Sean O'Neill
After years of being stuck in the past, new “smart” airports are embracing technology and data to improve the experience for both passengers and vendors. But progress is still slow, widening the gap between cutting-edge and archaic facilities. What’s needed? More vision, less bureaucracy.
The smart airport trend is, after all, about something more than robots, scanners, and sensors. Exhibit A: Daxing — whose name in Mandarin can mean “great flourishing” — will signal to the world Beijing’s future.
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