Afroport chooses Amadeus to help modernize Africa’s airports

September 23, 2021

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Jennifer Fernandez

Corporate Communications

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Nouakchott airport in Mauritania completes move to ‘Amadeus Flow’ cloud platform during pandemic

Afroport is a new, ambitious, privatecompanybasedinAbu Dhabi with a mission to become Africa’s leading airport group, based on itsuniqueoperating model. The company provides all aspects of airport management from passenger,flightand ground handlingservices to retail concessions and airport hospitality. The government of Mauritania has already taskedAfroportwith the modernisation and management of Nouakchott airportunder a long-term contract.

One ofAfroport’skey values is ‘delivering excellence and quality using leading-edge technology solutions’, which is the driver for entering a long-term agreement with Amadeus. The terms of the deal will seeAfroportairports transition toAmadeusFlow acloud-based platform fordeliveringpassenger services.

Nouakchott airport,serving the capital city of Mauritania in West Africa,has become the firstAfroportairport tomoveto a new generation of cloud technology from Amadeus. The project began at the peak of the pandemic in June 2020 and was completed 100% remotely, without the need for any on-site engineers.

Passenger numbers at Nouakchott have reached 90% of 2019 levels, withtravelersand airlines now benefiting from the major technology modernization. New cloud solutions are in place that help ground handlers provide a consistent service at key passenger touchpoints, better and more cost-effectively track and manage passenger bags as well as a new cloud computing infrastructure that connects the airport to itsairlinepartners more easily.

Importantly for a remote location like Nouakchott, virtually any airline can now connect to the airport easily over the internet, deploying its ownapplicationssimply, without an on-site IT project.

MohamedAlkhyeli, Chairman,Afroport,comments:“Africa is attracting a huge amount of foreign direct investment and only with a modern air transport infrastructurewillthe continent achieve its economic potential, that’s why we startedAfroport.”

Vincent Dennehy, CEO,Afroportsays:“As anew operatorwe’re lucky becausewe can choose the very latestsystems tounderpin our business model. With AmadeusFlow,even a small, remote, Africanairport can benefit from the most advanced technology, which is reliable, continually updated and easy to deploy.”

YannickBeunardeau, Vice President Airport IT Europe, Middle East and Africa,Amadeus added:“TheAfroportteam has a wealth of experience in aviation and a compelling model for modernising airports across Africa. We’re pleased to be moving them to our cloud-based platform,which has native integration to hundreds of airlines, making it much easier for carriers to begin serving Nouakchott whilst delivering a modern passenger experience.”

Nouakchott-OumtounsyInternationalairport serves Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania located on the North Western coast of Africa. The new airport has two runways and was opened in 2016 as a replacement for the capital’s existing airport. The projectwasthe largest infrastructure development carried out in Mauritania since the 1960’s.

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