ACI World’s senior manager environment, Xavier Oh, reflects on ten years of environmental stewardship in the Asia-Pacific region. ACI’s Asia and Pacific regions merged to form the largest and fastest growing region shortly after I joined ACI in Montréal ten years ago. At that time, there were a couple of airports active on the […]
Former NAA president, Toru Nakamura, reflects on the creation of ACI’s Asia-Pacific region, the key role he played in it and on the possible challenges ahead. I take this opportunity to offer my sincere congratulations on the 10th anniversary of the merger of the ACI Asia and Pacific regions, and to express my deepest respects to […]
World Business Partners that have helped make ACI Asia-Pacific a success offer their thoughts on the anniversary. Some of ACI Asia-Pacific’s biggest supporters pay their own personal tributes to the Regional Office. SITA’s vice president, Catherine Mayer, said: “The coming together of airport and World Business Partner (WBP) members from throughout the Pacific and Asia […]
The final word on the region’s 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, ACI has played a fundamental role in bringing together the wider aviation community and promoting quality and excellence in airport management and operations. In doing so, ACI has also facilitated greater connectivity and co-operation between airports in Asia and the Middle East, and […]
New technology is driving change for good across the air transport industry, argues SITA CEO, Francesco Violante. Just ten years ago, we could never have envisioned the impact technology would have on the air transport environment. From mobile booking to self-service check-in kiosks, automated boarding gates and automated passport kiosks complete with advanced biometrics, technology […]
Hawaiian Airlines president and CEO, Mark Dunkerley, talks about business strategies and the importance of the Asian market to his airline. What are your thoughts on the airline’s performance in 2014? Last year was a great one for the company and we’re looking forward to an even better 2015. The strategy we’ve employed since 2010 […]
World Business Partners in the spotlight. Expansion on the menu It has been a good few months for SSP Asia Pacific, which has won a $A90 million contract to run five new restaurants and cafes at Hobart International Airport, a $A68 million deal to operate three outlets in Sydney Airport’s Domestic Terminal and been chosen […]
In the spotlight: Master planning Airport report: Orlando & Bahrain Special report: ASQ Awards Plus: SMART Airports & World Business Partners Better by design Airport World editor, Joe Bates, reflects on the importance of devising flexible plans for the future in this master planning themed issue. Your terminal is old, out-dated or fast reaching capacity, so you just get […]
Joe Bates looks back at some of the highlights of ACI Asia-Pacific’s 2015 Regional Assembly, Conference and Exhibition in Jordan. Believe in Jordan is the name of Queen Alia International Airport’s sleek new promotional video, and it is a sentiment now shared by all 350 delegates who attended a truly memorable ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, […]
Zhang Xiuzhi, CEO of Chinese low-cost carrier, Spring Airlines, tells Graham Newton that thinking big comes easily. Spring Airlines was founded in 2004 as part of a partial liberalisation of the civil aviation sector in China and commenced flights in July 2005. By 2008, many of the new airlines that emerged during this time had […]
Nigel Mayes, ASM’s senior vice president consulting and product development, asks whether India can finally fulfil its potential? There is renewed optimism for the recovery of the Indian economy, the largest democracy on the planet. But is there the same optimism for the Indian aviation industry? The only constant in the Indian aviation industry is […]
Graham Newton talks to Oman Air CEO, Paul Gregorowitsch, about the airline’s strategy and its role in the wider economy. Tell us about your strategy for the airline, including the expansion and the efficiency programme? Oman Air is guided by a development plan that was endorsed by the board of directors in 2013. This sees […]