Fuente: Transport Canada As Canada’s air sector works towards recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, investments in the airport infrastructure are crucial to keeping travellers, workers, and communities safe. Today, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Annie Koutrakis, on behalf of the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced new funding to help the Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airport will receive more than $1.7 million from the Airport Critical Infrastructure Program to expand one of the airport’s aprons, where aircraft park, to create additional space for the movement of larger aircraft. The funding will also be used to improve flight scheduling and connection times between flights for [...]

Source: LAX Cargo operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in June set another single-month record for trade by value, with a total of $14.9 billion in global imports and exports. "The continuation of record-setting cargo operations at LAX highlights our airport’s critical role in the global supply chain," said Justin Erbacci, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). "LAX is one of the busiest ports in the nation, and our long-term cargo modernization plan will ensure that we have the infrastructure and modern facilities needed to continue in this role for decades to come.” In June LAX totaled $8.86 billion in imports and $6.07 billion in exports, a 22.94% increase over June 2021. This also was an impressive [...]

Source: Fraport Frankfurt Airport exceeds the five-million monthly passenger mark for the first time since the pandemic – Fraport’s worldwide Group airports sustain dynamic growth – Greek airports surpass pre-crisis levels by 11.1 percent The airports in Fraport’s international portfolio also continued to benefit from ongoing passenger recovery In Brazil, combined traffic at the two airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) rose to 1,187,639  passengers Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru registered some 1.7 million passengers In July 2022, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed more than 5 million passengers in a single month for the first time since the start of the pandemic – representing an increase of 76.5 percent compared to July 2021. The upward trend was driven by the ongoing [...]

Source: Aena The price of the concession, as a result of the public auction, was R$2.450 billion—about €468 million The total amount of the operation, including the sum of the commitments indicated in the concession specifications, amounts to approximately R$4.089 billion (€780 million) Planned investments will be around R$5 billion In 2019, the group of 11 airports recorded a total of 26.8 million passengers, 12% of the country’s air traffic in that fiscal year Congonhas Airport, with 22.8 million passengers per year, is the group’s busiest airport and the second busiest in Brazil The concession contract is scheduled to be signed in February 2023 The concession period is 30 years, with the possibility of an additional five years, which demonstrates [...]

Source: LAX Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Rum & Humble are proud to announce the Fall-Winter 2022 season of LAX Presents, a cultural performance series staged in locations across domestic and international terminals at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). This season's program runs from August through December and showcases multicultural artists with diverse musical influences. "Los Angeles is one of the world's most culturally rich cities, and we are excited to have this diverse group of performers share their musical talents and worldly influences at our airport," said Justin Erbacci, Chief Executive Officer, LAWA. "It's wonderful to hear the sounds of lively music filling our terminal spaces and to see how music brings together our guests, employees and partners [...]

Source: Aena Over 27 million passengers passed through its facilities 230,542 aircraft were in operation and 79,906 tonnes of cargo were transported Airports in the Aena network closed July 2022 with 27,067,913 passengers. This figure is 8 percentage points from pre-pandemic levels, meaning 92% of the traffic recorded in July 2019 has already been recovered. In addition, 230,542 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 95.7% compared to 2019, while 79,906 tonnes of cargo were transported, representing a decrease of 9.7% compared to the same month of 2019. Of the total number of travellers recorded in July, 27,000,398 were commercial passengers, of which 18,245,175 travelled on international flights, 12.3% less than in July 2019. Meanwhile, 8,755,223 [...]

Source: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will introduce a scheme for passengers who were at the airport on time between 23 April 2022 and 11 August 2022, but missed their flight due to an exceptional waiting time at security control. The airport has approached Ombudsman MAX and the Dutch Consumers' Association to discuss how Schiphol can accommodate these people. The temporary scheme has been developed collaboration with them. Travellers who incurred costs during the aforementioned period because they missed their flight due to a long security control queue can submit a compensation request to the airport until 30 September. Travellers can apply for compensation for costs incurred to rebook a flight or for a replacement flight, for alternative transport [...]