Prague Airport’s digital signage is now available in six different languages to provide extra special assistance for passengers that speak Arabiic, Chinese, Czech, English, Korean and Russian. Located at the entrance to pier B in Terminal 1, the smart signage offers information displayed on eight digital screens and reflects the current traffic and passenger flow […]
Passengers using London Stansted this summer will benefit from a new and improved check-in area thanks to the completion of the latest terminal upgrade as part of the airport’s ongoing transformation project. Eight new check-in desks opened at 5am yesterday with passengers travelling with TUI to Heraklion in Crete the first to use them. London […]
Airport World reviews some of the latest airport parking stories from across Europe and North America. London’s Gatwick Airport has signed a framework contract with Stanley Robotics that will see it become the first UK airport to trial robots to valet park passengers’ cars. The trial will run from the second half of 2019 to […]
Copenhagen Airport came close to breaking its monthy record for July when 3.1 million passengers passed through the Danish gateway. The airport also reports that 87% of passengers questioned about their airport experience were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the levels of service they received. A total of 3,109,498 travellers passed through the airport in […]
Senior manager for external relations, Vivian Fung, reports on the latest ACI news, views and developments from the busy Asia-Pacific region and across the world. New additions to ACI Asia-Pacific Board Some familiar faces to ACI Asia-Pacific members will play an even greater role in the development of airports across the region over the next […]
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) celebrates its 60th anniversary on Sunday. Built as the main airdrome of the Soviet Air Force, it was later transformed into a civil airport, and handled its first commercial flight – a Tupolev 104 service from Leningrad – on August 11, 1959. Today, the airport handles more than 150,000 passengers daily […]
Irish airport operator, daa, has business interests across the globe courtesy of its wholly owned subsidiaries, writes daa International CEO, Nick Cole. The daa Group is made up of four distinct businesses; Dublin Airport, Cork Airport, daa International and Aer Rianta International. My company, daa International, is a wholly owned subsidiary of daa plc, whose […]
ACI Europe today revealed that passenger traffic continued its upward trajectory across the continent’s airports in the first half of 2019, rising 4.3% despite a “range of economic, geopolitical and industry specific challenges”. The rate of growth has slowed, however, compared to the same period in 2018 and ACI Europe believes air transport in Europe […]
Gatwick has unveiled its new five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP) which highlights more investment in automation and technology as an enabler of sustainable growth. According to the UK gateway, new initiatives include robotic parking and automated boarding technology, which will speed up boarding and give passengers more choice about how they spend their time. Gatwick’s […]
What have TV host Jimmy Kimmel, LA Dodgers player Justin Turner, Los Angeles Philharmonic director, Gustavo Dudamel, and LA based chef, author and TV personality, Susan Feniger, all got in common? Well, they are among the first celebrities to record new greeting messages for passengers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). And they will soon be […]
Lufthansa and low-cost subsidiary Eurowings continues to expand its tourist-oriented long-haul programme from its Frankfurt and Munich hubs. Beginning with the launch of the 2020 summer schedules, leisure travellers in particular will benefit from new destinations in North America as Lufthansa expands its services to Las Vegas, Phoenix, Anchorage, Seattle and Detroit. The majority of the flights, which […]
A snapshot of some of the biggest stories from across the region. Another milestone for Hong Kong’s SKYCITY Hong Kong International Airport’s vision to transform itself from a city airport to an airport city is a step closer to reality following the handing over of a second key SKYCITY site to developers. Developers Roxy Limited, […]
