TRAFFIC

Qatar Airways will resume services to Brisbane Airport this week, the first of three weekly scheduled services from Doha touching down at the...

Health & Safety, INDUSTRY NEWS, TRAFFIC

Dubai’s airports ready for aviation’s slow recovery

14 May 2020 Joe Bates

Dubai International Airport (DXB) handled 17.8 million passengers in the COVID-19 hit first quarter of 2020, 20% down on the corresponding period a...

TRAFFIC

Heathrow wants quarantine exit plan as traffic plummets

11 May 2020 Joe Bates

Heathrow Airport is urging the UK government to outline its strategy for exiting the about to be imposed 14-day quarantine period for the...

CARGO, TRAFFIC

Cargo volumes up in Qatar as Hamad plans for the future

4 May 2020 Joe Bates

Hamad International Airport (HIA) has become the latest gateway to report an upturn in cargo volumes, Qatar’s hub handling 530,000 tonnes of freight...

AIRPORT REPORTS, AW2 2020, PASSENGER FACILITATION, TRAFFIC

Different times

1 May 2020 Joe Bates

Dublin Airport’s managing director, Vincent Harrison, talks to Joe Bates about a record breaking 2019, a long-awaited new runway, his gateway’s 80th birthday...

SUSTAINABILITY, TRAFFIC

Swedavia reviewing investment programme as traffic slumps

30 Apr 2020 Joe Bates

Swedish airport operator, Swedavia, has furloughed 2,100 staff and is reviewing its investment programme in response to the dramatic fall in passenger traffic...

ECONOMICS & FINANCE, INDUSTRY NEWS, TRAFFIC

Europe looking at ways to restore air connectivity

28 Apr 2020 Staff reporter

ACI Europe has today called for full EU co-ordination and alignment on how current restrictions to air travel should be lifted. The call comes...

ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, ECONOMICS, SUSTAINABILITY, TRAFFIC

TESTING TIMES FOR REGION’S AIRPORTS AS TRAFFIC HITS ‘ROCK BOTTOM’

20 Apr 2020 Joe Bates

ACI Asia-Pacific believes that passenger numbers across the region have hit “rock bottom” based on new traffic figures that show a 95% decrease...

SAFETY & SECURITY, TRAFFIC

London Stansted to use downtime to refurbish runway

17 Apr 2020 Joe Bates

London Stansted Airport is to use the unprecedented grounding of aircraft across the globe as a unique opportunity to move planned overnight runway...

TRAFFIC

Perishable and pharmaceutical cargo volumes soars at DXB

9 Apr 2020 Joe Bates

Dubai International Airport (DXB) has moved quickly to facilitate an increase in the number of cargo operations to increase the volume of perishables...

ASIA-PACIFIC & MIDDLE EAST, CARGO, ECONOMICS, TRAFFIC

DUBAI WORLD CENTRAL ENJOYS BEST YEAR YET

11 Feb 2020 Joe Bates

Dubai World Central (DWC) registered its best year to date in 2019, handling a record 1.6 million passengers, although the figures are slightly misleading...