7 airport and airline sustainability initiatives that can reduce the impact on the environment
The impact of the air transport industry on the environment is significant. There’s no denying that airlines rely heavily on single-use plastics with more than 5 million tonnes of cabin waste created in a single year, according to IATA. However, recent initiatives, from tackling carbon emissions to reducing single-use plastic both on the ground and […]
Stronger Regulation of Powerful Airports Needed to Protect Consumers: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the European Commission’s evaluation of the Airport Charges Directive (ACD) which highlights the need to further strengthen the Directive to protect consumers. Nearly 60% of passengers in Europe pass through just 25 airports. Many airports are able to charge prices that would otherwise not be achieved in a […]
British Airways announces move to Beijing Daxing
British Airways announced that all direct flights to and from Heathrow and Beijing will move to new state-of-the-art Daxing airport from 27 October 2019, with flights available on ba.com from today. British Airways is the first international airline to confirm it will move all operations to Beijing Daxing, in recognition of its importance in driving […]
IATA: UK must increase capacity, cut taxes and visa restrictions
The UK risks losing up to 120,000 jobs from the aviation sector over the next two decades if it does not improve competitiveness, according to a new IATA report. Lack of airport infrastructure in southeast England, the world’s highest rate of passenger charges and taxes, together with a relatively restrictive visa regime are the main […]
Mexico: Santa Lucía airport opening in 2022, 6 months behind schedule
The Santa Lucía airport will open in January 2022, six months later than originally anticipated, according to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena). President López Obrador has said repeatedly that the new airport will open in June 2021 but Sedena, which is managing the project, said in a document that the facility won’t be ready […]
Beijing’s New Airport Is Completed, Opens in September
Beijing’s second international airport has been completed — and it’s expected to become one of the world’s busiest. Designed to take the pressure off the overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport, the new site south of the city will be able to handle 72 million passengers a year by 2025, and 100 million by 2040. Combined, […]
VINCI Airports receives two major awards for operational excellence and accessibility and ratifies ACI’s commitment to net zero CO2emissions
At the ACI EUROPE General Assembly held in Cyprus, VINCI Airports was presented with two ACI Best Airports Awards – a benchmark in airport service quality – for its Lyon-Saint Exupéry and London Gatwick airports, acknowledging the effectiveness of the VINCI Airports model in creating a standout passenger experience. VINCI Airports also reasserted its active […]
ACI: European airports see slower traffic growth
After a period of dynamic growth, the increase in traffic at Europe’s airports is slowing, with freight traffic weighing on the performance of the region’s airports, Airports Council International (ACI)-Europe said June 27. In 2018, Europe’s airports set a record of handling more than 2.34 billion passengers, while in the past five years traffic has […]
Amazon to begin Anchorage cargo flights later this month
Amazon Air will begin flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) on June 27. The airport announced last week that the carrier would begin services to the Alaskan hub utilising Boeing 767 freighter capacity. The airport said that it would result in Amazon Prime packages being delivered to Alaskans “a little sooner than normal”. […]
US DOT awards $495 million in infrastructure grants to 327 airports in 46 states
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. “This significant investment in airport improvements will fund construction and rehabilitation […]
