George Best Belfast City Airport has employed ARINC to install a new Common Use Passenger Processing (CUPPS) hosted check–in system.

The airport said ARINC’s vMUSE Enterprise hosted check–in system is expected to reduce IT and energy costs and will create more space inside the terminal.

Tony Chapman, senior director of integrated travel solutions at ARINC EMEA, said: “ “Hosted services are becoming increasingly popular due to the economic benefits they offer, and most experts believe the next decade will see a significant move from PC-based applications to hosted models.”

The airport will also no longer need to employ an IT administrator exclusively focused on the passenger check–in system. Instead, all monitoring and administration will take place at the ARINC data centre, with information delivered back to the airport desk in real time as a hosted service.