Air passenger traffic in the Middle East is set to increase by 8.7 per cent in the coming years, said a top executive of a Swiss cabling firm.

Reichle and De-Massari (R&M), the Swiss cabling specialist, has advised airport operators that the installation of high performance future proof cabling is the foundation for a robust and reliable network infrastructure, capable of handling current and future airport traffic network needs.

Despite the slowdown in other regions, the Middle East’s aviation sector has seen limited effect and is the only region witnessing increases in air traffic.

Fuelled by growing demand for air travel, the 12 major airports across the Middle East are set to invest $86 billion in expanding and upgrading existing infrastructure over the next decade to handle passenger flow.

“Airport operators in the Middle East are under increasing pressure to serve growing passenger traffic as the region’s airports prepare to become global travel hubs,” said Jean Pierre Labry, managing director of R&M Middle East and Africa.

“R&M advises deploying high performance cabling as an integral part of an airport’s reliable and secure network infrastructure.”

The Swiss cabling specialist also noted that a fail proof and secure network infrastructure is essential to safeguard against connection failures which result in data loss and potentially more significant damage.

Airport operations are particularly sensitive to any connection failures, and thus require the highest levels of security for both passive and active components.

“R&M’s airport cabling product portfolio delivers faultless network performance coupled with scalability,” Labry added.

“By deploying scalable solutions with forward looking designs and modularity, airport operators are able to serve current and future network demands while extending the life of a key part of the infrastructure. Over time, performance is optimised while savings are ongoing and significant,” he concluded. – TradeArabia News Service