Keeping runways safe
Joseph K W Cheong, Technical Officer in the Airport Operations and Interoperability Section at ICAO, reveals how the new global reporting format promises to reduce runway excursions.
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Joseph K W Cheong, Technical Officer in the Airport Operations and Interoperability Section at ICAO, reveals how the new global reporting format promises to reduce runway excursions.
9 June 2016 | By Lilly-Sophie Gerlach, HYVE Innovation Community GmbH and Richa Bhasin, Fraport AG
The Frankfurt Airport Innovation Challenge has launched to bring in ideas for new innovations at Frankfurt Airport – submission deadline is June 28, 2016...
With the streamlining of operational costs and consumers looking for ever more customised services, airports are increasingly looking towards new ground services providers to assist day-to-day operations. Ricardo Aitken and Stuart Matheson, from IATA, believe that there are seven golden rules of ground service Request for Proposal management…
The railway may have been the economic engine of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. But the aerotropolis – specifically, an airport and its cluster of aviation-linked businesses and commercial operations – is destined to be the economic engine of the 21st century. But compared to other…
24 May 2016 | By International Airport Review
Read the free-to-view digital version of Issue #3 2016 of International Airport Review magazine...
24 May 2016 | By International Airport Review
In this Ground Handling supplement: Keeping runways safe - Joseph K W Cheong, ICAO; Coordinating your ground support - Diego Alonso Tabares, Airbus
With air travel expected to reach seven billion passengers by 2034, Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security, reveals how the air transport industry is planning for the future...
Laurent Delétraz, Sales and Business Development Manager at air traffic management solutions provider, skyguide, discusses implementation of the new RNAV approaches in Sweden...
What was once just disturbed by substantial mining activities is now by far the biggest building site in Turkey. More than 13,000 people are currently working on the construction site in the district of Arnavutköy on the Black Sea coast, just 40km away from the centre of Istanbul on the…
24 May 2016 | By International Airport Review
In December 2015 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines became the first airline in the world to deploy a socially-aware robot to help passengers navigate their way through the airport. The trial, which took place at Amsterdam Schiphol, raises the question of whether there is a place for robotics in the customer…
24 May 2016 | By Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A.
Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A., explains how birdstrikes and wildlife hazard control can be integrated into an airport’s safety management system...
The ‘insider threat’ is emerging as one of airport security’s greatest nemeses. Lauren Stover, Director of Security at Miami International Airport, believes that the key to mitigation lies in behaviour detection training. After all, technology comes and goes but the ability to detect anomalies in behaviour will always be of…
24 May 2016 | By Airways New Zealand
Queenstown Airport is the gateway to one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations and is experiencing unprecedented growth. Its alpine terrain and fluctuating weather also make the aviation environment challenging for air transport operations. Airways New Zealand reveals how a major lighting and infrastructure upgrade is making evening flights…
24 May 2016 | By IATA
In 2007 IATA launched the ‘Fast Travel’ initiative to help airports around the world provide fast and hassle-free journeys to their passengers. In this article, IATA reviews the strengths of the initiative and considers how, in today’s digital world, airports can harness mobile technology to create seamless travel...
24 May 2016 | By Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim, from the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University
With annual enplanements expected to reach 1.2 billion by 2032 it’s important that airports consider sustainable pavement design solutions. Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim, from the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, discuss the implications on airside pavement design for large hub airports...