Dubai International airport (DXB) has surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels in the third quarter of 2022 leading to the airport revising its annual forecast by another one million passengers. The airport now expects a higher surge in the final three months of the...
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Neste delivers 500,000 gallons of SAF to Los Angeles International Airport
Neste has achieved an important milestone of delivering over 500,000 gallons Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The delivery was made in cooperation with LAXFuel's supply infrastructure using barges for transport. This...
Brisbane maps future with renewable energy and expansion into new terminal
Brisbane Airport has made two major announcements related to airport expansion and renewable energy. Anticipating the rising passenger traffic in coming years, the Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) is planning a new terminal to cater to demand. The airport has...
CAAP reports 51% YoY recovery in passenger traffic in October 2022
Corporación América Airports (CAAP) reported a 51.1% year-on-year (YoY) increase in passenger traffic in October 2022, reaching 88.3% of October 2019 levels, supported by a continued recovery in travel demand following the lifting of travel restrictions. The...
Lithuanian airports record 90% passenger traffic recovery in October 2022
Lithuanian airports witnessed a 90% passenger traffic recovery as compared to the pre-pandemic levels and almost 80% flight traffic in October 2022. In October 2022, 548 000 passengers travelled through Lithuanian airports, 4 713 flights were handled along with...
Heathrow abandons capacity cap for holiday period
Heathrow reports that it served 5.9 million passengers in October, 84% of 2019 levels. Year to date the UK airport has served 50 million passengers, 74% of 2019 levels. The airport reports that the leisure market has been buoyant thanks to the half term getaway, with...
Hamad International Airport expands capacity up to 58 million passengers ahead of FIFA
Hamad International Airport recently launched its expansion project. The expansion started in 2019, and phase I of this work has been completed as of November 10, 2022. With the new expansion, the airport can handle over 58 million passengers, just in time for the...
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny awards Foster + Partners Master Architect contract for the new Polish airport
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) has completed the tender related to the construction of Poland's new CPK airport and signed an agreement with a consortium of Foster + Partners and Buro Happold, whose bid was found to be the most advantageous in the proceedings for...
dnata posts double revenue growth of $2bn in H1, 2022
dnata posted strong revenue growth in the first six months of 2022-23 with increased air and passenger traffic across global markets. dnata’s cargo and ground handling, catering and retail, and travel services also saw a significant uptick in operations. dnata...
Westjet awards Swissport Airport Ground Services business across Hawaiian Islands
WestJet and Swissport are expanding their cooperation in Hawaii. The Canadian airline now relies on Swissport's ground services at all four destinations it serves on the islands. The expansion also brings the addition of a new airport to Swissport’s vast and growing...
Heathrow tops the Cirium charts with highest October half-term departures
Post-pandemic the UK airports have recovered almost by 55% as compared to the October half-term of 2021, according to data from Cirium. Recent data revealed that departures from UK airports during October half-term remain 18% down compared to the same period in 2019...
IATA’s Global Passenger Survey underlines simplification and convenience as passengers’ priorities
International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest Global Passenger Survey (GPS) revealed that passengers’ main priority during air travel is simplification and convenience with proximity to the airport as the main criteria. The passengers prefer to fly from an...