VIEW THE ISSUE HERE Theme: Investing in airports Airport profile: Singapore Changi Review: ACI Africa/World Annual General Assembly Plus: Asset management & Cargo security Time for reflection Airport World editor, Joe Bates, considers the end of another eventful year for the world’s airports and the âinvesting in airportsâ theme of this issue. It’s human nature […]
Air Marakanda, the operator of Uzbekistan’s Samarkand International Airport (SKD), has become a member of ACI EUROPE. The organisation currently represents around 500 airports in 55 countries with its member airports accounting for 90% of commercial air traffic in Europe â 2.3 billion passengers, 18.4 million tons of cargo, and 21.2 million flights annually. âSilver membership […]
London Luton Airport (LLA) in the UK is piloting a new âGreener Futureâ grant to support local community groups and charities demonstrating a commitment to increasing biodiversity and tackling carbon reduction. Organisations based and working within a five-mile radius of the airport can apply for grants of up to ÂŁ10,000. The fund will be managed […]
Just in time for the Christmas holidays, Lagardère AWPL has opened its new Aelia Duty Free stores at Adelaide Airport in Australia. Designed and built in partnership with peckvonhartel, Trivision, Studio All and Bestec, the new stores double the size of duty free retail across arrivals and departures. Inside 800 square metres of Departures and […]
Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport is on target to handle around eight million passengers in 2022 after reporting that it handled 7.1 million travellers passed through its facilities in the first 11 months of the year. The total to date is 75% up on the same period last year but still 13.2% down on its […]
TAV Technologies’ list of customers in Central Asia continues to grow with the announcement that Aktobe International Airport in Kazakhstan has become the latest gateway to use its Common Use Passenger System (CUPPS). The TAV Airports subsidiary, which also counts Almaty and Samarkand airports as customers, is confident that the Kazakh gateway will benefit from […]
Sydney Airportâs new luxury precinct is now home to Louis Vuittonâs first retail travel store in the southern hemisphere, as well as Gentle Monsterâs first store in the region. The brandâs largest stand-alone travel retail store in the world offers a broad selection of premium womenâs and menâs ready-to-wear, shoes, leather goods, accessories, watches, jewellery […]
VINCI Airports continues to grow its global airport portfolio, today confirming that it has paid $1.17 billion to take a 29.99% stake in Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA). The deal follows the agreeing of terms with OMA earlier this year and means that it becomes the largest single shareholder in the […]
The renovation of the central security checkpoint at Munich Airportâs Terminal 2 has begun as part of the gateway’s plans to transform the area with a new layout and state-of-the-art technology. When completed in the autumn of 2024, instead of the familiar traditional checkpoints, new lanes with innovative technology will be used to welcome and […]
Heathrow has enlisted hundreds of âLittle Helpersâ to kick off the festive season for passengers by giving away 10,000 Christmas gifts. The gifts from the airportâs shops, bars and restaurants range from teddy bears, perfumes and Pret breakfasts to free flights and lounge access, and will be given out across all four terminals in the […]
ACI World Business Partner, Assaia, has launched APU Emissions Control to reduce carbon emissions and cuts costs by detecting unwarranted Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) usage at airport gates, and delivering automated real-time alerts and reports. A recent report commissioned by the UK’s Airport Operators Association showed that the largest part of an airportâs emissions come […]
Fortnum & Mason, an upmarket department store from the UK, has partnered with Lagardère Travel Retail to open its first travel retail location in Asia in the East Hall luxury zone at Hong Kong International Airport. The 46 square metre store offers a wide assortment of the brandâs most in-demand teas, biscuit, chocolates, tea accessories, […]
