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We round-up some of the latest ACI World Business Partner stories from across the globe. TAV Technologies expands in South America TAV Airports subsidiary, TAV Technologies, has expanded its operations in South America by adding new projects in Chile and Panama to its portfolio. The projects will support the digitalisation efforts of Sanitago’s Arturo Merino […]
Passengers travelling through London Luton Airport (LLA) no longer need to remove liquids and electronic items from their bags as they pass through security, following the successful roll-out of next generation security scanners. The completion of the £20 million project positions LLA as one of the first major airports to complete the roll-out in time […]
Singapore Changi Airport handled 16.5 million passengers from April to June 2024, an increase of 13.4% compared to a year ago. The upturn means that the airport is now operating close to pre-pandemic traffic levels – in fact, the Q2 number is just 1.8% down on the corresponding period in 2019. Aircraft movements, including landings […]
The second phase of the trial of electric self-driving buses has started at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. During this phase, the airport, together with KLM Cityhopper and KLM Ground services, is testing a fixed, pre-programmed route to and from the apron. Crew from KLM Cityhopper arriving at Schiphol can use the shuttle service. Earlier this year, […]
Bureaucracy and innovation Richard Plenty and Terri Morrissey reflect on the importance of encouraging innovation in the workplace. Could excessive bureaucracy and red tape be slowing down your organisation’s innovation process? It’s an important question for airports to ask themselves at a time when the need for innovation has never been greater. And it is […]
Andrew Caughey, head of sustainable aviation at AtkinsRéalis, offers advice to airports seeking to become future fuels ready. Airports will be a critical enabler for the transition to zero emission flights. While future flight aircraft are progressing swiftly through their development cycle, they won’t be able to deliver on their promise of cleaner aviation and […]
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is certainly making news at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK, with Milan airport operator, SEA, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today that lays the groundwork for the development of a passenger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) network across Italy’s Lombardy region. SEA’s MoU partners are Lilium NV, […]
Avolta has announced the renewal and extension of its duty-free contract with Australia’s Perth Airport to 2031. Using sustainable design principles, the contract includes nearly 3,000sqm of commercial space across four stores, and centres on the transformation of Avolta’s Terminal 1 Departures store into a state-of-the-art walkthrough space. Rather boldy, perhaps, Avolta and Perth Airport […]
Urban-Air Port (UAP) and LG have unveiled their industry-leading next generation Vertiport, which combines LG’s AI-powered technology with UAP’s vertical airfield robotics system. They claim that the Vertiport is the world’s most advanced solution – the first to incorporate AI-enabled systems – and merges cutting-edge technology with customer-centric designs to define the future of air […]
Autonomous technology born in the UK has been given a high-profile German seal of approval after a demonstration at Stuttgart Airport. Aurrigo International plc’s Auto-DollyTug was successfully deployed as part of the Digital Testbed Air Cargo (DTAC) Demonstration. The demonstration was led by the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for […]
ACI World and Airbus have signed a cooperation agreement to support the industry’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact of aviation. This partnership leverages the strengths of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer and the largest and most important international association of airports to make significant progress in both decarbonising aviation and mitigating aircraft noise impact. […]
Travellers in the world’s fastest-growing aviation market, India, are some of the world’s most enthusiastic lounge users with an ever-growing appetite for an elevated airport experience, according to new research. ‘AX24: The Age of the Airport Experience’, the latest round of research from global airport lounge and experience specialists Airport Dimensions, is a comprehensive study […]
