What is Aviation Ecosystem

Airports have always been one of the biggest contributors of big data to the aviation ecosystem. With the abundance of data available, big data analytics can help transform the airports to smart ones. This chapter examines airport analytics from a business process viewpoint. It explores the value of applying intelligent big data analytics in an airport from an operations perspective and strategic differentiation perspective. This chapter also discusses the challenges faced when adopting intelligent big data analytics in a smart airport paradigm from the perspective of PNG's National Airports Corporation (NAC). This chapter then looks at how these challenges can be overcome to realize the true value of applying intelligent big data analytics in an airport. The approach proposed in this chapter might contribute to expediting research of future development of intelligent big data analytics solutions that are customizable to an airport to recognize the real value of intelligent big data analytics in all facets of its operations.