Source: Houston Airports The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Houston Airports and George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) $9.6 million under the Airport Terminal Program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The grant money will fund the reconstruction of the post-security Skyway people mover system at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to improve ADA access and increase the efficient movement of passengers and baggage among the airport’s five terminals. This grant will also fund the reconstruction of the existing terminal people mover railway infrastructure between Terminals A and B, which has reached the end of its useful life. Bush Airport’s infrastructure improvement project is one of 128 projects selected at 125 airports for $970 million in federal [...]

Source: Aena (From this month on, press releases on monthly traffic data will include information on all assets consolidated by Aena: the 46 airports and two heliports of the network in Spain, the 17 airports managed by Aena Brasil and London Luton Airport in the UK). 7% more than in the same month of 2023 Between January and September, the number of passengers exceeded 282.7 million, 8.9% up on the same period of 2023 In the first nine months of the year, Aena's airports in Spain handled 237.8 million passengers, an increase of 9.8%  The airports handled 292,139 aircraft movements in September 120,781 tonnes of cargo were transported The airports of the Aena Group (comprising the 46 airports and two [...]

Source: MIA World Fuel Services (World Fuel), a World Kinect company headquartered in Miami, Florida, and DHL Express, the world’s leading international express delivery provider, have entered into a new commercial agreement for the delivery of blended Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Miami International Airport. This agreement marks one of the first regular deliveries of blended SAF into the State of Florida. "I applaud World Fuel and DHL for making Miami-Dade County the gateway for sustainable jet fuel in the state of Florida and one of only five entry points in the country. Thanks to this groundbreaking agreement, Miami International Airport will continue to pursue having some of the lowest carbon emissions of any U.S. airport, which is amazing news [...]

Source: MIA Miami-based, first-generation American artists Nicole Combeau and Sue Montoya use photography to explore how the senses of place, memory, and movement intersect during migration in their new joint exhibition In Between Sentiments, now on display at Miami International Airport (MIA) Galleries’ Cameraworks Gallery near gates D22 and D25 until February 2, 2025. MIA Galleries partnered with the Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) to host the exhibition, which mirrors the theme of the 2024 WOPHA Congress: "How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now.” This year’s Congress, taking place across South Florida from October 23–26, 2024, will bring together over 40 international women and non-binary photography collectives and organizations. More than 25 acclaimed art historians, educators, and preeminent photographers will [...]

Source: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) Similar to sprinters at the recently completed Paris Olympic games, crews and stakeholders at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) ran their own “sprint” that resulted in today’s completion of Phase 1 of ATL’s Concourse D Widening Project. The accelerated schedule for D Widening’s Phase 1 enabled the Airport and partners to complete the work and reopen six gates by the Sept. 5 deadline. Within three months of the last module being transported across runways and taxiways, the Department of Aviation constructed approximately 21,000 square feet of additional boarding-level space in Concourse D. The sections will now accommodate the newest Aircraft Design Group (ADG) III, such as the Boeing 737 Max and Airbus 321 Neo. All work was completed [...]