A new dining experience from a local hospitality heavyweight has set up shop at Brisbane Airport (BNE) bringing modern Australian flavours to the Domestic Terminal. Matt Jefferson, executive chef and owner of Gold Coast institution Social Eating House, has taken the helm at the Domestic Terminal’s The Independent for a six-month residency. Jefferson is the […]
Copenhagen Airport enjoyed its best ever November, handling 2.42 million passengers during the month, a rise of 11% on the same period a year ago. It notes that the growth was mainly driven by transfer traffic, with one in four passengers now changing flights in Copenhagen. “This year, the airlines have the largest winter traffic […]
Embracing the passenger experience is the new competitive advantage for airports, writes Acuity Brands’ digital and wayfinding expert, Andrew Dallmann. As passenger numbers rise, the challenge of enhancing the customer experience inevitably becomes more of a challenge for the world’s airports as increased volumes puts a greater strain on existing facilities and manpower. This year, […]
Ambitious plans for new terminals, imminent openings and longer term airport projects ensure that it has been a busy end to the year for infrastructure development, writes Joe Bates. With traffic growth now firmly back on the agenda, the race is well and truly on to ensure that the world’s airports are equipped with the […]
We take a look at the opening of an innovation hub at Singapore Changi and the airport’s use of robotic technology to carry out maintenance inspections in hard to get to areas for humans. Changi Airport Group (CAG) has unveiled Terminal X – a vibrant innovation hub designed to bring together its partner innovators under […]
With global travel retail sales at airports yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, Kavanagh Communication’s John Matheson considers the potential economic and customer service benefits of F&B innovation. Although global traffic continues to recover well beyond 2019 levels, the performance of the travel retail market has struggled to keep pace with traffic growth. Last year […]
San Diego International Airport’s new Terminal 1 was designed for the passenger experience, writes Terence Young, aviation leader, design director and principal at Gensler. Throughout my architectural career I have designed airports around the world from LAX to Incheon, and over the years I’ve seen how the aviation industry responds to trends, with each new […]
We find out more about the growth, development and expansion plans of Queen Alia International Airport, Jordan’s air gateway to the world. With passenger traffic on the rise, a newly extended concession agreement for Airports International Group (AIG) and plans underway for the next phase of its infrastructure development, these are busy times for Jordan’s […]
The topping out ceremony has been held for the world’s first commercial vertiport ‘DXV’ located next to Dubai International Airport in the UAE. It is being built by Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) in collaboration with the Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). According to its developers, DXV is now 60% complete, with construction running on schedule for […]
Britain’s pilots are urging UK Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, to “future-proof” plans for Heathrow’s third runway. British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) general secretary, Amy Leversidge, wants Alexander to ensure that the winning bid provides sufficient additional capacity and flexibility to protect the airport against any future need for expansion. There are currently two bids to […]
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Immigration has become the first authority in the world to introduce biometric corridors at scale with new biometrics on-the-move technology. This brand-new innovation from Amadeus uses AI-enabled biometrics to validate passenger identities “in motion” through wide corridors, rather than stopping to manually present documents to a border guard or at a […]
Finavia and the Vantaa Light Rail Alliance are working together to develop a plan for the location of an airport stop for the newly approved transport link. “We are very pleased with the decision that the political decision-makers of Vantaa were ready to give the Vantaa Light Rail Alliance a mandate to plan the light […]
