Source: ACI World ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East, ACI EUROPE, and ACI World today kick off Airports Innovate, a global aviation event centred around innovation. Themed "Dynamic Think Tank – Reveal the Future," this brand-new event will capture the latest innovations that are transforming the global airport industry. The conference is hosted by Oman Airports in Muscat from 20–22 November 2023. With an anticipated capacity of 400+ delegates, 30+ exhibitors and sponsors, and 60+ speakers, this event will bring together an influential audience comprising global airport leaders and their innovation labs, aviation technology developers, airlines, Civil Aviation Authorities, industry suppliers, mobility experts, start-ups and more. Airports Innovate will encompass a wide range of topics critical to the airport industry, including [...]

Source: FAA The Federal Aviation Administration continues to address runway safety risks with 16 runway safety meetings for the remainder of the year. These meetings are in addition to the 90 Runway Safety Action Team meetings across the country already held.  The meetings, held annually at each airport with a control tower, are the primary forum for pinpointing and addressing airport-specific risk in the surface environment. The product of the meeting is a Runway Safety Action Plan where stakeholders agree to pursue specific actions to improve surface safety. During a Runway Safety Action Team meeting, airport stakeholders identify unique risks to surface safety at that airport and develop plans to mitigate or eliminate those risks. Representatives from the FAA’s air traffic organization, airlines, [...]

Source: ACI Europe ACI EUROPE today releases its air traffic report for September and the third quarter (Q3) of 2023 - a peak period for European air travel. Passenger traffic across the European airport network increased by +12.1%in Q3 compared to the same period last year. Despite persistently higher air fares and enduring pressures from rising inflation, the summer months showed a very robust performance overall. When compared to pre-pandemic (Q3 2019) levels, passenger traffic in Q3 stood at -3.1%, marking a significant improvement over the first half of the year (-7.7%), and signifying continued progress towards reaching 2019 traffic levels. Milestones were reached during Q3, when London-Heathrow - Europe's busiest airport by passenger volume - surpassed its 2019 traffic [...]

Source: ACI-LAC In 2023, the ACI-LAC Annual Assembly Conference and Exhibition will be held in Miami, United States. The Airports Council International Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI-LAC) will hold the ACI-LAC Annual Assembly, Conference & Exhibition, the most important event for the airport sector in the region, on November 6 and 7, 2023. The event will bring together key authorities, senior executives from Latin America and the Caribbean and aviation experts to discuss key current issues in the airport industry. Under the theme "The Future is Now", speakers will share experiences on the state of airport concession processes, the new airport commercial paradigm, air transport liberalization in Latin America and the Caribbean, the development of the accessibility culture at [...]