NEW REPORT CALLS FOR UK TO SLASH AIR PASSENGER DUTY AFTER BREXIT
A report released today by a cross-party group of backbench MPs has urged the UK government to slash Air Passenger Duty if it wants the economy to flourish after Brexit....
ADM TO CREATE ECOLOGICAL PARK NEXT TO MONTRÉAL TRUDEAU AIRPORT
Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) has announced that it plans to help create an ecological park to the north of the Montréal Trudeau (YUL) site in the Saint-Laurent borough. The news...
CHALLENGING YEAR CONTINUES FOR ACI ASIA-PACIFIC AIRPORTS
Passenger traffic across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East increased by +2.1% and +8.1% respectively in June. However, in China, the overall passenger growth was negatively impacted by adverse weather conditions...
LAX HAS SOME OF THE FASTEST BROADBAND SPEEDS IN US – OOKLA
According to Ookla, the Wi-Fi speeds at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) continue to grow and its average download speeds are among the best in the US and Canada. Internet...
REVEALED – THE PUBLIC’S PET PEEVES WHEN FLYING
Although rising global traffic figures show that air travel has never been so popular, there is no denying that the selfish action of some passengers onboard flights can make journeys...
CATHAY PACIFIC: CARGO GIANT
Cathay Pacific has the fleet, network and facilities in Hong Kong to grow its freight business in a challenging year for the cargo industry, writes Joe Bates. One of the...
NR INVESTMENTS COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CHISINAU AIRPORT OPERATOR
Channel Islands based investment vehicle, NR Investments Ltd, has effectively completed the purchase of the operator of Moldova’s Chisinau International Airport. It now owns Cyprus-incorporated Komaksavia Airport Invest Ltd, which...
GATWICK SEEKING PLANNING PERMISSION TO USE EXISTING STANDBY RUNWAY
Gatwick Airport has formally started the process to bring its existing Northern Runway into routine use by submitting a notice to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) of its intention to prepare...
BIGGER AND BETTER
We pay tribute to the 2018 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer experience award winners and talk to some of the CEOs of the successful gateways. It’s official, Beijing Capital, Delhi-Indira...
PEOPLE MATTERS – ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRT
Richard Plenty and Terri Morrissey provide their thoughts on how to encourage entrepreneurial spirt. Back in 2012, we delivered a keynote address at ACI Europe’s Regional Airports Conference in Ljubljana...
HANDLE WITH CARE
Perishables are a growing source of cargo revenue in Dubai. Bernd Struck, dnata’s senior vice president for UAE Cargo and DWC airline services, talks to Joe Bates. How important is...
PIONEERING QUITO ACHIEVES CARBON NEUTRAL STATUS
Quito has become the first international airport in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve carbon neutral status in ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. The milestone cements Mariscal Sucre International Airport’s...