Joe Bates looks back at some of the highlights of the recent SMART Airports & Regions Conference and Exhibition in El Paso. Airport leader panels moderated by CNNâs Nick Valencia helped draw a crowd of around 300 delegates to the opening sessions of the SMART Airports & Regions Conference and Exhibition in El Paso, Texas, […]
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has issued BBB+/Stable credit ratings on Guam International Airport Authorityâs (GIAA) General Revenue Bonds. The move follows Moody’s Investors Serviceâs decision to assign a Baa2 ratings to the senior General Revenue Bonds 2019 Series A (AMT) ($20.01 million) and 2019 Series B (Taxable) ($20.6 million) that GIAA â the operator of […]
Ghana Airports Company Limited has signed a five year deal with SITA to manage and support all airport passenger processing, baggage management, and airport operations systems across Kotoka International Airportâs newly commissioned Terminal 3. The agreement, an extension to the Accra’s gateway’s existing deal with the technology solutions provider, follows the successful deployment of SITA’s […]
ACI World director general, Angela Gittens, reflects on the topic of cybersecurity and the organisationâs efforts to develop products and services to help airports prepare for and mitigate cyber-attacks. Cyber security continues to be a real concern for the aviation sector, with threats expected to increase in number and impact for the foreseeable future. All […]
ACI Worldâs communications manager, Sabrina Guerrieri, reports on the latest traffic trends, the relaunch of the Smart Security programme and ACIâs Vision 2040 for air transport security. ACI World has released the latest World Airport Traffic Report showing passenger growth resilience despite global uncertainty. Passenger numbers are estimated to have reached 8.8 billion in 2018, […]
Ideas typically come from pain points. We all have them. I wish I could invent a device to fold my laundry, writes Winnipeg Richardson International Airport’s vice president for aviation marketing, Scott Marohn. Still havenât made that machine yet. But thatâs for another day. I am going to stick to air service development here. So, what was […]
Los Angeles International Airport is set to open LAX-it at the end of the month, a new “amenity rich” centralised area where departing passengers can pick-up taxis and ride app services. It hopes that the new area will make for a better experience for passengers seeking a cab ride away from LAX and help ease […]
Miami International Airport yesterday unveiled its new state-of-the-art, fully automated baggage handling system to the world. The Florida gateway’s new $324-million system, funded in part by a $101.2-million grant from the TSA, doubles the speed and efficiency of baggage screening and delivery for flights in MIA’s Central and South terminals. “This innovative system is a huge step forward in MIA’s […]
Ed Balls, the UK’s former Shadow Chancellor, gave the keynote speech at Gatwickâs Transport Forum on Friday. The event is designed to create an integrated approach to transport provision across the region and around 150 transport service providers and manufacturers, local authority transport officers and community representatives attended. The audience received updates on major projects, […]
Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam has been named ‘Asia’s Leading New Airport 2019’ at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia & Oceania. Developed by the Sun Group, and completed in late 2018, Vietnam’s first privately built commerical gateway is the first airport in the country to receive the accolade. “This is a huge source of pride […]
VINCI today launched work to upgrade the runways and runway lighting system at Toulon HyĂšres Airport in France. VINCI Airports began operating the airport in 2015 under a 25-year French government concession awarded by the Direction GĂ©nĂ©rale de lâAviation Civile (DGAC) and the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. As one of France’s three combined civil and […]
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: IT Innovation Airport report: BogotĂĄ Special report: SMART Airports review Plus: People-friendly design & branding Airport World editor, Joe Bates, reflects on the enabling power of new technology at the same time as not forgetting the importance of the human touch in air travel. The IT crowd If I am being perfectly honest here, given the choice, I […]