Liverpool city region airport tech firm Azinq secures deal with JFK International in New York, one of the world’s busiest airports. Tony McDonough reports

Liverpool city region airport tech firm Azinq will see its cloud-based Airport Hive system used at one of the world’s busiest airports.

Azinq, which is based at the city region’s science and innovation campus Sci-Tech Daresbury, has secured a deal with JFK International in New York where its technology will be utilised in Terminal 4 (T4).

It is delivering a full suite of products to manage T4’s schedule planning, flight operations, aero billing, modern methods of data sharing, and more. This technology will transform the airport’s operational database into a streamlined end-to-end system.

This partnership has been reached in collaboration with the connected operations platform provider, Copenhagen Optimization, which is providing its cloud-based resource management system, Better Airport, in combination with Azinq’s Airport Hive.

Introducing this new technology is a key component in the $1.5bn redevelopment of T4. JFK is integrating self-service tools, digital signage, and improved passenger flow systems.

Azinq’s Airport Hive uses technology such as microservices, real-time event streaming, and REST APIs that enable other systems to connect and share data with the airport effortlessly.

Unlike traditional systems, Airport Hive enables the airport to rapidly innovate with full access to all its data including full auditing and system monitoring information.

Chris Taylor, co-chief executive and founder of Azinq, said: “It’s an incredible achievement to work in partnership with Copenhagen Optimization to fulfil an AODB and billing replacement to JFK International Airport using our Airport Hive suite.

“This fully cloud-based solution will accelerate JFK’s innovation, so it’s fantastic to play a key part in the airport’s continued development.

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“It brings us great pride to elevate the quality and scale of services for a world-renowned aviation powerhouse like JFK, where we’re leading on airport operations, optimisation, and data sharing to transform the future of JFK Airport’s AODB.

“We look forward to continuing to showcase Airport Hive on the world stage from our base here at Sci-Tech Daresbury.”

John Leake, business growth director at Sci-Tech Daresbury, added: “Azinq has continued to build impressive momentum since joining our campus, quickly establishing itself as a key member of our community.”