Airports
Emirates and Shell ink landmark agreement on SAF at DXB
Yesterday, a sustainability-centred agreement was signed between two giants in the industry: Emirates and Shell Aviation. Securing over 300,000 gallons of blended SAF at Emirates' international hub in Dubai (DXB), the agreement marks a significant step forward for the...
Modern data strategy – Elevating the airport and airline industry
In today's digital age, data is the lifeblood of innovation. The airport and airline industry, with its intricate operations and vast customer touch points, can create lasting value by harnessing the power of data to improve the traveler's experience, reduce...
AI in aviation with Glenn Morgan
"The aviation industry is a key area where AI can play a really significant factor. It goes from everything like personalised customer service, dynamic pricing, predictive maintenance, flight operations optimisation. To everything through from baggage tracking to...
Multimodal Travel: Aviation Needs to Think Beyond the Flight
The future of aviation has always seemed like a distant one. But the future we look to today – of flying EVs and net-zero flights – might be out of reach for decades. Innovation has undeniably been slow. There hasn’t been a quantum leap in ages – only incremental...
Changi to introduce passport-free immigration clearance
Yesterday, the Immigration (Amendment) Bill was passed to allow for end-to-end biometric clearance at the airport and checkpoints. From the first half of 2024, this will enable passengers departing Changi Airport to pass through automated immigration clearance without...
AI that “gives you back time.” Maximising predictive data with FlightAware
The industry's become really good at using that data and those tools at optimization on days where things are going well and delivering a really good experience for passengers. But I think where AI in particular has a place is the bad days, the days where there's...
Reducing disruption with climate resilience: Extreme weather
Reducing disruption with climate resilience: Extreme weather SITA recently published an article on leveraging technology for climate resilience. It highlighted that disruption caused by weather conditions account for 75 per cent of air traffic delays, "costing...
Airports: The emerging landscape, tech, and innovation with NEC Corporation of America
"Those types of capabilities where it impacts the passenger's experience greatly provides a negative context to what used to be pretty glamorous air travel. The last thing anybody wants going on vacation or even a business trip is disruptions. So a lot of airports and...
The future era of technology-driven smart airports
To keep pace with the ever-increasing needs and demands, airports worldwide are constantly evolving. With air travel on the rise again, airports are not just expected to facilitate passengers and cargo movement; they also need to expand their horizons to cover other...
New generation AODBs: The key to airport digitisation
With the current landscape increasingly focused on digitization, AODB solutions sit at the backbone of modern airport operations, playing a pivotal role in the transformation of the aviation landscape. As the single source of truth, these solutions harness the power...
The UK hydrogen alliance: Accelerating decarbonisation
The aviation industry connects people, boosts economies, and fosters international collaboration. To enable its long term benefits to continue, aviation urgently needs to decarbonise. For now, the path to a decarbonised aviation sector is not yet clear, with hydrogen,...
Investing in aviation’s identity-first future
The most crucial identity industries, defined by FindBiometrics and Acuity Market Intelligence are: financial services, government services, healthcare, hospitality, and travel. These foundational sectors rely on a complex, rapidly evolving ecosystem that spans big...
Twelve takeaways from SITA’s 2023 Passenger IT Insights report
"Travelers are telling the industry loud and clear: the more they are subjected to clunky and inefficient processes, the more likely they are to consider other options. They demand that the industry offer the same digital options they use in their daily lives to make...
Sustainability and innovation at Abu Dhabi International Airport’s Terminal A
In two months, Abu Dhabi International Airport will welcome travellers to its new state-of-the-art terminal: Terminal A. Highlighting the airport's commitment to elevating the passenger experience, Elena Sorlini, Managing Director & Interim CEO, Abu Dhabi...
Is Aviation in the mood for a Festival?
In an industry as dynamic and transformational as aviation, the notion of a "festival" might seem frivolous. After all, we’re talking about a sector responsible for the safe and efficient transport of millions of people and shipments every day around the globe. I’m...
BLR Terminal 2 reschedules international operations to 12th September
Originally intended to commence on August 31st, Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru's (BLR Airport) Terminal 2 (T2) is now scheduled to begin international operations on September 12th from 10:45am. A spokesperson explained the last minute decision to postpone...
IATA on Schiphol flight cuts: “Rushing this process could result in retaliatory international action.”
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has spoken out about the controversial Schiphol flight cuts arguing they must not proceed under the leadership of a "caretaker government." Last week, Bloomberg reported that Royal Schiphol Group plans to cut capacity...
Passport verification: An airport bottleneck or a digital, offsite self-service?
"We’re investing in technology that takes processes traditionally only available at an airport and makes them possible from your smartphone. This new Mobile Verify technology creates a seamless airport experience for guests traveling internationally — eliminating the...
What should the industry take away from UK flight chaos?
Travel disruption is predicted to last for days after more than a quarter of UK flights were cancelled on Monday. Yesterday, a "technical issue" with the UK's air traffic control system occurred and although the problem was resolved the same day by 3:15pm BST, it has...
What value can airports and airlines gain by investing in biometrics?
Airlines and airports want to simplify and automate processes as much as possible to deliver superior passenger experiences by improving operational performance, as well as have smarter usage of data to maximise existing cost structures and generate new and more...
