Qatar Airways Group first to test electronic baggage tags with IATA
Hamad International Airport (HIA) and Qatar Airways have successfully completed the International Air Transport Association"™s (IATA) electronic bag tag (EBT) readability tests, giving passengers a smoother and seamless travel experience, it was announced. HIA also becomes the first airport in the Middle East and North Africa region ready to accept EBTs. The programme aims to […]
Miami International becomes a foreign free trade zone
The Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) has announced it has gained final approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to designate Miami International Airport"™s entire 3,230-acre land parcel as a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) magnet site. The magnet site designation allows existing or prospective airport tenants to operate manufacturing, warehousing and/or distribution centres on airport property, […]
Southwest Airlines reveals five new routes as it extends schedule into fall
Southwest Airlines announced five new non-stop routes Thursday as the carrier extended its booking schedule through Oct. 1. Several of the new routes will put Southwest into highly competitive markets. Its new Atlanta-Nashville service, for example, will go up against Delta"™s 11 daily round-trip flights on the route. Southwest"™s Denver-Cincinnati route also will face competition, […]
Denver International Airport Again Sets All-Time Record for Passenger Traffic With 61.4 Million Travelers in 2017
Denver International Airport (DEN) announced that nearly 61.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2017 "“ a year that saw multiple, historic firsts for DEN"™s growth. A total of 61,379,396 passengers traveled though DEN in 2017, an increase of 5.3 percent over the previous record of 58,266,515 passengers in 2016. December 2017 also was […]
Airport passenger traffic surges to new heights in November, reports ACI
Passenger traffic at the world"™s airports surged by +7.5% year-on-year in November 2017, according to Airports Council International (ACI). It puts airport passenger volumes on track for a record year, noted ACI World. The growth in November was ahead of the +6.5% average for the year to date (January to November). Asia Pacific (+10.6%), Africa […]
TAME becomes first airline to leave Venezuela in 2018
The Ecuadorian state airline Tame has announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela after the difficulties of operating in the country governed by Nicolás Maduro. The last flight departed on Saturday from Maiquetía to Bogotá and from there to Quito. The decision had been announced last October and no more tickets were sold since […]
Itatpipoca in Ceará, Brazil Plan for New Airport Development
Since its introduction in 2012 the PAC (Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento) which is the Brazilian governments Growth Acceleration Program aimed at improving the country"™s infrastructure as Brazil"™s overall economic growth further benefits the country, including earning a coveted high investment rating from Standard & Poors (S&P). The Brazilian civil aviation predicts an influx of […]
26 Airlines Offer Flights From the Juan Santamaria Airport Costa Rica
A total of 26 airlines offer flights from the Juan Santamaria Airport in Alajuela, Costa Rica, while 11 airlines operate from the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. According to information from the Costa Rica Tourism Institute (ICT), flights from the Juan Santamaria Airport offer services to 37 destinations, and the ones […]
Users shouldn’t be pre-funding airport expansion: IATA chief
Governments and airports should not expect users to pre-fund expansion projects, said the chief of a global airline body yesterday. He was commenting on plans by Singapore to likely do this for the future Terminal 5 at Changi Airport. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit 2018, the chief […]
Corporación America Airports S.A. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering
Corporación América Airports S.A. (NYSE: CAAP) ("Corporación América Airport" or the "Company"), a global airport operator, announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 28,571,429 common shares of the Company at $17.00 per common share. The Company is selling 11,904,762 shares and the selling shareholder is selling 16,666,667 shares. In addition, the underwriters […]
