Source: Fraport Group result improves to €166.6 million – CEO Schulte expects continued traffic growth during summer by about 15 to 25 percent – Tighter climate targets for 2030: Fraport aims to cut carbon emissions by 78 percent compared to 1990 base-year Fraport AG’s business performance improved significantly in fiscal year 2022 (ending Dec 31). In the wake of the ending Covid pandemic and the gradual lifting of travel restrictions during 2022, high travel demand boosted all of the Group’s key financial figures. The Group result (or net profit) climbed by 81.5 percent year-on-year to €166.6 million, surpassing Fraport’s own guidance set at the start of the year. Dr. Stefan Schulte, Fraport’s CEO, said: "We’re moving in the right direction. [...]

Source: Aena This is a 2.2% increase on the same month of 2019 and 39.6% more than in 2022 There were 154,217 aircraft movements and 80,480 tonnes of cargo were transported across the network Aena network airports ended the month of February 2023 with 16,622,180 passengers, exceeding the data for the same month in 2019, the year before the pandemic, by 2.2%. This also represents an increase of 39.6% compared to February 2022. In February 2023, 154,217 aircraft flights were handled, matching 2019 figures and exceeding those of 2022 by 18.9%; and 80,480 tonnes of cargo were moved, 2.5% more than in the same month in 2019 and 2.2% more than in February 2022. Of the total number of passengers [...]

Source: MIA Airport's bonds have earned upgrades from all four rating agencies Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava proudly announces that Fitch Ratings upgraded its rating of Miami International Airport's (MIA) revenue and refunding bonds from A to A+ on March 2, citing MIA's "outperformance in enplanement recovery" and "superior franchise strength." Fitch becomes the fourth and final rating agency to upgrade MIA's bond rating since last July, joining Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), Moody's Investor Service, and Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) in rewarding the airport for its rapid rebound from the pandemic. "I am very proud to see that all four bond rating agencies have taken notice of MIA's strong financial health and solid foundation for its [...]

Source: MIA With Miami International Airport’s record-breaking growth carrying over from last year into 2023, the airport is expecting its busiest spring break travel season ever this month. Passenger totals at MIA in January and February were all-time highs for those months, with February bringing a total of 4.1 million passengers for an average of nearly 150,000 travelers per day – an increase of 7% over last February and 5% over February 2020 (pre-pandemic). According to aviation analytics provider Cirium, MIA is the fastest-growing U.S. airport in airline seats compared to pre-pandemic levels. Since that upward trend is projected to continue in March when spring break periods for colleges and grade schools are scheduled throughout the month, MIA is providing the following travel tips: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]