Source: MIA Gateway airport receives three million stems daily in peak season Flower imports at Miami International Airport have been in full bloom over the past month leading up to Mother’s Day, the busiest season for the U.S. flower industry. With MIA handling 89% of all flower imports to the U.S. by air, the global gateway has been receiving more than three million flower stems per day during its peak season, which is triple what arrives on an average day. Mother’s Day spending is expected to total $31.7 billion this year, with 72% of shoppers planning to buy flowers, according to a 2022 survey by the National Retail Federation. That’s more than the $24 billion Americans spent on Valentine’s Day, with [...]

Source: MIA Basil A. Binns, II, Deputy Director for Administration and Business Development and Retention at the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) since March 2022, has been named one of Legacy Miami Magazine’s Most Powerful and Influential Black Business Leaders for 2022. Binns was one of 50 executives in Miami-Dade County chosen to be recognized in the annual publication. In his current role, Binns oversees MDAD’s Business Retention and Development divisions, which are responsible for commercial operations and real estate management for Miami International Airport and the County’s four general aviation airports. He is also responsible for the Department’s Administration divisions, which include Human Resources, Information Systems, Small Business Development, Contract Administration, and Commodities Management. Prior to joining the Aviation Department, he [...]

Source: Ontario International Airport Ontario International Airport (ONT) officials announced the appointment of Mark Haneke, a distinguished aviation industry executive of 30 years, as Chief Marketing and Air Service Strategy Officer, a new position critical to the airport’s accelerating recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the future growth of commercial air service. Haneke, who has traveled extensively to more than 120 countries on the seven continents of the globe, has been manager of air service development and marketing at Sacramento International Airport (SMF) where he was instrumental in growing airline seat capacity by 28% and flight departures by 22% including new and expanded services to such popular destinations as Boston, Florida, Hawaii, Mexico, New York, Vancouver and Washington, D.C. Prior to the onset of the [...]

Source: VINCI Airports VINCI Airports, the world's leading private airport operator, started offering free, unlimited, high-speed Wi-Fi at six airports of the North region. Passengers will be able to browse the internet without any constrains and access sites that demand large volumes of data, as per example watching a movie while waiting for a flight, send or receive photo or video files and even participate in a video call. VINCI Airports Wi-Fi follows a global standard that is ten times faster than previously installed using 2.4 GigaHertz (GHz) and 5GHz technology. It is approximately 20 megabits (Mbps) of speed, per user, available at the airports of Boa Vista/RR, Cruzeiro do Sul/AC, Manaus/AM, Porto Velho/RO, Rio Branco/AC and Tefé/AM. To browse [...]

Source: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has secured $400 million of funding after a successful Airport System Revenue Bond sale to investors. The funds will support near-term Airport Expansion and Development Program (AEDP) projects. Over the lifetime of the Program, an estimated $3.5 to $4 billion will be invested in airport improvements to support more passengers and more flights. “Securing this funding is a milestone for the Airport Expansion and Development Program,” said Gina Fiandaca, Assistant City Manager for Mobility. “I commend the City of Austin Department of Aviation and Financial Services teams for working tirelessly over the last several months to prepare for this bond sale and secure this financing. This bond sale moves us closer to breaking ground on [...]

Source: MIA Freight traffic up eight percent in first quarter of 2022 After racking up big numbers during its second-consecutive record-breaking year in freight traffic, Miami International Airport is well on its way to a three-peat in 2022 as it kicks off World Trade Month. In the first quarter of 2022, MIA's total freight volume increased by eight percent year over year to 687,675 tons, with 552,371 tons coming from international traffic. International freight at MIA has grown 5.4 percent year to date, while domestic freight is up 20.5 percent. MIA's strong first quarter comes on the heels of the airport's best year ever in several trade categories. In 2021, MIA set a new annual record of 2.7 million tons of [...]

Source: Aena In the coming months, the consulting firm will define the future strategy The goal is to maximise the value of this business by attracting international operators and incorporating new market trends Aena has awarded the consultancy to design the tender strategy and the contractual relationship with potential operators to the firm Alvarez & Marsal as an initial step in the process of renewing the management of duty-free shops at network airports, which will come into force in November 2023. This contract will allow Aena to identify the optimum business model with the following objectives: to establish the most suitable contractual relationship; to attract the largest number of international operators; to diversify the business; to adapt to the changing trends [...]

Source: Aena Losses for the same period of 2021 amounted to €241.2 million Operating cash flow increases to €343.1 million compared to -€107 million in the same period of 2021 Total consolidated revenue amounts to €683.9 million Gross operating profit (EBITDA) becomes positive with €72.6 million compared to -€121.5 million in the same period of 2021 Passenger traffic in Spain increased by 359.7% to 37.9 million, a recovery of 71.8% compared to 2019, the pre-pandemic year Aena plans to make investments in 2022 across its airport network in Spain to the amount of €535 million, of which €73.1 million has been invested as of 31 March 2022. Aena’s net result for the period between January and March 2022 was a [...]

Source: OMA Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B., de C.V., known as OMA, announced today that its Annual General Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting (the “Meeting”) held on April 22, 2022, approved, among other matters, the payment of a cash dividend of Ps.2,300 million, to be paid in two installments: the first installment of Ps.1,800 million no later than May 31, 2022, and a second installment of Ps.500 million, no later than July 31, 2022. Additionally, the Meeting approved the Annual Report for 2021 prepared by the Chief Executive Officer and the Audited Consolidated and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 2021; the Reports of the Presidents of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Practices, Finance, Planning and [...]