ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, PASSENGER FACILITATION, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Plaza Premium Group expecting busy Chinese New Year 28 Jan 2022 Staff reporterPlaza Premium Group (PPG) is anticipating a major travel surge during the Lunar New Year festive period, as families travel to reunite for...
DESIGN & BUILD LaGuardia becomes world’s first airport with dual airbridges 28 Jan 2022 Staff reporterLaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP), the private entity managing and redeveloping LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, has announced the opening of the second pedestrian skybridge,...
CUSTOMER SERVICE, RETAIL/F&B Shanghai surprise as 1930s inspired Chinese restaurant opens at Heathrow 27 Jan 2022 Staff reporterHeathrow’s latest F&B offering, a 1930s Shanghai inspired Chinese restaurant, Shan Shui, has opened for business in Terminal 2. The outlet, officially opened...
PASSENGER FACILITATION, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Using flow analytics to better manage the use and cleaning of restrooms 26 Jan 2022 Christian CarstensNever have the restroom habits of travellers been of quite as much interest to airport operators as they have become over the last...
PASSENGER FACILITATION Advances in wayfinding present new opportunities for airports 24 Jan 2022 Joe Fernandes Outdoor navigation technology has been in your pocket for years. In fact, you have to make a real effort to buy a phone...
RETAIL/F&B, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Melbourne Airport unveils new pop-up gin shop 18 Jan 2022 Staff reporterLagardère Travel Retail has joined forces with Four Pillars to bring a pop-up gin shop to Terminal 1 at Melbourne Airport. Open now,...
ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, RETAIL/F&B, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Pop-up gin shop opens at Melbourne Airport 18 Jan 2022 Staff reporterLagardère Travel Retail has joined forces with Four Pillars to bring a pop-up gin shop to Terminal 1 at Melbourne Airport. Open now,...
AW6 2021, RETAIL/F&B Quick and easy 17 Jan 2022 Joe BatesAirport World reports on the opening of the world’s first digital duty free vending machine, the introduction of automated pizza kitchens at airports...
RETAIL/F&B, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Customer pays €488,000 for bottle of whisky at Istanbul Airport 14 Jan 2022 Staff reporterA rare bottle of whisky on offer at a duty free store in Istanbul Airport has been sold for an incredible €488,000. Described...
ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, PASSENGER FACILITATION, TRAFFIC Kazakhstan’s Almaty Airport reopens for flights 13 Jan 2022 Joe BatesAlmaty Airport, which was closed to flights for security reasons on the evening of January 5 during the events in Kazakhstan, reopened for...
AW6 2021, ECONOMICS & FINANCE Spotlight on Ferrovial Airports: All systems go! 13 Jan 2022 Joe BatesCEO, Luke Bugeja, tells Joe Bates more about Ferrovial Airports’ business strategy and expansion plans that include developing a network of vertiports in...
IT INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Automation, sustainability and digital health focus areas of airport IT investment 12 Jan 2022 Staff reporterPassenger traffic and revenues may still be way down on pre-COVID levels, but airports and airlines continue to invest in new technology, according...
