Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR) is celebrating the opening of two new F&B outlets in Perth Airport’s Terminal 1 forecourt – The Crafty Swan Kitchen and Bar, and Juice Bean Co. It says that the new outlets are key milestones in the airport’s vast, A$1billion redevelopment project. According to ELR, The Crafty Swan and Juice Bean […]
Alice Springs Airport will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of its terminal tomorrow. Opened on December 8, 1991, to much fanfare, the complex is designed to handle up to 1.2 million passengers per year. And with a roof area covering over 13,000 square metres, it is still one of Central Australia’s largest commercial buildings. Tomorrow, […]
World Business Partners in the spotlight. Jacobs to work on Forrestfield Airport Rail Link Jacobs Engineering Group is acting as a client-side technical advisor to the Western Australia Public Transport Authority (PTA) for the A$2 billion Forrestfield Airport Rail Link. The new train line will connect Forrestfield to the city, opening up Perth’s eastern suburbs to […]
Passengers continue to embrace new technology, according to 2016 Passenger IT Trends Survey. It should come as no surprise to learn that we love IT and continue to embrace it in increasing numbers, the findings of SITA’s 2016 Passenger IT Trends Survey revealing that a staggering 92% of today’s passengers use self-service technology to book […]
Spotlight on Male’s Ibrahim Nasir International Airport development. KEY facts Airport: Malé, The Maldives Project: New terminal, runway, cargo facilities and fuel farm. Delivery date: 2019 Key players: Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG); Saudi Bin Laden Group. Male’s Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, the capital city gateway of the Island nation of the Maldives, has started work on the biggest […]
Joe Bates reviews the 2016 route development success of a handful of the region’s airports. A good route network is the life’s blood of any airport and the successful addition and development of new airlines, services and destinations can be transformational for a gateway in terms of its stature, economic impact and public perception. It is probably not […]
Dubai International Airport (DXB) welcomed 6.4 million passengers (+2.7%) in October, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. Year to date, passenger numbers at DXB have risen 6.8% to 69.3 million compared to 64.9 million recorded during the first ten months of 2015. Eastern Europe led the pack again as […]
Asia-Pacific Airports magazine turns the spotlight on Hong Kong International Airport’s multi-billion dollar third runway project. Hong Kong International Airport has begun construction work on the new three-runway system (3RS) that it believes will guarantee its long-term success. The airport, which currently has two runways, claims that a third is vital to ensure that it is […]
Robbie Gill, managing director of The Design Solution, explains why he believes that every airport needs to express a ‘sense of place’. If you want to grab the attention of any busy airport manager, the words ‘non-aeronautical revenue’ will usually do the trick, especially when combined with the promise of new, smarter and more effective […]
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 […]
Kirsten O’Neill, customer experience research manager at Dubai Airports, talks to ACI World’s Sevda Fevzi about the benefits of the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) benchmarking programme. How and why did your airport join ASQ? Nowadays, more often than not, what identifies an airport in the customer’s mind is the overall airport experience. Indeed, the experience […]
Dubai World Central–Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) continues to grow as a gateway, handling 191,950 passengers in the third quarter of 2016 – 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 […]
