Hamad becomes first Middle Eastern airport to achieve 5-Star COVID-19 Airport Safety Rating
Following a three-day audit, Skytrax awarded Hamad International Airport with the highest airport COVID-19 safety rating.
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‘Seamless travel’ is a term frequently being used to describe the optimum passenger experience, meaning a traveller can complete the entire airport journey without experiencing delays, disruption or confusion.
Self-service technology, predictive analysis, artificial intelligence, real-time information and data-sharing are just some of the digital concepts airports around the world are deploying in an attempt to achieve a seamless passenger experience.
International Airport Review, within this core topic, endeavours to provide case studies on how airports from all corners of the world are working on improving their passengers’ experience. This covers both inside the terminal, and initiatives implemented outside of the terminal that focus on ensuring the passengers’ arrival to the airport is as easy as possible.
This is a key theme in the airport industry that must not be overlooked: As passenger expectations evolve, an airport’s response must do so too.
Following a three-day audit, Skytrax awarded Hamad International Airport with the highest airport COVID-19 safety rating.
Heathrow will have access to the testing data collected by four of its airlines for its pre-departure testing trials. The information will be used to evaluate whether pre-departure testing is robust and safe enough to replace quarantine.
Despite Estonia and Latvia being removed, a number of Pacific Islands, Bhutan, Timor-Leste, Mongolia and Aruba have been added to the UK government's travel corridors list.
By developing the Melbourne Airport Rail Link, the airport will be able to better serve international visitors and Victorian residents.
John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, New York Stewart International and Teterboro Airports have received the accreditation.
The manual will help to move the industry beyond measures such as quarantine as it provides guidance for countries in implementing COVID-19 testing programmes.
The IATA Travel Pass will support the safe reopening of borders by managing and verifying the secure flow of necessary testing or vaccine information among governments, airlines, laboratories and travellers.
ICAO's new manual will work to help countries assess their overall air transport public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The strategy will work to support the aviation industry's recovery by limiting travellers' required self-isolation period upon entering England after travelling to countries not featured on the UK government’s travel corridor list.
To protect our communities from the spread of contagions in high-traffic environments, it is essential for public furniture to be properly and regularly cleaned, disinfected and maintained by the local facility managers.
ACI World's new proposed audit programme, to be delivered in partnership with Bureau Veritas, will support the airport industry's recovery from COVID-19.
The facility will offer COVID-19 PCR swab tests to passengers, employees based at Gatwick and the general public, including local residents.
With wood being one of the highest trending materials, Green Furniture Concept sees it as an easy and natural choice when designing for the future.
The two facilities, which will be operated by Randox and RocDoc, will offer the option of either a drive-through or walk-in test and PCR or LAMP testing.
Protecting passengers and staff from COVID-19, Bangalore International Airport Limited emphasises the importance of minimising physical contact during the airport journey.