Three new passenger service systems for airport inspections are
to be introduced to provide faster and better service for visitors
to Beijing during next year's Olympic Games.
It is estimated that the number of people exiting and entering
will hit 5 million at the Beijing Capital International Airport in
August next year. The Games start on August 8.
"The number of visitors will increase very quickly during that
month and it will be a big challenge for us," said Man Juyou,
director of Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier
Inspection, yesterday.
Man said the number of people exiting and entering last month
was about 1.3 million, so the sudden rise in visitors next August
will put huge pressure on passenger systems and inspection
staff
"We are strengthening the training of our people to enhance
service quality and efficiency as well as introducing new
technologies," he said.
Man said they have only about 1,000 inspection officials working
around the clock and the use of new technologies can greatly
upgrade their service.
Last year, a new exit and entry frontier inspection system was
put in use at the airport. Three more systems: passenger
self-inspection, advanced passenger information (API), and mobile
passenger inspection, are being designed for more efficient
services and all will be introduced before the Games.
The API system will pass on passenger information to the
inspection station as soon as passengers disembark, cutting down on
waiting time.
A special mobile inspection service will help ease the pressure
at the fixed checkpoints during peak times.
At the No 2 and the now under-construction No 3 terminals,
mobile inspection vans will be driven to aircraft as soon as they
land so that passengers can leave the airport from the apron.
Man said, if necessary, the mobile vans will be also used in the
Olympic Village to provide exit inspection services for athletes,
coaches and officials.
(China Daily May 17, 2007)