Source: LHR In a sign of the recovery of UK aviation, nearly 6 million passengers travelled through Heathrow in June, totalling 25 million passengers in the first six months of the year. Unprecedented growth in passenger numbers over the last four months matches what took place over the last 40 years. We started recruiting back in November last year in anticipation of capacity recovering this summer, and by the end of July we will have as many people working in security as we had pre-pandemic. We have also reopened Terminal 4 to provide more space for passengers. Rebuilding capacity quickly is very challenging after the significant reductions in resource across the entire aviation supply chain. Arrivals punctuality is very low [...]

Source: Aena 24.3 million passengers passed through its facilities 211,768 aircraft were in operation and 80,068 tonnes of cargo were transported  Airports in the Aena network closed June 2022 with 24,320,204 passengers. This figure is 10.8 percentage points from pre-pandemic levels, meaning that almost 90% of the traffic recorded in June 2019 has already been recovered. In addition, 211,768 aircraft were in operation, which is equivalent to a recovery of 93.8% compared to 2019, while 80,068 tonnes of cargo were transported, representing an increase of 3.5% compared to the same month of 2019. Of the total number of travellers recorded in June, 24,258,474 were commercial passengers, of which 16,491,696 travelled on international flights, 14.4% less than in June 2019. Meanwhile, [...]

Source: VINCI Airports Following VINCI Airports and Groupe ADP’s environmental plans, Nuevo Pudahuel has made the first step to assure Santiago Airport, Arturo Merino Benítez, becomes the first in Latin America to incorporate the use of hydrogen in its operations. Along with a group of leading energy companies (Air Liquide, Copec and Colbún), the concessionaire signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to work on a plan to incorporate this carbon-free fuel into the operations of Chile’s main airport. Nuevo Pudahuel’s shareholders, VINCI Airports and Groupe ADP, have taken the lead in promoting this energy worldwide, with first developments in France and Japan. In 2021, VINCI Concessions and a group of major companies launched the first clean hydrogen infrastructure [...]

Source: Fraport The Fraport Visitor Center can be booked as an extraordinary venue for business events attended by up to 200 guests, providing a phenomenal setting for gatherings of all kinds. It is flexibly configurable to support a wide diversity of activities and events including product debuts, presentations and press conferences, network meetings, festive receptions, and much more. They are uniquely enhanced by taking place among interactive aviation-themed exhibits against the backdrop of Germany’s largest airport. Panoramic windows provide a breathtaking view for attendees to enjoy: parking aircraft being tended by flocks of special ground vehicles appear almost close enough to touch. In the background, a constant procession of planes take off and land. And after dark, the scene transforms [...]

Source: DFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is pleased to announce that it was awarded a $35 million grant from the FAA and Department of Transportation to build a new zero carbon central utility plant. The grant is part of a $1 billion bipartisan infrastructure law to fund improvements to airports across the U.S. DFW is the largest in the world and the first carbon-neutral airport in the U.S. As part of reaching the Airport’s goal of achieving Net Zero by 2030, DFW plans to construct a new Zero Carbon Electric Central Utility Plant and replace its aging steam piping distribution system with a highly efficient hot water piping system. This addresses current and future heating and cooling demand; improves resiliency [...]

Source: MIA Second airport location of its kind now open near gate D14 Miami International Airport's newest retail store is helping passengers young and old include different kinds of connections to their travels. Opened in May by Duty Free Americas, the airport's new 742-square-foot LEGO® store is located near gate D14 and is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. MIA joins Salt Lake City International Airport as the only two U.S. airports with a dedicated store for one of the world's leading and most recognizable manufacturers of play materials, famous for its interlocking building bricks launched in 1958. Duty Free Americas, Inc. is a duty/tax-free store operating in more than 200 duty-free stores at major airports and borders internationally. [...]

Source: MIA With passenger traffic at Miami International Airport up 17 percent over the past 30 days compared to the same period pre-pandemic, the airport is projecting its busiest Memorial Day weekend ever. MIA is currently averaging 150,000 passengers per day, compared to 126,000 per day during its record-setting year in 2019. Because of this unprecedented growth, MIA is expecting its parking garages to fill to capacity this weekend, beginning on Thursday. Instead of parking at MIA, travelers should plan on being dropped off by friends or family, a ride-share service, taxi, or Miami-Dade Transit's Orange Line. MIA is also providing the following travel tips for Memorial Day weekend:  ·         Arrive at MIA at least three hours before a domestic flight [...]