Monthly Archives: December 2022

ACI Issues Response to IATA Comments on Airport Charges

All parts of the ecosystem must work together for the benefit of passengers and the communities we serve In response to statements made at the 2022 Global Media Day of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) regarding airport charges, ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira gave the following comments: “By its nature aviation […]

Foster + Partners is designing a six-runway ‘aerotropolis’ to serve the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh

Foster + Partners has won a competition to design the masterplan for King Salman International Airport which will boost Riyadh’s position as a global logistics hub, stimulate transport, trade and tourism, and act as a bridge linking the East with the West. Luke Fox, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said: “Looking forward to the […]

Korean Air introduces the Airbus 321neo with fully lie-flat business seats

Korean Air recently received its first Airbus 321neo, which it will deploy starting from December. The airline’s A321neo is equipped with fully lie-flat seats in business class, making it the first Korean airline to offer this feature on a narrowbody aircraft. The airline’s first A320 Family aircraft is a single-aisle narrowbody with a total of […]

Göteborg Landvetter Airport welcomes the first commercial air route to be fuelled by 50 per cent sustainable aviation fuel

As an airport operator, Swedavia works to promote the switch to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with its goal to have five per cent of all fuel used for refuelling at Swedish airports be fossil-free by 2025. There will now be a new opportunity to fly with a significantly lower carbon footprint when the first route […]

VINCI Airports’ Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is equipped with the very first 100% electric de-icer for aircraft

In winter, de-icing is crucial to allow aircraft to take off safely. At Clermont-Ferrand, VINCI Airports teams will now be able to benefit from a new, fully electric de-icing vehicle, which will remove the ice and frost accumulated on aircraft on the ground. The use of this new de-icing vehicle (model e-Mini MY Lite), designed […]