At Future Travel Experience Global in Las Vegas International Airport Review Editor, Holly Miles, caught up with Goutam Kundu, Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Strategy Officer, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to talk about their in-house MWAA Labs innovation team, the veriScan biometric system, digital transformation, Goutam's trends to watch and anticipating "the next big thing". Listen to this exclusive interview to find out more ..read more

In this podcast, International Airport Review Editor Holly Miles, spoke with five airport experts about the challenges airports are currently facing in the post-pandemic era of travel with workforce shortages, long queues and baggage pile ups. They also discussed the opportunities for airports in areas such as digitalisation, accessibility, advanced air mobility, and personalisation of the passenger journey. All of the podcast guests will be attending the International Airport Summit 2022 taking place on 19-20 October at the iconic Twickenham Stadium in London. Guests included: • Jean-Sebastie ..read more

In this podcast episode which marks the relaunch of the International Airport Review podcast series, Holly Miles, interviews David Wilson, Chief Operations Officer of Oman Airports and together they talk about the impact COVID-19 has had on their airports, the ORAT programme that David was responsible for and how Oman Airports are moving forward into the era of post-pandemic travel ..read more

As her last month as ACI World’s Director General begins, Angela Gittens spoke to Tara Nolan to reflect on her time spent within aviation. With her retirement date quickly approaching, Angela and Tara explore what she has learnt from the “industry that helps each other out”, the achievements she is most proud of, and what she envisions will continue to develop in aviation – a sector that “is always challenging”. ACI World is “unlike most international aviation organisations” and working within it provides key takeaways we could all learn from. Angela herself has learnt “to be bold” and the nee ..read more

As many expansion and infrastructure projects have been postponed due to COVID-19, this podcast is influential in helping airports restart their projects in the most productive manner. Robert is Head of Project Services and previously project managed the northern concourse expansion (the International Terminal) at Brisbane Airport. During this project, “customer stewardship” was a focal point for the development of the infrastructure; “thinking beyond the physical boundary of what you’re building”. This concept is extremely interesting in regard to balancing airport design and airport function ..read more

Tara Nolan spoke to Simon Hocquard, Director General of CANSO, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting the air traffic management sector of aviation and what the aviation industry will require to recover once this unprecedented period is over. “Contingency planning, business planning and national planning” is under way to help stabilise the sector, but “the entire aviation industry must be treated fairly” to ensure a successful future. Within this podcast Simon details his vision on how aviation will recover, and how CANSO endeavours to help the industry become more productive and sustainable. Al ..read more

As technologies continue to evolve, the aviation industry must ensure all sectors within it adapt – including security. Regulatory bodies are working to ensure this occurs – work that is imperative for the safety of both passengers and staff. Within this podcast episode, International Airport Review’s editor, Tara Nolan, spoke to Nina Smith, Head of Aviation Security Training and Human Factors at the Civil Aviation Authority, who is working with the industry to raise security standards through innovative thinking. The human factor “can play a significant part”, however “root-cause analysis ..read more

For this episode of IAR’s podcast series, we chose to speak to one of the most inspiring leaders in aviation. Discussing industry influencers, detailing how airports will have to adapt, reviewing progress made in 2019, and looking ahead to 2020, this conversation with Karen Dee, Chief Executive of Airport Operators Association is both informative and motivating. “Sharing best practice”, “a great team” and “continuing to innovate” are three aspects Karen deems imperative to ensure airports can continue to support the UK economy. With International Airport Review’s editor, Tara Nolan, Karen cove ..read more

Air traffic management is highly influential to aviation, and therefore our Editor, Tara Nolan, dedicated this podcast to exploring aspects of ATC/ATM. Talking with Iacopo Prissinotti, Director Network Management at EUROCONTROL, this podcast details the ambition of “creating maximum efficiency” for passengers travelling within the European sky, “evolving the European infrastructure” and “preparing for the future”. This conversation investigates the technologies, data, communications and procedures that are used within ATC/ATM to “coordinate the relevant stakeholders” and describes what is curr ..read more

A passenger’s experience within an airport is of the utmost importance, for any airport regardless of size or location. For the third episode in International Airport Review’s podcast series, our editor Tara Nolan spoke to Brian Cobb, Vice President of Customer Experience and Chief Innovation Officer at Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport to discover potential approaches when trying to secure a positive passenger journey ..read more