Airport Show 2022 in Dubai to debate how cutting-edge technologies are increasingly being used for a frictionless travel experience. A diverse range of technologically advanced and innovative products will be displayed at the Airport Show 2022 in Dubai as the global aviation industry looks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The 21st edition of the event will be held from May 17-19 at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
The world’s largest airport industry B2B platform, organised by Reed Exhibitions Middle East, will provide insights into the investments planned by the world’s airports until 2040.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Airline & Group, and Patron of Airport Show said: “The Airport Show has provided over the past two decades products and services to create most advanced aviation facilities in the world.”
The show will take place as more innovative technologies and products are providing a wider degree of agility and flexibility for the airports as the number of passengers gradually increase and many prefer to complete their baggage handling operations outside the airports.
Digital queuing and biometrics have been viewed as a priority to be implemented to modernize every component of the journey at airports which are expected to allocate up to six percent of their revenues each year to spend on IT until 2024 on transformative projects and infrastructure upgrades.
The tech upgrades aim to improve operational efficiency as airports prepare to handle 8.2 billion passengers by 2037 and 20.9 billion by 2040.
According to Billy Shallow, director, Innovation and Technology at Airports Council International (ACI World), whose members operates over 1953 airports in 176 countries, the pandemic has enhanced the contactless journey for passengers.
He said technologies and solutions have been in part accelerated by the pandemic but are also part of the long-term transformation underway.
The latest IATA Global Passenger Survey revealed passengers expect technology to give them more “personal control over their travel experience” and greater automation of airport processes like security and border control which they called the “biggest pain points”.
Annual expenditure on airport security systems alone is set to top $12.7 billion by 2023 while the global airport technologies market is expected to grow to more than $13 billion at an annual growth rate of almost five percent through 2022.
Hence, according to Frost & Sullivan, airport IT spending is to touch $4.63 billion by 2023 while the smart airports market is projected to grow to $6.4 billion by 2025.
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