IT provider for the air transport industry SITA,
has made six predictions about how ultra-fast 5G networks will bring
major change for airports, airlines, and passengers. With download
speeds of up to 400MB per second, 5G will be a game-changer.
The potential for innovation is huge and airports,
airlines, and passengers will feel the force of 5G in very different
ways. SITA’s predictions are based on unique IT insights and emerging
air-transport industry technology trends.
They follow hot on the heels of 5G trials like the
recent ones carried out by both London Gatwick Airport and Beijing’s new
Daxing International Airport services which signpost our entry into a
new era of ultra-connected air travel.
The adoption of 5G technology is gradually making its
way into Africa as well. As of January 2020, commercial 5G networks have
been deployed in Lesotho and South Africa. However, technology company,
Ericsson predicts that 5G adoption will accelerate considerably on the
continent. Over the next six years, Africa and the Middle East are
expected to have the highest growth rate in 5G availability in the
world.
Gilles Bloch-Morhange, VP SITA Platform, said: “5G is
already enhancing our existing applications at airports, for aircraft
communications, airport operations, baggage management, and of course
passenger processing. And it’s impossible to talk about 5G without
discussing Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and the other
applications it enables. We’re already using 4G for IoT applications for
several applications around our biometric passenger processing
solution, such as Smart Path and baggage management and the uptake of 5G
will provide many more opportunities.”
According to CSS Insight data, there will be 340 million
5G connections globally by 2021 and a staggering 2.7 billion by 2025,
mostly in developed markets. In money terms, in the aviation industry 5G
amounted to just USD 0.2 billion in 2019 but is projected to reach USD
4.2 billion by 2026.
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