airport in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.08.07
Round-Up The four signs have been introduced around one particular black spot in the village where sat-nav devices have directed heavy goods vehicles to an ultra-narrow road which also happens to be a shortcut between the M4 and Cardiff airport. [31 Aug 2007]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment It became clear there is still a gap between many people's expectations at an airport and the reality. How wrong we are. Time and time again we see that people also have to be ready to embrace changes. [28 Jun 2007]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile Citizen access is a key issue in Hillingdon, which is a multi-cultural borough with areas of significant deprivation despite having Heathrow Airport within its boundaries and high levels of commercial investment. [06 Jun 2007]
Richard Rundle
CIO Profile Rundle joined BAA in 1995 and is responsible for all the IT and telecommunications across the airport management company. What they say about him: "Richard is the archetypal solid, dependable IS leader who balances innovation with standardisation... [06 Jun 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile The next challenge for Coby and BA is streamlining the back-office systems and the massive new Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow Airport, which BA will occupy from spring 2008. What they say about him: "A real statesman and valued spokesman for the... [06 Jun 2007]
Andy Hooper
CIO Profile Execution and delivery against challenging deadlines has been a feature of Andy Hooper's career, most notably in his last role on BAA's Terminal 5 construction project at Heathrow Airport where missing milestone target dates for the deployment of... [06 Jun 2007]
Will's Web Watch: Let the train take the strain
Comment Allowing an hour to check in and pass security, plus an added 15 minutes should the Heathrow 'Xpress' (ho ho) be up to the levels of service I normally seem to experience, we're already up to two hours and 45 minutes - and that's before the... [04 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.06.07
Round-Up According to reliable sources, several cargo aircraft landed repeatedly at El Geneina airport in January and February 2007 reportedly to offload military equipment.an Antonov AN-12 aircraft bearing registration number ST AQE flew from Khartoum to... [01 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: My changing TV habits
Comment Written on BA6947 flying from Malaga to Gatwick Airport and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi service in London a day later IPTV is gradually taking over my viewing time as conventional TV content seems to be declining in quality and... [30 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Confusing communications?
Comment There were others, like the C&W angle to a big R&SA contract, and even Peter Cochrane chipped in with a blog about iris scanning at Heathrow Airport. Years ago, when I used to call someone for the first time from silicon.com and had to explain what... [18 Apr 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Heathrow's iris scan failure
Comment Written in Stansted Airport and dispatched to silicon.com via a commercial wi-fi service For nearly a year I have considered joining the iris-scanning security trial at Heathrow Airport. Wi-fi at the airport [18 Apr 2007]
From CIO to consultant: The first month
Comment Taxi to the airport, quick check-in, breakfast in the lounge, business class seats to New York, car to the 5 star hotel? Once I arrived at JFK, normally I would jump in a cab from the airport to the hotel but when I booked the hotel, I had the... [20 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 11: I heart Bangalore
Comment High-rise buildings with masses of blue glass are scattered around the area by the airport adorned with the logos of some of the biggest names - IBM, Intel, Reuters. As soon as I leave the airport I can see that the tech industry has made its mark... [14 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 5: Margaritas to Mumbai
Comment On the way from the airport to the hotel the taxi passes miles of grey slums, single story buildings with corrugated roofs. Thursday 8 February - Mumbai It's six o'clock in the morning and I'm eating a curry and drinking something that tastes very... [08 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday
Comment Arriving in India the Mumbai international terminal is much like any other large hub airport, clean and bright, and despite horror tales of epic waits at immigration I was through much faster than I ever have been at a US or UK airport. [04 Mar 2007]
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