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Airports around the world are today celebrating International Women’s Day while Quebec’s aerospace industry is holding a conference to promote diversity and inclusion. Birmingham Airport in the UK is celebrating International Women’s Day with a series of activities running across the airport based on the official theme #BalancedforBetter. This year’s #IWD2019 is about raising awareness […]
Delhi-Indira Gandhi, Indianapolis, Moscow Sheremetyevo, Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji, Singapore Changi and Seoul–Gimpo were today named as some of the best airports in the world in ACI’s annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer experience awards. Perennial winners Beijing Capital, Toronto Pearson, Roma-Fiumicino and Shanghai Pudong also triumphed in the awards, which recognise the airports around the world […]
ACI World today announced that the Secretary General of ICAO, Dr Fang Liu, and senior representatives from Google and Prescient will headline the 2019 ACI Asia-Pacific/ World Annual General Assembly, Conference & Exhibition. Over 600 delegates from across the world are expected to attend the conference, which is due to take place in Hong Kong on April […]
Former Chicago Department of Aviation Commissioner, Ginger Evans, is the new CEO of Reach Airports, a US-based airport management joint venture between Munich Airport International and The Carlyle Group’s CAG Holdings. Reach Airports notes that her “unique background, coupled with her unparalleled expertise, will provide leadership to the new company which offers training, consulting and management […]
UK Aviation Minister, Liz Sugg, made a flying visit to Stansted Airport College last week to see some of the work the gateway is doing to encourage more girls into aviation careers. The Minister, who is calling on the aviation sector to address the shortage of women in aviation-related careers, was welcomed by college […]
Frankfurt Airport’s newly introduced Infogate service allows passengers to have a video call with a member of the airport’s customer service team. After pushing a button, one of the airport’s multi-lingual team of helpers will appear on the full-sized screen and offer assistance. All in all the team speak a total of 20 languages ranging […]
Máximo Luis Bomchil has been appointed Board chairman of Corporación América Airports whose global airport portfolio includes airports in Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. He replaces Eduardo Eurnekian, the 86 year old founder of Corporación América Group, who will continue with his other business ventures as well as philanthropic activities. The Board also […]
A new ACI-NA report detailing the significant infrastructure needs of America’s airports reveals that the country’s gateways are facing more than $128 billion in new infrastructure needs across the system and a debt burden of $91.6 billion from past projects. It’s response to the figures is to issue a rallying call, claiming that it is […]
London Stansted CEO, Ken O’Toole, today called for improvements to the public transport links to UK airports to reduce journey times and support growth. Addressing over 150 delegates at the annual Stansted Area Transport Forum, he urged local businesses, community leaders and regional organisations to make their voices heard and press government for upgrades to the rail […]
New Zealand’s first remotely operated digital air traffic control tower is a step closer to reality following the award of a contract to global technology provider Frequentis to develop a digital system for Invercargill Airport. It has been awarded the contract by air navigation services provider, Airways, which is pursuing digital tower technology as a national alternative […]
Dufry has opened a new bigger and better walk-through shopping store at Malta International Airport. It is the latest of Dufry’s shops to be opened under its ‘Dufry Shopping’ concept, that allows domestic passengers to experience a shopping environment similar to a classic duty-free store. The concept was first introduced in Brazil in 2014 and […]
Skanska USA and global design firm HOK have announced the completion of the $154 million expansion and renovation of the main terminal at Tampa International Airport. The upgrade is designed to enhance the passenger experience, improve wayfinding and expand concession options for travellers at one of the nation’s best airports. The design-build team of Skanska and […]
