The report provides an in-depth market intelligence regarding market dynamics and major factors, such as drivers, restraints, opportunities, and industry-specific challenges influencing the growth of the smart airports market, along with an analysis of micromarkets on individual growth trends, prospects, and their contribution made to the overall market. The report also covers competitive developments, such as long-term contracts, new product launches & agreements, and research & development activities in the smart airport market.

The global smart airports market has grown in prominence with new innovative technologies which have helped personalize user experiences. The increasing demand for real-time information is expected to propel the market growth as these solutions ease the burden on airport infrastructure and workforce. The modernization of old airports, establishment of new airports, development in commercial aviation, and the increasing focus on green initiatives are the key growth drivers expected to boost the market over the forecast period.

High initial investment for large scale connective and full-bodied infrastructure are restricting adoption of smart airports in the market globally. Concerns over cybercrime and cyber security are some other factors hampering growth of the global smart airports market . Increasing adoption of biometric equipment’s and smartphone integration is expected to create opportunities for major vendors in the global smart airports market.

The security system segment is anticipated to dominate the market in terms of investment during the forecast period. The expansion of the security systems segment is likely to be driven by rising demand for biometric devices by airports for the identification and checking process. Based on solution, the market can be segmented into terminal side, airside, and landside. The expansion of the terminal side segment is expected to be driven by rising demand for digital video surveillance and management solutions by airports to enhance the security and productivity of the workplace. In terms of application, the market can be split into core and business application segments.

The major participants in the smart airports market are Honeywell Corporation Inc (U.S.), Rockwell Collins, Inc. (U.S.), SITA (Switzerland), Siemens AG (Germany), IBM Corporation (U.S.), and Amadeus IT Group SA (Spain) among others. These players have adopted strategies such as contracts, new product developments, and agreements to strengthen their position in the smart airports market.

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tracking and safety technology which uses 4G Internet of Things (IoT) technology to protect aircraft from catastrophic accidents as well as prevent inadvertent or criminal drone incursions at sensitive locations. The Vodafone IoT drone tracking and safety technology trials support the objectives of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), with whom the company has collaborated.

Vodafone said the company’s Radio Positioning System (RPS) for drones uses a 4G modem and SIM embedded within each drone to enable real-time tracking (with up to 50 metre accuracy) by drone operators and authorised bodies such as air traffic control. The Vodafone RPS is combined with Artificial Intelligence algorithms – also developed by the company – to enable very large numbers of drones to be tracked and controlled remotely.

The company said, further trials, which will be coordinated with the relevant authorities, are now being scheduled in Spain and Germany through 2018 with the intention of making the Vodafone drone tracking and safety technology available for commercial use from 2019.

The company said the technology behind RPS will also be utilised to boost the functionality of other IoT devices in future – from luggage tags to bicycles.

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HOUSTON – Certain international travelers leaving George Bush Intercontinental Airport are going through an extra security check before boarding their plane.

IAH is now one of seven airports in the country using facial-recognition cameras to check passengers who are leaving the country.

The new technology is part of a growing pilot project run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.

The pilot program began in June 2016 at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. In 2004, Congress tasked CBP with taking biometric information from travelers leaving and entering the country.

“In 2004, we began taking fingerprints and as technology has evolved, we’ve evolved with it,” said Alicia Tellez, chief CBP officer.

“This is an extra layer of information and this system does work with all our other databases,” Tellez said.

That means the extra check is also looking for those who may be wanted and are trying to sneak out of the country.

Since this is a pilot program, the United Airlines flight from Houston to Tokyo is the only one using the camera for now.

Customs has deployed this technology at other airports and plans to expand this type of check for those leaving the United States.

The 17th edition of the Airport Show, currently underway at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) with over 300 exhibitors from 50 countries, has a wide line-up of latest smart and innovative technologies and solutions set to transform the rapidly growing aviation industry.

Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC) introduced the world’s first virtual reality applications, while Nuctech displayed the world’s first 3D scanner for airports.

