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Theme: Planning & Design Airport reports: Bengaluru Kempegowda Special Report: ACI-LAC’s recovery from COVID Plus: Data sharing, People matters & WBP news ISSUE 5 Volume 26

Planning & Design: In it for the long-haul

Volume 26 – Issue 5, 2021 www.aci.aero

In this issue

3 Opinion

Editor, Joe Bates, reflects on the importance of the sustainable development of the world’s airports.

8 View from the top

ACI World director general, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, reflects on the importance of building back sustainably and the long-term benefits this can bring to airports.

10 Pioneering change

Bangalore International Airport Limited’s managing director and CEO, Hari Marar, tells Joe Bates more about the ambitions and development plans for India’s third busiest gateway.

16 Inclusive to all

SOM associate principal, Jordan Pierce, explains how incorporating inclusivity and accessibility into the design of its new terminal will ensure a warm welcome for all passengers at Kansas City International Airport.

18 Building for the future

Airport World discovers more about a handful of the big infrastructure development projects planned for airports in North America, Central and Eastern Asia.

22 Sustainable mission

Joffrey Maï explains how VINCI Airports is rolling out the group’s pioneering global environmental strategy in the Asia-Pacific region.

25 Luxury and sustainability

Sustainability and the environment are a top priority at Saudi Arabia’s new Red Sea airport project where daa International has been awarded the contract to operate the new gateway on completion, writes Curtis Grad.

28 On the right track

A new A$10 billion rail link looks set to make travelling to Melbourne Airport quicker, easier and more environmentally friendly, writes Joe Bates.

30 Delivering the future

Sustainability is central to the design and development of Pittsburgh International Airport’s new $ 1.1 billion terminal, writes Gensler’s Ty Osbaugh.

33 Time for a new approach

London Gatwick is seeking approval to modify its airfield to allow it to become a two-runway airport capable of handling up to 75 million passengers annually.

34 Light at the end of the tunnel

ACI Latin America-Caribbean’s director general, Rafael Echevarne, reflects on the impact COVID-19 has had on the region’s airports and the start of the recovery from the global pandemic.

37 Finding the way

Karlee Butler Kennedy contends that the growth in geospatial data and digital indoor wayfinding can only enhance the passenger experience at airports.

38 Collaborative effort

IBS Software’s Kanu Aravindakshan argues that greater collaboration between airports and airlines will be key in the post COVID aviation landscape.

40 WBP news

The latest news from ACI’s World Business Partners.

42 People matters

Terri Morrissey and Dr Richard Plenty consider the challenges of workforce planning in times of crisis.

Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira (Montréal, Canada)

Chair Martin Eurnekián (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Vice Chair Aimen Al-Hosni (Muscat, Oman)

Immediate Past Chair Fredrick J Piccolo (Sarasota, USA)

Treasurer Candace McGraw (Cincinnati, USA)

ACI WORLD GOVERNING BOARD

DIRECTORS

Africa (3) Emanuel Chaves (Maputo, Mozambique) Dewananda Chellen (Plaine Magnien, Mauritius) Capt Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu (Lagos, Nigeria)

Asia-Pacific (9) Aimen Al-Hosni (Muscat, Oman) Mohamed Yousif Al-Binfalah (Bahrain) Geoff Culbert (Sydney, Australia) SGK Kishore (Hyderabad, India) Fred Lam (Hong Kong) Seow Hiang Lee (Singapore) Xue Song Liu, (Beijing, China) Nitinai Sirismatthakarn (Bangkok, Thailand) Akihiko Tamura (Tokyo, Japan)

Europe (7) Daniel Burkard (Moscow, Russia) David Ciceo (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) Elena Mayoral Corcuera (Madrid, Spain) Jost Lammers (Munich, Germany) Yiannis Paraschis (Athens, Greece) Stefan Schulte (Frankfurt, Germany) Nazareno Ventola (Bologna, Italy)

Latin America & Caribbean (3) Ezequiel Barrenechea (Guayaquil, Ecuador) Martin Eurnekián (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Andrew O’Brian (Washington DC, USA)

North America (6) Lew Bleiweis (Asheville, USA) Joyce Carter (Halifax, Canda) Deborah Flint (Toronto, Canada) Joseph Lopano (Tampa, USA) Candace McGraw (Cincinnati, USA) Sam Samaddar (Kelowna, Canada)

Regional Advisers to the World Governing Board (10) Diego Arrosa (Montevideo, Uruguay) Chellie Cameron (Philadelphia, USA) Arnaud Feist (Brussels, Belgium) Pascal Komla (Lomé, Togo) Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid (Delhi, India) Hector Navarrete Muñoz (Merida, Mexico) Augustin de Romanet (Paris, France) Brian Ryks (Minneapolis-St Paul, USA) 2 Vacancies

WBP Advisory Board Thomas Duffy (ADB SAFEGATE) Tunde Oyekola (El-Mansur Atelier Group)