Dubai International Airport is installing new Pre-Conditioned Air (PCA) systems – capable of rapidly cooling wide-bodied aircraft up to the size of the A380 even in the hot and humid conditions common to Dubai – as part of the upgrade of Concourse C. Designed by Cavotec, the specially designed PCA systems are expected to enhance passenger comfort […]

New Zealand’s first on-road testing of fully autonomous vehicles will change up a gear later this year with the inclusion of the first locally designed and built vehicle, which will be tested at Christchurch Airport. The ohmio LIFT will hit the road in a new phase of the trials on private roads at Christchurch Airport. […]

Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) welcomed 624,207 passengers in January – a healthy 8.2% upturn on the corresponding month a year ago. Jordan’s gateway to the world also handled 8,074 tons of cargo (+14.8%) and 5,672 aircraft movements (-2.5%) during the month. “We are delighted to kick off the year by welcoming more than […]

Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) has continued its upward growth trajectory, reporting a strong half-year result with a net profit after tax of NZ$8.8 million for the first six months of the 2018 financial year. QAC Board chair, Prue Flacks, said the financial performance was underpinned by sustained passenger growth and increased revenue compared to the […]

Emirates yesterday signed a contract for 20 additional A380 aircraft and 16 options, firming up the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was announced in January. The total agreement for 36 aircraft is valued at $16 billion based on latest list prices. Deliveries are to start as early as 2020. The deal was signed by HH Sheikh […]

The value of air routes to China make the news today with Sydney Airport revealing that its new Zhengzhou service will pump A$60 million into the local economy and Heathow claiming that its direct flights to China add £510 million yearly to the UK’s GDP. According to Sydney Airport, Tianjin Airlines’ new service from Zhengzhou […]

Changi Airports Saudi Arabia (CASA), operator of Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), today issued the first tranche of Request for Proposals (RFP) for concession space at the new terminal. To offer guests of the new KAIA a unique passenger experience, CASA reveals that it is designing the retail environment by putting passengers at the […]

A record 72.9 million passengers and five million tonnes of cargo and airmail passed through Hong Kong International Airport in 2017. The annual totals, which represent rises of 3.3% and 9.4% respectively on 2016, were boosted by a 2.2% increase in aircaft movements. Airmail accounted for 112,000 tonnes of the freight handled at Hong Kong […]

Retiring managing director and CEO of Sydney Airport, Kerrie Mather, is to step down as president of ACI Asia-Pacific at the end of the month. Mather, who will leave her post at Sydney Airport at the same time, has served on ACI Asia-Pacific’s Regional Board since September 2011 and was elected president in April 2016 for […]

Andy Wall, technical director of cyber security at Atkins, outlines five steps he believes airports can take to create safe and secure cyber environments. Airports have a long history of dealing with ‘traditional’ threats – terrorism, physical attacks and security scares. But as the physical and digital worlds continue to converge, how do they manage […]

GVK Power & Infrastructure has signed a concession agreement to operate India’s new international airport in Mumbai. GVK, which spearheads the consortium that runs Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, has agreed a 30 year deal to operate Navi Mumbai International Airport. The gateway, currently under construction on a 1,060 hectare site around 35km from Chhatrapati Shivaji […]