Editorial Features September 2010

Bird strikes have plagued the aviation industry and are an increasing problem for airports. What technologies and procedures are in place to solve the problem and should legislation be playing a role?

Mr Price gives us feedback from his visits to airports around the globe to investigate baggage handling issues and recommend solutions to common problems. Plus the latest developments of the Baggage Improvement Programme.

What are the latest commercial development opportunities in retail and revenue? How can we increase revenues in challenging economic times?

Mastering the art of route analysis - determining costs, competition and market share as well as how to use route planning analytics to mitigate risk. Plus deal structuring and negotiations with airports-what is the buy/sell dynamic.

We look at continuous improvement in the passenger journey experience, how have Auckland succeeded and what can the industry learn?

How to make your self service kiosks as effective as possible and making sure you are making them pay your bills.

Costs have been the key issue for all areas of the aviation industry in recent years thanks to the global recession and increased security threats, so how can the two align? How can we maintain aviation security levels in cost-restrictive times?

How are the ministry and government working towards the re-establishment of Afghanistan civil aviation? What will a future aviation industry look like for this war torn country and what is the international arena doing to help?

It is in Siberia that, reputedly, the coldest towns on earth are to be found.  Yet Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport is able to boast that in almost twenty years bad weather has not once forced the airport to close.  At Future Airport we wondered how they had achieved this.

Upcoming expansion plans for Denver International Airport.