Source: Greater Toronto Airports Authority - GTAA Toronto's Pearson Airport is ready to welcome millions of passengers to the airport this summer as the busiest travel season of the year gets under way. The airport authority joined the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) and United States Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) to share tips for passengers travelling over the summer months. Toronto Pearson is expecting more than 160,000 passengers per day this summer on peak travel days, an increase of 8 per cent from 2023 volume. There will be more than 1,100 flights on the busiest summer days, an increase of 3 per cent from last year. While peak summer travel months for [...]

Source: Edmonton International Airport (YEG) Edmonton International Airport welcomes up to 50,000 bees to the Airport City Sustainability Campus Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has welcomed new partners to airport lands, and these ones also have wings! One honey bee hive and two BeeHomes for wild bees have been added to the offerings at YEG’s Airport City Sustainability Campus. At the height of the season, the hive will contain up to 50,000 bees! “Biodiversity thrives where bees buzz, and their pollination supports overall ecological richness. Our bee hive program at YEG will empower our natural ecosystem, contribute to our sustainability goals and foster a healthy environment," said Marion Chivot-Legris, Director, ESG and Sustainability Strategy, Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Bees are an [...]

Source: Aena 11% more than in the same month of 2023 Between January and May, the number of passengers exceeded 114.7 million, 11.4% up on the same period of 2023 The airports handled 238,062 aircraft movements in May 108,380 tonnes of cargo were transported The airports of the Aena network in Spain have closed the fifth month of 2024 with an all-time record number of passengers, aircraft movements and cargo in a month of May, thus maintaining the upward trend since the beginning of the year and for most of last year. In May 2024, Aena received 28,287,870 passengers, 11% more than in the same month of 2023; it handled 238,062 aircraft movements, 10.6% more than in 2023; and it [...]

Source: GOAA The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) announces the launch of the “English on the Fly” program in partnership with UCF Global, an innovative initiative designed to improve English language proficiency among airport employees. Recognizing the diverse linguistic background of its workforce, GOAA is dedicated to ensuring that all employees have the support to effectively assist the more than 58 million travelers who pass through Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Orlando Executive Airport (ORL) each year. This 8-week program aims to improve job performance and job satisfaction by offering targeted English language training to all participants. Four course levels are offered to accommodate varying levels of English proficiency. Nearly 200 airport employees expressed their interest in enrolling in the [...]

Source: YEG The agreement marks an exciting first foray into the Canadian market for LAZ and will bring LAZ’s best- in-class services to Canadian customers and clients; people-first focus to new team members. LAZ Parking, the largest, fastest-growing privately owned parking operator in the United States, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to manage parking services at Edmonton International Airport (YEG), the major air passenger and cargo facility serving the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada. The contract marks an exciting first foray into the Canadian market for LAZ and will bring LAZ’s best-in-class services to Canadian clients as well as the company’s people-first focus to new team members. “We are thrilled to have been [...]

Source: Aena 7.8% more than in April 2023 Between January and April, the number of passengers exceeded 86.4 million, 11.6% more than in the same period in 2023 In April, 221,183 aircraft movements were operated A record 101,110 tonnes of cargo were transported The Easter holidays in 2024 were in March, not in April as in 2023 The airports of the Aena network in Spain have closed the fourth month of 2024 with an all-time record of passengers, aircraft movements and cargo in the month of April, thus maintaining the upward trend since the beginning of the year and most of last year. In April 2024, which included Holy Week unlike the previous year, Aena welcomed 25,669,281 passengers, marking a [...]

Source: Fraport The two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) saw combined traffic slip by 3.6 percent to 936,854 passengers while Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru welcomed some 1.9 million travelers in April, a boost of 19.4 percent compared to the same month last year Some 5.1 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in April 2024 – an increase of nearly 5.6 percent year-on-year. Compared with pre-crisis levels, FRA’s passenger numbers in the reporting month were still around 15.6 percent below the figure seen in April 2019.1 Cargo volumes in Frankfurt (comprising airfreight and airmail) recorded strong growth, rising by 10.7 percent to 171,501 metric tons in April 2024. Aircraft movements also climbed by 5.8 percent [...]