IBM to Work on Building Shanghai Airport Software-System

(WSJ) International Business Machines Corp. agreed to work with the Shanghai Airport Authority to build a software system to help manage operations at the city's Hongqiao International Airport.

The computer maker said Thursday that the project would help the airport anticipate flight arrivals by tracking a large amount of data about air traffic coming into and leaving Hongqiao International. It would also help the airport manage other operations, such as the flow of taxis.

Financial terms weren't disclosed.

The contract follows an IBM project completed in March that it said helped reduce delays.

Source: Wall Street Journal by Paul Mozur