A Southwest Airlines flight to Tampa today had the honour of becoming the first aircraft to taxi under the new eastern pedestrian skybridge at New York-LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B. Passengers inside Terminal B awaiting their flights were able to watch the first aircraft taxi right underneath them as they stood inside the pedestrian skybridge. The […]
The health and safety measures in place at London City Airport have been formally approved as COVID-secure by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Public Health England (PHE), in line with the CART Take-Off guidelines set out by the ICAO. During a rigorous two-day assessment, which included a full audit of the passenger journey […]
London Gatwick’s revival could generate over 50,000 new jobs and £8.4 billion Gross Value Added (GVA) by 2028 – enough to fund 222,000 primary school places or 70,000 nurses across the region, according to a new economic assessment report. The report, published yesterday, even goes as far to argue that Gatwick’s strong revival is critical […]
Outgoing Quiport president and CEO, Andrew O’Brian, will become CEO of US-based Reach Airports on August 1. O’Brian says that he is looking forward to a new challenge after overseeing the growth and development of Ecuador’s Quito International Airport for the last eight years. Reach Airports is a joint venture between Munich Airport subsidiary, Munich […]
Cargo volumes at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) are rising, although passenger numbers continue to struggle, based on the gateway’s April traffic statistics, released today by Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK). The latest totals show that the airport handled 389,000 tonnes of cargo (+15.5%) in April, and while both its passenger numbers and air traffic […]
How did the world’s leading cargo gateways fare in 2020 and what are they expecting from the year ahead? Joe Bates reports. In terms of volumes and payloads, air cargo fared much better than the passenger side of the business in 2020, and that seems likely to be repeated for most or all of this […]
London City Airport (LCY) today welcomed the resumption of SWISS services to Zurich (ZRH), the route to Switzerland’s largest city previously being one of the gateway’s most popular prior to the global pandemic. SWISS will operate two rotations per week to Zurich initially, although their schedule will increase in line with the anticipated surges in […]
The list of tenants at Brisbane Airport (BNE) will soon include the world’s largest distributor for home-brewing brands such as Still Spirits, Mangrove Jacks, and Grainfather following the sod-turning ceremony for a new facility at the gateway. Bevie’s 2,600sqm state-of-the-art unit will be located within a Warehousing Industrial Duplex Facility on Grevillea Place in Export […]
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: Revenue diversification Airport report: Bermuda Special report: World’s busiest cargo airports Plus: Sustainability & 2020’s ASQ winners Financial times Editor, Joe Bates, considers the economic impact of COVID-19 on airports and how finding new revenue streams could help some survive. Anyone who has been in this industry for any length […]
Frankfurt Airport operator, Fraport, will take over responsibility for the bulk of all security operations at the German hub from January 1 next year. According to a new agreement signed with the federal authorities, from 2023, Fraport will be responsible for the organisation, financing, management and performance of aviation security at Frankfurt Airport. The handover […]
Milas-Bodrum in Turkey has become the sixth gateway in TAV Airports’ global portfolio to receive Airport Carbon Accreditation certification, the only institutionally-endorsed, global carbon management programme for airports. The self titled gateway to the Turkish Riviera has obtained Level 1 ‘Mapping’ certification in the ACI Europe launched programme. Milas-Bodrum Airport’s general manager, Iclal Kayaoglu, said: […]
Munich Airport will offer a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) option to its airlines from June 1 as it bids to further reduce its and aviation’s impact on the environment. After what it calls a thorough technical testing process, the German gateway says that its new SAF fuel depot is ready for business and will start […]
