San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has renewed its Level 3 ‘Optimisation’ certification in ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation programme for another three years. First awarded to SFO in 2016, the re-certification at the programme’s ‘Level 3’ recognises SFO for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and management from its own operations as well as collaboration with third parties, […]
Dublin Airport is celebrating the launch of Aer Lingus’ new direct service to Minneapolis-St Paul in Minnesota. The airline will utilise Boeing 757 aircraft on the new six times weekly service to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport (MSP), increasing to a daily, year-round service from this August. Dublin Airport’s managing director, Vincent Harrison, said the new […]
Planning approval has been granted for a DMA-designed hotel next to the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at Glasgow Airport Business Park. The new five-storey block will provide 196 guest rooms, public areas adding vibrancy on the ground floor, and 52 additional car park spaces. Herbert Lui, DMA partner: “Our contemporary approach is sympathetic in scale […]
In a few months time this building will become the largest complex in Budapest Airport’s dedicated freight terminal, BUD Cargo City. Today marked the completion of the construction of the external structure of the larger of two warehouse buildings, which between them cover an area of 21,600sqm. The building work was completed in just nine months, and […]
Airport World provides a snapshot of the latest route development news from Kraków, Dublin, London Gatwick and Budapest airports. Big summer for Kraków Airport Kraków Airport’s summer timetable is its busiest ever with 33 new services including Dubrovnik and Zadar in Croatia, Bordeaux and Nice in France, Reykjavik in Iceland and Bucharest in Romania. Ryanair […]
Vision-Box and partners have today signed an agreement to officially launch the ‘Known Traveler Digital Identity’ service, which will facilitate paperless border clearance between Canada and The Netherlands. The programme will allow travellers flying between the two countries to enjoy a seamless journey, whereby a simple face scan will be enough to identify the passengers boarding a […]
Hong Kong International Airport’s vision to transform itself from a city airport to an airport city is a step closer to reality today following the handing over a second key SKYCITY site to developers. Developers Roxy Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of New World Development Company Limited, will build facilities in line with the airport’s plans to […]
London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift […]
Modernising Africa’s airport system is a long-haul business, writes Moritz Breickmann, investment director at AIIM, Africa’s largest private infrastructure investor, and board member of airport operator and management company, SEGAP. Speaking at the Aviation Africa conference in Kigali a few months ago, Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, and the secretary general and CEO of the Kenya-based […]
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has become the first US gateway to trial Vanderlande’s autonomous FLEET baggage handling vehicles. In DFW’s case, the airport is using the innovative technology to help its customers make more seamless transfers in the recheck area in Terminal D. The first of its kind robotic system can handle nearly 450 […]
Europe’s airports today unveiled an ambitious commitment to become net zero for carbon emissions under their control by 2050. The pledge, made at ACI Europe’s Annual Congress & General Assembly in Cyprus, is the airport industry’s self-imposed response to what it calls the “climate emergency” and the latest scientific evidence presented by the IPCC Special Report on […]
Autonomous vehicle specialist, Aurrigo, claims to come up with a new way of transporting luggage around airports, citing the successful trial of the world’s first automomoted baggage dolly at London’s Heathrow Airport as an example of just what can be achieved. The company was approached by International Airlines Group (IAG) to use its driverless expertise […]