The 2023 report from the Airports Council International (ACI), based on data from over 2,600 airports across 180 countries, predicts a promising horizon for the global aviation industry. The combined world airports are expected to host over 9.4 billion passengers, surpassing the pre-COVID record of 9.2 billion passengers in 2019. Airports are the critical infrastructure for facilitating the operation and performance of the entire aviation industry.