Remaining relevant
Melvin Broekaart ponders whether it is time for airports to reconsider their retail business models to successfully compete with online shopping and remain...
FEATURES
COVID-19 detection trials to start at London Heathrow
Heathrow CEO, John Holland-Kaye, has told the UK’s House of Commons Transport Committee that COVID-19 detection trials are to start at his gateway...
Quarantine busting COVID-19 tests available at Vienna Airport
Vienna Airport (VIE) has begun offering COVID-19 tests to passengers as part of a series of initiatives designed to make it safer and...
Leidos acquires security detection wing of L3Harris Technologies
Leidos has completed the $1 billion acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ Security Detection and Automation businesses. The acquired businesses provide airport and critical infrastructure...
FLOOD WARNING!
Vivek Sindhamani and Peter Vorage discuss the growing threat of flooding to airports and how some of the region’s major hubs are planning...
Quito Airport ready to resume operations on June 1
Quito Airport has announced that it is working with the airlines and airport community to resume operations on June 1 if given the...
Canberra Airport introduces temperature scanning equipment
Canberra Airport has become the first major Australian airport to introduce body temperature scanning at security as an additional safety measure against COVID-19....
Hong Kong’s airport begins use of ‘disinfection’ technologies
Hong Kong International Airport has become one of the first major gateways in the world to apply the latest disinfection technologies, including disinfection...
Different times
Dublin Airport’s managing director, Vincent Harrison, talks to Joe Bates about a record breaking 2019, a long-awaited new runway, his gateway’s 80th birthday...
Aviation’s need for financial assistance now urgent
The associations of the world’s airports and airlines today joined forces to urge governments to act swiftly with financial grants to help keep...
AVIATION’S CHALLENGE
Leonie Dobbie, aviation consultancy company WSP’s strategic aviation advisor, considers the benefits of embedding sustainability action into airport decision-making. From the 1991 Earth...
BRISBANE COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION OF NEW RUNWAY
Brisbane Airport (BNE) and construction partner Skyway are today celebrating the practical completion of the gateway’s new runway. Airport CEO, Gert-Jan de Graaff,...
