Steve (BSc Hons, FIIC) is a journalist and communicator with more than 35 years' experience.
Steve is a specialist in science and hi-tech industries, including aerospace, computing, internet and telecommunications and has won the IoIC Communicators in Business awards of excellence for both printed and electronic communications. He was also a finalist in the 2002 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards.
Steve was also the originator and publisher of GetConnected.aero (sold in 2020), which focuses on inflight connectivity and is space & technology editor for both Arabian and African Aerospace magazines and Arabian Aerospace SHOW BUSINESS dailies.
How can regional airlines grow in Africa? That is a question that was put to panelists at the first Aviation Africa conference and exhibition in Dubai today.
The Aviation Africa 2015 two-day summit and exhibition has opened in Dubai. The event is being attended by and held under patronage of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, chairman of Dubai Airports, chairman and chief executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
View our video of Day Two at the Airport Show in Dubai. In this programme we look at how technology is changing the passenger experience at airports. We talk to Ed Christie and Bhasker Srinivasan of Smiths Detection about its latest scanners; Tony Lynch of Rockwell Collins about its acquisition of ARINC and the company's airport product lines; and Debojit Das of LG Electronics on how it is revolutionising the use of screens in airports.