Swedavia has blamed a number of one-off factors for last month’s 7% drop in passenger numbers across Sweden’s airports. A total of 3.2 million passengers passed through its 10 airports in April, Swedavia attributing the unexpected decline to “negative impacts on the air travel development”, which it notes included a week long strike by SAS pilots […]
Airport World provides a snapshot of the latest route development news from a selection of European airports that include London Luton, London City, Aberdeen and Hanover. London Luton celebrates success of Tel Aviv routeLondon Luton Airport (LLA) welcomed the one millionth passenger to fly through the airport with EL AL on April 16. The lucky […]
Fraport today revealed that the first quarter of the 2019 financial year has been a “successful” one for the company, with both traffic and revenues showing healthy growth. According to Fraport, its higher revenue and earnings in the first three months of 2019 has been supported by solid passenger growth at Frankfurt Airport and almost all of […]
ACI World has called on airports to continue to reduce their environmental footprint in support of the sustainable growth of aviation. The call was made by ACI World’s deputy director general, Michael Rossell, in his opening remarks at the ICAO Seminar on Green Airports in Lima, Peru. Rossell highlighted the concrete steps ACI and its members have […]
Pragma’s Alex Avery takes us through the impact of digitalisation on airport retail and what this potentially means for the future of shopping and dining at the world’s gateways. Technology has transformed our relationship with retail. From convenience, to single-click through to experiential retailing led by augmented reality. At the same time, consumers are demanding […]
Passenger traffic across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East recorded moderate growth in February with monthly upturns of 2.7% and 2.5% respectively. China posted a robust growth of around 7%, sustained by solid domestic and leisure travel demand during the Lunar New Year. The top three airports with the most passenger volume increase from last year […]
An innovative air traffic control system that dynamically separates arriving aircraft by time instead of distance is being installed at the Toronto Area Control Centre to help improve flight punctuality at Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto Pearson. The project will see air traffic service provider NAV CANADA working with NATS – its UK counterpart – and […]
Thyssenkrupp Airport Solutions has been awarded the biggest service contract in its history by Qatar’s Hamad International Airport. As a result, the company will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of 90 passenger boarding bridges (PBBs), more than 500 aircraft support units such as ground power units that supply parked aircraft with electricity and air […]
We maybe just coming out of winter, but the Chicago Department of Aviation is already thinking about the next one, announcing that it has acquired 36 snow sweepers from Boschung. The vehicles, officially called jetbrooms, will join the existing fleet of 29 already successfully in use for the crucial winter operations at Chicago O’Hare. Boschung […]
Profits at Ireland’s daa Group increased by 6% to a record €133 million in 2018 as the company, which has operations in 13 countries, benefitted from higher passenger numbers and increased commercial income. Daa’s results for 2018 showed that the Group, which operates Dublin and Cork airports, the global travel retailer ARI and daa International, […]
Frankfurt Airport has laid the cornerstone for its new Terminal 3, the benefits of which operator, Fraport, claims will be felt across Germany. Fraport AG CEO, Stefan Schulte, said: “We are building the future with Terminal 3 – for Frankfurt Airport, the entire Rhine-Main region and far beyond. “By employing state-of-the-art technology and intelligent processes […]
Senior manager for external affairs, Vivian Fung, reports on the latest ACI news, views and developments from the busy Asia-Pacific region and across the world. ACI’s global climate action initiative continues to grow Airports continue to lead the way in the aviation industry’s efforts to reduce its impact on the environment, the latest figures from […]
