Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.37 million passengers and 34,465 aircraft movements in October, representing year-on-year increases of 18% and 9.1% respectively. According to the gateway, traffic to and from Southeast Asia, Chinese Mainland and Taiwan recorded the most significant growth in the month. Robust growth was sighted in transfer and transit passengers, recording a […]
DOWNLOAD THE ISSUE HERE Airport Profile: Queen Alia Special Report: New Infrastructure Plus: Connectivity; Cybersecurity; IT Innovation; Clear skies ahead Editor, Joe Bates, reflects on a busy and eventful year for Airport World and the ‘passenger facilitation’ theme of this issue. With our December/January 2026 issue being published in January next year, it feels right […]
Global operator, Aena, handled 35 million passengers across its airport system spanning two continents in October. The total represented a 4.5% increase on the corresponding month a year ago as traffic across its 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport in the UK and 17 gateways in Brazil experienced a healthy upturn […]
Australia’s largest airports are joining forces once again to raise awareness of human trafficking and exploitation, with Perth Airport joining Sydney and Melbourne in expanding the Can You See Me? awareness campaign nationwide. Led by anti-human trafficking organisation A21, the campaign urges travellers to recognise and report the signs of human trafficking and modern slavery. […]
Hyatt House DFW is a step closer to reality following a groundbreaking ceremony for the new extended stay hotel at the Southgate entrance of the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport campus. The hotel, which is being developed by Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Woodbine Development Corporation, Muckleroy & Falls and Merriman […]
Glasgow Airport has launched a bold new initiative highlighting to passengers across its catchment area the benefits of flying from their local airport instead of travelling to others further afield. The Miles Closer campaign, which has been rolled out across print, outdoor, digital and broadcast media, targets postcodes in the west of Scotland and beyond, […]
Abu Dhabi Airports and Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports), have announced that they plan to develop a network of commercial vertiports for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) travel across the Emirate. The partnership paves the way for the construction of two initial vertiport sites at Zayed International Airport (AUH) and Al Bateen Executive Airport (AZI). Construction of these […]
A busy half-term getaway helped London Stansted record its busiest ever October, with a record 2.68 million passengers passing through its terminal during the month. High demand for family holidays and short breaks saw more than 920,000 passengers take to the skies during the half-term week alone. The week also saw the airport record its […]
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced new record-breaking milestones in Saudi Arabia’s global connectivity performance, which has seen a continuous increase in passenger numbers and air connectivity. A total of 103.1 million passengers travelled via Saudi airports, while total flight movements reached 713,000, marking an increase of 9% and 5% respectively. The […]
Hamad International Airport (DOH) has achieved its busiest quarter yet, serving over 14.3 million passengers from July to September 2025, a solid year-on-year growth of 4.3%. The quarter’s highlight was a record-breaking August, which became the airport’s busiest month ever, welcoming over five million passengers. Without doubt, the performance reinforces DOH’s position as one of […]
Who needs a gym when you’ve got an airport runway, well only perhaps for a few hours once a year, when Dubai International (DXB) transforms part of its airfield into a high-energy cycling arena as part of the Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC). The extraordinary event, executed in collaboration with fitness studio CRANK, delivered one of […]
Founded in Turkey, Kepler Club takes its name from the astronomer Johannes Kepler, as a nod to curiosity, discovery, and new horizons. The airport hospitality brand — known for its technology-driven sleeping cabins — is now in the final phase of a major expansion at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) that will more than double […]
