This page covers the technologies being trialled by major international airports around the world, from new security checks and protocols to environmental initiatives and logistics. For more of the latest airport news from around the globe, take a look at our Airport News page.
CargoBooking launches eMagic tool
CargoBooking.aero has launched a new online tool called eMagic, which it claims eliminates the need for manual processing
of email enquiries
Domestic traffic leading recovery says ACI
ACI World has released its 2021 World Airport Traffic Report, along with data showing the lasting impact of COVID-19 on air transport demand
TPA updates master plan
Tampa International Airport has launched its 2022 Master Plan Update, designed to support the next 20 years of growth at the airport
Inside SFO's new $2.4bn Harvey Milk Terminal 1
San Francisco International Airport’s Harvey Milk Terminal 1 has hit a new milestone with the launch of its latest phase as Kirstie Pickering reports
Aeroporto Bolognese: How Bologna Airport is standing out
With culinary treats and eye-catching supercars, Bologna Airport knows how to stay memorable. Andreas Spaeth travelled to the Italian gateway to find out more
The world's top 40 cargo airports in 2020
Thanks to our friends at Airports Council International, within this special additional insight, we reveal the busiest gateways for air freight in 2020...
REVEALED: The world's top 40 airports
Welcome to the 2021 Top 40 World Airports Guide where we reveal the busiest global gateways in a year unlike any other.
Inside Sea-Tac's renovated North Satellite
Making the most of pandemic-driven downtime, Sea-Tac focused its attention on renovating its North Satellite. Now open, ahead of schedule and under budget, it is full of clever innovation, explains Keri Allan
EasyJet unveils its first airport lounge
Low-cost airline easyJet has announced plans for its first-ever dedicated airport lounge
Randox launches vaccination authentication app
Randox, the UK’s largest diagnostics company, is launching the Randox CertiFly app to process and certify results for pre-departure and day two lateral flow tests.
All the Latest Airport Technology Trends in One Place
Key airport technology trends often align with the pressures felt by airports to remain profitable whilst meeting the high standards expected and required by the industry in areas including security, safety and environmental credentials. Often airlines can drive change as they begin to introduce technologies to their dedicated terminals, gates and airport lounges. The major international airlines act as a global network enabling the spread of these technologies as they introduce them from one airport to another.
Passengers too can be a big driver of change as they come to expect certain technologies to be available including online check in and frictionless procedures and facilities from security checks to the departure gate. The articles in this section reflect upon and document this technological progress as more airports and airlines begin to adopt and trial the latest cutting-edge technologies.
The introduction of these technologies can often raise issues between improving efficiency and reducing costs and improving security and passenger safety. This dichotomy in itself is driving innovation and increasing technology adoption rates across the industry as airports strive to find solutions to new problems whilst keeping their costs down.
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