Passengers who take a long time to make their way through airports could be placed on later flights under plans to cut delays at Heathrow airport. Airport bosses are employing new passenger profiling technology at Heathrow to identify the slowest travellers who may struggle to make their transfers on time. The system, which was trialled […]
Christchurch Airport will host New Zealand’s first trial of a fully autonomous electric vehicle next year. HMI Technologies and Christchurch International Airport have agreed on the New Zealand based and funded trial, which is focussed on finding answers to key questions about how these vehicles could operate in this country. The trials will largely be […]
They are modern, innovative and practical. We are talking about the new airport maps, which can be touched and are equipped with audio information – so-called typhlographic terminals, that will help everyone find their way to the selected destination. Chopin Airport currently has four such terminals, which can be found in front of the departure […]
Birmingham Airport in the West Midlands of England in the UK has announced that it is investing £100m (US$130m) on improving its facilities and infrastructure, including hold-baggage screening, self-service check-in, surface access, additional car parking and air traffic control (ATC). The replacement of the hold baggage screening system is already underway and includes the installation […]
London Gatwick Airport has submitted a summary of new evidence supporting its second runway expansion case to the UK government’s Economy and Industrial Strategy (Airports) sub-committee. As the sub-committee starts to consider where to expand aviation capacity in the South East, Gatwick’s new report contains additional analysis which the airport claims supersedes the Airports Commission’s […]
Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport in India has become the first airport in the Asia-Pacific region to achieve carbon neutrality through Airports Council International’s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation program. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the airport operator, attained Level 3+ Neutrality by implementing a number of environmentally friendly measures to help offset the airport’s carbon […]
The Cairo International Airport’s second terminal, which was closed for reconstruction for several years, opened in test mode on Wednesday, the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation said in a statement. CAIRO (Sputnik) — The redeveloped terminal now has the latest technology and is equipped with the most up-to-date security equipment, according to Egyptian aviation authorities. […]
Dubai Airports has announced it has commissioned work on a project that will expand the number of A380 contact stands at Dubai International’s (DXB) Concourse C to enable the facility to accommodate Emirates’ growing fleet of superjumbos. The project will increase the number of Code F gates (A380 gates) at Concourse C from 3 to […]
Airports Council International (ACI) has released the latest edition of the World Airport Traffic Forecasts (WATF) 2016–2040, marking the beginning of the ACI-North America (NA) World Conference and Exhibition being held in Montreal, Canada. ACI’s WATF presents aggregate airport traffic projections at a global, regional and country scale, based on internationally comparable airport traffic data. […]
Chinese carrier Air China and airport operators Fraport and Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the expansion of flight frequencies between the two hubs of Beijing International Airport in China and Frankfurt Airport in Germany. In addition to coordinating communications and marketing activities, the MoU will focus […]
