SMART TALK
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 CNN’s Nick Valencia...
STANDARD & POORS ISSUES FAVOURABLE BOND RATING FOR GUAM GATEWAY
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has issued BBB+/Stable credit ratings on Guam International Airport Authority’s (GIAA) General Revenue Bonds. The move follows Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to assign a Baa2 ratings...
NEW TECHNOLOGY DEAL FOR SITA AT KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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 Airport’s...
VIEW FROM THE TOP
ACI World director general, Angela Gittens, reflects on the topic of cybersecurity and the organisation’s efforts to develop products and services to help airports prepare for and mitigate cyber-attacks. Cyber...
WORLD IN MOTION
ACI World’s communications manager, Sabrina Guerrieri, reports on the latest traffic trends, the relaunch of the Smart Security programme and ACI’s Vision 2040 for air transport security. ACI World has...
BLOG: EUREKA MOMENT IN THE SKY
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...
LAX TO OPEN CENTRALISED PICK-UP POINT FOR TAXIS AND RIDE APPS
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...
MIA UNVEILS ITS NEW BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM
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...
ED BALLS GUEST OF HONOUR AT GATWICK’S TRANSPORT FORUM
Ed Balls, the UK’s former Shadow Chancellor, gave the keynote speech at Gatwick’s Transport Forum on Friday. The event is designed to create an integrated approach to transport provision across...
AWARD FOR VIETNAM’S NEW VAN DON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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...
VINCI TO UPGRADE TOULON HYÈRES AIRPORT
VINCI today launched work to upgrade the runways and runway lighting system at Toulon Hyères Airport in France. VINCI Airports began operating the airport in 2015 under a 25-year French...
AIRPORT WORLD 2019, ISSUE 05
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: IT Innovation Airport report: Bogotá 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...