The holiday season is officially upon us as Munich Airport’s annual Christmas and Winter Market has opened for business! From now until December 29, Europe’s largest covered outdoor space – the Munich Airport Center Forum – will host the airport’s annual Christmas and Winter Market, which will be open daily from 11am until 9pm. This year […]
How do you create an innovative brand experience for growing airports? Big Vision’s founder and CEO, Joe Quinn, provides some thoughts and reflects on the successful rebranding of Orlando Sanford International Airport.1.0.0.20 Hailed as the safest way to travel, aviation continues to grow with ACI World expecting global passenger numbers to double by 2034 and […]
Niranjan Navaratnarajah, cargo industry director for Unisys Asia Pacific, argues that real-time data is fundamental to a connected cargo supply chain to reduce idle time and increase visibility, transparency and security.1.0.0.20 We need to securely modernise today’s mostly manual and fragmented cargo distribution processes by going digital. Let’s face it, most of the cargo industry […]
Dublin Airport celebrates its 80th birthday on January 19, 2020, and has produced a commemorative 2020 calendar to mark the occasion! The calendar has 12 iconic images including famous sports and political figures arriving at Dublin Airport during the past eight decades. It features famous historic moments such as President John F Kennedy’s visit, the […]
Las Vegas–McCarran International Airport has become the latest US gateway to open a Shake Shack restaurant. The modern day ‘roadside’ burger stand that got started in New York in 2001 and continues to build a devoted fan base all over the world, is now up and running in the Rotunda Area in Terminal 1 that […]
Shell has today announced that it will support SkyNRG to develop Europe’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant. The development of the DSL-01 production plant in Delfzijl, Netherlands, is led by SkyNRG, a global market leader for SAF and a long-term strategic partner of Shell Aviation. Shell notes that it will bring its […]
Parents rest assured, London Stansted has become one of the first airports in the UK to be certified as offering safe, child-friendly Wi-Fi to its passengers. The accreditation comes on the back of Stansted’s parent company, MAG, signing up to the UK government-initiated scheme. The move means that passengers at Stansted will now have the […]
Hong Kong International Airport’s largest independent cargo handler, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), has broken its all-time record for the number of freighters handled in a 24-hour period. It revealed this week that it handled an impressive 104 freighter aircraft on November 3 – beating its previous record of 102, set almost exactly […]
The new terminal at Bermuda’s LF Wade International Airport (BDA) will boast F&B outlets developed by SSP America. The new $274 million terminal is the key project of the gateway’s Airport Redevelopment Project (Bermuda Airport Project) being carried out by operator, Skyport. Airport boss, Skyport president, Aaron Adderley, says: “Creating interesting, high quality restaurants that will resonate with […]
Birmingham Airport has broadcast its green intentions to the world by announcing its commitment to become a net zero carbon airport by the year 2033. The UK gateway says it will achieve this goal by prioritising zero carbon airport operations and minimising carbon offsets. The Midlands airport has already cut its carbon emissions by 33% since […]
Mark Fosbrook of BakerHicks explains how Formula 1 techniques are being used to fast track better airport design.1.0.0.20 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a technique best-known to Formula One racing teams, where it has superseded air tunnels in their search to gain maximum aerodynamics by modelling airflows. It has also been adopted by the aerospace, […]
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) is celebrating the official opening of its eagerly awaited new $1 billion North Terminal. The gateway’s new 35-gate terminal, which was seven years in the making in terms of the design and planning work by global architecture firms LEO A DALY and Atkins, will ensure that the US’s fifth […]
