King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), Saudi Arabia’s third largest airport, has deployed the Avigilon HD Surveillance System in 13 parking lots, its terminal lobbies, duty free shops, retail market, restaurants and coffee shops to capture, review, and store evidence.
"The Avigilon HD Surveillance System gives us the tools to effectively review and take appropriate action as quickly as possible to resolve conflicts and secure parking lots, terminal lobbies, duty free shops, restaurants, retail market, and coffee shops," said Adel Safadi, manager of CCTV and Video Analytics Systems at Al Musbah Trading Group, responsible for this CCTV at KAIA. "Using Avigilon Control Center software, we can retrieve superior evidence at a phenomenal speed-the search capabilities are truly unrivaled."
A total of 274 Avigilon HD cameras ranging from 1 MP to 16 MP provide complete coverage of the airport’s parking lots, terminal lobbies, duty free shops, restaurants, retail market and coffee shops. All the Canadian manufacturer’s HD cameras are streamed and monitored around the clock in the airport’s control room. Security staff manage the system using Avigilon Control Center Enterprise Network Video Management Software (NVMS) with HD Stream Management, which was built from the ground up to manage HD video.
Security officers can navigate and manage the 274 cameras, delivering evidence to facilitate investigations, monitor inventory levels, and ensure best practices in all covered areas. The airport lowered installation and labour costs by reducing the number of cameras required from 2100 analogue-based cameras to the HD cameras. KAIA reports that it was also able to achieve superior image quality with it is claimed minimal network bandwidth requirements.
"The Avigilon HD Surveillance System delivers high image quality, ease-of-management, and reliability to ensure fast and accurate resolution of incidents in the airport’s covered areas," said Keith Marett, director of marketing and communications at Avigilon. "At the same time, the airport has been able to lower installation and management costs, along with bandwidth requirements, for greater operational efficiencies."
