Health & Safety, PASSENGER FACILITATION, SAFETY & SECURITY XpresSpa offers 30 minute PCR COVID-19 tests at SFO and 10 other US airports 28 Apr 2021 Joe BatesSan Francisco International Airport (SFO) has become the latest US gateway to open a COVID-19 testing facility operated by the XpresSpa Group. The...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, PLANNING & DESIGN Reagan National celebrates opening of 14 new gates 21 Apr 2021 Staff reporterThe Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and American Airlines are celebrating the soft opening of 14 gates in a newly constructed 225,000-square-foot concourse at...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, SAFETY & SECURITY Etihad to trial IATA’s digital ‘health passport’ on flights from Abu Dhabi 21 Apr 2021 Joe BatesEtihad Airways will become the first airline to trial the IATA Travel Pass app, which ratifies the travel health credentials of passengers, on...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, SAFETY & SECURITY LAX steps up its COVID-19 testing options with one-hour PCR service 20 Apr 2021 Staff reporterLos Angeles International Airport (LAX) now offers COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests with results guaranteed in less than an hour with the...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, RETAIL/F&B, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Uber Eats comes to Toronto Pearson’s Terminals 1 and 3 20 Apr 2021 Staff reporterUber Eats is now available from a variety of HMSHost-operated restaurants across Terminals 1 and 3 at Toronto Pearson International Airport. According to...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, TRAFFIC Quarantine free flights resume between Australia and New Zealand 19 Apr 2021 Joe BatesAirports in Australia and New Zealand have been celebrating the reopening of quarantine free trans-Tasman travel for the first time in 12 months....
ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, PASSENGER FACILITATION, TRAFFIC Australian and New Zealand airports celebrate return of trans-Tasman flights 19 Apr 2021 Joe BatesAirports in Australia and New Zealand have been celebrating the reopening of quarantine free trans-Tasman travel for the first time in 12 months....
PASSENGER FACILITATION, SAFETY & SECURITY, SUSTAINABILITY Incheon’s World Aviation Conference watched by 27,000 viewers on YouTube 15 Apr 2021 Joe BatesAviation leaders from across the globe and an impressive 27,000 viewers virtually watched the recent World Aviation Conference (WAC) in South Korea, hosted...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, WBP NEWS Washington DC’s airports look to enhance passenger experience 15 Apr 2021 Staff reporterThe Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has chosen Jacobs to help it enhance the overall airline and passenger experience at Reagan National and Dulles...
PASSENGER FACILITATION UK travel industry questions government’s new plan for air travel 9 Apr 2021 Joe BatesNew research by the Airport Operators Association (AOA) and ABTA – The Travel Association have questioned the UK government’s new traffic light system...
PASSENGER FACILITATION Most passengers would accept digital health passports – new survey 7 Apr 2021 Staff reporterNew research by Amadeus indicates that 90% of travellers would be comfortable using a digital health passport for future travel. Indeed, the study,...
ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, PASSENGER FACILITATION New lounge experience at DXB promised by Marhaba 6 Apr 2021 Staff reporterDubai-based marhaba, dnata’s airport hospitality brand, has unveiled a brand-new design and experience at one of its flagship Dubai International Airport (DXB) lounges...
