Source: Vinci Airports Historic day for VINCI Airports and ANA in Portugal! Madeira airport (Funchal) received this morning and for the first time, a direct commercial flight from New York, JFK airport. A new connection that will bring new opportunities to the development of tourism on the island. The first flight from New York, originating at JFK airport arrived at 08:05 on November 30 and the first departure to New York from Madeira airport will be next Monday, departing at 4:10 pm, on a flight which will take around 6 hours. This regular operation will take place on Mondays and is scheduled, at least, up to May 2022, on a SATA Azores Airlines A321Neo. Francisco Pita, Chief Commercial Officer of [...]

Source: Chicago Department of Aviation The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) has launched a new job portal to provide job seekers with a convenient way to apply for employment opportunities with concessionaires at O’Hare and Midway International Airports. A list of available job opportunities with links for applications is posted at www.FlyChicago.com/concessionsjobs. "The Chicago Department of Aviation is excited to see travelers returning to our airports,” said Jamie L. Rhee, Commissioner for the Chicago Department of Aviation. “Like many airports across the country, concession businesses are trying to keep up with demand, and the online portal is just one way that CDA is working to help connect these businesses with local talent.” The job portal is housed on the CDA’s FlyChicago.com website [...]

Source: MIA Miami artist Johnny Robles hopes to bring some inner peace to busy holiday travelers at Miami International Airport with Gloria Bow, his 11-foot-by-12-foot mural painting recently installed at the airport’s Concourse E departures area near Door 13.The artwork's title is derived from a glory rainbow, a halo of interlocking colors made up of tiny droplets of water reflecting sunlight scattered back towards the viewer. The natural phenomenon can be experienced from tall buildings, a mountain top, or an airplane in flight. "My intent for this image is to impact the passersby and engage them for a moment of solitude, clarity, or stillness, as it has for me over the years when noticing its beauty outside an airplane window. [...]

Source: LAX A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to celebrate the opening of the new Terminals 1 and 2 connector bridge at LAX. A new bridge connecting Terminals 1 and 2 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will improve passenger flow, create an additional way to access select gates and increase guest access to food and retail concessions. Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners Karim Webb and Nicholas Roxborough, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Justin Erbacci, and other airport partners officially opened the Terminals 1 and 2 connector bridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 12. The connector allows passengers in the post-security-screening area free movement between the terminals without having to be rescreened at a Transportation Security Administration [...]

Source: MIA The improvements further strengthen the company’s connections and service capabilities, with added flights to and from Mexico, Chile, and cities in the U.S., among many others. DHL Express announced today that it has invested more than $78 million to renovate and expand its hub facility at Miami International Airport. The improvements further strengthen the company’s connections and service capabilities, with added flights to and from Europe, Asia Pacific, South America – including Chile, Mexico, and cities in the U.S. The investment, which is part of a larger $360 million plan for the region to increase volume capacity in the DHL Express Americas network by nearly 30% by the end of 2022, includes a state-of-the-art equipment for a fully automated [...]

Source: Fraport Fraport’s Group airports worldwide report positive traffic performance In Brazil, combined traffic at the two airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) rose to 908,553 passengers. Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru served some 1.2 million passengers in the reporting month. Achieving the highest monthly traffic volume since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 3.4 million passengers in October 2021. This represents an increase of 218.5 percent year-on-year, albeit compared to a very weak October 2020. The recovery in passenger traffic continued to be driven mainly by holiday travel to European destinations. FRA’s passenger traffic rebounded to more than half of the pre-pandemic level reported in October 2019 (down 47.2 percent).1 During the January-to-October [...]

Source: Vinci Airports VINCI Airports, ANA Aeroportos de Portugal, and the Regional Government of Madeira formalized the partnership protocol for the plantation of trees in Porto Santo Island, with a visit to the land granted by IFCN for the plantation of 500 trees in 2021. This action was attended by the President of the Regional Government, Dr. Miguel Albuquerque, the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Dr. Susana Prada, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANA, Dr. José Luis Arnaut and the Chief Executive Officer of ANA, Mr. Thierry Ligonnière. Reforestation initiatives are part of the priorities and commitments of VINCI Airports to achieve Net Zero Emission on all its European network of airport by 2050. ANA-VINCI Airports supports [...]

Source: Fraport Passenger traffic recovery leads to strong revenue growth – Operating result (EBITDA) boosted noticeably by one-off effects – Outlook revised upwards The Fraport global airport company achieved a significant increase in revenue and the Group result (net profit) during both the third quarter and the first nine months (ended September 30) of the 2021 business year. Factors contributing to this increase included a positive operational performance and several one-off effects. Forecasts for the upcoming winter season are also optimistic. Therefore, Fraport has revised its full-year outlook for revenue and other key financial figures slightly upwards. Traffic development at Frankfurt Airport is forecast to reach the upper area of the expected performance range, between under 20 million to 25 [...]

Source: Fraport More flights to the U.S. available from FRA – Winter schedule features large number of flights to Caribbean and Central America – Many European destinations retained from summer schedule A new winter schedule comes into effect at Frankfurt Airport (FRA). The timetable features a total of 83 airlines operating passenger flights to 244 destinations in 92 countries worldwide.* With the gradual lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions, more destinations and airlines may be added at short notice to the schedule. Compared with other airports in Germany, FRA will again provide the broadest choice of connections this winter. This underscores Frankfurt’s role as the country’s largest and most important international aviation hub. The new winter schedule will remain in place [...]