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Keeping runways safe

11 June 2016 | By

Joseph K W Cheong, Technical Officer in the Airport Operations and Interoperability Section at ICAO, reveals how the new global reporting format promises to reduce runway excursions.

Fraport holds first Frankfurt Airport Innovation Challenge

9 June 2016 | By Lilly-Sophie Gerlach, HYVE Innovation Community GmbH and Richa Bhasin, Fraport AG

The Frankfurt Airport Innovation Challenge has launched to bring in ideas for new innovations at Frankfurt Airport – submission deadline is June 28, 2016...

Airfield ground handling: Choosing the right partner

2 June 2016 | By ,

With the streamlining of operational costs and consumers looking for ever more customised services, airports are increasingly looking towards new ground services providers to assist day-to-day operations. Ricardo Aitken and Stuart Matheson, from IATA, believe that there are seven golden rules of ground service Request for Proposal management…

Aerotropolis: The economic engine of the 21st century

26 May 2016 | By

The railway may have been the economic engine of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. But the aerotropolis – specifically, an airport and its cluster of aviation-linked businesses and commercial operations – is destined to be the economic engine of the 21st century. But compared to other…

Airport Ground Handling supplement 2016

24 May 2016 | By International Airport Review

In this Ground Handling supplement: Keeping runways safe - Joseph K W Cheong, ICAO; Coordinating your ground support - Diego Alonso Tabares, Airbus

Examining the use of robotics in airport customer service

24 May 2016 | By International Airport Review

In December 2015 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines became the first airline in the world to deploy a socially-aware robot to help passengers navigate their way through the airport. The trial, which took place at Amsterdam Schiphol, raises the question of whether there is a place for robotics in the customer…

Airport Wildlife Management: Mitigating wildlife hazards

24 May 2016 | By Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A.

Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A., explains how birdstrikes and wildlife hazard control can be integrated into an airport’s safety management system...

Airfield Lighting at Queenstown Airport in New Zealand

24 May 2016 | By Airways New Zealand

Queenstown Airport is the gateway to one of New Zealand’s most popular tourist destinations and is experiencing unprecedented growth. Its alpine terrain and fluctuating weather also make the aviation environment challenging for air transport operations. Airways New Zealand reveals how a major lighting and infrastructure upgrade is making evening flights…

Passenger Processing: The benefits of fast travel

24 May 2016 | By IATA

In 2007 IATA launched the ‘Fast Travel’ initiative to help airports around the world provide fast and hassle-free journeys to their passengers. In this article, IATA reviews the strengths of the initiative and considers how, in today’s digital world, airports can harness mobile technology to create seamless travel...

Innovative and sustainable airfield pavement engineering solutions

24 May 2016 | By Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim, from the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University

With annual enplanements expected to reach 1.2 billion by 2032 it’s important that airports consider sustainable pavement design solutions. Halil Ceylan, Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and Sunghwan Kim, from the Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, discuss the implications on airside pavement design for large hub airports...