ACI World Governing Board calls for urgent COVID-19 industry relief
Airports Council International (ACI) World Governing Board has called for urgent relief measures for airports to assist in dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and also urged a globally coordinated programme of measures to aid in a balanced recovery for the aviation industry. The resolution passed by the board calls for coordinated industry […]
Multiple Airline CEOs Want TSA to Screen Passengers’ Temperatures
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has continually altered the screening process of airport passengers to maintain the safety of customers and employees. However, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly thinks more can be done, urging the TSA to incorporate temperature checks into the screening process. Kelly and other airline executives, such as […]
Delta Air Lines to suspend operations at 10 US airports for consolidation purposes
Delta Air Lines announced (08-May-2020) plans to suspend operations at Chicago Midway International Airport, Oakland International Airport, Hollywood Burbank Airport, Long Beach Airport, Providence T F Green Airport, Westchester County Airport, New York Stewart International Airport, Akron Canton Airport, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and Newport News Williamsburg International Airport, effective 13-May-2020 until at least 30-Sep-2020. Operations […]
ASUR Announces Total Passenger Traffic for April 2020
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: ASR; BMV: ASUR) ASUR a leading international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, today announced that total passenger traffic for April 2020 decreased 96.3% when compared to April 2019. Passenger traffic decreased 95.7% in Mexico, 94.5% in Puerto Rico and 99.9% in Colombia […]
Predicted global impact of COVID-19 on airport industry escalates: ACI
Airports Council International (ACI) World has released updated modelling that shows the worsening economic impact on the global airport industry. The forecasts of prolonged – and more widespread – impacts and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in worsening predictions for traffic and revenue losses for airports across all regions. ACI World now estimates […]
Gatwick warns passenger recovery may take four years
Gatwick Airport has said it might take as long as four years for passenger numbers to return to pre-Covid 19 levels. Releasing its annual results, the airport said it had experienced unprecedented market circumstances and a dramatic decline in passenger numbers due to the impact the coronavirus pandemic. Gatwick Airport, chief executive, Stewart Wingate said: […]
Heathrow’s COVID-19 response: “Technology and innovation will be key to us resuming normal operations”
Having handled a record 80.9 million passengers in 2019, Heathrow, like all airports, is now having to adapt in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. FTE caught up with Amanda Owen, Health and Safety Director at Heathrow, to find out what impact the coronavirus pandemic has had so far and what steps the airport is […]
Airport Automation to Speed Up for a Crisis Rebound With Less Human Contact
Airport executives are still in crisis management mode. The pandemic is forcing them to make agonizing operational decisions. Yet the executives will soon resume thinking about the long term. And when they do, airport executives will consider increased automation as a top priority, experts said. “The entire passenger’s journey through a terminal has to be […]
United Airlines Employees Convert Cargo Facilities into Food Distribution Centers
United Airlines announced that it has transformed one of its cargo facilities at George Bush Intercontinental Airport into a food distribution center to aid the Houston Food Bank’s efforts to feed families in need during the COVID-19 crisis. The idea to convert the cargo space came from one employee, Mark Zessin, a United baggage team […]
FAA extends slot relief at US airports until October
The FAA says it will extend slot relief at seven major US airports through the summer travel season so that airlines will not be penalized as a result of reduced flying schedules caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In an order published on 16 April, the regulatory body says that its coronavirus-related limited waiver of the […]
