAT
Product at a glance
- Category
- airport wifi it
- Launched
- 2005
- Price tier
- premium
- GCC sites
- 4
- Status
- ● Current model
Technical specifications
Key specs
| Architecture | On-prem, virtualised vMUSE, or hybrid |
| Supported DCS | Altea, Sabre SabreSonic, Navitaire, Amadeus, etc. |
| Endpoints | CUTE counters, gates, kiosks, vPad tablets |
| Self-service | CUSS-compliant kiosks and bag drops |
| Boarding | 2D barcode and biometric boarding |
| Max concurrent sessions | 5,000+ per airport |
| Network | Runs over airport common-use LAN/VLAN |
| OS support | Windows Server / thin client |
Compatibility
Works with
- CUTE- and CUPPS-compliant, interoperates with SITA AirportConnect
- Integrates with Amadeus AODB and MUSE-based BRS baggage reconciliation
- Biometric bolt-ons via VeriPax and third-party face-match
- Runs alongside AirVue FIDS on the same infrastructure
Certifications
Approvals
CUPPS compliant
ISO 27001
IATA Resolution 753 ready
Best for
Typical use cases
Use case 1
Shared check-in rows at a multi-airline terminal.
Use case 2
Self-service bag drops with CUSS kiosks.
Use case 3
Mobile agents handling peak Hajj flows on vPad.
Installed in GCC
Proven at these airports
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