AeroParker has been contracted by Glasgow Airport to power its online and mobile pre-booking service for car parking and other services at the gateway. According to AeroParker, its platform will enable a new slick customer experience for passengers wishing to guarantee a parking space and any available ancillaries in advance of their arrival at the […]

Swedavia has blamed a number of one-off factors for last month’s 7% drop in passenger numbers across Sweden’s airports. A total of 3.2 million passengers passed through its 10 airports in April, Swedavia attributing the unexpected decline to “negative impacts on the air travel development”, which it notes included a week long strike by SAS pilots […]

Fraport today revealed that the first quarter of the 2019 financial year has been a “successful” one for the company, with both traffic and revenues showing healthy growth. According to Fraport, its higher revenue and earnings in the first three months of 2019 has been supported by solid passenger growth at Frankfurt Airport and almost all of […]

Airport World provides a snapshot of the latest route development news from a selection of European airports that include London Luton, London City, Aberdeen and Hanover. London Luton celebrates success of Tel Aviv routeLondon Luton Airport (LLA) welcomed the one millionth passenger to fly through the airport with EL AL on April 16.  The lucky […]

ACI World has called on airports to continue to reduce their environmental footprint in support of the sustainable growth of aviation. The call was made by ACI World’s deputy director general, Michael Rossell, in his opening remarks at the ICAO Seminar on Green Airports in Lima, Peru.  Rossell highlighted the concrete steps ACI and its members have […]

An innovative air traffic control system that dynamically separates arriving aircraft by time instead of distance is being installed at the Toronto Area Control Centre to help improve flight punctuality at Canada’s busiest airport, Toronto Pearson. The project will see air traffic service provider NAV CANADA working with NATS – its UK counterpart – and […]

Thyssenkrupp Airport Solutions has been awarded the biggest service contract in its history by Qatar’s Hamad International Airport. As a result, the company will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of 90 passenger boarding bridges (PBBs), more than 500 aircraft support units such as ground power units that supply parked aircraft with electricity and air […]

Frankfurt Airport has laid the cornerstone for its new Terminal 3, the benefits of which operator, Fraport, claims will be felt across Germany. Fraport AG CEO, Stefan Schulte, said: “We are building the future with Terminal 3 – for Frankfurt Airport, the entire Rhine-Main region and far beyond. “By employing state-of-the-art technology and intelligent processes […]

Profits at Ireland’s daa Group increased by 6% to a record €133 million in 2018 as the company, which has operations in 13 countries, benefitted from higher passenger numbers and increased commercial income. Daa’s results for 2018 showed that the Group, which operates Dublin and Cork airports, the global travel retailer ARI and daa International, […]

We maybe just coming out of winter, but the Chicago Department of Aviation is already thinking about the next one, announcing that it has acquired 36 snow sweepers from Boschung. The vehicles, officially called jetbrooms, will join the existing fleet of 29 already successfully in use for the crucial winter operations at Chicago O’Hare. Boschung […]

New Aelia Duty Free and RELAY shops have opened at Libreville Leon Mba International Airport in Gabon. Their opening marks the first phase of a partnership between Lagardère Travel Retail and the airport to operate more than 600sqm of retail and F&B outlets at the African gateway. The Aelia Duty Free store offers a broad range […]

East Midlands Airport (EMA) has begun work on a project to create more parking space for aircraft to accommodate the rising demand in cargo flights. The UK’s self-proclaimed “premiere airport for dedicated cargo aircraft”, is improving its infrastructure so that aircraft can load and unload more efficiently at busy times. FedEx/TNT, UPS and Royal Mail currently […]