The April 2026 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

AODBs : Airport operational databases continue to adapt to meet the needs of a sector facing rapid digitalization and fast-growing passenger volumes.

Case study: Frankfurt t3 : The soon-to-be inaugurated Terminal 3 at Frankfurt Airport – one of the biggest airport expansion projects in Europe – is designed for both speed and comfort.

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Fresh from his appearance on the PTE World Conference panel that discussed airport cities connecting multimodality, economic development and community integration, Askin Demir, the CEO of Blaise Diagne International, tells PTW about Senegal’s plans to transform his facility into a role-model airport for western Africa, with excellent transportation links and a wide range of destinations.

The main stumbling block, he reports, is finance, which is more challenging in Africa than in Europe.

Continue reading VIDEO | Askin Demir discusses plans to transform Blaise Diagne into a role-model airport for western Africa, at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

We caught up with Keith Walters, group transformation lead at IAG, and Manuel van Lijf, director of travel and transportation at NLMTD, after their presentation at the PTE World Conference in London to hear more about the Smart Ramp program – an IAG, KLM, ANA, Schiphol Airport, Washington Airports and Miami Airports venture to reinvent the turnaround process through collaborative innovation.

“It’s a very intelligent, respectful environment,” says Walters. “Nobody within that group is more important than anyone else.

Continue reading VIDEO | Keith Walters from IAG and Manuel van Lijf from NLMTD talk about reinventing the turnaround process at Passenger Terminal Today.

Stansted Airport has big ambitions: to create one of the largest terminals in the world. Its extension plans have been approved and will see capacity grow to 43 million passengers a year.

In this interview conducted after their presentation at the PTE World Conference in London, Chantal Lontay from airport operator MAG and Isabella Leone from Gensler explain how Stansted is using Gensler’s PerformaX, a parametric, data-assisted simulation tool, to bridge the gap between experiential design and commercial strategy, improve the passenger experience and increase revenue at the airport.

Continue reading VIDEO | MAG’s Chantal Lontay and Gensler’s Isabella Leone discuss Stansted’s expansion plans at Passenger Terminal Today.

Big changes are afoot at Hong Kong International Airport, as the airport authority’s Steven Yiu and Jacob Cheung tell us in this interview at PTE World 2026.

For starters, the new Terminal 2 will open on May 27, 2026. Meanwhile, over in Terminal 1, they explain that the security screening technology has been upgraded to 3D machines that are quicker and more accurate than the previous x-ray systems.

They also describe how the airport authority analyzes traveler emotions and works to eliminate as many pain points as possible, to improve the passenger experience.

Continue reading VIDEO | Steven Yiu and Jacob Cheung on the latest developments at Airport Authority Hong Kong at Passenger Terminal Today.

In our chat with Daniel Ketchibachian, the CEO of Aeropuertos Argentina, following his enlightening presentation titled ‘Argentina: a success story in airport infrastructure investment,’ at the PTE World Conference, it immediately became clear that Argentina has an exciting aviation future in store. Passenger numbers are growing, and Aeropuertos Argentina – which operates 37 airports in the country – has big plans to boost these volumes even further.

“I always say that bricks come before airplanes,” he reported.

Continue reading VIDEO | Aeropuertos Argentina CEO Daniel Ketchibachian discusses the country’s aviation success story at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

After a fascinating discussion titled, ‘Tailored travel – is hyper-personalization the future of passenger experience?’ at the PTE World Conference, we caught up with panelist Gintare Norvilaite-Tautevice, the chief commercial officer of Lithuanian Airports, to hear her thoughts on the subject.

Hyper-personalization, she explains, means tailoring the airport experience to what each individual passenger wants. However, she points out that it’s possible to go too far. “There has to be space for excitement and unexpected moments,” she says.

Continue reading VIDEO | Lithuanian Airports’ Gintare Norvilaite-Tautevice gives us the lowdown on hyper-personalization at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

In this interview filmed at PTE World 2026 in London, PT World catches up with Sascha König, senior VP  of aviation passenger process, and Esther Nitsche, VP of operational excellence, from Fraport, which runs Frankfurt Airport. The airport’s T3 opens at the end of April. Technical commissioning is complete and the terminal is currently undergoing trial operations.

“The design is unique, I would say,” comments Nitsche. “It’s a very modern and beautiful terminal, and there’s state-of-the-art technology in all areas.”

König adds, “It’s a brand-new design, and there is much more space available for passengers and airline operations.

Continue reading VIDEO | Fraport’s Sascha König & Esther Nitsche reveal details about FRA T3 at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

As CEO of Heraklion International, Nikos Anastasiou is ideally placed to fill in PT World on the progress of the airport’s development. Speaking at PTE World 2026, he says, “This is one of two greenfield projects currently being developed in Europe. It’s a big-scale project for Greece – the last time we did a greenfield project was Athens Airport over 20 years ago.

“It’s exciting. There are a lot of challenges, but construction is progressing rapidly.

Continue reading VIDEO | Nikos Anastasiou from Heraklion International talks about greenfield development at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye delivered the keynote address at this year’s PTE World Conference in London. PTW caught up with him afterward to hear his thoughts on the need to embrace digitalization and take inspiration from within and outside the industry to improve the passenger experience. He also outlined some of the challenges of expanding the airport within such a constrained footprint: “We have to lift ourselves on the spot because we can’t really expand the spot we’re at.

Continue reading VIDEO | Heathrow CEO Thomas Woldbye explains how the airport plans to improve the passenger journey and expand within its constrained footprint at Passenger Terminal Today.