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The F&B offering at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) just got a little better with the opening of three new outlets. The new restaurants, introduced in conjunction with SSP America a part of the gateway’s $590 million Terminal 3 Modernization Program, are all local-based brands with deep, longstanding ties to the Valley of the […]

Dubai Airports’ chairman, His Highness, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, today inaugurated Dubai International Airport’s new nerve centre – its state-of-the-art AOCC. The AOCC, which stands for Airport Operations Control Centre, enables a collaborative approach to managing airport operations by providing information and analyses based on data collated from more than 50 systems fed by […]

Southampton Airport in the UK has achieved Level 2 ‘Reduction’ status in ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. It inisists that it has been working to minimise its carbon footprint for years and the award reflects its efforts. The gateway notes that Level 2 certification requires the development of a detailed carbon emissions inventory and establishment […]

Copenhagen Airport pulled no punches in its annual report issued today, admitting that it is under pressure, with recent investments of around DKK2 billion a year being “substantially higher” than its earnings. As a result, its profit before tax fell by 8.7% in 2019 to almost DKK1.3 billion. The Danish gateway says it enjoyed a […]

As part of the UK government’s Airspace Modernisation Programme, London Stansted has begun the process of re-designing the network of corridors and flightpaths that aircraft use when travelling to and from the airport. The government has requested that all UK airports review how new technology can best be used to make the airspace that they […]

A record 36.7 million passengers passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) last year – a healthy year-on-year rise of 4.3%. The US gateway notes that the annual upturn, which amounts to 1.5 million passengers more than the previous year, was primarily due to a number of new routes. Operator, Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), is […]

Over 2,000 runners today competed in the first ever fun run at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Organised by airport operator GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL), runners either competed in five or ten kilometre races on courses that started and ended near the gateway’s Novotel hotel. According to GMR, the maiden ‘Hyderabad Airport Run’ was […]

There’s no denying that air travel has changed the way the world works, but our ability to fly pretty much wherever and whenever we like comes at an environmental cost, with aviation accounting for around 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions today, writes Air BP’s Tom Parsons. The sector is taking action though; in the UK, […]

New smart gate technology has been introduced at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports in Brazil. The new technology, supplied by SITA, provides passengers with automated entry to the security checking area with a simple scan of their boarding pass. SITA claims this will reduce queues and make the process four times as efficient. Andreea […]

The impact of the coronavirus is beginning to bite in Asia-Pacific, with Q1 passenger numbers expected to be significantly down in China and at airports across the region, warns ACI Asia-Pacific. The downturn, means Asia-Pacific and Middle East airport revenues are under tremendous pressure two months into 2020 amidst the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, […]

Heathrow’s third runway is off, for now anyway, following the Court of Appeal’s decision that the government’s greenliight for the project was unlawful. However, while anti-third runway groups celebrate and the government admits that it won’t appeal against the judgement, it is far from the end of the matter with the judges stating that a […]

A familiar and sometimes iconic site at airports across the globe, the air traffic control tower, celebrates its 100th birthday today. The world’s first air traffic control tower was commissioned by the UK government at London’s Croydon Airport in a move that helped usher in the age of mass air travel. At the time, Croydon was […]