Fail to plan, plan to fail
RS&H’s vice president, senior principal aviation planner, Bart Gover, outlines ten reasons some airports choose to forego long-range planning. It’s true that sometimes choosing to do nothing is the easiest...
Top UK airport ranking for London City and London Luton airports
London City Airport (LCY) and London Luton Airport (LTN) have been ranked the top two gateways in the UK by Conde Nast Traveller as part of their Readers’ Choice Awards....
Prague Airport celebrates life of Václav Havel
Prague Airport is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and today it unveiled its planned tributes to former Czech President, Václav Havel, whom it has officially been named after since...
Aena awards first logistics area contract for Madrid airport city
Aena’s Board of Directors has approved the award for the first logistics development area at Madrid-Barajas’ airport city to the P3 Group Sarl, which has pledged to invest nearly €170...
BLOG: A new way to forecast the weather
Aviation plays a huge role in both the United States and international infrastructure, from transporting people for leisure and business trips to moving cargo both domestically and internationally, writes Filipe...
Pandemic has changed the market for airport tax and duty free operators
Opening the 37th TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes, TFWA president, Erik Juul-Mortensen, said he believed that the concept of ‘going back to normal’ following the pandemic is no longer...
Face recognition biometric technology on trial at Perth Airport
International passengers travelling on selected Singapore Airlines flights from Perth Airport have begun using, on a trial basis, new face recognition biometric technology designed to simplify the airport journey. Perth...
Robust airline passenger traffic growth but cargo volumes decline
Preliminary August 2022 traffic figures released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed robust recovery in international air passenger markets as pent-up travel demand continued to drive...
Better by design
HOK’s regional leader of aviation and transportation, Keith Hui, and Woolpert’s director of strategic consulting, David Tomber, share their thoughts on how better design can maximise an airport’s return on...
San Antonio airports enhance green credentials
San Antonio International Airport (SAT) has renewed its Level 1 accreditation for Carbon Mapping and Stinson Municipal Airport achieved Level 1 status for the first time in ACI’s Airport Carbon...
Closing the distance
Landrum & Brown’s Andy Lee, Jordan Roos and Karst Smit consider ways of shortening walking distances and passenger journey times through airport terminals. Airport terminal typologies have evolved over the...
Construction work starts on London Gatwick’s new electric forecourt
Construction work has started on a new garage of the future at London’s Gatwick Airport as it is being built to serve electric vehicles. Tech-enable sustainable energy company, GRIDSERVE, chose...