Tunisia’s Enfidah-Hammamet Airport turned ten this week and the country’s Minister of Transport and Handicrafts, René Trabelsi, made a flying visit to the gateway to celebrate the occasion. Opened in December 2009 and operated by TAV Airports subsidiary TAV Tunisie, the airport is expected to handle close to 1.5 million passengers this year. Trabelsi was […]
Airports are incredibly complex, interconnected ecosystems, whose performance is highly dependent upon hundreds of stakeholders aligning and operating in unison, writes Shell Aviation’s Thomas de Boer. On the apron, where safety requirements are some of the most stringent in the world, orchestrating seamless operations and safely moving hundreds of refuelling trucks across the globe in […]
An innovative cross border arrival management system, known as XMAN, has gone into operation at Gatwick Airport following a successful SESAR trial run by NATS and partners across Europe. The airport believes that it further enhance its operational efficiency and ‘green’ crendtials as it has demonstrated multiple benefits, including a saving in fuel and CO2 emissions, […]
In just over three weeks’ time, plastic cutlery, drinking straws, take-away food packaging and polythene bags will start to disappear from cafés, restaurants and shops at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The reason for this is Dubai Airports’ pledge in June 2019 to ban all single-use plastic from January 1, 2020. Over 90 million passengers per […]
Two famous Dutch brands, Heineken and KLM, have partnered to bring a new bar experience to passengers using the airline’s stylish new ‘Non-Schengen Crown Lounge’ at Amsterdam Schiphol. Located between concourses E and F, and set over two floors, the new 6,800sqm addition to the airport’s facilities is also believed to be largest airline lounge in […]
It will be all systems go for Indonesia’s new Yogyakarta International Airport in 2020 when it fully opens its facilities, writes Joe Bates. Built to replace the old and outdated Adisutjipto International Airport (JOG), Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) is Indonesia’s newest gateway, although it won’t really come into its own until its infrastructure fully opens in 2020. […]
The Loop at Dublin Airport is opening a new store to showcase the best of Ireland’s design and crafts to consumers travelling all over the world. The new Design Ireland store at Terminal 2 features a specially selected collection of work by 24 Irish design and craft brands, showcasing the best of Irish creativity to […]
Airports across the US are making big changes to handle growing congestion at the kerb with Boston Logan becoming the latest gateway to relocate Lyft and Uber drivers from roads around the terminals to a parking garage, writes Justin Rees. It joins the likes of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco Interrnational Airport […]
Ottawa International Airport marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities by announcing that it has received an Accessibility Certified Gold rating under the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification (RHFAC) programme. RHFAC is the first programme to rate meaningful access, based upon the holistic user experience of people with varying disabilities affecting their mobility, vision and hearing. The […]
New images give travellers a sneak preview of what they can expect from Sydney’s new A$5.3 billion airport when it opens for business in 2026. Zaha Hadid Architects and Cox Architecture have won the international competition to design the new Western Sydney Airport (WSA). The ZHA/COX team, which will now act as master architect for the […]
Auckland Airport is enhancing the experience for international travellers with the launch of new automated pre-security gates. From today, travellers will pass through 12 new e-Gates that will scan boarding passes and grant them access to security areas. Developed in partnership with Vision-Box, the e-Gates mark the first phase of a new technology application that […]
Van Don International Airport in northeast Vietnam has been named ‘World’s Leading New Airport 2019’ at the 26th annual World Travel Awards (WTA). This is only the second year WTA has presented an award for this category, which assesses a new airport’s performance based on the overall design, service quality and passengers’ satisfaction, and how the complete […]
