Monthly Archives: May 2022

Airports Council International Asia-Pacific Appoints New President & 4 New Board Members

Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific have announced Mr. Emmanuel Menanteau as the new President for the association’s Regional Board, succeeding Mr. Seow Hiang Lee, commencing June 1, 2022 to end of 2024.  The appointment was approved at the 17th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly held last week. The Assembly was hosted by Changi Airport Group—operator of […]

Airports, airlines and ANSPs urged to reunite and explore ways to sustain growth

Ibrahim Ahli, Deputy CEO of Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans), the provider of air navigation services and air traffic control for Dubai and the Northern Emirates, has called upon international air navigation service providers, airports and airlines to reunite and explore ways to stay resilient in the post-pandemic era. “It is important that international air […]

Upward revision of European airport passenger traffic forecast comes with hefty warnings

ACI EUROPE has today revised upwards its passenger traffic forecast for the year 2022 and beyond, with a base case for Europe’s airports to fall -22% below 2019 levels over the full year –  compared with the previous forecast of -32% published last October[1]. A full recovery to pre-pandemic volumes is now expected for 2024 […]

Latest ACI data provides news insights on airports’ financial health during the first year of the pandemic

Data reinforces need to modernize global policy frameworks on airport charges Airports Council International (ACI) World has launched its Airport Economics Report and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the financial year of 2020, providing the first in-depth global breakdown of airports’ financial activities during the first year of the pandemic. The annual ACI Airport Economics […]

International travel set to maintain growth in 2022 with full recovery expected by 2025, observes GlobalData

International departures will reach 68% of the pre-COVID-19 levels globally in 2022 and are expected to improve to 82% in 2023 and 97% in 2024, before making a full recovery by 2025 at 101% of 2019 levels, with a projected 1.5 billion international departures. However, the trajectory for the recovery in international departures is not […]

In Portugal, VINCI Airports achieves level 4 of the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme

VINCI Airports, concessionaire for Portugal’s airports, has received level 4 of the ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation)1 for nine of its Portuguese ANA airports: Lisbon, Porto, Faro, Ponta Delgada, Santa Maria, Horta, Flores, Madeira and Porto Santo. This ACA level 4 certifies the transformation of the airports towards “Net Zero Carbon Emission” for the activities directly […]

e-Apron to showcase airport ground handling technologies at Airport Show

dnata partners with Airport Show organisers to set up sustainability zone to showcase innovations e-Apron set to be a big hit at  Airport Show-2022 Dedicated zone to display electric and hybrid GSE Lithium-powered GSE is the future of the industry Airport ground handling industry is in for revolutionary changes and innovations with electric/hybrid Ground Handling […]

WORLD ATM CONGRESS IS HOME TO THE LARGEST AVIATION STAND TO DATE

From 21st to 23rd of June, the XXII Edition of World ATM Congress includes “Europe for Aviation”, the largest stand in the history of the Congress, where nine European institutions responsible for air traffic management (ATM) are meeting. The ninth edition of World ATM Congress is excited to announce that the 2022 exhibition floor includes […]

Airports welcome updated health safety rules for air travel

Europe’s airports welcomed the publication yesterday by EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) and ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) of their updated Aviation Health Safety Protocol1, which advises European States and industry on the progressive de-escalation of protective measures aimed at limiting the risk of COVID-19 infection during air travel. Reflecting the […]

Wizz Air Potential Expansion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air” or “the Company”), Europe’s fastest growing and most sustainable airline, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“the MoU”) together with the Ministry of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA” or “the Kingdom”), supported by the Saudi National Air Connectivity Programme (a Ministry of Tourism initiative to support […]