The new airline company, Soaring Eagles, wants to optimise the check-in process of their passengers - NSC Information Technology - Question 3 - 2017 - Paper 1

To determine the number of check-in counters (columns) required based on the number of passengers in the arrPassengers array, follow these steps:

1. Determine Number of Counters: Using conditional statements, check the number of elements in the arrPassengers array:

   • If there are 1 to 9 passengers, set counters to 1.
   • If there are 10 to 16 passengers, set counters to 2.
   • If there are 17 to 24 passengers, set counters to 3.
   • For more than 24 passengers, set counters to 4.

2. Determine Number of Rows: Calculate the number of rows needed, which is determined by dividing the number of passengers by the number of counters. Round up if necessary.

3. Sort Passengers: Implement a sorting algorithm to arrange passengers in the array according to their flight information. This would involve:

   • Using an outer loop to iterate through each passenger.
   • Applying an inner loop to compare and swap elements to achieve the correct order.

4. Copy Passengers' Information to 2D Array/Grid: Create a 2D array to represent the queues. Use nested loops to populate it:

   • First loop through rows to determine the passenger's queue.
   • Use a counter to manage the number of passengers assigned to each queue based on their arrival order.
   • Ensure the correct indexing to copy data from the 1D passenger array to the 2D queue representation.

5. Display Passengers in Queues: Implement a display function that prints out the headings and passenger details:

   • Loop through each row and column of the 2D array to present each passenger’s information clearly.
   • Ensure to include the total counts of passengers in each queue.