Airport World discovers that despite Kazakhstan’s recent troubles, the future of Almaty Airport looks bright under the ownership of TAV Airports. Almaty Airport is under new ownership after global airport operator, TAV Airports, completed its acquisition of an 85% stake in the Kazakhstan gateway earlier this year. The deal is expected to take the gateway […]
We report on some of the route development challenges facing Europe’s airports as the industry continues to struggle from the impact of the global pandemic. Just when you began to think that things were getting better, rising infection levels across Europe in November led a number of countries to impose new COVID restrictions and, in […]
Airport World reports on the opening of the world’s first digital duty free vending machine, the introduction of automated pizza kitchens at airports and the growth of food pick-up and delivery services. The duty free industry recently celebrated a new first at Geneva Airport – the launch of the world’s first digital duty free vending […]
CEO, Luke Bugeja, tells Joe Bates more about Ferrovial Airports’ business strategy and expansion plans that include developing a network of vertiports in the US and UK. What is the appeal of airports to Ferrovial and do the company’s global ambitions burn as brightly today as when it first entered the market in 1998? Our […]
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: Economics & Finance Airport report: Seattle-Tacoma Special report: WAGA review Plus: Route development & Digital airports Meet and greet Editor, Joe Bates, reflects on the return of in-person industry events, the continued challenges of the global pandemic and the ‘Economics & Finance’ theme of this issue. Although it might not […]
The latest news from ACI’s World Business Partners. Modalis launches talent solutions provider Strategic investment advisory and professional services company, Modalis, has added another string to its bow with the launch of airport talent solutions (airportsTS), a specialist recruitment operation designed to find airport operators and project managers the experts they need for one-off projects […]
ACI World director general, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, considers some of the immediate and longer-term challenges facing airports. The arrival of the Northern Hemisphere summer has marked a new chapter in the pandemic as we continue to make positive incremental steps towards rebuilding global connectivity and returning aviation to the pathway of growth that we […]
ACI-North America’s president and CEO, Kevin Burke, talks to Joe Bates about the challenges and opportunities ahead for US and Canadian airports as aviation starts to show signs of recovery from the global pandemic. How tough have the last 18 months been for North America’s airports and do you think you have fared better or […]
Airports continue to innovate when it comes to finding new ways of operating safely during the global pandemic, and for some this has meant opening on-site COVID testing facilities, writes Joe Bates. Aviation’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is beginning to gain momentum with domestic travel booming in some parts of the world and hopes […]
President and CEO, Kimberly Becker, updates Joe Bates on San Diego International Airport’s recovery from COVID and its $3 billion New T1 programme. With traffic on the rise and a host of new domestic routes launched in the last few months, San Diego International Airport’s bounce back from COVID is beginning to gather pace. Sixteen […]
CEO, Raúl Revuelta Musalem, tells Joe Bates more about Mexico’s Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) and the ambitious development plans for its airports. Can you tell us a little more about your airport network? We operate 12 airports in the Pacific region of Mexico and two in Jamaica – Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay […]
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: Passenger facilitation Airport reports: GAP & San Diego Interviewed: ACI-NA’s Kevin Burke Plus: Investing in Lima & Vienna’s airport city Time to Fly? Editor, Joe Bates, reflects on the continued struggles of international traffic and some of the operational challenges facing airports in this ‘passenger facilitation’ themed issue. The Olympics […]
