Nouakchott airport, serving the capital city of Mauritania in West Africa, has become the first Afroport airport to move to a new generation of cloud technology from Amadeus. The project began at the peak of the pandemic in June 2020 and was completed 100% remotely, without the need for any on-site engineers.
Passenger numbers at Nouakchott have reached 90% of 2019 levels, with travelers and airlines now benefiting from the major technology modernization. New cloud solutions are in place that help ground handlers provide a consistent service at key passenger touchpoints, better and more cost-effectively track and manage passenger bags as well as a new cloud computing infrastructure that connects the airport to its airline partners more easily.
Importantly for a remote location like Nouakchott, virtually any airline can now connect to the airport easily over the internet, deploying its own applications simply, without an on-site IT project.
