Gudmundur Dadi Runarsson, Technical and Infrastructure Director, Isavia, Keflavik Airport, Iceland

Speaker Biograghy: Gudmundur Dadi has been involved in the aviation industry since the age of 18, when he started as a Baggage Handler during school holidays at Icelandair. Following spells in ground operations, revenue management, project implementation and as Management Director of a ground handling company, he is currently the Technical and Infrastructure Director for Keflavik International Airport, with management responsibility for all investment programmes, and airport development and aerodrome infrastructure including facility management and project planning and engineering, as well as resource management including baggage handling systems. He holds a Master's degree in Engineering Management from DTU. Personal fact: He is a father of one and an adventurous traveller but at the same time knows no better place on earth than the highlands of Iceland.


Day 3 - 22 March
Session:
Increasing Airport Capacity


12:25 - 12:55 - JIT approach in border control
Synopsis: Keflavik Airport studies the current practices of when gate numbers are displayed to passengers and the effect this has on border control at Keflavik. Based on the study of these practices, a simple model was developed with the objective of minimising the queue time at Border Control by displaying the gate number at different times for different flights. Keflavik will explain the simple idea around the model and share the outcome of its tests and how the borders have been affected.

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