A second group of innovators have begun a 16-week accelerator programme to “field test” and develop their concepts in a real-world airport environment at San Diego International Airport (SAN). The programme is hosted in the Airport Innovation Lab, located within the decommissioned Commuter Terminal. The five entrants and their wide-ranging concepts are: • AirporTour– testing interactive […]
Airport World provides a snapshot of the latest route development news from Malta, Brisbane, Athens and Nice Côte d’Azur airports. Malta magic Its expanding route network and the growing year-round appeal of Malta means that the island nation’s international airport is already so confident of a good 2019 that it has predicted that a record […]
Seven months after declaring an interest in Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport, Manchester Airport Group (MAG) today confirmed that it has made a bid to operate the gateway. Its undisclosed offer has been made together with Chinese investment partner, the Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG). If successful, it will be awarded a 35 year contract to operate and […]
The bi-annual CPI Airport Commercial Development and Management Course for airport managers will be held once again in Sydney, Australia, from July 22-25, 2019, with registrations now open. The popular professional development course, run by leading global airport commercial consultancy Concession Planning International, attracts management from airports across the world who wish to gain a […]
Work has begun to dispose of the aircraft engineering assets at Birmingham and London Luton airports of former UK carrier, Monarch Airlines. Avison Young has been appointed to market Monarch Aircraft Engineering’s 280,000sqft property portfolio on behalf of the Joint Administrators, David Pike, Ben Leith & David Standish at KPMG. The portfolio includes strategically located […]
Munich Airport’s MAC Forum will be transformed into a skateboard park later this month for a four day event involving some of Germany’s top competitors. The airport promises that visitors will witness dazzling displays of tricks, spins and jumps at the new Skate & Style event, which will take place at the airport from April […]
Local residents can now access information on aircraft noise in real time and generate reports on demand following Gatwick’s £1 million investment in the latest technology. In a UK-airport first, the new system – provided by EMS Brüel & Kjær – also allows noise complaints to be submitted via an automated telephone line, a key […]
Bahrain International Airport operator, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), today anounced a US$50.9 million net profit in 2018, a significant jump compared to US$34 million the previous year. Commenting on the results, His Excellency the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, said: “These impressive figures are the result of collaborative efforts between BAC and […]
Mark Streeting of LEK Consulting considers the pros and cons of transportation network companies and the potential impact of autonomous vehicles on airports. Ground transport into and out of airports is already experiencing unprecedented levels of disruption. Digital technology and the business model innovations of transportation network companies (TNCs) are generating new transport modes at higher […]
London Heathrow to New York-JFK is Europe’s busiest international scheduled service, according to Routesonline, which today revealed that almost three million passengers travelled on the 5,500 kilometre route in 2018. A total of 2,919,864 passengers boarded flights between the two destinations in 2018, based on the latest data from Sabre Market Intelligence, representing a rise of […]
Moscow–Sheremetyevo International Airport has began issuing passengers with e-boarding passes on domestic flights as part of the strategy to introduce automation and e-services. The new service is designed to help passengers save time by removing the need to print out boarding passes and the risk of losing them, while also simplifying and speeding up the […]
It has been a busy few days for Gebr Heinemann with its subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Italy opening new outlets at Amsterdam Schiphol and Catania-Fontanarossa airports respectively. At Amsterdam Schiphol, Schiphol Airport Retail – a joint venture between Gebr Heinemann and the Royal Schiphol Group – has unveiled the new look of its Exquisite […]
