Dubai Airports CE predicts ‘complete reimagining’ of airport model

Dubai Airports CE Paul Griffiths believes aviation growth will be constrained unless airports decentralise and take the pain out of passenger processes. “There’s got to be a complete reimagining of what airports really are,” Griffiths said. The old solution of building more airport capacity no longer works, he said, because it is capital-intensive, space-restricted and controversial. “I think we are going to face a situation where the growth of aviation globally is going to be very challenged from the airport side. I am not convinced it is possible to match growth in the air with the growth of physical facilities on the ground,” he said. Griffiths likened the problem to a gas supply pipe. To handle more volume, you either need to make the pipe bigger, or speed up the flow.. <br/>