Newcastle Airport in Australia has welcomed the news that its surrounds would potentially be declared a Special Activation Precinct if the NSW Liberal Party is re-elected. Speaking today, Newcastle Airport CEO, Peter Cock, said the future of Williamtown had the potential to be a great local success story. “There’s no doubt our region will strongly […]
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. Airways is pursuing digital tower technology as a national […]
Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) has delivered a solid result for the six months ended December 31, 2018, reporting a net profit after tax of NZ$8.3 million. The figure is down 6.3% on same period last year, due to increased interest and depreciation expenses. Interest and depreciation expenses were higher by 14.8% due to major investments […]
ACI Asia-Pacific has once again recognised the ‘outstanding’ environmental achievements of nine airports in its annual Green Airports Recongition awards programme. Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport received the top ‘Platinum’ award in the Over 45 million passengers per annum category, followed by Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Gold) and Hong Kong (Silver). Taoyuan International Airport (Platinum) triumphed in the […]
American Samoa mission for Woolpert Woolpert is to evaluate and rehabilitate the primary runway at Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) and rehabilitate, reconstruct and possibly extend the runway at Ofu Airport (Z08) in American Samoa. American Samoa, a territory of the United States, is comprised of a group of seven islands in the South Central […]
Alex Avery looks at how innovation can shape the future of airport retail and enhance the passenger experience. Last year saw the top performing airports introduce pop-ups and experiential stores to encourage passengers to interact more with their retail offer. This has been supported by a big focus on making shopping as efficient and convenient […]
Yangon International Airport (YIA) yesterday held a special reception to thank its airline partners for their support for its plans to enhance its facilities and work more closely together with them to ensure that it can handle the rise in passengers expected by Myanmar’s decision to relax its entry visa requirements. The reception – held […]
Asia-Pacific Airports turns the spotlight on the region’s ‘green’ leaders, environmental award winners and sustainability trendsetters. Airports continue to do their bit to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment, with ACI recently revealing that a total of 246 gateways across the planet now use its Airport Carbon Accreditation programme to manage and reduce their carbon […]
Airport interest in blockchain technology is growing as the aviation industry invests around $40 billion per annum on IT, according to SITA’s new Air Transport IT Insights study. Blockchain is fast emerging as the priority technology for future exploration among airport and airline CIOs globally, according to new research released by SITA. The 2018 version of its Air Transport IT […]
Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has celebrated its 10th anniversary by opening a new Interim International Departures Terminal and revealing some bold expansion plans, writes Joe Bates. Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport hasn’t looked back since its opening 10 years ago, the recent inauguration of its Interim International Departures Terminal providing a perfect example of […]
Our picture round-up pays tribute to the Asia-Pacific gateways whose outstanding levels of service led to them winning Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer satisfaction awards. Asia-Pacific airports once again shone in this year’s ACI’s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) customer satisfaction survey, and many were on hand to pick up their prizes during a glittering awards […]
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) enjoyed a record breaking 2018, handling an all-time high of 74.7 million passengers, 427,725 aircraft movements and 5.1 million tonnes of cargo. The figures represent upturns of 2.5%, 1.7% and 1.5% respectively on 2017. Fred Lam, CEO of Airport Authority Hong Kong, says: “It’s gratifying to see HKIA scale new heights […]
