Immersive story-telling digital displays are helping enhance the airport experience for passengers across the world, writes Moment Factory’s Mikael Charpin. It’s been twelve years since Moment Factory transformed Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Tom Bradley International Terminal into North America’s largest airport multimedia ecosystem. At the time, it marked a decisive shift — a visionary […]
One of the UK’s first airside solar farms has officially been opened at Edinburgh Airport by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes. The eleven-acre farm is located adjacent to Edinburgh Airport’s runway and provides approximately 27% of the airport’s energy needs. On several occasions this year, the airport has operated solely on solar power between […]
Munich Airport has officially unveiled its new electric bus depot, with Ulrich Lange, Germany’s Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport in attendance. Located on the southern part of the airport, the depot currently features 37 charging stations for battery-electric passenger transport vehicles. An additional 13 charging points are scheduled to go online […]
For the first time ever, Perth Airport in Australia has surpassed 1.6 million passengers in a one month period. The July 2025 total of 1,609,744 easily beats the previous July period of 1,493,299 passengers. It also outstrips our best previous month of January 2025 that saw 1,564,314 passengers travel through our terminals. International travel to […]
Clare Williams Fannin of travel business specialist consultancy Templemere PR explores the importance of food and retail in elevating the airport experience. A new generation of traveller wants something very different from their journey through an airport. A different age, cultural and geographic demographic is looking beyond the functional and the transactional – they want […]
Heidi Stancliffe, head of product, strategy & bids at CAVU, shares how premium airport experiences are evolving, and how they are creating new opportunities to grow loyalty and revenue. Today’s travellers expect more comfort, simplicity, and control from their airport experience, along with connected, personalised services that improve every step. Premium travel is no longer […]
Mei Mei Song, Plaza Premium Group’s chief transformation officer considers how meaningful airport hospitality experiences and purposeful spaces reduce passenger anxiety levels and make dwell time enjoyable. Airlines take care of you on the plane, hotels take care of you at the destination, but why does no one take care of you at the airport? […]
Almost 6.6 million passengers passed through Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in July 2025, an increase of 4% on the corresponding month a year ago. According to the airport, most outbound passengers flew to Spain, the United Kingdom and Greece as a total of 43,320 (+2%) of flights were handled at the gateway during the month. The […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to play a leading role in efforts to find up to $10 billion in funds to finance the construction of a potentially new game changing airport for Ethiopia. Under an agreement signed between AfDB and the Ethiopian Airlines Group, the bank been appointed as the “mandated lead arranger, global […]
The recovery of a missing diamond and reuniting a little girl with her favourite stuffed toy are a few of the more heart warning lost and found stories at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) this year. Now, PIT believes it has has made recovering missing items even easier with its recently launched Lost and Found system. […]
The opening of new and expanded roadways offer “unprecedented access and connectivity to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and its new facilities”, according to Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). These include the newly-connected 98th Street, which spans from La Cienega Boulevard to Sepulveda Boulevard, and Jetway Boulevard, a new north-south connection between Century Boulevard to […]
Dubai International (DXB) is gearing up for a busy end to the summer holidays, with families returning from vacation and students travelling back to Dubai ahead of the new academic year. Between August 13th and 23rd, DXB is expected to welcome more than 3.6 million passengers, with daily averages reaching 280,000. The busiest day is […]
