London’s Heathrow Airport has broken its annual apprenticeship record with nearly 1,100 apprentices starting their career journeys at the UK hub last year. Following a record 2019, employers across Team Heathrow – including Dixons, Bradford Swissport, Omniserv, Travelex, Morgan Sindall, Balfour Beatty and World Duty Free – have kicked off the next decade by pledging […]
Lagardère Travel Retail has opened a new Icons store in the Domestic Terminal of Cairns Airport. Icons Cairns is said to showcase the best of local Tropical North Queensland produce and gifting courtesy of outlets such as Hemingway’s Brewery, Mt Uncle Distillery, Wolf Lane Distillery, FNQ Spirits, Gallo Dairyland and Baked on Red Hill. As […]
Swedish airport operator, Swedavia, has unveiled a strategy for electric aviation, the goal of which is to equip all ten of its gateways to handle electric aircraft and handle the first commercial electrified flight by 2025. At Åre Östersund Airport, a testing venue for electric aircraft is planned to be put into operation during the autumn. […]
Glasgow Airport’s FlightPath Fund has today pledged £40,000 to support four local sustainability-themed projects. To celebrate 10 years of the FlightPath, the Fund’s committee is urging local groups, charities and organisations to submit applications to support sustainability-themed projects aimed at improving the environment in the communities neighbouring Glasgow Airport and beyond. A £10,000 award grant […]
Four of the world’s most Instagrammed pieces of street art have been recreated at Heathrow to provide passengers with the perfect ‘post’ moment when starting their journey at Heathrow. The artwork aims to make Heathrow the most Instagrammed airport in the world this year and follows research revealing that ‘Instagrammability’ is now one of the […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will open its new $6.3 million outdoor observation deck, the SkyTerrace, on Friday. Located pre-security in Terminal 2, the SkyTerrace is open to the general public and offers 180-degree views of the busiest section of SFO, where all four runways intersect. “We are very excited to open an outdoor observation […]
Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) has announced its best ever year for both cargo and passenger traffic. More than 2.3 billion pounds of cargo were handled at the Illionos gateway in 2019, meaning that its cargo volumes have trebled in the last five years. The airport is home to the second largest UPS hub in […]
New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has announced an agreement between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), and the operator of Terminal 4, and Delta Air Lines for a $3.8 billion redevelopment project to expand T4 and consolidate all Delta operations at JFK within the terminal. He noted that the agreement is […]
OTG and Starbucks today announced a new partnership with a focus on new experiential concepts and innovative technology to better serve travellers at airports across the US. OTG is known for its innovative, often IT embracing approach to dining and retail in airports that include Newark-Liberty, LaGuardia, New York JFK, Philadelphia and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. […]
Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) has become the latest gateway to launch a pet therapy project to help relieve the ‘travel stress’ of passengers. According to the Canadian gateway, the eight-week initiative is designed to comfort travellers who may be feeling anxious or stressed before flying while allowing students to gain experience in […]
What does an electric-powered surfboard, intelligent office lighting and plastic-free gingerbread packaging have in common? All three are innovations by Bavarian start-ups that can be seen, along with other innovations, in the ‘MCBW START UP’ exhibition at Munich Airport. The exhibition has been unveiled during Munich Creative Business Week and will remain on Level 04 of the […]
Stockholm Arlanda has opened a new hotel, the 500-room Comfort Hotel Arlanda Airport, within a few minutes’ walk of its terminals. Operator, Swedavia, notes that the new hotel boasts BREAM certification in line with its desire for it to built and operate to a high enviromental standard. Clarion Hotel Arlanda Airport, Radisson Blu Airport Terminal Hotel […]