Author: Andy Smith

Take eight billion people a year and squeeze them through the eye of a needle. You have 30 seconds. Now go… That’s the dilemma facing under-resourced airports and border control officers. Eight billion airline passengers taking off, landing and being funnelled through constrained immigration and customs control points by 2043. Airports facing a capacity shortfall of 1.5 billion by 2040. An aviation industry workforce gap of 1.6 million people looming by 2030. At the same time, pressure is mounting on governments to counter emerging security threats, terrorism, human trafficking, and global health threats. How do you do more, with less?…