It updates the EDS designed and implemented Flight Information Display System, which includes more than 1,000 monitors located throughout the airport's common areas, gates and offices. It also feeds an interactive voice response system and McCarran's Web site. Both the database and network were designed to make integrating new technologies easy. They also support McCarran's goal of common use, the notion that any airline should be able to use any gate or ticket counter. The Result McCarran patrons access timely and reliable flight information in the airport or in their homes.
Some airlines use the information to improve efficiency in their back office operations.
McCarran's DOA employees can access the information they need for analysis in planning and controlling airport resources. And, because the data has the same look and feel regardless of where it's displayed, DOA employees don't have to learn to use multiple systems. McCarran now has the reliable, common, open technology it needs to support future growth and common use. Finally, McCarran International Airport has gained a reputation as a forward thinker. In 1998, it was a top-five finalist for a Computerworld Smithsonian Award for innovative IT solutions.