VALET PARKING BY ROBOT COULD BE THE FUTURE AT GATWICK
London’s Gatwick Airport has today 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...
HUMANE SOCIETY PLAQUE FOR MONTRÉAL TRUDEAU’S PET SQUAD
The Humane Society International/Canada (HSI/Canada) has awarded Montréal-Trudeau Airport (YUL) an honourary plaque for its Pet Squad. The plaque highlights initiatives that promote the benefits offered by pets. Since the...
UK RECORDS OVER 400 DISRUPTIVE PASSENGER INCIDENTS IN 2018
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has revealed that 413 passengers caused disruption on aircraft in 2018 – four less than the year before despite rising traffic demand. The decline is...
CORK UNVEILS ITS NEW AIRPORT CONTROL CENTRE
Ireland’s Deputy Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Simon Coveney, today opened Cork Airport’s new Airport Control Centre (ACC) and purpose-built office suite. Airport managing director, Niall MacCarthy,...
DONEGAL RETAINS TOP SPOT AS THE WORLD’S MOST SCENIC AIRPORT
Donegal Airport has the most scenic approach of any airport in the world, according to PrivateFly’s annual Scenic Airport Poll. The Irish gateway beat the likes of Nice Côte d’Azur,...
THE BUYING GAME
Modalis chief executive, Curtis Grad, provides his annual review on private-sector investment in the global airport market, taking stock of 2018’s biggest deals, success stories and other transactions that didn’t...
NOVA SCOTIA SEAFOOD EXPORTS BOOST HALIFAX’S RISING CARGO VOLUMES
Nova Scotia seafood represented a significant portion of the record 36,938 metric tonnes of cargo (+8.5%) handled at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in 2018. “Similar to passenger travel, we continue...
MUNICH AIRPORT REPORTS RECORD TRAFFIC FIGURES AND A HEALTHY PROFIT
Munich Airport today reported that it handled an all-time high of 46.3 million passengers (+3.8%) and made a net profit of €150 million in 2018. Operating company FMG’s EBITDA also...
NEW STORE OPENINGS KEEP COMING AT ABERDEEN AIRPORT
Aberdeen International Airport’s terminal transformation project is nearing completion, with two stores due to open next month and more to come in the autumn. The upgraded departure lounge area will...
HONG KONG PUBLISHES ITS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FOR 2017/18
Hong Kong International Airport operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), today outlined its green credentials in its Sustainability Report for 2017/18. The report covers the AAHK’s sustainability performance in the...
LONDON STANSTED’S TREE GIVEAWAY DURING BIODIVERSITY WEEK
London Stansted Airport is celebrating its Biodiversity Week by handing out more than 3,000 silver birch saplings and highlighting some of its year-round environmental work. The initiative, which follows from 2018’s successful...
ALEXIS HIGGINS CONFIRMED AS CEO OF TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Alexis Higgins has been comfirmed as the permanent CEO of Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) four months after assuming the role on a temporary basis following the departure of predecessor...