DESIGN & BUILD New Salt Lake City International Airport opens for business 15 Sep 2020 Staff reporterToday at 4am local time, Salt Lake City Department of Airports (SLCDA) turned the key and opened the first phase of The New...
Health & Safety, PASSENGER FACILITATION Miami and Hong Kong gain Airport Health Accreditation 15 Sep 2020 Joe BatesMiami (MIA) and Hong Hong (HKG) have become the latest airports to become accredited under ACI’s Airport Health Accreditation programme. The initiative recognises...
ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, ENVIRONMENT Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport renews carbon neutral status 15 Sep 2020 Staff reporterQueen Alia International Airport (QAIA) has successfully renewed and extended its Level 3+ ‘Neutrality’ status in ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme. As...
IT INNOVATION, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Stuttgart Airport embraces cloud technology 14 Sep 2020 Staff reporterStuttgart becomes the first airport in Germany to embrace Amadeus’ cloud computing technology for passenger services. More than 200 check-in counters and gates,...
IT INNOVATION, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS BLOG: Pandemic sets the state for AI take-off at airports 14 Sep 2020 Siobhan BoyleSince the arrival of COVID-19, industry commentators have shared a common theme – businesses need to be more tech-smart and flexible, to face...
DESIGN & BUILD, ECONOMICS & FINANCE Funding secured for airfield upgrade at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport 11 Sep 2020 Joe BatesFraport owned Lima Airport Partners (LAP) has signed a $450 million financing agreement for an airside development programme at Peru’s Jorge Chávez International...
ACI WORLD, Health & Safety, PASSENGER FACILITATION Toronto Pearson achieves Airport Health Accreditation 10 Sep 2020 Joe BatesToronto Pearson International Airport has become the first Canadian airport to be accredited under ACI’s Airport Health Accreditation programme. Deborah Flint, president and...
ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY BLOG: Reducing aviation’s emissions starts before take-off 9 Sep 2020 Thomas de BoerAviation has many benefits for our world. Arguably, no other industry has done more globally to connect people, power economies, and enable progress...
AIRPORT DESIGN, DESIGN & BUILD, WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS Global design competition offers glimpse of the airport of the future 8 Sep 2020 Joe BatesIt is time to take a look at the possible airports of tomorrow courtesy of Fentress Architects’ 2020 Fentress Global Challenge (FGC). Fentress...
DESIGN & BUILD, PASSENGER FACILITATION New terminal still a priority for Leeds Bradford Airport 8 Sep 2020 Joe BatesLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA) in the UK has released some new CGI images of the proposed new terminal it hopes to shortly receive...
Health & Safety, PASSENGER FACILITATION, SUSTAINABILITY San Antonio turns to robot technology to help combat COVID-19 3 Sep 2020 Joe BatesSan Antonio International Airport (SAT) has become first airport in the world to purchase and deploy the Xenex LightStrike robot to help it...
AIRPORT REPORTS, AW4 2020 Vienna calling 3 Sep 2020 Joe BatesVienna Airport’s Julian Jäger talks to Joe Bates about the ongoing transformation of Terminal 2, surviving COVID-19 and what the future might hold...
