Source: LAP Lima Airport Partners (LAP), part of the Fraport Group since 2001, signed a US$ 1,250 million project financing agreement for the infrastructure development in progress at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) in Peru. The financing is being provided by seven banks: BBVA, IDB Invest, KfW IPEX Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), The Bank of Nova Scotia, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). Fraport’s and LAP’s finance teams managed the transaction, while SMBC acted as financial advisor. Fraport AG’s CFO, Prof. Dr. Matthias Zieschang, underscored the importance of the financing: “This is a landmark transaction. We are pleased by the continuous strong demand from the international capital markets for financing Lima Airport’s strategic development. More than [...]

Source: OMA Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ: OMAB; BMV: OMA), announces that it has obtained short-term loans for an aggregate amount of Ps.1,200 million with HSBC México, Banco Nacional de México and Banco Santander México. Proceeds will be used to capitalize the group’s subsidiaries, for working capital and to strengthen the company’s liquidity. Loans mature in June 2023 and have an annual weighted average interest rate of TIIE + 86.7 basis points. With these loans, OMA continues to maintain a solid capital structure.

Source: LAX Los Angeles World Airports has taken delivery of its first Class 8 heavy-duty electric vehicle, a Nikola Tre battery-electric vehicle (BEV). Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is proud to announce the arrival of its first heavy-duty battery-electric vehicle, marking a significant step in the airport's transition to a fully electric fleet. The Class 8 Nikola Tre battery-electric vehicle (BEV) semi-style tractor will be used to move paving equipment, transport construction materials and pull other heavy equipment at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) worksites. LAWA is the first government entity to take delivery of a Nikola Tre BEV, which is part of the airport's ambitious plan to fully transition its vehicle fleet to all-electric. This also is the first [...]

Source: Aena The tender doubles the number of lots to boost participation and promote competition among global operators The commercial space is more than 66,000 m2, which equates to more than seven football pitches The duration of the contract is increased up to 12 years, with the option of three annual extensions Aena has launched the world’s largest duty-free shop tender by turnover, the terms of which have been published today on the airport manager’s website. The expected turnover is €18 billion and includes 86 duty-free points of sale, plus a large number of additional premises dedicated to other categories, which, among all of them, will occupy an area of 66,000 square metres, or more than seven football pitches. “This [...]

Source: MIA Miami International Airport is expecting another busy winter holiday travel season this year, with 2.5 million passengers projected from December 21 to January 6 (Three Kings Day), for a 1.5% increase over its record-breaking period in 2021. A daily average of 151,000 travelers is expected over the 17-day travel period, which is 10,000 more travelers per day than the airport's average in November. MIA's busiest travel days are expected to be the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday before Christmas Day, the Friday before New Year's Day, and the Thursday and Friday after New Year's Day, when the airport projects more than 157,000 passengers on each day. Because of the record-breaking projections, MIA's parking garages may approach their capacity on [...]

New routes and two new airlines to Miami A busy month of new flights at Miami International Airport kicked off on December 8, when Avianca launched three weekly flights to Bucaramanga, Colombia, and four weekly flights to Pereira, Colombia from MIA, followed by the airline beginning two weekly Santa Marta-Miami flights on December 10. Bucaramanga and Santa Marta mark two new routes for MIA and bring the airport's total number of nonstop destinations in Colombia to nine – the most in its history. While the Bucaramanga and Santa Marta routes are served exclusively by Avianca at MIA, the Miami-Pereira route is also served by American Airlines. Colombia was MIA's busiest international market pre-pandemic, with 1.5 million total passengers in 2019. [...]

Source: MIA KBRA, S&P and Moody's reward airport for strong pandemic rebound In recognition of Miami International Airport's "exceptionally strong recovery," Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (KBRA) recently upgraded its long-term rating of Miami-Dade County's Aviation Revenue Bonds from A+ to AA-. KBRA's upgrade follows the same action by Standard & Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) in August and Moody's Investor Service in July, when they raised their ratings of MDAD's revenue bonds from A- to A and A2 to A1, respectively.  “Congratulations to the MIA team on earning these three significant upgrades in 2022. I’m thrilled to see that the bond rating agencies are taking notice of the spectacular recovery that MIA has made since the pandemic. This robust growth [...]

Source: MIA Local travel industry leaders host kickoff event at Consular Corps Holiday Reception With the goal of promoting tourism to Miami International Airport's network of 166 destinations across the globe, Miami-Dade County officials and local travel industry executives hosted a kickoff event on December 2 for members of the Consular Corps of Miami to announce the first World Travel Expo (WTE) Miami, scheduled for June 13-15, 2023, at the Miami Airport Convention Center.  The kickoff event – held at MIA's annual Consular Corps of Miami Holiday Reception – featured MIA Director and CEO Ralph Cutié and WTE President and CEO Javier Palencia, who gave local consulates and guests a preview of what to expect at the inaugural expo. "In addition to [...]