When air travel hit the skids in 2020, rental car companies struggled right alongside airlines and airports. With business slowing to a trickle, rental fleets were decimated by the sale of dormant vehicles. Hertz reported a 40% reduction in cars between the end of 2019 and the end of 2020.
Every time an aircraft lands on the runway at Hill Air Force Base (HIF) in northern Utah, a mountain of data is captured. More than 80 sensors collect information about pressure, temperature, moisture and other key factors for pavement engineers to parse and dissect. There are even wireless sensors shaped like pebbles mixed into the pavement that transmit data about pressure and slight movements within the pavement system. The goal of this project is to learn more about the way environmental factors and various aircraft affect runway pavements.
When an aircraft is involved in a crash, finding the ‘black box’ flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder is imperative to subsequent investigations. If an accident takes place at a general aviation airport without a control tower, or when personnel are not on duty, it is much harder to analyze the communications and conditions that preceded the accident.
For over 50 years, Kueper Blades, based in Charleston, NC, has been serving the continent with high-quality snow blades. How do airports benefit? Learn more here.
Learn more about airport seating and the psychology of gold room design from Joe Agati of Agati Furniture.
Dutch company eezeetags develops and produces a unique linerless self-adhesive bag tag, designed around the passenger self-tagging a bag. This technique allows the tag to have a one-picture, language-neutral instruction that makes tagging intuitive. Join us and see how it sticks to itself and eliminates label backing trash on the floor!
Stephen Maybury, president and chief executive officer of Skyxe Saskatoon Airport (YXE), aptly proclaimed 2020 a year of ‘resilience and fortitude.’ At the low point in April, passenger volume at YXE was off fully 98%, and it remained down 69% through year-end.
Sherwin Industries has been around since 1938. The company is divided into four divisions; asphalt and sealcoat manufacturing, distribution of pavement maintenance products, airport runway support, and airfield marking installation. Here’s Todd Rushing to tell us more.
Cargo has been an important bright spot during the COVID-19 pandemic for many U.S. airports’especially Ontario International (ONT), located just 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles. With passenger traffic down about 50% from 2019 to 2020, ONT experienced double-digit increases in commercial freight volume almost every month last year. And 2021 may be even better.
An online reservation system for parking, introduced at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) back in July 2019, is earning its keep amid industrywide traffic declines.
Facing a tight deadline, of 108 days, Lakeland Linder completed a rehabilitation project of its 8,500-foot main runway. How? Listen in and the team will explain the process. (And bonus: some advice for young aviation fans who want to get into the business from Adam Lunn, Chris Hallstrand, and Gene Conrad.)
In the industry, Trinity is known for the Aerocade airport barricade. What are the other ways they are providing safety options for airports? Watch and find out.
LARUE has been manufacturing and selling industrial snowblowers (detachable and self-propelled) to municipalities, contractors and government institutions like airports and National Defence for over 40 years. Founded in 1973 by André Larue, LARUE has become one of the largest manufacturers of snow blowers of all categories.
Wade Conlan from Hanson Professional Services talks to Airport Improvement about the adjustments airports are making in the middle of this health crisis and what happens next.
The emergence of transportation network companies, or TNCs, has been a charged topic in Austin, TX. Uber and Lyft left abruptly in 2016 after a squabble with the city over fingerprinting requirements. One year later, the regulation shifted, and they were back in the city and operating in full force at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS).
In this episode of Show and Tell, we discuss planning and preventative maintenance for airport parking systems with Sue Thompson and Chrissy Mancini Nichols from Walker Consultants. #airports #airportimprovement
Specializing in access control and security solutions, dormakaba has over 150 years of experience in the business. Bill is live at an airport and tells us more here.
Steve Van Beek is leading consulting engagements on airport privatization and public-private partnerships; assisting airport management with strategic performance and succession planning; helping airports increase commercial revenues by improving parking strategy and yield management; and analyzing public policy developments for airport boards and management. Listen here as we ask him about the effects of the pandemic and what is coming next.
Regal Beloit is a manufacturer of electric motors based in Beloit, Wisconsin, and a champion of innovation. Listen in with Jason Glass from HQ.
MAG USA is an airport development, management, and services company; it is wholly-owned by Manchester Airports Group in the UK and is growing in the US. We interviewed MAG USA’s CEO Martin Jones to learn more about the company’s plans for the future.
Short on space for its rapidly growing cargo business, Ontario International Airport Authority (OIAA) is developing additional areas of the airfield for cargo operations. It also recently built two new facilities in an existing cargo area between the International Arrivals Terminal and main passenger terminal. To expedite construction and ensure future flexibility, it opted for tension fabric buildings.
T.J. Schulz has been working to help the industry both have a voice and use it on the Hill. In this video, he talks with us about the effect that COVID-19 is having on airports and all associated companies, breaks down the relief bills in action, and what ACC members are doing to help each other.
Tom Gebler from SICK, Inc has advice on maintaining baggage handling systems now during the slowdown. Sensors collect dust and dirt, and keeping them clear helps airports stay efficient.
In the middle of a global pandemic, Pittsburgh International Airport’s CEO Christina Cassotis is calm and positive. Listen and learn about the airport’s plans for the future and how they’re managing cargo operations now. #PIT #airports #Pittsburgh
