Gateway served the most international passengers and freight in the U.S. Miami International Airport became the busiest U.S. gateway for international passengers while retaining its position as the busiest for international freight in 2021, according to preliminary 2021 airport rankings published this week by Airports Council International (ACI). MIA welcomed more than 13 million international passengers in 2021, moving it from 2nd place in 2020 to the top ranking in the U.S. and 11th place in the world. MIA remained the busiest airport in the U.S. and the ninth busiest in the world for international tonnage handled, at more than two million metric tons.  The global gateway is also now home to the ninth-busiest airfield in the world, with a total of 387,973 takeoffs [...]

Source: Groupe ADP Groupe ADP has adopted a 2022-2025 strategic roadmap to build the foundation of a new airport model geared towards sustainability and performance, in line with societal and environmental expectations. This strategic roadmap is associated to a financial trajectory. In this long-term vision, the group wishes to make its airports multimodal and energy hubs designed and operated in a sustainable way. It aims at excellence in hospitality and fluidity for its passenger customers and operational and environmental performance for its airline customers. Finally, it develops a multi-local approach to a culture of innovation and responsibility by placing its action at the heart of the regions in which it operates. The "2025 Pioneers" strategic roadmap is a first step in this long-term [...]

Source: VINCI Airports The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, together with the CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, Nicolas Notebaert, have inaugurated the new central atrium of the International Airport of Las Américas in Santo Domingo, capital city of the Dominican Republic. The works, which represent an investment of about €14M are part of VINCI Airports’ modernization and optimization plan to improve passenger experience and offer the best welcome to the Dominican Republic through the airport. Completely renovated, the new central atrium proposes a new and modern commercial offer as well as an enhanced gastronomic experience to passengers. Additionally, the outbound migration and security services have been relocated and modernized, in order to improve processes [...]

Source: MIA Following a record year in shipments of pharmaceuticals (pharma), vaccines, and medical equipment to and from Miami International Airport, the airport hosted more than 70 professionals from the local bio-medical industry at the BioFlorida 2022 South Florida Life Sciences Showcase on April 7 at MIA's Concourse D 4th Floor Auditorium. After welcome remarks from BioFlorida President and CEO Nancy Bryan and MIA Deputy Director Ken Pyatt, the showcase began with a presentation by MIA Marketing Director Chris Mangos on the continued growth of pharma imports and exports at the global gateway. MIA had a record year of 21,714 tons in pharma trade (imports and exports) valued at $6.6 billion in 2021, for an increase of 21 percent in weight and 78 [...]

Source: Transport Canada The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced today the reappointment of Ms. Hazel McCallion as the Director, federal representative, on the Board of Directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority for a period of three years. She was first appointed on August 31, 2017. Ms. McCallion was one of the longest serving Mayors in Canada, having served as Mayor of the City of Mississauga for 36 years. Ms. McCallion was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2005 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto in 2010. She is also a special adviser to the University of Toronto Mississauga since 2015. Ms. McCallion possesses vast experience, [...]

Source: Philadelphia International Airport Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) continues work on the Cargo Expansion Strategy announced last year as part of its partnership with Aviation Facilities Company Management (AFCO). A key initial element of the strategy is AFCO’s development of an air cargo and airport support facility on approximately nine acres of the former PHL economy parking lot. Currently in the pre-construction phase, the AFCO team expects to break ground on the new facility in the coming months. James Tyrrell, PHL’s Chief Revenue Officer, addressed the partnership with AFCO as part of an overall commitment to support growing regional demand for air cargo and logistics in and around the airport: "We are excited to formalize our partnership with AFCO, with a Letter [...]

Source: MIA Pollinators art exhibition celebrates the minute detail of South Florida plants Thirteen Miami-area artists hope to sow seeds of love for the minute details of plants into the hearts and minds of Miami International Airport visitors with Pollinators, a newly installed art exhibition at MIA's Concourse E pre-security area on the arrivals level near Door 11. The watercolor and mixed media works in the exhibition focus on plants from South Florida and their animal and insect pollinators, exploring the variety and variability of creatures that pollinate the region's abundant and unique plant life. Focusing on these complex natural relationships, members of the Tropical Botanic Artists Collective illustrated birds, butterflies, moths, bees, wasps - even aquatic zooplankton - with the [...]