HEATHROW AND MUNICH ANNOUNCE RECORD TRAFFIC FIGURES
A record 80.9 million passengers (+1%) passed through London Heathrow in 2019 to cement its status among the top ten busiest airports in the world, while Munich enjoyed a healthy...
ATHENS AND MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO AMONG AIRPORTS REPORTING HEALTHY 2019 TRAFFIC RISES
Airports across the globe are beginning to announce their traffic figures for 2019, with most reporting an upturn in passenger numbers and some record throughput levels. They include Moscow-Sheremetyevo, which...
TERMINALLY CHALLENGED
ACI-NA president and CEO, Kevin Burke, outlines the infrastructure development challenges facing US airports over the next five years and beyond. Fresh off a chaotic holiday travel season and the...
NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BOOST YANGON’S OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport has turned to technology in a bid to boost its operational efficiency and passenger handling capability. The airport has introduced SITA’s Airport Management solution, which enables...
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BETWEEN US AND TIJUANA AIRPORT ENJOYS RECORD YEAR
A record 2.8 million passengers used the 390ft long pedestrian bridge between San Diego and Tijuana International Airport last year to cross between the US and Mexico. The total was...
ALL CHANGE AT THE TOP AT QUEEN ALIA IN JORDAN
Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport has a new man in the hot seat following Nicolas Claude’s appointment as CEO of operator, Airport International Group (AIG). Claude, AIG’s former chief operations...
NEW COLLABORATION TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL
Shell Aviation and World Energy have today announced a collaboration to develop a scalable supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The agreement is intended to be a multi-year collaboration, with...
RECORD 38.7 MILLION PASSENGERS USE DOHA GATEWAY IN 2019
A record 38.7 milion passengers (+12%) passed through Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Qatar last year. The Doha gateway attributes the upturn to a number of new routes and increased...
READY FOR TAKE-OFF
It will be all systems go for Indonesia’s new Yogyakarta International Airport in 2020 when it fully opens its facilities, writes Joe Bates. Built to replace the old and outdated...
SOLAR POWER INSTALLATION FOR BRAZILIAN GATEWAY
Salvador Bahia Airport in Brazil has started construction of a solar plant that will help power to its terminal building. According to concessionaire, VINCI Airports, the project is a first...
WORLD IN MOTION
ACI World’s communications manager, Sabrina Guerrieri, reports on ACI’s hugely successful participation at ICAO’s 2019 Assembly, the launch of several publications and a new appointment. Every three years the International...
NEW ERA FOR NEW YORK’S STEWART INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
New York’s Stewart International Airport will be under new management on January 1 when a joint venture between Groupe ADP and AvPorts assumes responsibility for the operating, maintaining and developing the...