San Diego International Airport’s new Terminal 1 was designed for the passenger experience, writes Terence Young, aviation leader, design director and principal at Gensler. Throughout my architectural career I have designed airports around the world from LAX to Incheon, and over the years I’ve seen how the aviation industry responds to trends, with each new […]
President and CEO, Hag-Jae Lee, talks to Joe Bates about the success, ambitions and future development plans of Incheon International Airport. HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR FIRST TWO YEARS IN THE HOT-SEAT AT INCHEON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CORPORATION? I have enjoyed it and, from day one, have felt deep gratitude for the rare opportunity to […]
We find out more about the growth, development and expansion plans of Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan’s air gateway to the world. With passenger traffic on the rise, a newly extended concession agreement for Airports International Group (AIG) and plans underway for the next phase of its infrastructure development, these are busy times for Jordan’s […]
The topping out ceremony has been held for the world’s first commercial vertiport ‘DXV’ located next to Dubai International Airport in the UAE. It is being built by Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) in collaboration with the Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). According to its developers, DXV is now 60% complete, with construction running on schedule for […]
Britain’s pilots are urging UK Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, to “future-proof” plans for Heathrow’s third runway. British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) general secretary, Amy Leversidge, wants Alexander to ensure that the winning bid provides sufficient additional capacity and flexibility to protect the airport against any future need for expansion. There are currently two bids to […]
Joe Bates takes a whistle-stop tour across the Asia-Pacific & Middle East region to find examples of innovation and excellence in terms of hospitality and customer service initiatives. Ever inventive Changi Airport Group (CAG) has unveiled the world’s first outdoor bamboo garden at an airport. Located a short walking distance from the Hub & Spoke […]
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Immigration has become the first authority in the world to introduce biometric corridors at scale with new biometrics on-the-move technology. This brand-new innovation from Amadeus uses AI-enabled biometrics to validate passenger identities “in motion” through wide corridors, rather than stopping to manually present documents to a border guard or at a […]
Finavia and the Vantaa Light Rail Alliance are working together to develop a plan for the location of an airport stop for the newly approved transport link. “We are very pleased with the decision that the political decision-makers of Vantaa were ready to give the Vantaa Light Rail Alliance a mandate to plan the light […]
Sumesh Patel, SITA’s president for Asia Pacific, considers some of the technologies that will transform the passenger experience at airports in the decades to come. The air traveller journey is entering its most profound transformation in decades, and across the Asia-Pacific region, airports face an unrelenting challenge of having to serve record numbers of travellers […]
The remarkable performance of aviation in Western Australia continues with Perth Airport posting a new all-time record for total passenger numbers for the second time in just four months. The total passenger numbers figure for October came in at 1.66 million, easily cruising past the previous record of 1.61 million which was only set in […]
Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.37 million passengers and 34,465 aircraft movements in October, representing year-on-year increases of 18% and 9.1% respectively. According to the gateway, traffic to and from Southeast Asia, Chinese Mainland and Taiwan recorded the most significant growth in the month. Robust growth was sighted in transfer and transit passengers, recording a […]
DOWNLOAD THE ISSUE HERE Airport Profile: Queen Alia Special Report: New Infrastructure Plus: Connectivity; Cybersecurity; IT Innovation; Clear skies ahead Editor, Joe Bates, reflects on a busy and eventful year for Airport World and the ‘passenger facilitation’ theme of this issue. With our December/January 2026 issue being published in January next year, it feels right […]
