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Air Marakanda, the operator of Uzbekistan’s Samarkand International Airport (SKD), has become a member of ACI EUROPE. The organisation currently represents around 500 airports in 55 countries with its member airports accounting for 90% of commercial air traffic in Europe â 2.3 billion passengers, 18.4 million tons of cargo, and 21.2 million flights annually. âSilver membership […]
London Luton Airport (LLA) in the UK is piloting a new âGreener Futureâ grant to support local community groups and charities demonstrating a commitment to increasing biodiversity and tackling carbon reduction. Organisations based and working within a five-mile radius of the airport can apply for grants of up to ÂŁ10,000. The fund will be managed […]
Just in time for the Christmas holidays, Lagardère AWPL has opened its new Aelia Duty Free stores at Adelaide Airport in Australia. Designed and built in partnership with peckvonhartel, Trivision, Studio All and Bestec, the new stores double the size of duty free retail across arrivals and departures. Inside 800 square metres of Departures and […]
Jordan’s Queen Alia International Airport is on target to handle around eight million passengers in 2022 after reporting that it handled 7.1 million travellers passed through its facilities in the first 11 months of the year. The total to date is 75% up on the same period last year but still 13.2% down on its […]
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has entered into an historic six-year agreement to secure power that is linked to renewable energy from Queenslandâs Clarke Creek Wind Farm & Blue Grass Solar projects as part of its commitment to be net zero for scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025. BAC is the first customer to sign […]
Sydney Airportâs new luxury precinct is now home to Louis Vuittonâs first retail travel store in the southern hemisphere, as well as Gentle Monsterâs first store in the region. The brandâs largest stand-alone travel retail store in the world offers a broad selection of premium womenâs and menâs ready-to-wear, shoes, leather goods, accessories, watches, jewellery […]
TAV Technologies’ list of customers in Central Asia continues to grow with the announcement that Aktobe International Airport in Kazakhstan has become the latest gateway to use its Common Use Passenger System (CUPPS). The TAV Airports subsidiary, which also counts Almaty and Samarkand airports as customers, is confident that the Kazakh gateway will benefit from […]
Sydney Airportâs new luxury precinct is now home to Louis Vuittonâs first retail travel store in the southern hemisphere, as well as Gentle Monsterâs first store in the region. The brandâs largest stand-alone travel retail store in the world offers a broad selection of premium womenâs and menâs ready-to-wear, shoes, leather goods, accessories, watches, jewellery […]
VINCI Airports continues to grow its global airport portfolio, today confirming that it has paid $1.17 billion to take a 29.99% stake in Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA). The deal follows the agreeing of terms with OMA earlier this year and means that it becomes the largest single shareholder in the […]
Port Hedland International Airport, based in a remote area of Western Australia and in the midst of a terminal redevelopment programme, has become one of the first regional airports in the Antipodes to embrace the cloud for common-use check-in and boarding systems. The airport expects that turning to the cloud will give it an edge […]
The renovation of the central security checkpoint at Munich Airportâs Terminal 2 has begun as part of the gateway’s plans to transform the area with a new layout and state-of-the-art technology. When completed in the autumn of 2024, instead of the familiar traditional checkpoints, new lanes with innovative technology will be used to welcome and […]
Heathrow has enlisted hundreds of âLittle Helpersâ to kick off the festive season for passengers by giving away 10,000 Christmas gifts. The gifts from the airportâs shops, bars and restaurants range from teddy bears, perfumes and Pret breakfasts to free flights and lounge access, and will be given out across all four terminals in the […]
