This innovation laboratory also gave the airport the opportunity to sign three major partnership agreements with Orange Belgium, Alibaba Cloud and Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways Cargo will extend its contract with Liège airport and grow its operations. For Guillaume Halleux, Chief Officer of Cargo Qatar Airways, the Liège hub is an important asset in his company’s network. “We are very satisfied with the services received at Liège and its logistic connections with the major European cities. Liège airport is a guarantee of future growth and we are happy to contribute to the increase of jobs in the Liège region.”
A partnership agreement was also signed with Alibaba Cloud, the technology subsidiary of Alibaba, which has a successful AI platform and which has the skills and experience needed to transform, digitise and support the airport’s operations and handling procedures. Finally, a partnership agreement to develop the Internet of Things and smart services was signed with Orange Belgium. In practical terms, this means that Orange Belgium and Liège airport will select together which cargo activities to study and for which technological solutions will be implemented.