VIEW FROM THE TOP
New ACI Asia-Pacific director general, Stefano Baronci, reflects on an eventful start to 2020, planning ahead, leadership changes at ACI and the impact of the coronavirus. A number of very different events,...
Aerotropolis business magnets
How are the world’s airport city/aerotropolis developments faring? Some hugely ambitious projects in the Asia-Pacific region come under the microscope in the first of a two-part global review by Dr...
Brisbane Airport remains open for business
Brisbane Airport (BNE) has issued a message stating that it remains open for business, but with a heavily reduced capacity. The Queensland gateway is currently serving arriving and departing passenger...
Corporacíon América Airports outlines revised 2020 business plan
Global airport operator, Corporación América Airports (CAAP) has announced that it experienced a 14.6% drop in EBITDA in 2019 and outlined a number of business measures designed to guide it...
Singapore Changi to consolidate terminal operations from May 1
Singapore Changi has become the latest airport to announce plans to downsize its operations during the coronavirus crisis, closing Terminal 2 from May 1. Operator, Changi Airport Group (CAG), says...
ACI World issues new safety and operations guidance to airports
ACI World has today issued guidance on best practices to airports to help them adapt their airfield operations in response to the effects and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based...
AIRPORTS SET TO LOSE 38% OF TRAFFIC AND 50% OF REVENUES IN 2020
ACI World has issued its loudest warning yet about the COVID-19 pandemic, fearing that it could wipe out two-fifths of passenger traffic and almost half of revenues for airports in...
THE BUYING GAME
Simon Morris, vice president at ICF International, reviews some of the major airport transactions of last year and speculates what deals could be in store for 2020. Last year confounded...
BUD CARGO CITY SECURES ONE OF ITS FIRST TENANTS
International transport and information logistics provider, cargo-partner, has become one of the first tenants of the recently completed BUD Cargo City at Budapest Airport. The company moved into its newly built...
BRUSSELS SOUTH HOPES TO RESUME COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ON MAY 3
Brussels South Charleroi Airport has unveiled plans to partially resume commercial operations on Sunday, May 3. The airport suspended commercial operations on March 24 meaning that it is currently only...
MAJOR NEW CHINESE AIRPORT CONTRACTS FOR CAVOTEC
China’s Chengdu Tianfu and Beijing Capital airports have chosen Cavotec to provide them with €3 millon worth of new ground support equipment (GSE) and fuelling orders. For Chengdu Tianfu International...
BLOG: AVIATION FACING LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY
The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has sent aviation industry into a nosedive. With project revenue losses for airlines in 2020 estimated to be around $252 billion, for some the future...