AirportLabs expands airport software offering into Asia

AirportLabs is targeting airport operators across Asia with software that connects operational data, resource allocation and passenger information. The expansion covers its full product range, although the company has not named new customers in the region or announced deployment dates.

The aviation software supplier says its products are used at more than 100 airports, including Dubai International, London Heathrow and Chicago O’Hare (pictured). It is seeking business from individual airports and operators managing multiple sites, drawing on previous deployments across airport networks in Europe and the Americas.

“Small airports need to run the same code as our largest customers. Not a lite edition, not a legacy fork,” said Ligiu Uiorean, Director, AirportLabs. “Fair pricing is not a discount. It is an architectural outcome.”

The offering includes an airport operational database, resource management software and flight information displays. Other tools cover billing, ground handling, passenger queues and communication between airport teams, with operators able to introduce individual systems rather than replace their entire software estate at once.

The resource management system allocates stands, gates, baggage belts and check-in counters, while a separate monitoring platform gives operations control centres information about upcoming activity. Alerts can be directed to relevant teams, supporting coordination between airports, airlines and ground handlers.

AirportLabs develops its products in-house and delivers them through a cloud-native platform. The company says this reduces reliance on on-site servers and allows airports of different sizes to use the same software.

Its existing group deployments include work with VINCI Airports and OMA, which operates 13 airports in Mexico. Fraport Greece also introduced the company’s Airport Community App across its 14 regional airports in less than four months, according to AirportLabs.

Implementation times vary by project. The company reported a 40-day deployment of its flight information display system at Chihuahua Airport in Mexico, compared with seven months for its operational database and resource management systems at Chicago O’Hare.

These projects involved different systems and scopes, limiting direct comparisons between the reported timelines. The announcement did not specify the integration work, training or changes to operating procedures required at each location.

For operators managing several airports, the proposed approach would bring operational information from different sites into a common system, allowing headquarters to monitor activity across the network.

Airports AI Alliance contacted AirportLabs for details on its priority Asian markets and plans to support local deployments but had not received a response at the time of publication.

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