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Changi Airport Group honours top airlines at the Changi Airline Awards 2024

Changi Airport Group (CAG) today honoured its airline partners for strengthening and growing the Singapore air hub at the Changi Airline Awards 2024 held at the Fullerton Hotel. Attended by more than 280 representatives from about 80 airlines and aviation partners, the 17th edition of the annual awa...

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BHX Achieves global carbon accreditation

Birmingham Airport (BHX) has achieved Level 3 (optimisation) of the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) scheme for a second year. The ACA scheme, overseen by Airports Council International (ACI), is a global carbon management standard for airports. The scheme brings BHX’s decarbonising activit...

Gulf Air adds Guangzhou and Shanghai to their roster of destinations

Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national carrier, will launch scheduled flights to two major Chinese cities starting May 2024: Guangzhou, known for its rich culture and bustling manufacturing sector, and Shanghai, China’s financial epicenter. These new routes will enhance connectivity between Bahrain and Ch...

Riga-Ljubljana Direct Flights Launched by airBaltic

Today, on April 25, airBaltic, Latvia's national airline, inaugurated direct flights between Riga and Ljubljana in a ceremony attended by airline and RIX RIGA Airport officials, along with the Slovenian Ambassador to Latvia. This new route facilitates travel between Latvia and Slovenia with two week...

Budapest Airport sees Xi’an return to route map

Budapest Airport has confirmed the addition of its sixth Chinese destination on its route map as Shanghai Airlines, in partnership with China Eastern Airlines, will be expanding its network with the recommencement of a Xi’an service from the Hungarian gateway for the summer season. Commencing o...

Hamad International Airport boosts China-Qatar connectivity China Southern Airlines

Following the codeshare announcement between Qatar Airways and China Southern Airlines in February this year, Hamad International Airport (DOH) announces the commencement of four weekly flights from Guangzhou to Doha by China Southern Airlines, further enhancing connectivity between China and Qatar....

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ACI Europe: Performance gap opens for Europe’s airport industry

ACI Europe: Performance gap opens for Europe’s airport industry

There are distinct winners and losers among Europe’s airports as overall passenger numbers finally exceed 2019 levels, with large hubs and airports in the popular southern tourist destinations on the continent performing far better than small and medium-sized airports and those in the north of Eur...

Dana Air aircraft veers off runway at Lagos Airport

A Dana Air's aircraft experienced a runway incident at Lagos airport early on Tuesday morning. The airline has confirmed the safety of all 83 passengers and crew onboard the flight from Abuja to Lagos. Dana Air released a statement acknowledging a runway incursion involving its aircraft with r...

HKIA records significant growth in passenger traffic in March

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today released the air traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for March 2024. During the month, HKIA handled 4.36 million passengers and 29,840 flight movements, representing year-on-year increases of 56.7% and 48.2%, respectively. Partly ...

Munich Airport: Positiv annual result and strong traffic growth

Thanks to significant passenger growth of 17 percent, Munich Airport recorded a positive annual result (EAT) of EUR 25 million for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic. Revenue increased to approximately EUR 1.4 billion. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) moved back into the posit...

Swedavia’s passengers and employees donate nearly EUR 256,896 to the Swedish Red Cross

Passengers, employees and other partners at Swedavia’s ten airports raised more than 239,773 in 2023 for the Swedish Red Cross, an increase of SEK 1.1 million compared to 2022. Swedavia has been partnering with the Red Cross since 2012, and in that time has raised a total of EUR 1.9 million ...

Hamad International Airport named “World’s Best Airport” at the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards

Hamad International Airport (DOH) has been named the "World's Best Airport" at the 2024 Skytrax World Airport Awards held at the Passenger Terminal Expo 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. The airport also clinched the title of 'World's Best Airport Shopping' for the second time in a row and "Best Airpor...

MIA hosts rehearsal tour for future travellers with special needs

In recognition of Autism Acceptance Month, Miami International Airport hosted its latest MIA Airport Instruction and Readiness (MIAair) tour for 14 children with special needs and their families or guardians. The tour allowed participants to rehearse the air travel experience from start to finish...

Ontario International Airport passenger volume rises 11% in March

Passenger volume at Ontario International Airport (ONT) surged 11% to 557,000 in March and nearly 10% during the first three months of the year, according to airport officials. Last month, ONT welcomed almost 516,000 domestic passengers and more than 41,000 international fliers, increases of 8.3%...

Miami International Airport unveils new glass boarding bridge

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and officials from Miami International Airport (MIA) celebrated the inauguration of the latest glass passenger boarding bridge at gate H17, marking a milestone in the airport's ongoing modernization efforts. Daniella Levine Cava, Miami-Dade County Mayo...

Brussels Airport welcomed more than 1.7 million passengers in March

In the month of March Brussels Airport again received more than 1.7 million passengers, an increase of 9% compared with March 2023. And that despite the slight negative impact of the temporary cancellation of flights to Israel, and social unrest at some airlines. The total volume of transporte...

Passenger Growth in Frankfurt Impacted by Strikes

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 4.6 million passengers in March 2024. Strikes on several days in March resulted in the cancellation of about 2,200 flights at FRA, disrupting the travel plans of almost 300,000 passengers. Despite the strikes, Frankfurt Airport saw traffic increase by 7.8 ...

London Gatwick looks to reduce accidental damage to buried utilities with new geospatial platform

Esri UK today announced that London Gatwick has created a new geospatial platform using Esri’s GIS (Geographic Information System) technology to support multiple operational areas at the airport, including engineering and environmental services. The system is already making engineering and cons...

HKIAA and HKMU jointly introduce Hong Kong’s first BBA (Hons) degree programme with pilot training

The Hong Kong International Aviation Academy (HKIAA) and Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) today signed a collaborative agreement to introduce a programme leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree that incorporates commercial pilot training, the first such programme in Hon...

March passengers help Heathrow hit second record breaking month in a row

Nearly seven million people travelled through Heathrow in March, making it the second month in a row the airport served a record number of passengers this year. 936,000 passengers took advantage of the bank holiday making it Heathrows busiest Easter weekend ever and Good Friday was the busiest ev...

Budapest Airport welcomes China Southern Airlines and new route to Guangzhou

Budapest Airport has confirmed a new partnership with China Southern Airlines, marking the introduction of an additional airline to its carrier roll call and a new destination to its ever-expanding network. Commencing on 27 June, China Southern Airlines will launch a four-times weekly flight to G...

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