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Air Canada Comments on Toronto-Pearson

Source: Air Canada Air Canada issued the following statement in response to reports about the Greater Toronto Airport Authority imposing limits on carrier operations at Toronto-Pearson airport. Air Canada was first advised of the GTAA's plans in August 2022, and so it designed its 2023 winter schedule with these limitations taken into account and anticipates no significant changes to its schedule for the March Break travel period. It subsequently received information about GTAA's plans for summer 2023 and similarly designed this coming summer's schedule to meet those parameters. It is Air Canada's policy to work with its industry partners to meet the requirements of airports and other third parties to drive operational improvements and support the smooth running of Canada's air transport system. This includes, [...]

2023-03-01T05:50:40+02:00March 1st, 2023|AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, News|

Athens International Airport presented awards to the airlines with the fastest recovery in 2022

Source: AIA On the seasonal service category Delta Air Lines was awarded for fastest recovery Air Canada was highly commended in the same category Focusing on the challenges that the next day holds in the field of aviation and the successive developments taking place in the international airport environment and in the world of technology, AIA’s Airline Marketing Workshop was held again on February 22nd, 2023, after three years, in the presence of more than 200 attendees. With the inventive and symbolic title “Sounding the Future”, the “2.2” airline marketing annual gathering (22nd since airport launch) brought together AIA, the Athens airport community, distinguished speakers from the field of aviation and beyond, sustainable tourism, academia, as well as from the world of [...]

2023-03-01T04:58:31+02:00March 1st, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

Aena closes the fiscal year 2022 with a profit and once again distributes a dividend to shareholders

Source: Aena It records a net profit of €901.5 million, compared to a loss of €475 million in 2021* Aena will propose to the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting the distribution of a gross dividend of €4.75 per share, which will benefit both its private and public shareholders Traffic in the Spanish airport network closes with growth of more than 100% compared to 2021 and with a recovery of 88.5% of pre-pandemic passengers Total sales from commercial activity reached the 2019 level (+1.0%) and revenue from fixed and variable rents invoiced and collected in the period exceeded pre-COVID-19 figures Aena has implemented a change in the accounting policy applied to record the impact of reductions in minimum guaranteed rents. The retroactive [...]

2023-03-01T04:51:37+02:00February 28th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

Chinese airports and airlines invest heavily in it for passenger experience ahead of robust travel recovery

Source: SITA Automating the passenger journey with self-service, biometric, and touchless technologies is a key priority as international travel resumes With the easing of travel restrictions, China is now gearing up for a strong post-pandemic recovery of air travel. To facilitate this recovery and power the continued growth of China’s significant domestic air travel market, the region’s airlines and airports are investing heavily in IT to streamline the passenger experience and fortify operations against disruption. This is according to SITA’s newly published 2022 Air Transport IT Insights report, which shows all of China’s leading airlines and 86% of airports expect their IT spend to remain the same or increase from 2022 to 2023. Automating the full passenger journey Leading Chinese airports [...]

2023-03-01T05:32:54+02:00February 28th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News, SUPPLIERS|

SkyTeam and Global Lounge Network open first joint lounge in São Paulo

Source: SkyTeam This is the second lounge of this kind in South America after last year’s opening of a new SkyTeam Lounge in Santiago de Chile The new São Paulo lounge offers a well-appointed 700 square meter space with seating for 180 guests. Located in Terminal 2 and open 24/7, the new lounge is available to SkyTeam Elite Plus, First and Business Class customers flying on services operated by Aeromexico and Air Europa. Designed with sustainability in mind, the lounge was constructed using renewable low-emission materials and features smart technology to manage lighting, solar protection with water saving devices installed in restrooms and showers. Keeping single-use plastic to a minimum, the lounge is also engaged in the airport’s waste management [...]

2023-02-17T18:24:05+02:00February 17th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Fraport Traffic Figures – January 2023: Year Begins with Significant Growth

Source: Fraport Passenger numbers at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports in Brazil dropped slightly to 1.1 million (down 3.0 percent) Some 1.6 million passengers traveled via Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) in January (up 27.1 percent) The number of passengers at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) increased to roughly 3.7 million in January 2023. This is 65.5 percent more than in January 2022, which was still considerably influenced by the restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus. In contrast, January 2023 benefited from return travel from vacation destinations after the Christmas holidays. There was a particularly high demand for the warm waters of European destinations such as the Canary Islands, as well as for intercontinental destinations in the [...]

2023-02-17T02:44:32+02:00February 15th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

Fraport Traffic Figures 2022: Dynamic Growth Doubles Passenger Numbers at Frankfurt Airport

Source: Fraport FRA welcomed some 48.9 million passengers in 2022 – Increase of 97.2percent compared to 2021 – Cargo throughput declines due to externalfactors – Some of Fraport’s Group airports worldwide exceed pre-crisis levels Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA), combined, recorded some 12.4 million passengers in 2022 – a 41.0 percent gain compared to 2021 Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM), traffic soared by 72.0 percent to about 18.6 million passengers in 2022 (2019 comparison: down 21.2 percent). Some 1.7 million passenger travelled via LIM in December 2022 (December 2021 comparison: up 27.4 percent) Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 48.9 million passengers in 2022 – nearly doubling the figure for 2021 and resulting in an increase of 97.2 [...]

2023-02-09T00:44:05+02:00February 10th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

European Airports turning the corner: +98% jump in passenger traffic in 2022

Source: ACI Europe The Full Year 2022 & December 2022 traffic report released today by ACI EUROPE shows the airport industry has finally turned the corner on the COVID-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic across the European airport network nearly doubled (+98%) in 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching 1.94 billion passengers. However, that was still -21% below pre-pandemic (2019) volumes, with just 27% of Europe’s airports having fully recovered their 2019 passenger traffic level. Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE said: “The surge in passenger traffic last year has been phenomenal. Kicking off in early Spring when most travel restrictions were finally lifted, it boomed over the Summer and remained resilient afterwards. All of this despite geopolitical shocks, deteriorating macro-economics, fast-rising air fares [...]

2023-02-08T20:12:07+02:00February 10th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announces busiest year in the history of MIA

Source: MIA A record year in passengers makes MIA the busiest airport in Florida Miami International Airport (MIA) is kicking off the new year with a new passenger record and title: the busiest airport in Florida. In 2022, MIA served more than 50.6 million passengers, shattering its record of 45.9 million set in 2019 by nearly 10 percent and surpassing Orlando International Airport's (MCO) 2022 total of 50.1 million travelers last year by half a million. MIA welcomed a record 29.3 million domestic travelers last year compared to 23.5 million in 2019 while also serving 21.3 million international passengers in 2022, which was one million less than in 2019 but 8.3 million more than in 2021. Compared to the airport's total of 37.3 [...]

2023-02-07T06:08:54+02:00February 7th, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|

YEG rings in 2023 by reflecting on an exciting year

Source: Edmonton International Airport - YEG New destinations, a new President & CEO, new partnerships and a renewed sense of excitement will help shape Edmonton International Airport's vision into 2023 and beyond Over the past year, Edmonton International Airport (YEG) demonstrated their commitment to sustainability, their dedication to the region and made the strategic brand shift from EIA to YEG to propel the airport's international voice and reflect the local integrity of the region. YEG increased flights, welcomed brand-new airlines and more than doubled passenger numbers from 2021 – making it the largest increase in passenger numbers year-over-year the airport has ever seen. In 2022, YEG bid farewell to long-time President & CEO Tom Ruth and was excited to welcome [...]

2023-02-03T16:03:19+02:00February 3rd, 2023|AIRPORTS, News|