airport tech
RSS airport techManchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News Manchester Airport has begun a six-month trial of biometric face recognition technology that will scan passengers and use automatic gates in an attempt to tighten border security and speed up immigration checks. [20 Aug 2008]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment Bangalore's airport was conceived so it could give this otherwise gung-ho tech city an infrastructure edge and signal a change in its dodgy traffic and transport systems. Yet if air traffic growth has been fuelled by the business traveller, why is... [30 Jul 2008]
Super scanners at UK airports
News Airport operator BAA confirmed it had now installed the advanced threat identification X-ray scanners at its seven airports, including Gatwick, Heathrow, and Stansted. The airport operator is investing about £5m in energy efficiency over four years... [09 Jul 2008]
Tech workers part of the jet set
News Wi-fi at the airport But not everyone is as familiar with the airport departure lounge, as a significant proportion (24 per cent) said they never get to travel abroad for work. Two out of five (38 per cent) tech professionals travel abroad with... [23 Jun 2008]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely focused on ramping up the tech for the opening of the new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport. Although Terminal 5's opening in March didn't go as smoothly as BA... [11 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment Written at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands and dispatched via an airline lounge wi-fi service. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT ¦ Why IT must... [28 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport insecurity ¦ Video Cheat Sheet: Data Breaches ¦ Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain ¦ India's high-tech... [01 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment The jury's still out on this one… Finally, RFID bag tagging at the airport - good idea? Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a little miffed their favourite didn't feature on the poll… And from old... [24 Apr 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News BA will watch with interest the development of RFID but for the moment we will continue to use barcodes on our baggage tags, which - with a modern system - is very effective for baggage being checked-in at an airport. [18 Apr 2008]
Editor's Blog: Signs of terminal decline at T5?
Comment My overall verdict - it's a fine airport terminal, although I'm hardly the world's biggest fan of the departure lounge. I was off the plane - and had picked up my luggage - and sailed out of the airport in just 10 minutes. [16 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects
Comment Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 was to be his next triumph in a series of successes. He has achieved that status by transforming BA into one of the most tech-savvy organisations in the world. Project failures suck all the attention away from IT's... [14 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... T5 chaos, mobile maladies, and laptop losses…
Comment On the bright side, thanks to passengers refusing to be finger printed, problems with the "high-tech" computer security systems failing were avoided and as a result planes managed to leave the airport with passengers onboard. [03 Apr 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part of its IT infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games in August. Beijing is due to host the Olympic Games in August and has built the new terminal at Beijing Capital... [31 Mar 2008]
How did the Heathrow T5 launch go so wrong?
Comment To many, the travails of Heathrow's new Terminal 5 (T5) won't come as a huge surprise with the airport's infamous delays, lost baggage and struggling infrastructure often making the headlines. Wi-fi at the airport [28 Mar 2008]
BA CEO: Heathrow T5 chaos 'not our finest hour'
News Wi-fi at the airport All the tech at Heathrow T5… Video: Heathrow T5's cutting-edge baggage tech The problems at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) have continued into a second day following the chaos caused by baggage system problems on the... [28 Mar 2008]
