AirportLabs wins at the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026 with Allegra RMS
Allegra RMS, the resource management system built by AirportLabs, has won at the Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2026 in the Digital Solutions category. This marks the second time a Red Dot has been awarded to AirportLabs.
Award Recognition
- Category: Digital Solutions
- Significance: Marks the second Red Dot Award for AirportLabs (SkyCore AODB won in 2024 for Interface & UX Design).
- Judging: Evaluated by an international jury of ~30 experts, focusing on usability and optimization of digital applications.
Allegra RMS – What Sets It Apart
- Unified Model: Integrates stands, gates, baggage belts, check-in counters, schedules, and airport rules into one system.
- Dynamic Allocation: Continuously recalculates best resource use as the day progresses, reducing manual corrections.
- Operator-Centric Design: Filters out noise, surfaces only what matters, and keeps reasoning transparent for sign-off or override.
- Philosophy: “Allegra proposes. The operator still decides.”
Design Philosophy
- User-Centric: Built to treat usability as core engineering, not an afterthought.
- Efficiency: One screen, one flow—airside and landside aligned.
- Experience: Designed to feel like a natural extension of the operator, reducing stress and improving decision-making.
Global Adoption
- Live at Chicago O’Hare (one of the world’s most complex airports).
- Deployed at 20+ airports worldwide, including Dubai Airports, Guanacaste Airport, OMA Airports, and AERODOM.
Voices from AirportLabs
- Sergiu Bolba (Product Designer): “We’ve dedicated years to designing Allegra RMS… This Red Dot Award validates our approach.”
- Rares Ignatescu (Product Manager): “Airports move fast, and the people running them shouldn’t have to fight their software.”
This recognition underscores how AirportLabs is redefining airport operations software—making it powerful yet intuitive, and proving that design excellence can transform even the most complex systems.
