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Australia’s four largest airports, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, each reported their highest ever aeronautical revenues in 2023-24, the ACCC’s latest Airport Monitoring Report shows.

iTWire spoke to Troy Wu, HID’s Business Development Manager, about the company’s Extended Access Technologies.

GUEST CASE STUDY: Dynatrace, the leader in unified observability and security, has announced that Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), the largest airport operator in Italy – serving nearly 50 million people annually via more than 100 airlines and the Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci and Ciampino airports – is using the Dynatrace platform to keep travellers flowing through its airports quickly and efficiently. Digital systems are at the heart of ADR's efficiency, underpinning all critical airport processes, including security checks, border control, baggage handling, airside operations, and traveller information systems such as those used for check-in and travel updates.

eGate hardware revenue will exceed US$490 million globally by 2027; up from US $207 million in 2023 as airports seek to cope with rebounding travel,  according to a new study.

Automation technology provider Elenium Automation has appointed 20-year veteran senior finance executive Michelle Wright as chief financial officer to its Melbourne-based leadership team.

Tensions rise between US mobile operators and the airline industry over the deployment of 5G in the C-band, requiring the White House to step in and negotiate a path forward.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission is seeking public views on how it should prioritise its regulatory work program in a move aimed at helping the energy and airport sectors address upcoming issues including the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy and managing any continuing impact of COVID-19.

The Australian Government will put in place a new digital system to collect information from incoming travellers via their mobile devices or through a computer as it prepares for opening global travel once again.

Self-service check in kiosks at Victoria’s Avalon Airport are now touchless with the installation of new technology by automation technologies vendor Elenium Automation, as the airport responds to the Covid 19 crisis.

Global payment and identity solutions company IDEMIA has announced an expansion of investment in its border processing capability platform in the Asia Pacific region, including expanding its teams in the Canberra and Sydney markets.

Business units are now the major drivers behind technology spend in Australia and New Zealand, causing business-wide integration challenges at unprecedented levels, according to a newly released study.

The Australian Labor Party has said it will wait to see the complete text of the Coalition Government's proposed law on increased identity checks at domestic airports before deciding whether to support it or not.

Airline passengers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane faced check-in delays for about three hours this morning due to a software glitch.

Global defence industry technology company Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million to develop an advanced defence electronics maintenance and sustainment centre in Western Sydney.

A 19-year old man from Rockbank in Victoria has been charged over an incident in which he is alleged to have unlawfully interfered with air traffic control and endangering the safety of aircraft at two Victorian airports.

Along with Samsung Galaxy Note7 phones being banned on flights in the US and internationally, so too are they banned in Australia, with Samsung manning phone swap service points at major Australian airports.

The Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has extended its managed technology infrastructure services contract with ICT solutions company Data#3 for two years to June 2018.

IT solutions provider to the travel industry, Amadeus, has secured its first customer in Australia with a contract to implement its next-generation cloud-based ACUS solution.

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) says it is at the forefront of airport R&D, spearheading international research to make airport experiences safer and faster, at its purpose built Airport Innovation Research (AIR) lab.

Australian IT services firm The Frame Group has taken off with a three-year facilities management contract with Melbourne Airport.