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Clever planning keeps airports aloft
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Unexpected disruptions are a regular ocurrence for air travelers across the globe, including in the Middle East. Bad weather, civil unrest, industrial action or even a volcanic eruption in Iceland can be the culprit. While the impact on travel is considerable, the potential damage to airports’ reputations and long-term business can be even worse. It can result in travelers avoiding certain airports or regulators pushing for costly controls and financial penalties. Ultimately, such disruptions have detrimental consequences for the Gulf Cooperation Council’s thriving aviation industry, which plays an important role in the region’s economic diversification. Disruptions can severely affect the main priority of an airport: to maximize revenues by having as many passengers board planes as safely as possible. Airports achieve this goal through sophisticated and complex procedures that, if disrupted, limit valuable capacity and the number of flights they can operate. Airports that lack the ability to handle these

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