Finavia has invested more than €1bn in the modernisation of Helsinki Airport. We find out how technology upgrades will increase passenger and baggage handling capacity and improve the customer experience
The Sydney Airport's board of directors believed that the bid was not in the company's best interests.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, queues at airports have become longer, lasting in some cases up to six hours, as border control and aviation authorities need to check travellers’ documents manually. To fix the problem, carriers and airports around the world are implementing biometric checks that will enable passengers to move through the airport without having their passports or plane tickets checked.
The UK Government announced today the transport decarbonisation plan, a blueprint for the transport sector to achieve net-zero by 2050. The plan, which was announced this morning on the government’s website and presented later to the Commons by Transport Secretary Shapps, received mixed reactions from stakeholders. We round up some of the comments made by environmental and industry groups as well as aviation and railway stakeholders.
Airport security is fundamental for the overall safe functioning of the airport environment and passenger safety. Although airports across the globe have multi-layered security protocols when it comes to passport checks and bag scanning, many are falling victim to a less visible threat: cyber-attacks.
The French Government announced in April its decision to ban short-haul internal flights to reduce France’s CO2 emissions. The move – which will affect those routes where a train journey…
The UK Government announced yesterday that UK residents who have received the full NHS vaccination will not be obliged to quarantine when coming back from an amber list country. The…
Over the past year, UK start-up UtterBerry has been developing smart security trays and the company now is in talks with airports across the country to roll out the technology…
As Covid-19 restrictions begin to lessen worldwide the travel industry has started finding its wings again as airports begin preparation for take-off once more. However, reduced restrictions do not mean…
Located 12km southwest of the city centre, Barcelona-El Prat Airport is the main international gateway to the popular tourist region, serving 33m travellers annually, making it the second busiest airport…
AirCar, a dual-mode flying car designed by Slovakian inventor Professor Stefan Klein, accomplished the first trip between two international airports on 28 June, taking off from Nitra – a city…
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