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Meet, Pepper, Christchurch Airport’s new 120cm tall robot that can apparently recognise faces and basic human emotions, respond to requests made on the touch screen on its chest, and hold a conversation! According to the New Zealand gateway, Pepper – who has previously been on duty at Munich Airport in Germany and Oakland in the […]

With the the exception of a handful of airports in Greece and Bulgaria, the Fraport Group’s global airport portfolio have all registered an increase in passenger traffic in the first nine months of 2019. Fraport, which released its global year-to-date traffic figures today, reveals that 54.1 million passengers (+2.3%) passed through Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in […]

The F&B offerings at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) just got a little better with the opening of three new concepts – local favourites ‘Franktuary’ and the ‘Melt Shop’ and the global success ‘Joe & The Juice’. “We have emphasised ‘creating a sense of place’ here at the airport by adding local brands to our concessions, […]

A 4.7% rise in transfer passengers, led by travellers from Poland, ensured that 2.8 million passengers (+0.4%) passed through Copenhagen Airport in September. The total meant that it was the busiest September on record for Denmark’s capital city gateway. “More passengers choosing to fly via Copenhagen rather than via Amsterdam, Frankfurt or London strengthens our […]

Glasgow today become the first UK airport to introduce a fleet of zero-emission electric buses to its car park operation. The three-strong fleet of all-electric battery buses, which were built in Scotland by Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), will replace the current diesel fleet used to shuttle passengers between the terminal and the airport’s Long-Stay Car […]

CAA International (CAAi) has been awarded a new consultancy project to help the Kazakhstan aviation regulator adopt a new aviation oversight model, based on that used in the UK. The new regulatory system will support Kazakhstan’s air transport sector growth and provide a foundation for Kazakhstan’s aviation industry to become a world player. The project […]

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has broken ground on new state-of-the-art complex for LAX’s police officers.  Located just north of the Central Terminal Area in Westchester, the new $220 million building will consolidate police operations at the airport by providing a central base for officers currently split between eight different locations. “The new consolidated LAWA […]

Copenhagen Airports CEO, Thomas Woldbye; Fraport Greece CEO, Alexander Zinell; and LabCampus/Munich Airport’s vice president for innovation and creation, Sarah Wittlieb, took centre stage this morning at the opening of the SMART Airports Europe Conference in Munich.  Today is ‘SMART Aviation & Economic Development’ day at the event, which runs alongside inter airport Europe 2019, the […]

Small GA gateways such as Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport can become economic development engines for their surrounding communities, writes Ty Sander, project manager for Crawford, Murphy & Tilly. A municipally-owned, general aviation airport can be a curious thing for residents who don’t fly. It can easily be perceived as a major expense that serves only corporate […]

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) is to partner with NAV CANADA and QinetiQ Canada (QinetiQ) to trial the company’s ant-drone technology at the gateway. The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology set to be trialled at the Canadian airport is called Obsidian Counter. According to the findings of an interim report by Canada’s Blue Ribbon Task Force (BRTF) […]

China’s new Beijing Daxing International Airport boasts its own in-terminal hotel, Aerotel, operated by the Plaza Premium Group. Located in the Northeast pier of the new airport, the two-storey hotel has 215 guest rooms spread across 9,000sqm. “We created Aerotel to take care of travellers needing a space to rest right at the terminal with no […]

S&P Global Ratings today claimed that the demise of Thomas Cook was a “manageable blow” for Gatwck that was likely to have a limited impact on the gateway. S&P points out that the airline provided just 3.8% of Gatwick’s total passenger numbers.  It says: “Given the timings of the slots, we expect they will be […]