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News Vodafone's high speed mobile broadband network has been in place in London and British airports since 2007. Vodafone is extending its fast mobile broadband coverage to a further three million people this summer as part of a multimillion pound...
[12 May 2008]
whitepaper Athens International Airport has established a reputation as one of the most efficiently run airports in the world. Handling around 1.2 million passengers a month, the airport depends on state-of-the-art technology to ensure safe, efficient...
[06 May 2008]
Comment If there is any improvement in detection rates at airports, it seems to be marginal to date. Dispatched via a free wi-fi service. Before 9/11, I regularly travelled the planet with a full toolkit as well as other objects that are now classified as...
[29 Apr 2008]
Case Study As well as boosting productivity - by reducing the likes of wasted time at airports - the work/life balance of its senior executives was another consideration. While high-end videoconferencing can play a role in reducing the costs of corporate...
[24 Apr 2008]
News As Heathrow Terminal Five (T5) recovers from go-live glitches in its baggage handling systems, air travel IT specialist Sita has released research showing 42.4 million bags are lost in airports across the world.
[18 Apr 2008]
whitepaper People check e-mail from sidewalk cafes and airports; they review and share documents from multiple places at multiple points in their day. The world has changed since Microsoft Office 2003 was released several years ago.
[11 Apr 2008]
whitepaper This white paper examines how airports can increase profitability while at the same time becoming a seamless extension of the business traveler's office. The white paper concludes that a unified infrastructure is not an end but a beginning.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper Today’s airports are facing a major customer service problem. Most airports were struggling with frequent flight delays as a result of aging air traffic control systems and logistical problems with airplanes on the ground.
[10 Apr 2008]
whitepaper In recent months, airports, airlines and governments have greatly increased their focus and investments in homeland security and, more specifically, airport security. Demands for security are placing unprecedented pressure on airport executives and...
[10 Apr 2008]
News Find out which airports have the best internet connectivity - and share your own experiences - at atlarge.com. Airports are the hotspots of choice, accounting for almost half (45 per cent) of wi-fi sessions overall.
[14 Mar 2008]
News The technology, which has military and civilian applications and could be used in crowded airports, shopping malls or sporting events, will be unveiled at a scientific development exhibition sponsored by Britain's Home Office on Wednesday and...
[10 Mar 2008]
Round-Up People working in airports and other security risk areas are also unlikely to be breathing the free air for much longer. Are you worried that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will render your precious applications unusable?
[07 Mar 2008]
News Smith will also set out plans to issue ID cards to people working in airports and other high security risk areas from next year - a plan that has come under fire from trade unions. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards
[06 Mar 2008]
News Semaphore - which checks UK-bound passenger details against databases of banned individuals and passenger name records to assess risk - and Iris - which lets fliers use automated iris scanning gates at several UK airports - have been used as part...
[21 Feb 2008]
Photo RFID tags will still carry a barcode containing passenger information to be read by laser scanners at airports without the reader technology. Readers are also being trialled and used in several airports around the world, including Hong Kong, Las...
[14 Feb 2008]
News Stephen Challis, head of product development at BAA Heathrow, said: "In effect the bag is travelling with its own passport… improving the certainty around the operation and reducing the manual intervention that's required, which we believe will...
[13 Feb 2008]
News Airport group BAA, which owns seven UK airports including Heathrow, is outsourcing its software application management to India with LogicaCMG. Under the five-year deal LogicaCMG will deliver the outsourced services through a "blended" onshore...
[12 Feb 2008]
News Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and Manchester Airport. Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security.
[08 Feb 2008]
Photo The giant touch-sensitive displays can be used by many people at the same time and can already be found in Chicago and New York airports. There were shades of sci-fi film Minority Report as Accenture showed off its 'interactive wall' at its...
[01 Feb 2008]
News Vodafone said its UK network has a top downlink speed of 7.2Mbps - in London and major airports - and a maximum of 1.44Mbps uplink. But the 50 per cent price will only run for a limited 'promotional period'.
[01 Feb 2008]
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