Global Airport Cities 2009 02

Global Airport Cities
Issue 2009 2

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Contents

Viewpoint

News

Love thy neighbour
The Kenan Institute’s Dr Stephen Appold and Dr John Kasarda explain why successful airport cities must enjoy a healthy relationship with their neighbours.

Listen and learn
Douglas Baker and Robert Freestone reflect on the importance of good communication between airports and local communities.

Neighbourhood watch
Robin Stone takes a closer look at a host of innovative community relation schemes adopted by airports around the world.

Making history
Airport city pioneer and outgoing Fraport chairman, Dr Wilhelm Bender, talks to Oliver Clark about his company’s business
transformation over the past two decades.

Anything is possible
Joe Bates takes a closer look at ambitious plans to create Africa’s first airport city in Nigeria’s Niger State.

Green power
Airports are fast becoming pioneers in the use of green and renewable energy solutions, write Chris LeTourneur and Andrew Fayn.

Blazing the trail
Ad Rutten talks to Frits Nijo about the Schiphol Group’s plans to develop the world’s greenest airport city at Amsterdam Schiphol.

Investor spotlight: GMR Group
The GMR Group’s chairman for airports, Kiran Kumar Grandhi, talks to Joe Bates about the company’s global investment strategy.

Everyone say YO!
Entrepreneur, Simon Woodroffe, founder of the YO! Company talks about his latest airport business venture, the YOTEL.

City slickers
Oliver Clark reviews the highlights of the Airport Cities Conference and Exhibition in Athens earlier this year.

The big build
Dublin Airport.