Holly Miles sat down with Christina Cassotis, winner of IAR’s Airport Leader of the Year in 2025, to discuss how they are challenging conventional thinking, redefining the role of an airport and why the industry’s future depends on bolder leadership.
Technology can boost security checkpoint capacity, but only as part of a wider transformation, writes Hamad AlZayani, Assistant Manager, Airport Security Operations & Training at Bahrain Airport Company.
With capacity stretched to the limit, explore why provable resilience is the top priority for airport leaders at the IAS 2026 roundtables.
Geopolitical disruption can quickly become an airport operating issue. Recent regional experience shows that resilience depends on people, communication, co-ordination, and sound decisions when events outside the airport create direct operational consequences. Darryl Dowd, Vice President, Safety, Security and Operations at Airports Council International (ACI) World explains more.
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport is advancing renewable energy generation through a major photovoltaic park designed to meet the airport’s electricity needs.
Dubai’s biometric “Red Carpet” service processed more than 439,000 travellers during the first half of 2026, as the emirate continues to expand its use of artificial intelligence and biometric technology to streamline airport border procedures.
A new cyber security assessment of UK aviation has identified significant weaknesses among airport suppliers, with ground handling, passenger processing and airfield technology organisations carrying the majority of exposed employee credentials.
Esther Kromhout, Managing Director of NACO, explores how airport leaders can strengthen resilience, unlock capacity, and secure long-term growth through greater collaboration, flexibility and strategic investment.