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3/3/25, 12:39 PM Airport Show 2025 to reflect the pace of technological progress at airports
The three-day show will have co-located conferences – the Global Airport Leaders Forum
(GALF), Airport Security Middle East, the ATC Forum, and Women in Aviation (WIA).

The annual platform is supported by the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Airports,
Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, Emirates Airlines, Dubai Air Navigation Services, and
dnata.
The Airport Show will remain a crucial platform in 2025 too for the Middle East, Africa, and
South Asia region as US$1.3 trillion in airport development projects are readying to take
off.
The B2B platform will facilitate global companies to showcase their cutting-edge
technologies and innovations designed to enhance airport operations, facility expansion,
safety enhancement, improve passenger experiences and sustainability, and widen
automation.
The Middle East region is required to invest up to US$151 billion in near-future
expansions and improvements to facilities. According to the Airports Council International
(ACI) whose members operate 1925 airports across 171 countries, passenger numbers
to/from/within the Middle East are expected to reach 105 percent of 2019 levels in 2025.
May Ismail, Event Manager at RX, a global company that organizes about 400 events
across 42 industry sectors in 22 countries including Airport Show, said: “Digital
transformation is happening fast across the airport industry.

“Airports are focusing on advanced technologies. The buzz world today is convenience,
efficiency, and communication. Enhancing the airport experience boils down to three
critical factors – easy navigation, cleanliness, and passenger service.

“By 2050, several processes within the airport environment are predicted to be fully
autonomous, and the airports with better passenger experience will have a competitive
edge. In the technology-driven era, the focus for airports is on thriving rather than just
staying operational.”

According to a white paper by global consultancy Frost & Sullivan, airports are constantly
evolving especially now when the rate of change is faster than ever.
They are faced with changing demand, varied operating conditions, rising costs, and
workforce shortages coupled with rising passenger demands.

Stakeholders across the ecosystem are working on innovating, backed by advanced
technology to solve airport’s various pain points and achieve the desired goals and
priorities.

These innovations span across landside and airside for passenger processing and for
operations management.
It noted: “Airport operators, with the support of technology suppliers, are working on
deploying comprehensive Digital Twin solutions that covers not only airside but also
Landside and the Terminals.

“This gives operators the ability to get better real-time insights into operations and
processes but also gives operators ability to try out various changes to evaluate impact
and to choose the one to be deployed.

“Technology providers and airports are working on leveraging robotics to aid baggage
handlers in loading/offloading baggage which would reduce human intervention and the
linked risks and challenges while speeding up operations.”

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