Among the other prominent latest technology solutions being showcased are a contactless energy and data distribution, termed as the smart future of airfield lighting by Induperm A/S, airport-oriented ICT solutions including aviation cloud, visualized airport operation solution and panoramic video surveillance solution by Huawei; intelligent baggage handling by emaratech that reduces manual handling by 99 per cent; Stor-H, an ergonomical and ecological energy storage technology; and smart baggage handling system by Siemens.

Airport Show 2017 is being held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airlines and Group.

The exhibitors said Airport Show is an ideal platform to showcase their products and services, strengthen their business presence as well as forge new business relationships.

Mohammed Al-Raisi, Technology Innovation Specialist, Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC), explained: “For the first ever time, we have recently launched four applications, two for Muscat International Airport and two for Salalah Airport. The virtual walkthrough takes you inside the airport and shows you the passenger experience from the drop off area to the gate. As a user walks through the airport, he gets facts and figures about the airport and also a voice over narration describing what they look at. We are the first airport in the world to launch this kind of technology.”

He said the apps will service travelers, B2B vendors and also airlines can also see the capabilities of Muscat International and Salalah Airports in terms of providing services. “We are working on our new airport trials, where we are using virtual walkthroughs to guide candidates of trials throughout the new airport,” he added.

Nuctech Company Limited introduced the world’s first 3D scanner for the airports at the Airport Show. The scanner works through two different systems for 3D scanning.

Anwar Zhang, marketing manager of the company for West Asia region, said the new product called ‘X-ray CT Inspection System’ does not compromise on the speed of belt despite its ability to do 3D scanning. “The company is 21 years old and specialising in cargo and passenger scanning. Nowadays airports look for a single solution for scanning our product is one stop solution. The new scanner can do both 2D and 3D scanning very quickly such as in 0.3 metre per second.”

Induperm A/S has introduced a new concept in lighting technology at the Airport Show, which, it said is the smart future of airfield lighting. The company’s top executive claimed that the new solution would provide up to 40 per cent savings on power and maintenance.

The solution, ‘Contactless Energy & Data Distribution’, eliminates around 60 per cent to 80 per cent of airfield lighting infrastructure such as cable and duct, said Malek Hussami, Regional Sales Manager for Middle East, Induperm A/S.

Hessami said there would be no need for traditional cables as its massive and expensive. The product will get regulatory approval in the first quarter of next year, he informed.

Huawei is highlighting its full suite of airport-oriented ICT capabilities for the first time under the theme “Leading New ICT, The Road to Digital Aviation” at the Airport Show.

Developed together with industry-leading partners such as T-Systems, SAP, TravelSky – Civil Aviation Cares of Qingdao, YITU, Terra Vision, HYDATA, and SenseTime, Huawei is displaying a series of airport-oriented ICT solutions such as visualized airport operation solution, panoramic video surveillance solution and aviation cloud, which, combined, can enhance passenger experience, enable smart operations and intelligent security protection, as well as improve the ICT infrastructure to power aviation cloud platforms.

To support airports in their efforts to offer a better passenger experience, Huawei and T-Systems jointly developed the Cloud Flight Information Display System and the indoor positioning Dynamic Milestone system for smart travel.

Vanderlande Industries is showcasing an advanced automated passenger checkpoint, Scannojet Automated Passenger Checkpoints (APC), for screening of passengers and their hand baggage in airports or other secured areas, to facilitate effective handling of rising passenger traffic alongwith ensuring security.

Nash Aqlan, senior service manager, said it increases security, improve passenger experience, increase throughput and also reduce cost. We are selling our solutions in the Middle East region. Security is the first priority for airport operators, but it is also important that the passenger’s experience is a pleasant one. Scannojet APC transforms the environment at security checkpoints, helping airports to meet these challenges.

Explaining the latest intelligent baggage handling system by emaratech, Martin Sattrup Christensen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BBHS Intelligent Baggage Handling, said: “We are showcasing the new system for baggage handling which reduces manual handling by 99 per cent. Airport Show is an ideal platform to explore the latest technologies and showcase our latest offerings.”

Come GEORGES-PICOT, President, TDA Lefebure, said: “The Airport Show is a strong platform, particularly to tap into numerous opportunities in the Middle East aviation sector. We are showcasing a unique Flex Pit to connect the aircraft to electricity. During our previous participations, we received tremendous business interest and we are confident of a strong interest this year too.”

