
Keith Mwanalushi offers an overview of Middle Eastern airport operations. Here we set the tone for his second instalment, an interview with a Middle Eastern company braving the economic storm and opening up a logistics company in Dubai.

On my recent trip to India to see the development of Delhi and Hyderabad airports, I was struck by the overwhelming feeling of optimism and pride in India’s resurgence into the category of ‘emerging economy’. In Delhi and Hyderabad’s infrastructure projects, there is an undeniable feeling of achievement through group effort. Every project they have undertaken has been completed under budget and ahead of schedule, a tribute to their project management and delivery skills.
In this issue, we speak with PS Nair, CEO of Indira Gandhi International Airport, and discover his plans for Delhi to become a major new hub in Asia. Elsewhere, we look at the latest in passenger handling technologies with Jos Nijhuis, Schiphol Group CEO, Ernst Hirsch-Balin, Netherlands Minister of Justice, and John Wagner, director of the US Customs and Border Protection’s Trusted Traveler Programs.