Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) recorded a healthy 10.6% rise in passenger numbers in April, although its cargo volumes dipped by 5.8%. A total of 804,153 travellers passed through the gateway during the month, meaning that Amman’s gateway to the world welcomed 2.7 million passengers in the first four months of 2019. The year-to-date (YTD) […]
Dubai International Airport and London City Airport tell us more about their new brand identities and the motivation behind their decisions. Dubai Airports has unveiled a new brand for Dubai International Airport (DXB) that it says signifies the company’s transition from airport operator to a consumer led firm “committed to making the world’s busiest international […]
Air Transport Action Group’s executive director, Michael Gill, encourages airports to be more vocal in promoting their efforts to reduce their environmental footprint. The global aviation industry has one of the clearest and most wide-ranging climate action plans of any sector. By 2050, we aim to cut net CO2 emissions from our operations in flight […]
Modalis Infrastructure Partners in collaboration with Lopez and White Partnership have launched airportQM, a new consulting service aimed at providing benchmark operations and technical advisory services to airports worldwide. The new airportQM platform brings together a network of 100+ highly experienced airport and aviation experts, providing specialist advisory services to the sector in quality and […]
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) celebrated World Environment Day by welcoming what it claims to have been the most eco-friendly commercial flight in aviation history. LAX makes the claim because it says that United Airlines flight 310, a Boeing 737-900ER with a special Eco-Skies livery, was the first to demonstrate the following key actions on […]
Rome Fiumicino (FCO) has become the first airport in Italy to earn IATA CEIV Pharma certification. It obtained the certification in a community approach together with its air cargo supply chain partners. IATA CEIV pharma certification is industry recognition in support of the air transport industry complying with pharmaceutical manufacturers’ shipping requirements. The certification ensures […]
Hollywood Burbank Airport’s Nerissa Sugars explains how winning ACI-NA’s prestigious 2018 Peggy G Hereford Award has shown the value of formulating a strategic marketing and communications plan. In Hollywood Burbank Airport’s namesake community, winning an award is always cause for big celebrations – red carpets, spotlights, and champagne. But for the airport, the celebration […]
Edinburgh Airport’s ÂŁ75 million terminal expansion, the biggest project in a generation at the gateway, was officially opened today by Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Part of a wider ÂŁ200 million investment programme at Scotland’s busiest airport, the airport claims that the expansion enhances its connectivity options and will support passenger growth to twenty million […]
Melbourne Airport has chosen to extend its contract with technology partner SITA for flexible and passenger-friendly technology to ready the airport for forecast passenger growth. The technology is part of the airport’s multi-billion dollar pipeline of investment that will see it welcome almost 70 million passengers annually by 2038. According to SITA, the passenger-friendly technologies will […]
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and its members have announced measures to improve airspace capacity and reduce delays across Europe this summer.The measures include air navigation service providers working better together to re-distribute traffic; taking a more Europe wide rather than national approach to managing traffic; and gaining access to airspace normally reserved […]
London Gatwick may be one of the UK’s busiest airports with rising passenger numbers, but its noise footprint is getting smaller, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The CAA’s noise exposure contour analysis shows that Gatwick’s noise footprint (54dBA Leq) reduced by 7% in 2018. The decline is being attributed to improved operational procedures – including […]
Helsinki Airport director, Joni Sundelin, tells Joe Bates more about the ongoing development of his gateway as it looks to cement its status as northern Europe’s transfer hub to Asia. Helsinki Airport recorded double digit growth in 2018 when an all-time high of 20.8 million passengers (+10.4%) passed through its facilities. The upturn follows an […]
