Phytium CPUs Achieve Large-scale Deployment at Jinan Airport with 100% Domestic Technology

As the summer travel rush kicks off, another milestone has been achieved in China’s civil aviation sector toward technological self-reliance. With support from TravelSky and Phytium, Shandong Airlines has completed a full upgrade of kiosks at Jinan Airport — achieving 100% domestication in both hardware and software. This represents the first large-scale commercial promotion of Phytium CPU implemented in the airline departure application market.

Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport, as an important aviation hub in East China, has an average daily passenger traffic of over 100,000. Since June 14, the KIOSK self-service system independently developed by TravelSky has been fully upgraded across the airport, replacing traditional chips and Microsoft operating systems. The system adopts a new combination of Phytium Tengrui D2000 processor with Kylin OS, together with TravelSky’s autonomous KIOSK software, enabling clustered deployment of 16 self-service kiosks. Through seamless coordination among Phytium, TravelSky and Shandong Airlines, the new system was successfully put into service in less than a month, demonstrating the solid, self-controllable strength of Phytium CPUs.

The Phytium CPU-empowered KIOSK system not only enables passengers to get through with the standard self check-in process, but also supports services such as self rescheduling, self printing of itinerary and QR-code-based payment for cabin upgrade. In the first two weeks of operation, the system demonstrated stable and reliable performance, and successfully handled more than 40,000 self check-ins, nearly 200 itinerary printouts, and more than 100 scan-to-upgrade services.

In recent years, Phytium has been actively expanding its presence in civil aviation. Earlier this year, the first Phytium-based security check management system as the first full-stack IT application innovation in China was established and put into operation at Harbin Taiping International Airport, providing reliable support for the 9th Asian Winter Games. Recently, a self-reliant and controllable freight forwarding system based on Phytium CPU was completed and accepted at Urumqi Airport. It is the first airport freight depot in China to incorporate fully self-reliant and controllable technologies for the production system for freight forwarding, which enables digital control over the whole chain from freight security check to loading and unloading. The large-scale application of Phytium CPUs in civil aviation marks a substantial breakthrough in China’s efforts to achieve technological independence in critical information infrastructure.

China’s civil aviation industry is undergoing a critical period of intelligent transformation, where the self-reliance and controllability of IT system has become a strategic stronghold. The successful application of Phytium CPUs at Jinan, Urumqi and Harbin Airports has set up a model of “safe, reliable, efficient and convenient” localization for the industry. With further application of Phytium chips in more projects, Chinese-made chips will continue to expand their application scenarios in civil aviation and promote the reconstruction and upgrading of the industry’s technology ecosystem.