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San Antonio International Airport is on a 1,200-acre site situated just north of the city near the northeast corner of the I-410/US 281 intersection

The smooth, staggered launch of Heathrow's new Terminal 2 applied lessons learned from the debacle of the T5 opening. The Queen's Terminal was opened with little fanfare and a gentle ramping up of operations, a strategy that lacks PR dazzle but has proven essential to an airport under pressure to get it right.

In light of the US Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) recent tightening of airport security to include stricter screening of electronic devices, is the TSA right to be cautious or have its actions caused unnecessary hassle for passengers?

Successfully trialled at a Brazilian stadium during the FIFA World Cup, could the Qylatron Entry Experience Solution, a new, self-service checkpoint system, alter the face of airport security?

Video by Nerak: Baggage KH316

European researchers developed a new software and sensor system to lower carbon emissions and energy costs in airports, while SITA planned to deploy its AIRCOM Server Flight Tracker in India for efficient aircraft tracking.

What does the future hold for the airport industry? We ask chief operations officer, Arjen Heeres, and business unit director, Marcel Dreef, at Quintiq for their thoughts. In 1997 in the Netherlands, five computer programmers began working on a new scheduling application for an aluminium hot mill operator.

LFV operates air navigation services for civil and military customers

Self-Service Baggage Handling Systems

Commercial drones on home turf represent a huge opportunity for business and a significant risk for air traffic control. While some countries forge ahead with new commercial drone regulations, the US Federal Aviation Administration has been criticised for its slow progress.

The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking is one of the largest European research programmes, developing new technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and noise produced by aircraft.