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3/3/25, 12:39 PM Airport Show 2025 to reflect the pace of technological progress at airports
According to ICAO, technology plays a key role in incremental innovations and facilitates
improvements. By 2030, common will be self-service options like Near-Field
Communication (NFC) and Radio-frequency Identification (RFID), robotic airport assistants,
improvements to route planning, air traffic control, and passenger experience through AI,
wider use of IoT and cloud technology, and infrastructure digitalization.
Digital technologies like AI, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, healthcare integration, sustainable
energy, quantum computing, and human-machine interaction will converge in the next
decade for sweeping transformation across the travel ecosystem.

Experts say airports are investing in technologies like self-service kiosks, mobile apps, and
contactless payment systems, along with the AI-based screening systems, biometric
monitoring systems, computerized gates, LED lighting, optimized water and air systems,
and low-consumption electronics.

Social robotics, a developing field for airports, is bound to enhance engagement and
interaction with passengers.

SITA noted that the world’s 200 major airports which handle 43 percent of the world’s
passengers are buckling due to swelling passenger numbers and budgetary constraints
even as safety, security and speed of service remains top priorities for passengers.
In a report over the travel trends by 2050, ACI and global management consultancy Oliver
Wyman says the airport industry needs concerted investments in everything from green
tech to biometrics as the state of travel – and the way people move around the world –
will change dramatically.
It said: “Advances in biometrics, AI, ML, 3D printing, and automation will disrupt traditional
airport operating models and transform the passenger experience while also enhancing
efficiency. The deployment of technology will provide the opportunity to rethink the
internal design and layout of airports.”

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