Houston Airport System director of aviation: airports must provide network and capacity for growth

Houston Airport System director of aviation Mario Diaz, speaking at CAPA's Airport Innovation Day Summit, said (03-Aug-2016) airports cannot provide great customer experience without providing capacity for growth and a broad route network. Mr Diaz also said innovation is necessary to reduce construction times for airport capacity expansion projects. Mr Diaz said modular construction can reduce construction time without compromising design and can enable modular components to be easily replaced. Mr Diaz also said capacity can be expanded by improving existing systems, particularly in air traffic management.