THE BUYING GAME
Modalis chief executive, Curtis Grad, provides his annual review on private-sector investment in the global airport market, taking stock of 2018’s biggest deals, success stories and other transactions that didn’t...
HONG KONG PUBLISHES ITS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FOR 2017/18
Hong Kong International Airport operator, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), today outlined its green credentials in its Sustainability Report for 2017/18. The report covers the AAHK’s sustainability performance in the...
NEW STORE OPENINGS KEEP COMING AT ABERDEEN AIRPORT
Aberdeen International Airport’s terminal transformation project is nearing completion, with two stores due to open next month and more to come in the autumn. The upgraded departure lounge area will...
LAX REVEALS NEW RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDFIELD SATELLITE CONCOURSE
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield Airports claim to be taking an innovative, inclusive approach to the Competitive Evaluation Process (CEP) for the 750,000-square-foot Midfield Satellite Concourse at LAX...
ALEXIS HIGGINS CONFIRMED AS CEO OF TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Alexis Higgins has been comfirmed as the permanent CEO of Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust (TAIT) four months after assuming the role on a temporary basis following the departure of predecessor...
LONDON STANSTED’S TREE GIVEAWAY DURING BIODIVERSITY WEEK
London Stansted Airport is celebrating its Biodiversity Week by handing out more than 3,000 silver birch saplings and highlighting some of its year-round environmental work. The initiative, which follows from 2018’s successful...
APG-QIC CONSORTIUM TO ACQUIRE 36% STAKE IN BRUSSELS AIRPORT
Pension investor APG, in partnership with alternatives fund manager QIC, has agreed to acquire a 36% interest in Brussels Airport. The APG-QIC jointly led consortium further comprises of Swiss Life,...
PASSENGER TRAFFIC UP AND CARGO DOWN AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Hong Kong International Airport handled 5.89 million passengers and 32,430 flight movements in February, marking year-on-year increases of 1.1% and 0.3%, respectively. However, cargo throughput decreased by 14.4% to 274,000...
DUBLIN AIRPORT EXPECTING BUSY ST PATRICK’S BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
More than a third of a million passengers are expected to pass through Dublin Airport over the St Patrick’s Bank Holiday Weekend. The airport is expecting more than 350,000 passengers...
NORTH AMERICA’S FIRST AUTONOMOUS SNOW PLOUGH UNVEILED IN WINNIPEG
Say hello to ‘Otto’, the first autonomous snow plough in North America, whose new home is Winnipeg Richardson International Airport in Canada. The plough is the result of a partnership...
KANSAS CITY TO BREAK GROUND ON NEW $1.5 BILLION TERMINAL
Kansas City International Airport has announced that it will break ground on its new $1.5 billion terminal on March 25. The project will transform and modernise the current three-terminal layout, which has remained...
VIEW FROM THE TOP
ACI World director general, Angela Gittens, sets the scene for the upcoming Airport Economics & Finance Conference in London, where the theme of the event is ‘Paradigm shifts in airport...