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Airport Passenger Processing: Moving closer to seamless travel
The air transport industry has promoted the idea of seamless travel for many years. IATA’s vision for its current Fast Travel program is that 80% of passengers be offered a complete suite of self-service options based on industry standards. What that means for the passenger is a faster and smoother…
Airport Profile: Vancouver International Airport set to become a world class hub
2 June 2015 | By Craig Richmond, President & CEO of Vancouver Airport Authority
Canada’s second busiest airport, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is working to become a world class, sustainable connecting hub. Craig Richmond, President & CEO of Vancouver Airport Authority, explains how YVR plans to accomplish this by creating a gateway between Asia and the Americas, advancing air policies and delivering remarkable customer…
Friction Testing: In search of better measurements for improved safety
2 June 2015 | By Frank B Holt
As part of ASTM International Committee E17’s ongoing work to understand and develop standards for friction testing, former Chairman Frank B Holt describes the challenges and the progress being made to harmonise the measurement process across a range of devices...
Foreign Object Detection: Smart airport pavement health monitoring
2 June 2015 | By Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim of Iowa State University
In light of several incidents of runway cracking and blowup in the last few years, Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim of Iowa State University’s Program for Sustainable Pavement Engineering and Research (PROSPER) review ‘smart’ technologies that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of surface monitoring...
Enhancing air traffic control in Spain
2 June 2015 | By Gonzalo Cañete, Managing Director, FerroNATS
In 2010 the Spanish government decided that the time had come to open the national air traffic control sector up to competition in search of efficiency gains. Having won responsibility for nine control towers throughout the country, FerroNATS has seen 35 million passengers and over 500,000 flights pass through its…
New pavement technology for Seattle-Tacoma’s runway reconstruction
2 June 2015 | By Michael Ehl, Director of Aviation Operations, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Having been in service since the 1960s, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s centre runway is undergoing a major reconstruction to bring it up to modern standards. As Director of Aviation Operations Michael Ehl describes, the development is also an opportunity to introduce new lighting and safety systems...
Keeping Riga International Airport flying through the fog
With an ageing lighting system causing visibility problems at Riga International Airport, the time had come to invest in a major upgrade to bring it up to CAT II standard. However, the single runway airport, the busiest in the Baltic region, – had to remain fully operational. Dzintra Jātniece, Director…
Effective training for ground operations necessary for skill set
Tim Meagher, Ground Operations Inspector with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA) examines the changing face of ground operations and how training can be optimised to ensure safety and make the most of changing skills demands.
Managing the world’s largest A380 operation in Dubai
Imagine offloading over 500 passengers, their luggage, and up to 38 unit load devices (ULDs) from an Airbus A380 aircraft so it’s ready to welcome 500 more passengers, their luggage and another 38 ULDs. Now imagine doing that more than 50 times a day. In Dubai, that’s the reality for…
Houston’s approach to accommodating the Airbus A380
27 May 2015 | By Jeffrey K.A. Brown, Houston Airport System
With the arrival of the first two Airbus A380 arriving at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Chief Development Officer Jeffrey K.A. Brown explains the airports approach to accommodating the aircraft through infrastructure and ground handling operations.
Meeting the challenge: Runway lighting serviceability
Brisbane Airport Corporation is aiming for world’s best practice in airfield ground lighting, and in doing so it has developed an award winning maintenance cycle which has improved both reliability and safety. General Manager – Assets Khrishan Tangri explains the process.
Better together: Airports in the era of integrated airspace management
Airports are complex places—there are many constraints, some landside and some airside, and all airports need efficient access to airspace. This is especially important at large and complex airports, which typically become constrained by available flightpaths for arrivals and departures as they expand. Smaller airports can also benefit from airspace…
Sochi International Airport: Russia under wide Open Skies
Sochi International Airport, the main port of entry for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, gained Open Skies status in October 2014. This will help it to attract new carriers, boost passenger traffic and improve Sochi’s tourism attractiveness, explains Andrey Elinson, Chair of the Board at airport operator Basel Aero.
Improving passenger screening at Václav Havel Airport Prague
Marek Najman, Security Training Manager at Václav Havel Airport Prague explains how it has modernised both in the technology it uses and in its approach to passenger processing in order to improve threat detection as well as the individual experience.
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