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NEWS FEATURE<br />
The global aviation industry saw a record over 4<br />
billion passenger traffic in 2017 but with<br />
international travel forecasts to grow at 8.4<br />
percent this year that figure may swell to a new high.<br />
Airports in different parts of the world are racing<br />
against time to adequately cope with the rising<br />
number of passengers, investing heavily on smart<br />
security, technology and digitalization and<br />
embracing innovations in various areas to speed up<br />
DXB projects<br />
its passenger trafc<br />
in <strong>2018</strong> to reach over<br />
90 million eventually rising to<br />
118 million in the coming years.<br />
processing time without compromising security and<br />
convenience of passengers.<br />
In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),<br />
home to the one of the world's biggest airlines,<br />
Emirates, is leading in terms of exponential growth in<br />
airports with 37 planes arriving every hour at the<br />
Dubai International Airport (DXB) and 41 aircraft<br />
leaving every 60 minutes, according to its operator,<br />
Dubai Airports.<br />
“Through the solid<br />
support from both<br />
government and private<br />
sectors, the 18th edition<br />
of Airport Show will<br />
continue to offer our<br />
airport development<br />
teams and colleagues<br />
around the region an<br />
invaluable opportunity<br />
to view the latest global<br />
technologies, meet<br />
aviation experts from<br />
around the world and<br />
share ideas, best<br />
practices and create new<br />
opportunities for our<br />
industry to collaborate.”<br />
-Reed Exhibitions, the<br />
Airport Show organizer
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