Ed Balls, the UK’s former Shadow Chancellor, gave the keynote speech at Gatwickâs Transport Forum on Friday. The event is designed to create an integrated approach to transport provision across the region and around 150 transport service providers and manufacturers, local authority transport officers and community representatives attended. The audience received updates on major projects, […]
VINCI today launched work to upgrade the runways and runway lighting system at Toulon HyĂšres Airport in France. VINCI Airports began operating the airport in 2015 under a 25-year French government concession awarded by the Direction GĂ©nĂ©rale de lâAviation Civile (DGAC) and the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. As one of France’s three combined civil and […]
Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam has been named ‘Asia’s Leading New Airport 2019’ at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia & Oceania. Developed by the Sun Group, and completed in late 2018, Vietnam’s first privately built commerical gateway is the first airport in the country to receive the accolade. “This is a huge source of pride […]
Meet, Pepper, Christchurch Airport’s new 120cm tall robot that can apparently recognise faces and basic human emotions, respond to requests made on the touch screen on its chest, and hold a conversation! According to the New Zealand gateway, Pepper â who has previously been on duty at Munich Airport in Germany and Oakland in the […]
With the the exception of a handful of airports in Greece and Bulgaria, the Fraport Group’s global airport portfolio have all registered an increase in passenger traffic in the first nine months of 2019. Fraport, which released its global year-to-date traffic figures today, reveals that 54.1 million passengers (+2.3%) passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in […]
The F&B offerings at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) just got a little better with the opening of three new concepts â local favourites ‘Franktuary’ and the ‘Melt Shop’ and the global success ‘Joe & The Juice’. âWe have emphasised âcreating a sense of placeâ here at the airport by adding local brands to our concessions, […]
A 4.7% rise in transfer passengers, led by travellers from Poland, ensured that 2.8 million passengers (+0.4%) passed through Copenhagen Airport in September. The total meant that it was the busiest September on record for Denmark’s capital city gateway. “More passengers choosing to fly via Copenhagen rather than via Amsterdam, Frankfurt or London strengthens our […]
Glasgow today become the first UK airport to introduce a fleet of zero-emission electric buses to its car park operation. The three-strong fleet of all-electric battery buses, which were built in Scotland by Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), will replace the current diesel fleet used to shuttle passengers between the terminal and the airportâs Long-Stay Car […]
CAA International (CAAi) has been awarded a new consultancy project to help the Kazakhstan aviation regulator adopt a new aviation oversight model, based on that used in the UK. The new regulatory system will support Kazakhstanâs air transport sector growth and provide a foundation for Kazakhstanâs aviation industry to become a world player. The project […]
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has broken ground on new state-of-the-art complex for LAX’s police officers. Located just north of the Central Terminal Area in Westchester, the new $220 million building will consolidate police operations at the airport by providing a central base for officers currently split between eight different locations. âThe new consolidated LAWA […]
Copenhagen Airports CEO, Thomas Woldbye; Fraport Greece CEO, Alexander Zinell; and LabCampus/Munich Airportâs vice president for innovation and creation, Sarah Wittlieb, took centre stage this morning at the opening of the SMART Airports Europe Conference in Munich. Today is âSMART Aviation & Economic Developmentâ day at the event, which runs alongside inter airport Europe 2019, the […]
Small GA gateways such as Leeâs Summit Municipal Airport can become economic development engines for their surrounding communities, writes Ty Sander, project manager for Crawford, Murphy & Tilly. A municipally-owned, general aviation airport can be a curious thing for residents who donât fly. It can easily be perceived as a major expense that serves only corporate […]
