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Airport Construction & Design supplement 2015

28 September 2015 | By Nick Barton, Ken O’Toole, Jurgen Renner

In this Airport Construction & Design supplement: Nick Barton, CEO at London Luton Airport shares their ambitious plans to expand by 50%, Ken O’Toole, Managing Director at Manchester Airport discusses the ‘Manchester Airport Transformation Programme’, and Jurgen Renner from IATA Consulting explains how to improve and optimise the LoS of…

The role of ANSPs in European aviation

28 September 2015 | By Guenter Martis, Director European Affairs at CANSO

Air traffic management (ATM) provided by air navigation service providers (ANSPs) is the invisible part of the air transport value chain but it is the essential enabler for the air transport system. In this article Guenter Martis, Director European Affairs at CANSO, will lay out what ANSPs are doing to…

Are you part of EUROCONTROL’s Network Manager Operations Centre (NMOC)?

28 September 2015 | By Joe Sultana, Director Network Manager at EUROCONTROL

EUROCONTROL’s Network Manager Operations Centre (NMOC) covers the air traffic over 42 countries – from Ireland to Armenia and from Morocco to Finland. So it has a good idea of what is happening in Europe’s airspace – but not always what is happening on the ground. Although some airports are…

Sustainability initiatives helping airports address climate change

28 September 2015 | By Katherine Preston, Senior Director for Environmental Affairs at ACI-NA

Katherine Preston, Senior Director for Environmental Affairs at ACI-NA, explores the challenges of climate change for the airport industry and identifies what steps airports in the U.S. and Canada are taking by increasing the resiliency of their infrastructure and facilities...

Assessing runway wake turbulence

28 September 2015 | By Bo Redeborn, Independent Aviation Consultant

Wake turbulence behind aircraft has always been an issue. Approximately 50 years ago, when bigger aircraft became part of normal operations, ICAO developed provisions for how to address this risk. The solution was to allocate all aircraft based on MTOW into three categories – light, medium and heavy – and…

Working together to combat the threat of climate change

28 September 2015 | By Michael Gill, Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG)

Michael Gill is Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) – the only global association that represents all sectors of the air transport industry. Its mission is to promote aviation’s sustainable growth for the benefit of global society. Here, Michael explains why this year is important where climate…

Baggage Handling supplement 2015

22 September 2015 | By Andrew Price, Heini Noronen-Juhola, Christian Noack

In this Baggage Handling supplement: IATA’s keeping baggage on track, Finavia speeds up air travel with the latest technology; The physically demanding field of ground handling...

Systematic Threat Assessment: how to adapt security measures

27 August 2015 | By

To prevent acts of unlawful interference against civil aviation, knowledge about new threats is of fundamental importance when it comes to the adaption of airport security measures in an efficient and effective way. But which sources have to be tapped into and how must different emerging threats be weighted? The…

Glasgow Airport’s investment in new security technology

26 August 2015 | By

With 30 airlines serving more than 110 destinations worldwide, including Canada, the US, the Caribbean, Europe, North Africa and the Gulf, Glasgow Airport is Scotland’s principal long-haul airport. In addition to being Scotland’s largest charter hub, Glasgow Airport serves more Scottish destinations than any other airport and is a key…

Maintaining optimum capacities in the highest safety standards

22 August 2015 | By

“During winter it is a must for Paris CDG airport, one of the major world airport hubs, to be open and keep optimum capacity in the highest safety standards. It is a critical challenge that Aéroports de Paris completes” – Franck Goldnadel, Airport Operations VP and Paris CDG Airport Director.…

In Profile: John Swift – Director, NATS Middle East

6 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, International Airport Review

John Swift, Director at NATS Middle East, talks to international Airport Review about his 27- year career within the Aviation sector and Air Traffic Control business, his role at NATS, anticipating significant regional challenges and suggesting what will help to address them.