Brisbane Airport (BNE) has ranked in the top 10 airports in the world within its category in this year’s OAG Punctuality League report. The Punctuality League is based on 58 million flight records using full-year data from 2018 to create a ranking of the best on-time performance (OTP) for the world’s largest airports and airlines. […]
October was a productive month with three ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Committees, with meetings taking place in Seoul, Langkawi and Osaka respectively. The last 2018 meeting of ACI Asia-Pacific’s Regional Operational Safety Committee was kindly hosted by Korea Airports Corporation in Seoul on October 8-10. Members (pictured above) report that it was a productive meeting as […]
Vivian Fung reports on the latest news, views and developments from across the busy Asia-Pacific region. Big numbers attend Small and Emerging Airports Seminar Over 160 participants from 26 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region descended on beautiful Langkawi in October as Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) generously hosted the ACI Asia-Pacific Small and Emerging […]
Singapore Changi subsidiary, Changi Airports International (CAI), today established a new company to oversee the development of non-aeronautical operations at China’s Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport. Its partner in the project is the Chongqing Airport Group, which will hold a 51% stake in the newly created Chongqing Airport Commercial Management Co Ltd. CAI, which holds a 49% […]
London Stansted has appointed Mace as the main contractor for the construction of its new ÂŁ150 million Arrivals terminal. Work on the 39,000 square metre terminal is due to start in spring 2019 and is scheduled for completion in autumn 2020. The terminal is the flagship project in the airport’s ÂŁ600 million transformation which will […]
Hicham Ayoun reports on the appointment of Martin Eurnekian as the new chair of the ACI World Governing Board and the unveiling of the organisation’s long-term vision for airport security. ACI World has announced the appointment of Martin Eurnekian as the new chair of the ACI World Governing Board. Eurnekian – the CEO of CorporaciĂłn AmĂ©rica […]
Burger King is to open an outlet at Edinburgh Airport as the Scottish gateway looks to expand the food and beverage options in its terminal. Burger King will open later this year, offering its famous Whoppers, fries and drinks to passengers in the departures area. In a first for the UK market, there will also […]
Hong Kong International Airport and Brussels Airport today announced the launch of an airport-to-airport (A2A) pharma corridor, offering services catering to the specific needs of pharmaceutical shipments. Spearheaded by the two airports and in collaboration with Pharma.Aero, the initiative aims to pioneer service offerings and standards that provide assurance in handling quality of the temperature-sensitive […]
Nice CĂ´te d’Azur Airport has become one of the first airports in the world to announce its 2018 traffic figures, the French gateway handling a record 13.8 million passengers (+4.1%) last year. The airport says that its eighth successive year of growth has consolidated its status as France’s “second-largest airport platform”. It notes that the […]
Menzies Aviation is to expand its cargo operations in Australia, with the opening of two new cargo facilities at North Queensland’s Cairns Airport, and Melbourne Avalon Airport in Victoria. Menzies Aviation Cairns is a joint venture between Menzies Aviation and local aviation service provider, AT Group and will be ready for international cargo handling in […]
Joe Bates takes a closer look at a handful of airport development projects making headlines in the US in the final quarter of 2018. Skanska USA and LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP) are celebrating the completion of the new eastern concourse at , the first major milestone in the $5.1 billion transformation of the terminal into […]
Travel experiences are among the most memorable we have, and airports can make themselves even more appealing to passengers by learning from the hospitality industry. Chris Radcliffe, head of interiors at UK-based architecture practice, maber, believes that airports of the future will have to be much smarter to compete for passengers, whose demands will not only include better […]
