Clare Williams Fannin of travel business specialist consultancy Templemere PR explores the importance of food and retail in elevating the airport experience. A new generation of traveller wants something very different from their journey through an airport. A different age, cultural and geographic demographic is looking beyond the functional and the transactional – they want […]
Heidi Stancliffe, head of product, strategy & bids at CAVU, shares how premium airport experiences are evolving, and how they are creating new opportunities to grow loyalty and revenue. Today’s travellers expect more comfort, simplicity, and control from their airport experience, along with connected, personalised services that improve every step. Premium travel is no longer […]
Mei Mei Song, Plaza Premium Group’s chief transformation officer considers how meaningful airport hospitality experiences and purposeful spaces reduce passenger anxiety levels and make dwell time enjoyable. Airlines take care of you on the plane, hotels take care of you at the destination, but why does no one take care of you at the airport? […]
Almost 6.6 million passengers passed through Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in July 2025, an increase of 4% on the corresponding month a year ago. According to the airport, most outbound passengers flew to Spain, the United Kingdom and Greece as a total of 43,320 (+2%) of flights were handled at the gateway during the month. The […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to play a leading role in efforts to find up to $10 billion in funds to finance the construction of a potentially new game changing airport for Ethiopia. Under an agreement signed between AfDB and the Ethiopian Airlines Group, the bank been appointed as the “mandated lead arranger, global […]
The recovery of a missing diamond and reuniting a little girl with her favourite stuffed toy are a few of the more heart warming lost and found stories at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) this year. Now, PIT believes it has has made recovering missing items even easier with its recently launched Lost and Found system. […]
The opening of new and expanded roadways offer “unprecedented access and connectivity to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and its new facilities”, according to Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). These include the newly-connected 98th Street, which spans from La Cienega Boulevard to Sepulveda Boulevard, and Jetway Boulevard, a new north-south connection between Century Boulevard to […]
Dubai International (DXB) is gearing up for a busy end to the summer holidays, with families returning from vacation and students travelling back to Dubai ahead of the new academic year. Between August 13th and 23rd, DXB is expected to welcome more than 3.6 million passengers, with daily averages reaching 280,000. The busiest day is […]
CEO, Mignon Buckingham, charts the company’s airport journey from inception to innovation in global lounge experiences. Airport Dimensions made its debut in the airport lounge market in 2006, establishing its first ‘The Club’ location in the United States at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Since then, it has grown into a global leader in delivering […]
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has completed its latest construction milestone by moving six prefabricated module structures that have come together to create the framework for the first phase of the airport’s new Terminal F. On August 8, the airport completed the last of six module moves that make up the structure for Terminal […]
Your eyes are not deceiving you, Nuremberg Airport is once again enlisting the help of water buffaloes to maintain difficult to get to meadows around the airport site. These robust animals, which were used for the same purpose last year, contribute to the maintenance of sensitive biotopes and the promotion of biodiversity through their natural […]
London’s Heathrow and Stansted airports today reported record breaking traffic figures for July, the former recording its busiest ever month and seventh successive month of growth, and the latter its busiest ever July. Heathrow welcomed 7.9 million passengers in July and retained its status as Europe’s most punctual major hub – ahead of Amsterdam Schiphol, […]
