Future-ready digital operations: lessons from Salzburg Airport
18 Mar 2026
Technovation
Salzburg Airport is taking a structured approach to preparing for the digital future. As part of its digital transformation strategy, the airport initiated a comprehensive analysis to understand its current digital maturity, identify opportunities for improvement and benchmark against international best practices. The findings provided valuable external perspectives and revealed strengths and development areas across key operational domains. This presentation shares how Salzburg Airport is using these insights to build digital foundations, enhance operational efficiency and define a clear roadmap toward future-ready airport operations – offering practical takeaways for other regional airports embarking on similar journeys.
- Setting the right priorities – understanding your starting point and target is crucial
- Understanding the whole picture – an integrated analysis of all airport processes helps to navigate digitalization
- Digital transformation goes beyond technology – organizations need to look into their capabilities. Do we have the right prerequisites?
- Pathway to success – prioritize and plan in order not to overburden the organization
