Big data

Airports’ IT spending to top $4.6 billion by 2023, new analysis claims

6 June 2018 | By International Airport Review

Biometrics, blockchain, analysis and artificial intelligence are all contributing to a growth in IT spending.

Passenger Data Privacy: there is one traveler identity management Platform Certified in Privacy by Design. That is Orchestra™

8 May 2018 | By Vision-Box

For the first time, passenger information can now be managed by a software based on certified principles. University of Ryerson granted the Privacy By Design Certification to Identity Management Platform Orchestra™ by Vision-Box.

Aviation’s big data challenge – an interview with Huawei’s Frédéric Comtet

5 April 2018 | By George Smith (International Airport Review)

Aviation is booming. Pre-recession growth rates have reasserted themselves and airports are bracing for a coming flood. Often, this preparation is focussed on physical infrastructure, how they will create more space to accommodate the numbers. But airports ignore data at their peril. With a deluge of passengers comes a deluge…

Huawei announces strategic partnership with IATA

23 March 2018 | By International Airport Review

Telecommunications giant Huawei will play a key role in the advancement of the global aviation industry after joining IATA's Strategic Partnership Programme.

Airfare data and your airport – a Q&A with Infare’s Harald Eisenaecher

9 March 2018 | By George Smith (International Airport Review), Harald Eisenaecher | Chief Commercial Officer | Infare

Ahead of its webinar on the value of airfare big data to airports on Wednesday March 14, we caught up with Infare's new Chief Commercial Officer Harald Eisenaecher to hear his thoughts about the dynamic role big data plays in the aviation sector and what potential it holds.

Bahrain International Airport opens portable data centre

6 March 2018 | By International Airport Review

Gulf Business Machines (GBM) have designed and supplied a containerised data centre (CDC) for Bahrain International Airport.

Webinar Review: Addressing the challenges of Total Airport Management

7 December 2017 | By Ade Edwards, Andrew Evans | Airport Operations & Systems Expert | Leidos, John Bissett | Business and Account Director | Leidos

On 22 November 2017, International Airport Review hosted a webinar in association with Leidos, which explored how best to deal with the complexities of airport ecosystems in the context of the whole airport process. Here Leidos colleagues John Bissett (Business and Account Director), Ade Edwards (Technical Director – Global Airports),…

NATS

Gate Check: Why It’s Time to Design Airports For People

4 September 2017 | By Samuel Engel | Global Managing Director | ICF Aviation

Within the travel industry, airports strive to create a memorable (and positive) passenger experience to generate higher revenue and stronger customer loyalty. Some have found more success than others (though usually in small increments), but until airports start taking a fundamentally different – and holistic – approach to consumer experience,…

ICAO Secretary General encourages Cuba’s leadership on data analysis

2 August 2017 | By International Airport Review, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Throughout an intensive series of addresses and bilateral meetings undertaken in Cuba last week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu encouraged Cuba’s leadership to continue pursuing and leading on pragmatic and proactive approaches to sustainable aviation development for economic and social progress, particularly with regards to data analysis and aviation…

Streamlining security with Copenhagen Optimization’s Better Airport solution

27 July 2017 | By Kasper Hounsgaard (Copenhagen Optimization)

Kasper Hounsgaard, Managing Partner of Copenhagen Optimization, introduces Better Airport® – a cloud-based platform for the planning of all operational areas in an airport – and explains the benefits the solution offers.

The on-demand traveller: how data is changing air travel expectations

13 July 2017 | By John Grant | Senior Analyst | OAG

John Grant, Senior Analyst at OAG discusses the implications of Generation Z on air travel.

Undaunted by big data: Embracing the revolution in the world of airport

3 July 2017 | By Claire Blejean | Helios

Helios' Claire Blejean unveils the incredible potential of big data for the world of aviation and airport.

KLM to optimise flight simulator capacity with Quintiq

27 June 2017 | By International Airport Review

Quintiq announces its partnership extension with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) to optimize the airline’s flight simulator capacity.

Normalising intelligent artificial voice systems in airports

7 June 2017 | By Robert Hazeleger | Business Development & Marketing Manager | Aviavox, Roy Manuell | Junior Editor

What are intelligent artificial voice systems and how might they benefit airports? Robert Hazeleger Business Development & Marketing Manager at Aviavox investigates...