Young Executive Award

Background and Objectives

The ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Young Executive Award is an annual research paper competition that encourages young talents in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region to contribute innovative solutions for current aviation industry issues.

The application process for 2025 is now open.

Young Executive Award 2025

The topic of this year’s award programme is “How Artificial Intelligence will Transform Airports and Customer Experience”. Entry is open to one participant per ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regular (Airport) Member.

To learn more about the Young Executive Award 2025, please review the Programme Details and the Application Form below.

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YEA 2025 Programme Details

YEA 2025 Application Form

Young Executive Award is an

opportunity for all of us to express our learnings and convert our understandings into solutions to address challenges faced by the aviation sector in our region.

Rekibuddin AHMED

Manager- Environment & Sustainability, Delhi International Airport Limited

Winner of the ACI Asia-Pacific Young Executive Award 2022

About Young Executive Award: Introduced in 2009, the Young Executive Award is an annual research paper competition that honors young airport executives who demonstrate a strong passion for the aviation industry and propose innovative ideas to address the most pressing issues that the industry is facing today.

Past Award Recipients:

The papers of the winner and Honourable Mentions are posted in the Library to encourage and amplify the innovative ideas and best practices among the Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport community. For further details, read the press release.

2024

Winner