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 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.

Schneider Electric is showcasing its new Integrated Platform Operations Center (IPOC) at PTE World 2026 in London. The company said the system brings together energy systems, operational data and asset management into one platform to support real-time decision-making, improve efficiency and boost decarbonization efforts.

Built on software from Aveva, Schneider’s strategic partner, IPOC integrates energy, automation and operational data into a unified platform. The system is designed to connect airport stakeholders and processes, providing a consolidated view of operations.

Continue reading VIDEO | Schneider Electric’s Pauline Blot-Georges on using data to improve airport operations 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.

In this interview filmed at PTE World 2026, Lord Sharpe, shadow business and trade minister, shares his views on British innovation and investment in aviation.

“Aviation is fundamental to the British economy – 302 million people traveled through UK airports last year, and over 2.4 million tonnes of high-value cargo,” he says. “These are very impressive numbers and they illustrate just how incredibly important aviation is to our nation.

“Of course,” he adds, “we also have to think about how we make it more sustainable and protect the skies and Earth for future generations.”

Lord Sharpe also discusses the balance of growth and sustainability, and his hopes for the sector over the next five years.

Continue reading VIDEO | UK shadow business and trade minister shares his thoughts on the aviation industry at PTE World 2026 at Passenger Terminal Today.

Talking to Passenger Terminal World on the show floor at PTE World, Port Polska CEO Filip Czernicki gives us the lowdown on an ambitious undertaking that many other countries would have balked at: the creation of a hub airport, a high-speed rail network connecting the five biggest cities in Poland, and a new road network – all on a greenfield site.

This monumental project will, he says, “bring Poland into the 22nd century.” It’s certainly an impressive endeavor and one can’t but be impressed by its ambition.

Continue reading VIDEO | Filip Czernicki from Port Polska discusses a massive new infrastructure project underway in Poland at Passenger Terminal Today.