The 2009 Canadian airport conference drew its best-ever attendance. Carroll McCormick and Jasmine Lacoste-McCormick report. Under the subtitle ‘Leadership for Challenging Times’, the Airports Canada 2009 conference, organised by the Canadian Airports Council (CAC) and […]
Carroll McCormick reports on how new equipment is rising to the challenges of screening requirements. An X-ray inspection system for palletised cargo and a desktop explosives trace detection machine are improving cargo throughput for Romulus, […]
Dr Christer Wilkinson from AECOM, twice chairman of the RTCA airport security standards commission, reports on staff access control issues at US airports. When travellers think of security at airports, most focus on the passenger […]
Alfred Fischer from STI explains why security training offers undiscovered potential and an efficient operation. Michael Miller has worked for 28 years as a security guard at an international airport. This experienced employee still remembers […]
Having recently completed its 21st Century re-vamp, Hamburg looks set for today, and tomorrow. Tom Allett reports. Hamburg Airport’s management team found 2008 to be an eventful year. Passenger figures were up and its long-running […]
Tom Allett asked the CEO’s of five German airports how their fortunes have been affected by the current economic downturn. During the same period, 689,014 passengers used Frankfurt-Hahn, 7% less than in the first quarter […]
During the first quarter of 2009 the German Airports Association (ADV) recorded a 9.3% overall drop in passenger traffic – with this in mind, Tom Allett presents our annual review of German airport news and […]
Manfred Weiss from Siemens AG Industry Automation division underlines the importance of guaranteeing an airport’s power supply. Airports belong to the type of buildings that demand maximum reliability in terms of their electric power supply. […]
Newcastle International’s Head of Operations Chris Davis believes that good communication and planning were the principal reasons for the success of the airport’s recent resurfacing project. Richard Maslen spoke to the experienced airport executive. A£6 […]
The use of biometric ID checks remains a divisive subject for many people, says John Elliott from Consult Hyperion, an independent consultancy. But does this technology help to make our airports more secure? With airport […]
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