BLOG: EUREKA MOMENT IN THE SKY
Ideas typically come from pain points. We all have them. I wish I could invent a device to fold my laundry, writes Winnipeg Richardson International Airport’s vice president for aviation marketing, Scott...
WORLD IN MOTION
ACI World’s communications manager, Sabrina Guerrieri, reports on the latest traffic trends, the relaunch of the Smart Security programme and ACI’s Vision 2040 for air transport security. ACI World has...
LAX TO OPEN CENTRALISED PICK-UP POINT FOR TAXIS AND RIDE APPS
Los Angeles International Airport is set to open LAX-it at the end of the month, a new “amenity rich” centralised area where departing passengers can pick-up taxis and ride app...
MIA UNVEILS ITS NEW BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM
Miami International Airport yesterday unveiled its new state-of-the-art, fully automated baggage handling system to the world. The Florida gateway’s new $324-million system, funded in part by a $101.2-million grant from the TSA, doubles the speed...
ED BALLS GUEST OF HONOUR AT GATWICK’S TRANSPORT FORUM
Ed Balls, the UK’s former Shadow Chancellor, gave the keynote speech at Gatwick’s Transport Forum on Friday. The event is designed to create an integrated approach to transport provision across...
VINCI TO UPGRADE TOULON HYÈRES AIRPORT
VINCI today launched work to upgrade the runways and runway lighting system at Toulon Hyères Airport in France. VINCI Airports began operating the airport in 2015 under a 25-year French...
AWARD FOR VIETNAM’S NEW VAN DON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam has been named ‘Asia’s Leading New Airport 2019’ at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Asia & Oceania. Developed by the Sun Group, and completed in...
HUMANOID PEPPER TOUCHES DOWN AT CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT
Meet, Pepper, Christchurch Airport’s new 120cm tall robot that can apparently recognise faces and basic human emotions, respond to requests made on the touch screen on its chest, and hold...
MORE TRAFFIC HIGHS THAN LOWS FOR FRAPORT’S
With the the exception of a handful of airports in Greece and Bulgaria, the Fraport Group’s global airport portfolio have all registered an increase in passenger traffic in the first...
TRENDS IN AIRPORT EXPANSION AND RENOVATION
A new White Paper shows that a customer-centric focus is driving change and innovation at US airports, write KONE’s Dan Brooks and Kevin Wigley. The average US airport is now...
F&B OFFERINGS EXPANDED AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
The F&B offerings at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) just got a little better with the opening of three new concepts – local favourites ‘Franktuary’ and the ‘Melt Shop’ and the...
WORLD BUSINESS PARTNERS
The latest global news from ACI’s World Business Partners. Pizza, anyone? Lightening fast pizza operator, Blaze Pizza, has opened an outlet at John Wayne Airport’s Terminal B/C courtesy of a...