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Donegal Airport has the most scenic approach of any airport in the world, according to PrivateFly’s annual Scenic Airport Poll. The Irish gateway beat the likes of Nice Côte d’Azur, Queenstown and St Maarten to win the accolade. Describing the approach to Donegal, one voter said: “The view is spectacular! Mountains on one side and a […]

Munich Airport today reported that it handled an all-time high of 46.3 million passengers (+3.8%) and made a net profit of €150 million in 2018. Operating company FMG’s EBITDA also surged to a record €535 million while cash flow from operations was up €80 million to €465 million. With equity of over €2.2 billion, the […]

Nova Scotia seafood represented a significant portion of the record 36,938 metric tonnes of cargo (+8.5%) handled at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in 2018. “Similar to passenger travel, we continue to see the cargo side of our operations expand, resulting in multiple daily dedicated cargo flights filled with Nova Scotia exports now flying out of […]

Aberdeen International Airport’s terminal transformation project is nearing completion, with two stores due to open next month and more to come in the autumn. The upgraded departure lounge area will feature new Boots and Dixons Travel stores, relocating from their current units to a new retail and catering area, housed in the former World Duty […]

Hong Kong International Airport operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), today outlined its green credentials in its Sustainability Report for 2017/18. The report covers the AAHK’s sustainability performance in the fiscal year ending 31 March 2018 across four key pillars: ‘Our People’, ‘World-class Gateway’, ‘Our Future Airport’ and ‘HK People’s Airport’.  The report features 10 […]

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Airports claim to be taking an innovative, inclusive approach to the Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP) for the 750,000-square-foot Midfield Satellite Concourse at LAX – slated to open to the public in 2020. The CEP will be open for 27 dining, retail and amenity opportunities in the new concourse, […]

Alexis Higgins has been comfirmed as the permanent CEO of Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) four months after assuming the role on a temporary basis following the departure of predecessor Mark VanLoh. Higgins is a 19-year employee of TAIT, serving the majority of that time as deputy airports director overseeing marketing and air service development.  […]

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 […]