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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vehicles operating at Edinburgh Airport are now being powered by vegetable oil as the airport continues to look at ways of reducing its emissions. Thirty-four vehicles have made the change from diesel to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) which is a renewable diesel alternative that eliminates up to 90% of net carbon dioxide emissions whilst also […]
May 17 – 19, 2022, Booth 3250, Dubai World Trade Centre Live simulation of baggage handling with Baggage 360 Digital twin for real-time forecasts and process control Three-way baggage sorting with unique VarioBelt TilterPlus Siemens Logistics is presenting its high-performance solutions for the airport sector at this year’s Airport Show Dubai. The trade fair has […]
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its airport traffic report for March 2022 and full Quarter 1 2022. Note: Unless otherwise specified, all data reported below are against pre-pandemic (2019) corresponding reporting periods. The report confirms the recovery in passenger traffic, with March seeing the European airport network posting its best monthly performance […]
Airports in Portugal can now use electronic e-gates at the border to help make entry into the country quicker and smoother. Lisbon, Faro, Porto and Funchal (Madeira Island) airport all have RAPIDforALL e-gate facilities available, so British passengers using them do not need to queue in conventional passport control lanes, although they will still be […]
Transformational IT executive Roopa Sudheendra has joined SEKO Logistics as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Architecture & Product Engineering to help spearhead the continuous improvement and optimization of its market-leading, customer centric technology solutions. With 20+ years of experience as an IT leader focused on transformational leadership, Roopa has been integral to strategic IT initiatives that […]
Ryanair announced that FRC LT, a Ryanair Group company, has won the land-lease tender for a plot at Kaunas Airport for the next 40 years. Construction works of the new MRO facility are set to begin in Q4 of 2022, with the start of aircraft maintenance operations planned for the end of 2023. Plans also […]
