Source: MIA New 114,000-square-foot facility to generate 250 jobs AAR, a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) customers, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has received approval from the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners to proceed with the construction of a 114,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the company’s existing hangar at Miami International Airport (MIA). AAR plans to break ground on the new facility in early 2024 and complete construction within 24 months. Over time, Miami-Dade County is expected to reimburse the anticipated $50 million cost to construct the hangar. This will increase capacity at AAR’s Miami Airframe MRO by 33%. “As a leader in international passengers and cargo, MIA is one [...]

Source: Aena This figure is 1.2% higher than in the same period of 2019, before the pandemic Between January and June, 1,130,758 aircraft movements were recorded and 507,543 tonnes of cargo were transported at airports throughout the network In June, 26.5 million passengers were exceeded, up 9% from 2022 Airports in the Aena network in Spain closed the first half of the year with nearly 130 million passengers. Specifically, they reached a total of 129,447,124 travellers, a figure which represents an increase of 23.4% compared with the same period of 2022 and 1.2% compared with 2019. The number of operations recorded between January and June was 1,130,758, which is 10.5% more than in the first six months of last year [...]

Source: Aena The purchase of 100% renewable energy to supply the airports is part of the company’s Climate Action Plan Endesa and Iberdrola have been awarded for the next 5 years Aena will be able to obtain its own renewable energy guarantees by commissioning photovoltaic plants and thus reduce the company’s electricity bill Aena has awarded the electricity supply contract for all centres managed by the company to Endesa Energía SAU and Iberdrola Clientes SAU, for the next 5 years. The purpose of this contract is to carry out the procedures related to the purchase of energy with 100% renewable energy certificates for the airports, as well as manage the production of the self-consumption photovoltaic plants that are gradually being [...]

Source: Aruba Airport Authority Aruba Airport’s 2023 is indeed off to a strong start, welcoming over 560.000 thousand passengers in the first five months of this year, indicating a recovery of 104% when comparing to the same period in 2019. Queen Beatrix International Airport (Aruba Airport) continues to experience strong demand after a successful 2022. Compared to the first five months of 2019, traffic increased by 4.2%, indicating a recovery of 104%. During that period Aruba Airport served over 20 airlines, operating more than 9.900 flights, and connecting Aruba to over 30 different destinations. Strong growth is also seen in Aruba’s key source markets, particularly in North America and Latin America. The North American market experienced an increase of 4.7% [...]

Source: Fraport Traffic at Fraport’s Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) grew to over 1.0 million passengers (up 8.1 percent) Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru served about 1.7 million passengers in May 2023 (up 14.8 percent) In May 2023, some 5.1 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) – an increase of 12.2 percent year-on-year. Compared to pre-crisis May 2019, FRA’s passenger traffic was still down by 17.5 percent in the reporting month.1 The cargo volume continued to decline in the month under review, reflecting an overall economic cooling. With 155,963 metric tons, FRA’s cargo throughput (comprising airfreight and airmail) was 10.2 percent below the level of May 2022. The number of aircraft movements edged up by [...]