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NACO’s René Marey takes a closer look at plans to create an airport city at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, located at the crossroads between the Middle East and Asia. Iran, one of the last untapped emerging markets, is beginning to open up to international trade and investment again after returning to the global economic […]
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport (DXB) reached 7.2 million in September, according to a traffic report issued today by operator Dubai Airports. The world’s biggest international passenger traffic welcomed 7,215,182 passengers in September compared to 7,094,738 recorded in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 1.7%. The softening of the growth was mainly due […]
Asia-Pacific Airports discovers that Ever Rich Duty Free plays its part in the customer service success of Taoyuan International Airport. Taoyuan International Airport is fast gaining a reputation for itself as one of the world’s most customer-focused and passenger friendly airports. Indeed, Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) was recently named the best airport in the world […]
Olivia Pierre has joined Queenstown Airport’s senior leadership team as its new general manager for commercial and customer experience. In this new position, Pierre will be responsible for all business activities and relationships related to aeronautical revenue. This includes landing charges and route development, and non-aeronautical revenues ranging from ground leases, parking and ground transport […]
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi’s general manager, Sirote Duangratana, talks to Joe Bates about plans to expand the airport after a decade of traffic growth. When Bangkok’s impressive Suvarnabhumi Airport opened just over a decade ago it was envisaged that it would replace the city’s operationally constrained Don Mueang International Airport and have the capacity to cope with […]
Vivian Fung reports on the latest news, views and events from across the Asia-Pacific region. ACI/ICAO Aerodrome Certification Seminar In June, Sydney Airport facilitated the joint ACI-ICAO Aerodrome Certification Seminar, which attracted over 30 delegates representing airports and civil aviation authorities from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kiribati, Myanmar, Nepal, Papa New Guinea, Samoa, […]
Vivian Fung reports on the latest news, views and events from across the Asia-Pacific region. ACI/ICAO Aerodrome Certification Seminar In June, Sydney Airport facilitated the joint ACI-ICAO Aerodrome Certification Seminar, which attracted over 30 delegates representing airports and civil aviation authorities from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kiribati, Myanmar, Nepal, Papa New Guinea, Samoa, […]
What Asia-Pacific based companies own, operate or have shares in airports across the world? Joe Bates investigates. Changi Airports International (CAI) World Headquarters: Singapore Airports 100% owned and operated: None. Others: The wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Changi operator, Changi Airport Group (CAG), CAI has a 40% share in the consortium responsible for operating Rio de Janeiro’s Tom Jobim […]
Moscow-based carrier, Aviastar-Tu, has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from eastern Russia to Hong Kong. Aviastar-Tu has commenced operations from Tolmachevo to Hong Kong, utilising a Tupolev Tu-204C freighter aircraft with 28,500kg payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to four-times-weekly by the […]
Local charity, 107 Projects, has been named the recipient of a A$100,000 major grant using proceeds of the annual Sydney Airport Lost Property Auction. Sydney Airport’s managing director and CEO, Kerrie Mather, said the announcement followed a partnership with Sydney Community Foundation to deliver the proceeds of next week’s Lost Property Auction. The grant furthered […]
Ivo Favotto reviews a new study that clearly shows that car parking, so important to the bottom line of most airports, is becoming increasingly innovative and dynamic. Let’s be honest, airport car parking has never been considered on the cool side of airport management and probably never will be despite its obvious importance as a […]
A snapshot of some of the biggest stories from across the region. Building a dynamic workforce Dubai Airports has launched a pioneering new career development programme aimed at attracting more Emirati women to join its workforce in management roles. It claims that the move reaffirms its commitment to the nation’s female workforce as it wants […]
