IATA is maintaining its projection of eight billion air travellers by 2040. Such massive travel volumes will push airport operations to their limits, but not all airports are able to expand their infrastructure to cope with future travel appetites, says Sumesh Patel, president for Asia-Pacific at SITA, the IT provider for the air transport industry.
In this episode of TTG Conversations: Five Questions video news series, Patel discusses what airports are doing to prepare for higher passenger volumes as well as mounting public expectations for sustainable aviation, emerging technologies that could aid traveller processing, and obstacles in adopting available technology, including biometric clearance. He also highlights notable airport developments and digitalisation efforts in Asia, and casts his eyes on how the future of air travel could look.