Daniyal Qureshi, Group Exhibition Director, Reed Exhibitions Middle East, organisers of the Airport Show, said: “Passenger experience and operational efficiency is the key for airports in the world especially in the Middle East where growth in passenger numbers has surpassed global growth. This has generated high demand for technology solutions in ICT, security, passenger handling and other areas. We see a lot of this technology on display at the Airport Show to meet the growing demands of Middle East’s aviation industry.”

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The Alliance’s Chief Executive Board, comprising the CEOs of all 28 member airlines, will hold its summer board meeting in Frankfurt on May 14^th, during which the CEOs will be briefed on the progress of the Alliance’s current business plan and future strategy, according to the press statement from the Alliance.

The meeting falls exactly 20 years to the day when its founder members – Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, THAI and United – first stunned the aviation industry with the announcement that they would come together to form the world`s first global aviation alliance.

“Our founding fathers had a very forward thinking vision back in 1997,” said Jeffrey Goh, who took over as CEO of Star Alliance in January this year. “From that moment on Star Alliance was destined to drive innovation in the airline industry. We have done this successfully for the last 20 years, constantly striving to meet that original vision of a global network seamlessly integrated for international travel.”

The Alliance enters its third decade with a strong and comprehensive network serving over 1,300 destinations in 191 countries. Connectivity continues to expand by member carriers launching new routes and increasing frequencies, while network reach will grow through the addition of local and regional airlines through the Connecting Partner concept.

Against this background, the Alliance’s clear strategic focus has shifted from network expansion, to providing a seamless experience especially to the over 14 million annual customers who connect between member carriers on their journeys. Going forward, digital technologies will lie at the heart of this strategy.

“Access to instant information updates online from more or less anywhere has irrevocably changed the expectations of customers as they travel,” said Pedro Heilbron, CEO of Copa Airlines and current chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board. “Passengers want to have control over their journey at their fingertips. That means having full access to a wealth of information, but also being able to personalise it to their own particular requirements. Providing such services to today’s ‘digital’ traveller on an alliance level is the central pillar of our new strategic focus.”

The IT hub infrastructure which the Alliance has put in place in recent years has allowed for the better integration of back-end services between the member airlines. With this now in place, we can start building and offering digital applications. The new IT hub infrastructure has already enabled the Alliance to, for example, improve the reliability of such processes as through-check in for multi-carrier itineraries or ensuring fast crediting of accrued frequent flyer miles into the correct customer account.

In another Alliance first, in the unlikely case of missing miles, members in any Star Alliance frequent flyer programme (FFP) can now claim these online, through their own FFP website, even when the miles were collected on another Star Alliance member carrier flight.

The baggage hub, the most recent IT hub project, went live at the end of 2016, and facilitates baggage message transfer between the member airlines, their ground handlers and the baggage handling systems at the airports. Today it processes on average five million baggage messages a day. This allows the airlines to better steer baggage operations and to keep customers informed on the status of their bag. Once implemented across the entire network, it will become easier to give customers proactive updates on their baggage delivery status.

Using the existing IT Hub, Star Alliance has now introduced a new functionality which allows front line employees to better assist customers in case of irregularities. Should their feeder flight be delayed, the connecting boarding pass information can now be access by the airline operating the feeder flight, thus enabling a faster and simpler rebooking process. Up to now, such transactions at times still required calling the other airline involved.

“Our strategy is to develop digital capabilities centrally, which can then be used by our member carriers to enhance their own products, so that they can offer extended care to their regular customers even when they are travelling elsewhere on the network”, said Jeffrey Goh. “Over the next few years we will be launching many such enhancements. Individually, these will offer an incremental improvement. Taken together, they will offer customers a completely new level of information and control of their journey.”

To support the implementation of the new strategy, Star Alliance has restructured its Frankfurt-based headquarters operation and reorganised the Alliance’s management team, which now is made up of:.

Janice Antonson, Vice President Commercial and Communications. With a strong background in airport senior management, her career spans leadership roles in five countries, most recently at privately owned Northern Queensland Airports Inc. in Australia.

