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Our latest insights, news and events for aviation readers around the world
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Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter for 2025, which features new case studies and blog articles covering two major UK airports: Gatwick and Heathrow respectively, as well as news updates on our airport activities in the Middle East, West Africa, Europe and Asia. There's also a throwback video to the World Air Cargo summit, hosted by Ostend Airport.
But it’s not just about airports, innovation in air traffic management is also addressed in two new pieces of content – a case study covering our work supporting the latest update of the European ATM Master Plan and a blog article on driving innovation in air navigation service providers.
Finally, if you are planning to visit Passenger Terminal Expo or Airspace World, do call by our stand to say hello. Details below, we hope to see you there!
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More expert blogs and insights
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London Gatwick - Reduced night noise trial
A pioneering study has added significantly to understanding of a complex topic. Could modern aircraft navigation procedures be used to reduce noise by keeping aircraft higher for longer and by reducing engine thrust? Find some of the answers in our latest case study.
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SESAR: European ATM Master Plan update
Around 200 people worked on the latest update of the European Air Traffic Management Master Plan! The new edition was published by SESAR in January. An Egis consortium supported this major initiative for ATM modernisation.
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World Cargo Summit success
Ostend Airport was delighted to host the 2025 edition of the World Cargo Summit, where 300 freight industry professionals from 65 different organisations gathered for three days of insightful discussions and meaningful connections!
Video recap (2 mins)
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Matarat Award
Matarat Holding, in partnership with Egis, has been awarded the distinguished Project Management Office (PMO) Excellence Award by the Global Project Excellence Awards. The award-winning PMO consolidates critical project metrics on capital projects across 27 airports, transforming raw data into actionable insights. The PMO’s structured and proactive approach to risk management integrates real-time tracking, predictive analytics, and a three-tiered escalation system. Robust governance minimizes delays and cost overruns, giving Matarat an edge in managing high-stakes infrastructure projects with precision. Our congratulations to everyone involved in this prestigious achievement!
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Congratulations to Riyadh Airport on the opening of its new T1
The modernised and enlarged terminal at King Khalid International Airport offers increased capacity and promises an enhanced passenger experience. Egis was honoured to support this as the project management consultant, achieving over 8 million safe working hours, in a race against time to bring this advanced terminal to life. Egis Middle East & South Asia CEO Alaa AbuSiam was delighted to attend the inauguration ceremony in January. Next up, T2!
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Emissions reduction
Two more Egis airports have been recognised for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Bergerac Airport and Paris-Beauvais achieved level 3 and level 4 respectively in the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme run by ACI. This means that three-quarters of the airports in the Egis network are now ACA-accredited. Beauvais also recently welcomed Dan Air to its airlines, offering new connections with Romania.
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TULIPS progress event
The "clean" energy transition was a key theme in the TULIPS Progress Event which took place in Turin last October. There, we met with partners and stakeholders and shared preliminary results of our demos on modelling, smart grids, innovative energy storage, hydrogen and electric infrastructure and - ground equipment. If you missed the event, you can watch the presentations on the TULIPS website: Accelerating Airports in the Clean Energy Transition.
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Congratulations to Hong Kong on its 3RS opening
Hong Kong has reached a remarkable milestone in its aviation history with the inauguration of the Three-Runway System (3RS) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). This groundbreaking development, supported by significant infrastructure advancements, features a new air traffic control tower equipped with an enhanced digital tower system and state-of-the-art CNS facilities. Egis, alongside its consortium partner ADPi, are immensely proud to have contributed to the success of this iconic project for the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department.
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Meet us at the following key industry events, Passenger Terminal Expo in Madrid 8-10 April, stand #1624, Hall 10; and Airspace World in Lisbon 13-15 May stand #H2830, where Associate Director Vijay Bhaskar will be taking to the conference floor to present more insights related to unlocking innovation within ANSPs.
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At the end of 2024, Egis signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Airbus ‘Protect’. The aim is to collaborate on delivering enhanced cybersecurity and risk management for large industrial customers with critical processes, namely air transport, rail, power generation and the automotive industry.
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With 6 automated lines, Riyadh’s world-class metro was officially inaugurated on 27th November. Egis, as part of the Riyadh Metro Transit Consultants (RMTC) consortium, was responsible for supervising project management, design, and construction, delivering the network’s Blue, Red and Orange lines.
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