Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport has selected SITA as its key IT partner as it looks to invest in new common use, self-service technology to improve its operational efficiency and support IATA’s Fast Travel programme. Operated by Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the airport is the main international gateway to the Philippines with more than 37 million […]
Dubai World CentralâAl Maktoum International Airport (DWC) continues to grow as a gateway, handling 191,950 passengers in the third quarter of 2016 â up 161% on the corresponding period a year ago. The huge upturn, from the admittedly modest Q3 2015 total of 73,466 passengers, makes it one of the fastest growing airports in the […]
What do airport retailers and F&B operators have to do to win over customers and convince them to return again and again? Clare Williams investigates. With duty free and travel retail sales set to top $100 billion by 2023, according to the latest data from Generation Research, it makes sense for airports to make the best of […]
World Business Partners in the spotlight. Beca spearheads Queenstown upgrade Queenstown Airport has started work on a NZ$17 million series of major airfield infrastructure improvements designed to pave the way for evening flights in winter 2016 and improve the overall safety and efficiency of operations. The airportâs main runway will be widened by 15 metres […]
Joe Bates takes a closer look at some of the latest and most innovative customer focused initiatives unveiled at the regionâs airports. From Incheonâs ice rink, Singapore Changiâs âSocial Treeâ and roaming airport ambassadors in Dubai and Hong Kong, there is no doubting that the regionâs airports continue to lead the world when it comes […]
Kerrie Mather, Sydney Airportâs managing director and CEO and new president of ACI Asia-Pacific, talks to Joe Bates about the growth and development of Australiaâs busiest gateway. Like most Australians, Kerrie Mather is used to travelling as, to use her words, âAustralia is a big country at the bottom of the worldâ and to get anywhere […]
Hong Kong International Airport is today celebrating another major environmental milestone â reducing its carbon intensity by 25.6% per passenger or 100kg of cargo in 2015, compared with 2008 levels. This achievement surpassed the original target of reducing carbon intensity by 25%, set in 2010. Operator Airport Authority Hong Kong and its business partners have […]
Sydney Airport has announced that Italian luxury brand Gucci will join the airportâs newly transformed T1 International fashion precinct in early 2017 in an Australian airport first. Established in Florence in 1921 and now one of the worldâs most distinguished fashion brands, Gucci will join a premium collection of 13 new brands at Sydney Airport, […]
In the spotlight:Â Customer service Airport report:Â Sydney Future build:Â Hong Kong and the Maldives Plus:Â Route development and World Business Partners Read the online issue:Â click here View from the top ACI Asia-Pacific regional director, Patti Chau, reflects on the organisationâs growing membership, activities and recent initiatives. News A snapshot of some of the biggest stories from across […]
Vietnam’s ambition to become a regional hub for passenger and cargo traffic has been boosted by a Dutch-Vietnamese government programme to co-operate on aviation and airport development across the country. Earier today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) director, Lai Xuan Thanh, and Royal HaskoningDHV’s director and […]
VIEW THE ISSUE HERE In the spotlight:Â Safety & Security Airport profile:Â Sydney Events:Â ACI World Assembly Plus:Â Land development & customer service The last year has been one of the most challenging on record for terrorist atrocities across the globe, and aviation has once again been singled out for these acts of violence. Excluding the perpetrators, 61 […]
Dubai Airports will partner with Huawei to design and build the worldâs first Tier III certified Modular Data Centre Complex (MDCC) at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The new facility will serve the worldâs busiest international airport. On average, almost 230,000 passengers pass through DXB per day and growing towards 325,000 per day by 2023, making […]