Christian Draeger,  Vice President Customer Experience. He had joined Star Alliance as Director Customer Experience, having previously worked for Swissport International, As Managing Director he was in charge of business units at various locations in the worldwide network. He brings with him over 25 years of aviation experience.

Dr. Martin Mueller, now Director Finance and Strategy joined Star Alliance in 2009 as Director Alliance Development, having previously worked for such companies as LSG Sky Chefs, Thomas Cook and Lufthansa eCommerce. Alska Scherer, now General Counsel & Director Human Resources, joined Star Alliance in 2005 as legal manager.

Mileage Millionaire Competition

As part of its customer interaction for its 20^th Anniversary, Star Alliance will be running a global competition, inspired by the theme of “Connecting People and Cultures”, which will offer winners the chance to become a mileage millionaire. Each of the Alliance’s 21 FFPs is offering one million miles (or equivalent) to one competition winner.

Entrants are asked to upload a picture of themselves and to share a cultural experience they enjoyed at www.staralliance.com/mileagemillionaire. The cultural experiences will be shown on an interactive world map. The competition runs from May 14^th to July 31^st, 2017.

The Star Alliance FFPs are also providing some inspiration on what can be done with a million miles and are presenting some unique travel experiences at www.staralliance.com/mileagemillionaire.

In support of the 20^th anniversary campaign, each of the 28 Star Alliance member carriers has come up with their own local cultural experience idea.  The five founding carriers, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, THAI and United, have gone one step further by challenging National Geographic’s Travel Nomad, Robert Reid, to test their recommendations personally and report back to travellers on his experience.

A further 23 unique cultural experiences selected by our member carriers can also be found at www.staralliance.com/mileagemillionaire and range from tile painting in Portugal to home cooking in Shenzhen, China, to joining the locals in Bogota turn major roads in the city into cycle paths on Sundays.

The world-wide campaign will be supported by many local activities at many locations around the world. For example, customers visiting one of the six Star Alliance Branded Lounges on or around 14 May will receive special locally inspired gifts and enjoy special menu items celebrating the cultures and flavours of the world throughout the month of May. Many airline lounges in our larger hubs will also mark the occasion. There will also be pop-up events in several airports world-wide.

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The sharing economy’s impact on the car and taxi sector hasn’t been as immense as it has been on the hotel industry, but there have certainly been ripple effects that have changed the way travellers do point to point ground transportation. Apps like Uber have made booking a ride directly into a billion-dollar business, and kick-started a revolution in how people book cabs. With technology as the common denominator, each of the traveller tribes highlighted in our research will approach cars and transfers at their destination differently.

The ease inherent in using taxi, transfer and car sharing apps will be especially appealing to Simplicity Searchers. Concierge desks and visitor advice centres can encourage Simplicity Searchers to take advantage of these services by helping them to access and download the apps which are relevant to the local market.

On the other hand, Cultural Purists will argue that sharing economy transportation services recycle income back into the local economy. Taxi and transfer apps are creating jobs while car-pooling and ride-sharing gives them the chance to meet locals or other likeminded travellers.

Social Capital Seekers are predisposed to use apps and their phone for booking a ride, so they are likely to be part of the sharing economy already. Meeting new people via car-sharing will bring new contacts into their social network.

Many of the established taxi and transfer app businesses have on-demand limousine services such as Cabify will appeal to the Reward Hunters. This product range will have great appeal within the city environment and will appeal to this tribe’s desire for luxury at every turn. Upmarket and boutique hoteliers could form partnerships with limousine providers to ensure that the Reward Hunter always has access to a luxury vehicle.

Quite often getting around a city is more fraught than getting a flight. Obligation Meeters need to know Shrithat taxi and transfer apps are part of transport options and that a ride is only a few taps away. This tribe will appreciate the ease of use of Blacklane and other similar services, and if there is a corporate relationship in place, expense claims will be easier as well.

Particularly popular with Ethical Travellers are car-pooling or ride-sharing apps, especially for longer journeys. The Ethical Traveller might balk at traditional car hire but sharing a long journey would be less of an environmental concern.

Want to learn more about the emerging traveller tribes? Check out our Future Traveller Tribes 2030: Beyond Air Travel research.

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