EXCLUSIVE air terminals for business travellers, faster ways through border controls and more low-cost carriers will be commonplace within 10 years,
claimed an industry analyst.
Travel Research Centre managing director Michael Brooks said: “Business travellers do not like massive crowds. I can see premium travellers having their own special parts of an airport for parking, checking in and boarding.”
He said the business traveller of tomorrow will be able to cross border controls by using a revolutionary device which recognises some part of the body such as a hand scanner, finger print or eye scanner, or voice recognition device.
Brooks, who was formerly head of business travel services at British Airways, predicted the carrier will revert back to separate long haul and short-haul operations, with Go expanding to become BA’s European operating arm.
He said more low-cost carriers will emerge and established ones such as EasyJet, Debonair and Ryanair will become significant players, flying on major continental routes as open skies develop.
Major airlines such as BA will have difficulty competing on low-cost carrier routes and will start to operate exclusive business-class services on some routes, said Brooks.