Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) has extended its International Remote Baggage Screening (IRBS) service to two additional US gateway cities — Detroit and Minneapolis. As a result, minimum connecting times at both airports is expected to be reduced by at least 20 minutes as it removes the mandatory re-screening step that had long frustrated transit […]
Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), in partnerships with Lyft and Uber, has today launched a new scheduled urban shuttle service at Boston Logan International Airport. It is hoped that the new service, where users book a spot on a bus instead of individual vehicles, will offer travellers a more affordable, predictable, and efficient way to get […]
The aviation industry likes to talk about seamless travel, but for many passengers, that promise still ends at the border, writes Valour Consultancy’s John Devlin. Even as airports continue to modernise check-in, security and boarding – often at different speeds and with varying degrees of success – a single friction point at immigration can undo […]
SITA’s 2025 Air Transport IT Insights report finds that, while the air transport industry invested a record $50.8 billion in technology in 2025, a common obstacle is the fact that data still doesn’t flow freely between systems and partners. It argues that the cost of this data co-ordination gap is higher than ever now that […]
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) is to trial autonomous wheelchairs in its Warren Cleage Evans Terminal. The pilot programme – a collaboration between Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA) and Unifi – is designed to provide support to customers who may have difficulty walking long distances or navigating independently throughout the airport terminal. The devices […]
Christchurch Airport believes that it delivered “a stellar summer season” that firmly cemented its place as the South Island’s key international gateway to the world. And it is hard to disagree with the assessment as international visitor numbers soared by 22% as a total of 3.1 million passengers passed through the New Zealand gateway between […]
Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) has demonstrated that biometric technology can ensure a seamless and contactless journey for international passengers through its facilities. Operator, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), in partnership with IndiGo, the Digi Yatra Foundation and IATA, successfully demonstrated integrated international travel flow from ticketing, managing bookings to a seamless, biometric-enabled journey, in […]
New infrastructure, all-time high passenger numbers and a growing route network ensure that Antalya Airport has begun 2026 in good shape, writes Joe Bates. Antalya Airport (AYT), the main gateway to the Turkish Riviera, handled a record breaking 39.2 million passengers and 229,000 flights in 2025. The new high – which is 3% more than […]
Munich Airport Group has reported a 2025 net profit after taxes of €169 million – a substantial increase of €105 million on the previous year. Driven by growth in passenger numbers and flight movements, revenue reached a new record of nearly €1.8 billion, while operating profits before interest and taxes improved significantly as well, amounting […]
London Stansted is gearing up for a bumper Easter getaway, with around 1.5 million passengers expected to pass through the terminal over the school holiday period. Between March 28 and April 12, up to 760,000 passengers will be flying out of the airport, with another 740,000 due to arrive, as families across the region head […]
San José Mineta International Airport (SJC), the gateway to Silicon Valley, has introduced its own cutting-edge artificial intelligence directly into the passenger journey – an interactive AI-powered humanoid robot. Nnamed José by local start-up, IntBot, it is designed to greet travellers, answer questions and provide real-time information in 50+ languages. José is stationed at Terminal […]
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) did something a little different today by setting a new Guinness World Record for the ‘Longest Line of Cheesesteaks’ on National Cheesesteak Day! Its savoury serpentine of sandwiches ultimately stretched to a record-setting 1,291 cheesesteaks — spanning the length of more than three football fields and occupying nearly the entire concourse […]
