Airports Council International has released the annual results on carbon performance and participation trends for its global carbon management standard for airports, Airport Carbon Accreditation. The newly released report spans the period from May 2023 through May 2024, with headline results including: Accredited airports collectively reduced over 1 million tonnes of CO2: ‑1,037,292 CO2e (‑14.8%); […]
Move strengthens SITA’s offering, integrating processes, tech and design under one end-to-end solution to better advise customers and deliver smarter, more efficient and better airports with smoother passenger experiences. SITA, the global leader in air transport technology, today announced it has closed an acquisition of the Italian, Milan-based CCM, a world-renowned expert and leader in […]
Airports Council International (ACI) World and Amadeus today open submissions for the anticipated 2025 Technology Innovation Awards. These awards celebrate cutting-edge technology initiatives and leadership within the airport sector that are transforming the future of air travel technology. ACI airport members are invited to submit their candidacies for the fifth edition of the ACI World-Amadeus […]
Innovative Positive Separation System Delivers Enhanced Safety, Durability, and Flexibility TrafFix Devices, a leading manufacturer and supplier of traffic control devices and crash attenuation products, highlights the Water Wall, a durable and highly adaptable safety device designed for superior performance that continues to set the standard in temporary positive separation solutions. As a MASH-eligible TL-2 […]
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its traffic report for January 2025 — the first indication of air traffic performance in Europe for this year. Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +6.9% in January when compared to the same month last year. This is broadly aligned with the annual performance […]
The ASQ Awards are based on the most comprehensive and trusted global measurement program for airport experience Today, Airports Council International (ACI) World, in partnership with travel technology company Amadeus, announces the winners of the highly anticipated 2024 ASQ Airport Experience Awards. These awards, celebrated as the benchmark for excellence in airport customer experience, are […]
Destination 2050 partners acknowledge the mention of aviation in the Clean Industrial Deal presented by the European Commission, However, the Clean Industrial Deal falls short of delivering a comprehensive aviation industrial strategy to achieve effective decarbonisation whilst preserving the sector’s far‑reaching socio‑economic benefits and competitiveness, Aviation decarbonisation requires urgent action spanning all four decarbonisation pillars […]
Airports Council International (ACI) World today unveiled its anticipated Airport Traffic Forecasts 2024–2053, projecting significant long-term growth in global passenger traffic. Over the next three decades, global passenger numbers are expected to reach 17.7 billion by 2043 and 22.3 billion by 2053, the later nearly 2.4 times the projected volume for 2024. The new forecasts, […]
Samarkand International Airport has become the fastest growing airport in Europe and Central Asia Samarkand International Airport has become the fastest growing airport in the Europe and Central Asia region, according to official figures released by the Airports Council International (ACI). With 1.38 million passengers passing through the ultra-modern terminal equating to growth of […]
Fraport USA prevails in bidding for center management – New contract will run for 23 years Fraport USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Fraport AG, has won the bidding to manage the retail concessions at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI). The new contract between Fraport Baltimore Partnership LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Fraport USA, and the Maryland […]
