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Enhanced wireless networks are key to enabling the digitalisation of airports and taking performance and safety to the next level, writes Nokia’s global...
SAFETY & SECURITY
DXB opens 24/7 laboratory for rapid COVID-19 tests
Dubai International Airport (DXB) has officially opened of one of the world’s largest and most modern airport labs for the on-site processing of...
Recognition for work of Glasgow Airport’s first responders during COVID-19 pandemic
Glasgow Airport’s team of volunteer community first responders have been recognised for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Paul Scott, Kevin McGuire,...
MIA to become test site for new drone detection technology
Miami International Airport is to be used as a test site by the US’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to trial new drone detection...
Fraport to take over security duties at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport operator, Fraport, will take over responsibility for the bulk of all security operations at the German hub from January 1 next...
DXB gains Airport Health Accreditation for Dubai’s anti-COVID measures
Dubai International Airport (DXB) has gained Airport Health Accreditation from ACI, the certification officially endorsing its efforts to ensure the health and safety...
XpresSpa offers 30 minute PCR COVID-19 tests at SFO and 10 other US airports
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has become the latest US gateway to open a COVID-19 testing facility operated by the XpresSpa Group. The...
Airport staff at Detroit Metro and Willow Run airports receive COVID-19 jabs
Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) this week held a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for all airport workers at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW) and...
Etihad to trial IATA’s digital ‘health passport’ on flights from Abu Dhabi
Etihad Airways will become the first airline to trial the IATA Travel Pass app, which ratifies the travel health credentials of passengers, on...
LAX steps up its COVID-19 testing options with one-hour PCR service
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) now offers COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests with results guaranteed in less than an hour with the...
Bureau Veritas certification for Hamad’s information security management system
The Information Security Management System at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport (DOH) has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification from Bureau Veritas. Airport operator, MATAR, notes...
Incheon’s World Aviation Conference watched by 27,000 viewers on YouTube
Aviation leaders from across the globe and an impressive 27,000 viewers virtually watched the recent World Aviation Conference (WAC) in South Korea, hosted...
