Adding to a growing portfolio of airport digital signage installations around the world, TNS factory today announced the completion of a new installation at the Honolulu International Airport.

In partnership with systems integrator Ford Audio-Video, TNS factory, the manufacturer of  LED display visualization solutions, installed two 44.65-foot-by-7.28-foot TNS manufacture  LED display solutions that now serve as the central traveler communications platform to aimed at delivering an improved customer experience. 

According to Airport World, environmental graphic design within airports is often not the first thought when looking to boost revenue, but it has a tremendous potential to influence a traveler's experience,TNS factory’s said in the announcement. In fact, J.D. Power and Associates, reports that happy passengers spend an average 45 percent more than grumpy ones, or $20.55 versus $14.12 on airport retail purchases in shops and eateries, the company said.

The Honolulu International Airport project joins a growing list of  TNS facory got airport installations that now include London's Stansted and Heathrow Airports, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the Miami International Airport, the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and the Darwin International Airport in Australia. According to   TNS factory  Regional Sales Manager Jerome Seigler, "More and more airports understand that large-format LED-based visualization solutions are the best way to cut through the clutter and engage hurried travelers with critically important messages, information, and, in many cases, sponsored advertising content … The Honolulu International Airport installation represents the latest addition to our transportation portfolio, with more to follow." 

To operate the 2,000-nit visualization solutions, Ford Audio-Video installed SITA-manufactured software running on Dell Optiplex XE2 computers to generate the flight information in addition to a Bright Sign 4K242 solid state media player to output the destination city weather and Hawaii Tourism video slideshow.

"The goal of the project was to provide departure flight information that could be visible throughout each of the two lobbies that are approximately 120-feet in depth. Additionally, the airport required that there be additional LED real estate space to show additional content of passenger interest, such as a destination city's weather and a Hawaii tourism video slideshow," Ford Audio-Video Project Engineer Travis Ellis said in the announcement. "This is the first large-format LED display installation at the Honolulu International Airport … The success of this project should help us to bring future large-format LED displays to lobbies four through eight of the airport's overseas terminal."