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and practicing the best waste management procedures. journey of expansion that we have embarked, it is our
Hyderabad Airport extensively involves all its vision to make the fully expanded airport a smart and
stakeholders in these efforts, including its employees, futuristic one completely tech-enabled.
airlines and other airport community members. Clean and Hygiene environment of an
Hyderabad Airport’s achievements in the area of airport gives a lasting impression to the
sustainability has won it the recognition of being a passengers. Any plans to enhance user
‘Level 3+/Carbon-neutral’ airport under ACI’s Airport experiences?
Carbon Accreditation programme, becoming the first
airport in its size category and only the second overall Hyderabad Airport is strong proponent of providing
in Asia Pacific region to achieve this milestone. a clean and hygienic environment to the passengers.
We have a dedicated and fully trained workforce on
The world is moving towards digitization. the ground ensuring the cleanliness and hygiene of
How do you see Hyderabad Airport the airport and its vicinity. RGIA has embarked on
moving up the scale in tune with other the Swachha Bharat Campaign leading to cleanliness
international airports in the world? drives across the airport and its surrounding areas. The
organization collaborate with various stakeholders in
Hyderabad International Airport has consistently
been introducing digitalization as a critical enabler of the cleanliness mission with the objective of ‘Clean
service and operational excellence. Hyderabad Airport Airport, Clean India’. Hyderabad International Airport
has been the first airport in India to introduce its
has been a pioneer in the journey of innovation and captive composting plant to process the food waste.
rapid technology adoption, since its inception, and has The compost generated out of this plant is used as
emerged as a testing ground for the implementation manure to upkeep the greenery of its vast landscape.
of new and path-breaking technologies in the Indian
airports sector. Leveraging technology, Hyderabad In the airside, a dedicated team of 70+ members
airport has been offering unique solutions such as are involved in mechanized cleaning of the oil stains
Express Security Check for passengers travelling with on the aircraft parking stands with use of specialized
only hand baggage, ATRS for hand baggage screening vehicle/ equipment and removing foreign object debris
and elimination of hand baggage stamping to ensure (FODs). At the terminal building, Customer Facilities
passengers have a smooth and seamless experience. As & Logistics team works round the clock to ensure
a pioneer among Indian airports, the first e-boarding the cleanliness and hygiene of the terminal. Among
solution offering fully paperless experience to domestic the various cleaning methods, Hyderabad Airport
passengers introduced two years ago has also made us is using mechanical cleaning gadget, which has an
the first mover in trials for face recognition technology. ergonomically designed handle with many features
In line with the DigiYatra, a signature program of the such as adjustable and variable shaft length and angle –
Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, we envisage ideal for cleaning in areas where manual methods were
face recognition will GO LIVE in a phased manner being used.
by the end of this year. The Face Recognition is an To further enhance the user experience, the airport
extension to our e-boarding facility, in line with our is all geared up to utilize the power of technology
quest to usher our passengers to a whole new paperless to continuously monitor and elevate the cleanliness
and seamless experience at Hyderabad Airport. In our quotient of the airport.

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