FRIEND OR FOE?
Mark Streeting of LEK Consulting considers the pros and cons of transportation network companies and the potential impact of autonomous vehicles on airports. Ground transport into and out of airports...
FRANKFURT AIRPORT TRIALS NEW ROBOTIC CONCIERGE SERVICE
Frankfurt Airport is trialling a new robotic concierge service called ‘FRanny’ that it hopes will ensure passengers enjoy an even smoother journey through its facilities. The new addition is part...
BLOG: US AIRPORTS LAUNCHING HUGE RENOVATION PROJECTS
The United States has incredibly busy airports – in fact, some of the busiest in the world. That’s good, because it indicates that many of the more than four billion...
INNOVATIVE NEW RETAIL OUTLETS OPEN AT AMSTERDAM SCHIPHOL AND CATANIA AIRPORTS
It has been a busy few days for Gebr Heinemann with its subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Italy opening new outlets at Amsterdam Schiphol and Catania-Fontanarossa airports respectively. At Amsterdam...
E-BOARDING PASSES FOR DOMESTIC PASSENGERS AT MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO
Moscow–Sheremetyevo International Airport has began issuing passengers with e-boarding passes on domestic flights as part of the strategy to introduce automation and e-services. The new service is designed to help...
HEATHROW-NEW YORK JFK WAS EUROPE’S BUSIEST INTERNATIONAL ROUTE IN 2018
London Heathrow to New York-JFK is Europe’s busiest international scheduled service, according to Routesonline, which today revealed that almost three million passengers travelled on the 5,500 kilometre route in 2018. A...
JEWEL CHANGI AIRPORT SET TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Singapore Changi’s much hyped and eagerly-awaited mega retail and lifestyle development, Jewel Changi Airport, is set to open on April 17. Designed by a consortium comprising Safdie Architects, led by world...
AIRPORTS DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO COMBATTING WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
Amsterdam Schiphol operator, the Royal Schiphol Group, Kenya Airports Authority and Galapagos Airport in Ecuador have become the latest gateways to show their commitment to combatting wildlife trafficking by signing...
THE DIGITAL MARKETPLACE
AOE’s Kian Gould provides his thoughts on how the key players can thrive in a changing travel retail world. Travel retail today is a vastly different industry than it was...
NEW GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTRE OPENS AT NASHVILLE
JE Dunn Construction has completed a $102 million, technology-integrated parking and ground transportation centre and related improvements at Nashville International Airport. The new complex is a component of the Metropolitan...
INDUSTRY NEWS – THE WAITING GAME
The waiting game Want to enjoy an easy, relaxed airport experience? It’s all about waiting, writes Christian Carstens, marketing manager at Veovo, BlipTrack. Waiting in line seems to be one...
ALWAYS LEARNING
Kevin Riordan, head of airports and checkpoint solutions at Smiths Detection, considers how artificial intelligence can help airport security. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beginning to permeate every aspect of daily...