Airport Trends

The travel landscape has changed tremendously since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Economic power has shifted into different spending patterns with the expansion of the global economy, and airports are an important part of the travel value chain, playing a pivotal role in providing a vehicle for travel and movement of people and cargo from destination to destination. As a part of the infrastructure, airports provide a hub for activities and have transcended their initial role as a place to pass through. They have now reinvented the facilities provided to accommodate different economic and social elements at the terminals and beyond, helping boost economic growth and business activities in their regions of operation.

Airport administrators are challenged daily as the world experiences new, unusual, and trying situations ...