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21st-century abolitionists: human trafficking
Human trafficking has been called the fastest-growing global crime, affecting every country in the world. Future Airport meets Charlie Blythe, manager at A21 a non-profit organisation working with some of the world’s largest airports to find out what can be done to fight modern slavery.
Environmentally sustainable airports and carbon-neutral skies
Electric cars and recycled waste are just some of the ways modern airports are meeting environmental sustainability targets. Bradford Keen speaks to Rachel Thompson, sustainability manager at Gatwick Airport, and Björn Óli Hauksson, CEO at Isavia, which runs Keflavík International Airport in Iceland, about lighter ecological footprints, alternative energy sources and how to put passengers’ cabin trash to good use.
Precision satellite approach technology for airports
Pilots have recently landed aircraft in the Faroe Islands and at Bremen Airport in Germany using new precision satellite approach technology. Stephen Hall speaks to Jákup Sverri Kass, CEO of Vágar airport, Jóhanna á Bergi, CEO of the Faroe Islands official airline, and Christian Knuschke, head of aviation at Bremen, to discuss a system that could make air traffic controllers obsolete.
SESAR project: enhanced air mobility for the European Union
The Single European Sky (SES) is an ambitious policy launched by the EU in 2004 to ensure safe, financially and environmentally sustainable air mobility for EU citizens in the 21st century. Future Airport discusses the initiative with Nicholas Warinsko, general manager of SESAR deployment.
Alarming reduction in European airport traffic
According to a recent report from the ACI, most of Europe’s small airports are losing money. Patrick Kingsland asks Henri Hansson, senior vice-president, technical and environmental services at Finavia and chair of ACI Europe’s regional airport forum, and Deirdre Clune, member of the European Parliament committee on transport and tourism, what can be done.
Biometric airports: doing away with the boarding pass
Since 2016, Delta Airlines has been turning to biometric technologies in a bid to replace the boarding pass. Gareth Joyce, the company’s senior vice-president of airport customer service, discusses Delta’s recent fingerprint recognition pilot scheme with Abi Millar and explains what the long-term implications might be.
Airport infrastructure improvement needed to meet passenger increase
With the number of passengers passing through the world’s airports forecast to double to almost eight billion in the next 20 years, the aviation industry is left with no choice but to improve its infrastructure, says IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac. Ross Davies meets him in Geneva to ask what this might entail.
A21’s fight against human trafficking
Human trafficking has been called the fastest-growing global crime, affecting every country in the world. Future Airport meets Charlie Blythe, manager at A21 a non-profit organisation working with some of the world’s largest airports to find out what can be done to fight modern slavery.
Privatisation pioneer BAA: Broekema’s take on trends
The British Airport Authority’s transfer to private ownership in the 1980s sparked an increase in privatisation. Future Airport debates the positive and negative aspects of this trend with Gerben Broekema, an independent consultant based in the Netherlands, and former head of Royal Schiphol Group’s strategy and international development.
Bird controlling radar to mitigate collisions at airports
The majority of bird collisions occur near or at airports. Future Airport speaks with Mogans Hanson, a wildlife biologist who has worked at Copenhagen Airport for 25 years, to find out what can be done to alleviate the problem.