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London Stansted Airport is celebrating its Biodiversity Week by handing out more than 3,000 silver birch saplings and highlighting some of its year-round environmental work. The initiative, which follows from 2018’s successful Recycling Week where 2,000 reusable cups were handed to staff, aims to inform the thousands of colleagues across London Stansted of the environment team’s efforts, […]

Pension investor APG, in partnership with alternatives fund manager QIC, has agreed to acquire a 36% interest in Brussels Airport. The APG-QIC jointly led consortium further comprises of Swiss Life, and upon completion, APG and QIC will both have a stake of 16.8% in Belgium’s capital city gateway. Closing of the transaction is expected to […]

Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.89 million passengers and 32,430 flight movements in February, marking year-on-year increases of 1.1% and 0.3%, respectively.  However, cargo throughput decreased by 14.4% to 274,000 tonnes due to unfavourable macro-economic conditions. The totals mean that 12.4 million passengers (+3.6%) and 676,000 tonnes of cargo (-8.6%) passed through the gateway on 68,960 […]

More than a third of a million passengers are expected to pass through Dublin Airport over the St Patrick’s Bank Holiday Weekend. The airport is expecting more than 350,000 passengers to arrive and depart from today to Monday March 18, which is a 6% increase compared to last year. Passengers will be arriving for the […]

Say hello to ‘Otto’, the first autonomous snow plough in North America, whose new home is Winnipeg Richardson International Airport in Canada.  The plough is the result of a partnership with Manitoba companies Northstar Robotics Inc and Airport Technologies Inc (ATI) and is able to clear snow by following pre-determined routes. It will, however, only be used […]

Kansas City International Airport has announced that it will break ground on its new $1.5 billion terminal on March 25.  The project will transform and modernise the current three-terminal layout, which has remained largely unchanged since it opened in 1972, despite nearly tripling its passenger traffic. It is the largest infrastructure project in Kansas City’s history. Designed by the Chicago based Skidmore, Ownings […]

The fastest growing major passenger route in Asia-Pacific is between South Korea’s capital city, Seoul, and the coastal city of Da Nang in Vietnam, according to Routesonline.  The information is revealed in a new study published to coincide with Routes Asia 2019, which is taking place in Cebu, in the Philippines. Routesonline claims that a 71% rise in […]

The Plaza Premium Group now boasts facilities at more than 70 airports across the globe followng the opening of its new lounge at Langkawi International Airport in Malaysia. Located in the airport’s Departure Hall (pre-security), the boutique space is designed to offer a stylish and cosy environment for travellers to unwind before departing the serene […]

London City Airport today unveiled a bold new brand identity, which it claims reflects a more dynamic, vibrant and contemporary look, synonymous with modern London. The transformed design, which utilises vivid colours, creative layout, and a heart motif, is said to reinforce London City’s role as London’s most central airport – at the heart of […]

Passengers in search of maps, travel books and other items related to present or future journeys can now stock up on these items at a new Dr Götze Land & Karte pop-up store at Hamburg Airport.  Located by Gate A17 for the next six months, the traditional Hamburg shop also sells souvenirs such as globes and […]

A total of 2.79 million passengers passed through Swedavia’s 10 Swedish airports in February – 4% down on the same month a year ago. Passenger numbers fell 3% at Stockholm Arlanda and Göteborg Landvetter, although the smaller gateways of Visby and Luleå fared better, reporting monthly increases of 3% and 2% respectively. Swedavia, which gives no explanation […]

Airports across the planet are beginning to respond to the news that they have been named the world’s best in ACI’s 2018 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer experience awards. Welcoming the news that London City Airport has won joint top spot for Best Airport in Europe for airports in the 2-5mppa category, CEO, Robert Sinclair, said: “London City […]