Protecting the borders
Richard Piper speaks to Mr. Brodie Clark, Strategic Director for Border Control at the UK Home Office, about what is being done to strengthen UK borders and how they are utilising the latest advances...
View ArticleRealising the new Bangalore Airport
In order to keep pace with the rapid development of Bangalore as India’s leader in information technology, biotechnology and the services industry, the Government of Karnataka and the Airport Authority...
View ArticleHyderabad: Raring to go
A jewel in the crown of India’s rapidly expanding airport system is rising on a Greenfield site, approximately 30 kilometres south of downtown Hyderabad. The new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport...
View ArticleIndira Gandhi International Airport – spearheading the country’s aviation growth
India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the Indian aviation sector is moving even faster. The aviation sector has clocked a phenomenal growth rate of 20-25% over the last few...
View ArticleIndian airports ride the wave of infrastructure growth – CSIA all set to...
Noted Indian economist Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao, said more than two decades ago, “The link between infrastructure and economic development is not a once and for all affair. It is a continuous process; and...
View ArticleProFAA – Software for Analysis of Airfield Pavement Roughness – and the...
Until recently, the primary interest in measuring and evaluating the properties of airport pavement surface profiles has been, at least in the US, in characterising the vertical geometry and the...
View ArticleInternational airports look to the Segway PT for increased productivity
In January 2004 the Chicago Police Department became one of the first police agencies in the world to use Segway® Personal Transporters (PTs) when they placed a fleet of patrol units into service at...
View ArticleCargo Aircraft: Planning is Paramount
In Aviation Fire Protection we arrive at work daily and think about all the possible scenarios we might be up against. There is a mindset we have to use to see how our training and planning can fit...
View Article“I Say GO!” – IATA’s Safety Audit for Ground Operations – ISAGO – set for...
Bringing all the various elements together for a successful launch of a ground-breaking, global safety audit programme is no easy task. But IATA’s Director of Programme Implementation/Auditing, Mike...
View ArticleA bright idea for training airport airfield lighting personnel
The Airport Certified Employee (ACE) – Airfield Lighting Maintenance programme was the second of four certification programmes introduced by the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) in...
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