Global airports are achieving major throughput gains through advanced security screening, but success depends as much on people and processes as on technology.
Chris Walker, San Diego International Airport’s Manager of Planning, Noise & Environment, explains how collaboration, monitoring and transparency underpin the airport’s approach to managing aircraft noise.
George Ioannou, King Salman International Airport’s Director of Innovation, argues airports must focus on adopting and scaling open innovation rather than sourcing ideas.
As airports face growing demand and limited room for physical expansion, operators are turning to smarter slot management, digital apron systems, flexible gates and process improvements to unlock capacity from existing infrastructure.
At the AirportsUK Annual Conference, chair Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith urged the government to back its growth agenda with action on business rates, while Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander set out progress on airport expansion, SAF and airspace modernisation.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport and the Brandenburg state police have run a joint emergency exercise, rehearsing their response to a demonstration that escalates into fires, injuries and a breach of the airport’s aviation security area during a fictitious state visit.
ACI EUROPE and A4E say border staffing shortfalls, unstable IT systems and limited use of automated gates are behind queues of up to five hours, and want the European Commission and Member States to act.
iGA Academy sets out how connecting structured aviation training with the operational environment of iGA Istanbul Airport can help address the industry’s growing skills requirement.
A modern airport is far more than a passenger terminal and runways. This is the approach being taken in the development of Poland’s new national airport and Port Polska, the country’s largest infrastructure project.