Smart Airports: From Curb to Runway
By International Airport Review
5 September 2025
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Designing the future of passenger-centric airports
Airports are no longer just gateways; they are becoming intelligent, adaptive ecosystems. With rising passenger volumes, cost pressures, and ever-increasing passenger expectations, airport leaders face the challenge of doing more with less – delivering seamless, secure, and sustainable experiences without compromising efficiency or revenue.
The Smart Airports: Curb to Runway eReport, brought to you by International Airport Review, explores how forward-thinking hubs worldwide are transforming operations through biometrics, data-driven decision-making, automation, and hyper-personalisation.
Inside this free report, you’ll discover:
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Key learning points
- Cost Reduction: Strategies to minimize bag travel time while simultaneously reducing operational costs.
- Regulatory Roadmap: Insights into the next wave of regulatory changes and their impact on future investment decisions.
- Sustainable Systems: Practical approaches to building sustainability into security systems and lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO).
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- Frictionless identity & biometrics: How airports are reducing queues by up to 40% and enabling touchless journeys.
- AI-driven decision-making: Turning real-time data into predictive insights to manage passenger flow, capacity, and resources.
- Automation & robotics: From autonomous baggage tractors to self-service systems that free staff for higher-value tasks.
- Hyper-personalisation: Digital services that enhance satisfaction, increase dwell time, and boost non-aero revenues.
- Capacity management: Growing throughput without the need for expensive infrastructure expansion.
Featuring insights from leading airports and technology partners such as HID, Zühlke, ZeroG, Veovo, and Idemia, and airports such as Aeropuertos Uruguay, Aena, Miami Airport, Fraport, Changi and Ezeiza Airport, this eReport shows how smart technologies can move beyond buzzwords to deliver measurable operational and commercial value.
Why access this eReport?
Because the industry is at an inflection point. Digital transformation is no longer optional – it’s a competitive advantage. This report addresses your key pain points: data silos, operational inefficiencies, passenger friction, and staff shortages. It provides real-world examples and strategic insights you can apply in your own airport to drive resilience, efficiency, and passenger satisfaction.
Access the Smart Airports eReport now and learn how to turn challenges into opportunities, from curb to runway.
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This report is supported by: HID Global, Zühlke, ZeroG, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, Veovo, and Idemia
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