Airline Industry News, Trends, Analysis
Airports are prioritising IT investments for passenger and airport security.
According to the 2016 Airport IT Trends Survey, the extensive annual study of IT trends within the global airport industry co-sponsored by SITA and Airports Council International (ACI), in association with Airline Business, 50% of the world’s airports now rate IT investments in security a high priority, up from 37% last year.
Copenhagen Airport is growing, as one of the best performing airports in Europe despite increasing socioeconomic negative pressures on European airports.
• CPH hosted to three million people in July, the highest number of passengers ever to travel through the airport in a single month, and 9.6% more passengers than it served in July of last year.
• During the first six months of 2016, 13.7 million passengers travelled through Copenhagen Airport, which represents an increase of 11.0% over H1 2015.
A recent survey of passengers, conducted by ExpertFlyer, finds that 79% of travellers are ready to overcome privacy concerns and embrace biometrics technology to streamline their journey.
Copenhagen Airport has been named Europe’s most efficient by international researchers and aviation experts at the Air Transport Research Society.