Speaker Biograghy: John is a Principal and Architect with Corgan, one of the top ten US design firms focused on planning, architecture and interior design. For the past 18 years he has led aviation design programmes around the world. Having had airlines, airports and governments as clients, he understands the challenges and intricacies of the operations-based solutions important to airlines and operators, while maintaining the design excellence important to a successful passenger experience. His project experience includes passenger terminal planning and design, airport masterplanning, support facility design and operational planning, with a focus on functional optimisation, a tailored passenger experience and an effective planning and design process.


Day 3 - 17 March
Session: Increasing Airport Capacity

09:05 - 09:30 - Increasing load factors and terminal design
Synopsis: As narrow-body aircraft continue to increase in size and airlines develop creative ways to install additional seats, the old '80 of 80' rule is dead. With more seats and passengers on each flight, existing hold lounges are becoming overcrowded with unanticipated passenger loads. This presentation will look at ways to relieve some of the pressure at existing terminals, and explore the implications for the next generation of terminal design through several case studies including DFW, PHX and LAX.

Audience will learn:

• Understand the basis for hold lounge sizing in legacy terminals
• Learn about trends for up-gauging aircraft industry wide
• Understand the impact that up-gauged aircraft and increased load factors have on future hold lounge design
• What the next generation of hold lounges will look like