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Emergency evacuation from airports: Rethinking the standard of care

17 November 2016 | By

Airports are encountering an increase in threats from terrorist activities, which has resulted in a marked increase in the number of terminal emergency evacuations due to both real events and false alarms. Michael Ferreira, Vice President Development for Aviation & Transportation at Jensen Hughes, provides an overview of new dynamic…

Calculated risk

17 November 2016 | By

In today’s turbulent times airport security officials are repeatedly questioning whether airports should move away from blanket security checks and adopt the risk-based security approach. Dr Simon A. Bennett, Director of the Civil Safety and Security Unit at the University of Leicester, weighs up the pros and cons of risk-based…

Keeping the airport moving during winter

16 November 2016 | By Dan Meincke, Director of Traffic and Airside Operations, Copenhagen Airport

With more than 26 million passengers travelling through annually, Copenhagen has a duty to ensure its passengers can reach their destinations in all weather conditions. Dan Meincke reveals how a first class snow alert crew and cross-functional collaboration ensures on-time best performance...

Beacons are much more than a techie fad

3 November 2016 | By Ron Reed, Director, Business Intelligence Portfolio, SITA

Why are beacons so appealing to airports the world over? In a nutshell, beacons make it possible for airports and airport vendors to know where people are and send them relevant, personalised information. The information might be a gate number, a baggage carousel, flight status, or even a passenger’s favourite…