Airports must adapt to the fast-shifting IT landscape in order to improve operational efficiency and customer service. This has been the case at least since the 1990s, when the need arose to link the disparate software and systems at a typical airport. "Most airports today now have AODBs [airport operational databases] to provide this common data source," noted John Jarrell, head of airport IT at Amadeus. "However, many of them still need to invest in newer solutions that are easier to integrate with other systems."
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