Southwest, Jazz Aviation, and Spirit Airlines have been recognised by The Port of Seattle for doing the best job to minimise their noise impact on the local communities surrounding Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Each received a 2019 Fly Quiet award from the airport for their efforts during the last calendar year. The annual Fly Quiet Awards […]
The day after Edmund Hillary (not yet knighted) and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit Mount Everest in 1953, the morning’s headline read, ‘Hillary on Everest’, writes Sam Kamel. Despite Norgay’s critical role as the expedition’s lead sherpa, the British press had positioned him as ‘second-fiddle’ to Hilary. This subsequently stirred some debate and […]
Birmingham Airport (BHX) today welcomed the one millionth passenger to use its automated self-service bag drop technology since it was officially launched across the airport in January 2018. Designed to reduce passenger check in times, the self-service bag drop (SSBD) technology allows passengers to print bag tags and boarding passes and inject their bag into the baggage […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has purchased six electric buses and three 60kw plug-in chargers, joining a growing list of airports across North Americat transitioning to electric buses for airport ground transportation. The new battery-electric bus fleet, manufactured by Proterra, will reduce Bay Area emissions and support SFO’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 while cutting its […]
Richard Plenty and Terri Morrissey provide their thoughts on self-development. Earlier in our careers, we often came across organisation leaders who believed that people didn’t need to learn anything new once they had graduated from college and that any subsequent training and development was a waste of time. In their opinion, a career should be […]
New concessions, store openings and the power of sense of place retail come under the microscope in our round-up of the latest retail/F&B stories from across the globe. Grand Ole contract for Fraport USA! Wholly-owned Fraport subsidiary, Fraport USA, has taken over the management of the retail and F&B operations at Nashville International Airport (BNA). […]
New York-JFK’s Terminal One Group is to work with technology firm, Vision-Box, to modernise T1’s passenger processing procedures by rolling out one of the largest facial biometric boarding platforms at a US airport. It effectively means that passengers will be able to board aircraft without needing to show their passports or boarding passes. Terminal 1 […]
Some clever digital Out of Home ads at London Stansted Airport are enabling commuters to make quick-fire judgements on the quickest route into Central London. Digital Out of Home production agency DOOH.com in partnership with LIDA, have designed the logic behind the system, ensuring travellers are provided with live travel comparison information demonstrating the speed and efficiency […]
Park Assist, LLC, has announced the results of a five-month long data-driven study conducted in collaboration with Brisbane Airport Corporation quantifying the impact of its camera-based smart sensor parking guidance system (PGS) on the airport’s parker experience. According to Dr Poorvi Kaushik, Park Assist’s lead data scientist for the research study, it is believed to […]
Despite all the Brexit doom and gloom, London Heathrow’s passenger numbers continue to rise, climbing by 0.5% in March to 6.5 million passengers. The upturn in passengers marks the 29th consecutive month of growth for the airport and means that 17.9 million travellers (+1.4%) passed through its facilities in the first three months of 2019. […]
SSP Group PLC has secured an eight-year contract worth circa €203 million to open seven food and beverage units at Alicante-Elche Airport in Spain. In a first for the company, SSP will partner with BrewDog, the UK’s leading independent craft brewery, to launch a bar in the Departures area in June. Founded in 2007, BrewDog’s […]
With conservative predictions forecasting a doubling of air traffic over the next two decades, Britain’s aviation sector is rightly bracing itself for a surge in demand, write Daniel Bailey and John Barter. Even after Heathrow’s long-awaited third runway comes on stream, other UK airports are set to face considerable extra pressure on existing infrastructure and […]
