Outrageous: Infrastructure Costs Increasing $2.3 Billion in a Crisis
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that planned increases in charges by airports and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) will stall recovery in air travel and damage international connectivity. Confirmed airport and ANSP charges increases have already reached $2.3 billion. Further increases could be ten fold this number if proposals already tabled by airports […]
Airbus lanza con socios franceses una convocatoria para explorar el uso del hidrógeno en los aeropuertos
Airbus, junto con Paris Region, Choose Paris Region, Groupe ADP y Air France-KLM, lanza una convocatoria de manifestaciones de interés para explorar las oportunidades que genera el hidrógeno en los aeropuertos de París. La convocatoria internacional sin precedentes tiene como objetivo construir un ecosistema aeroportuario único en torno al hidrógeno, las grandes corporaciones, las pymes, […]
Airlines and Airports Stress Need to Align European Commission Proposal on Airport Slot Relief in Summer 2021 with Aviation Industry Recommendations
Europe’s airlines[1] and airports are highly concerned by the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to amend the airport slot regulation. The proposal does not sufficiently address the extent of the continuing crisis in air transport, the likely state of recovery in Summer 2021 and the required level of airport slot relief measures that would best support […]
WTTC calls on UK to offer global tourism leadership
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has called on the UK government to offer strong leadership to save the struggling tourism sector. Over 100 major travel and global business leaders – from airlines, airports, hotels, tour operators and travel companies – have backed the unprecedented move. The industry leaders signed a letter, which called […]
Brazil Still Plans to Privatize 43 Airports Through 2022: Infrastructure minister
Brazil’s infrastructure minister said on Monday the country still wants to privatize 43 airports through 2022, even as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the air transportation industry. Minister Tarcisio Freitas also said the government’s plan to revive economic activity after the pandemic forecasts 30 billion reais ($5.5 billion) in public investment in infrastructure. Freitas spoke during […]
Sustainability Series: How can airports reduce their plastic waste?
As plastic continues to plague the planet, large organisations are trying to reduce single-use plastics. But are airports doing their bit? As global travellers, barely a day goes by when we don’t see a story in the media, or experience first hand, the blight of plastic on our planet – its effect on wildlife, rising […]
Licitación de aeropuerto da inicio a privatizaciones en Brasil
El nuevo gobierno de Brasil iniciará su plan de privatización masiva en marzo con la venta de aeropuertos, ferrocarriles y puertos por un valor de 7.600 millones de reales (US $2.000 millones), según el miembro principal del gabinete, el general Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz. El 15 de marzo, doce aeropuertos se pondrán a la […]
Airports have been hit by the rise of Uber and Lyft
The emergence of app-based ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft has transformed the way business travellers get to and from the airport. And it has also blown a hole in the finances of many airports. Under threat, particularly in North America, is their income from car parks, which makes up two-fifths of non-airline-related revenues […]
IATA survey reveals passengers want more real-time updates
Air travelers want airlines to deliver more real-time information to their personal devices, including updates on flight status (82%), baggage (49%) and wait-times at security and immigration checkpoints (46%), according to survey data from IATA’s latest Global Passenger Survey (GPS), released Oct. 2. The survey polled 10,408 respondents from 145 countries. According to the results, […]
ACI: Airports making progress on reducing carbon emissions
Forty-eight new airports have joined the Airport Carbon Accreditation program, taking the total number of airports worldwide engaged in climate action to 246, Airports Council International (ACI) told the Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva Oct. 2. The Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme is independently administered and supported by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
