Vivian Fung reports on the latest news, views and developments from across the busy Asia-Pacific region. ACI shows supports for Australia’s airports ACI Asia-Pacific’s regional director, Patti Chau, and ACI World director general, Angela Gittens, recently met with Australian MPs and key Australian airports to counter airline accusations that airports were hindering industry growth. Accusation […]

A snapshot of some of the biggest stories from across the region. Sweet success Hong Kong International Airport is now even more colourful and appealing following the opening of an innovative new confectionery outlet containing eight sweet shops. SWEET DREAMS by HEINEMANN covers an 820sqm area in Terminal 1, which the duty free operator says […]

Asia-Pacific Airports reports on the latest industry and World Business Partner news from across the region. Aerotel opens in Guangzhou Baiyun’s new Terminal 2 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport’s impressive new Terminal 2 boasts its own transit hotel courtesy of Plaza Premium Group’s 57-room Aerotel Guangzhou. The group’s sixth hotel in its network and first in China, […]

Seminars, symposiums and the election of a new president  make the headlines this June/July, writes Vivian Fung. Seow Hiang Lee, CEO of Changi Airport Group, was officially elected president of ACI Asia-Pacific during this year’s Annual Assembly in Narita. Lee, who agreed to serve the unexpired term of former president Kerrie Mather after she retired in […]

A snapshot of some of the biggest stories from across the region. LCC market growing across the region The LCCs continue to grow strongly and accommodated 31% of all passengers handled across Asia-Pacific in 2017 or 1.2 billion passengers, ACI Asia-Pacific’s regional director, Patti Chau, told delegates at the 10th annual ACI Airport Economics and […]

Regional director, Patti Chau, reflects on the latest traffic trends, new airport infrastructure, ACI Asia-Pacific’s growing influence across the region and some past and future events. I am pleased to say that the robust, upward momentum in traffic that Asia-Pacific and the Middle East enjoyed in 2017 continued in the first quarter of 2018, with our […]

Asia-Pacific Airports reports on the latest industry and World Business Partner news from across the region’s airports. NEW SMARTGATES INTRODUCED AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Dubai International Airport (DXB) has become the latest gateway to introduce Automated Border Control SmartGate technology, which it is confident will offer passengers a state-of-the art border control experience and enhance […]

ACI director general, Angela Gittens, provides her thoughts on the allocation of slots at airports and considers how the system could be improved to ensure the most efficient use of a scarce resource. ACI’s World Airport Traffic Forecasts 2017–2040 projects that global traffic will double by 2031. Traffic demand is growing (4.5% average annual growth […]

Vivian Fung rounds up the latest news from across Asia-Pacific in what has been a busy start to 2018 for the region. Changi Airport Group’s CEO, Lee Seow Hiang, has agreed to step up from first vice president, and assume the role of ACI Asia-Pacific’s president for the remainder of Kerrie Mather’s term, following her […]

ASM’s Nigel Mayes and York Aviation’s James Brass tell us more about the economic and social benefits of route development. Route development is the most important activity an airport can undertake, for without air services, an airport is just a strip of concrete. The key asset of all airports, air services define gateways and bring […]

Indian airports shine as Asia-Pacific airports hold on to the top spots in all the global best airport by size categories in ACI’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer satisfaction awards, writes Joe Bates. A host of first time winners and new names taking the honours in the coveted categories for passengers handling over 40 million passengers […]