Source: Memphis International Airport Modernization project nears completion Memphis International Airport (MEM) will open its modernized B concourse on Tuesday, February 15. The first flight at the new concourse is scheduled to be a ­­­­­Delta Air Lines flight arriving at MEM at 6:18 pm. Departing flights will begin operations at the new concourse on Wednesday, February 16. As the $245 million project nears completion, work continues on concessions, retail, and airline operations space on the ground level. Airlines, restaurant and retail employees will also conduct training for their staff in the coming weeks. Progress on the project has been slowed in recent months by COVID, workforce, and supply chain-related issues. The multi-year project features the modernization of the spine and [...]

Source: VINCI Airports Continued recovery in passenger traffic in the fourth quarter (up by a factor of 2.3 compared to 2020, down 46% compared to 2019) Full-year traffic up 12% year compared to 2020, down 66% compared to 2019 Passenger numbers continue to grow despite the resurgence of the pandemic in December Announcement of capacity strengthening and new routes in several network airports should encourage growth in traffic in the next few months VINCI network airports welcomed almost 32 million passengers in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 46% compared to the same period in 2019 but more than double the figures in the fourth quarter of 2020. Over full-year 2021, some 86 million passengers were welcomed, 66% down on [...]

Source: Fraport Overall passenger numbers for FRA and Fraport’s Group airports worldwide still remain well below pre-crisis standards – Frankfurt Airport achieves new all-time record for annual cargo tonnage The Brazilian airports in Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) combined served about 8.8 million passengers in 2021, up 31.2 percent from 2020 (2019 comparison: down 43.2 percent). The December 2021 traffic volume for both FOR and POA reached about 1.2 million passengers (December 2019 comparison: down 19.9 percent). Traffic at Peru’s Lima Airport (LIM) grew to some 10.8 million passengers (2019 comparison: down 54.2 percent). LIM welcomed approximately 1.3 million passengers in December 2021 (December 2019 comparison: down 32.7 percent). Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 24.8 million passengers in 2021 [...]

Source: Canadian Airports Council The Canadian Airports Council started this year with a new leadership team.  RJ Steenstra, President and CEO of the Fort McMurray Airport Authority, became Chair of the Canadian Policy Council (CPC) and a member of ACI-NA’s Executive Committee. Tamara Vrooman, President and CEO of the Vancouver Airport Authority, is the new Vice Chair of the CPC. Philippe Rainville, President and CEO of Aéroports de Montréal, has become Chair of the Large Airports Caucus.  Gene Cabral, Executive Vice-President of the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, is the Chair of the Small Airports Caucus.  Reg Wright, President and CEO of the Gander International Airport Authority, has also joined the CPC. “We have faced unprecedented challenges over the past [...]

Source: Toronto Pearson Chief Medical Officers of Health for Air Canada, Toronto Pearson, and WestJet call on Governments to shift PCR testing from airports to communities Dear Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos, P.C., Minister of Health; Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada; Hon. Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health; and Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health: Over the last two months, Omicron has quickly become the predominant variant of COVID-19. As it spreads throughout our communities, we need to ensure Canada’s limited testing resources are being used where Canadians need them most—to support our communities, schools, hospitals and long-term care homes. As the government has ramped up testing at airports for international [...]

Source: London City Airport Portugal and now Spain can be reached from LCY as Barcelona will return to the airport's network for the first time in almost a decade, adding Faro In October and November last year, business travel accounted for over 46% of all LCY journeys, which was the total year average in 2019 London City Airport expects pent up passenger demand to fuel a surge in growth in 2022, with the introduction of new routes and the return of top-selling destinations, resulting in more than three quarters of 2019 routes operating at LCY this year. The prediction follows the announcement of a busy summer schedule for British Airways, the airport’s biggest customer, and the easing of COVID restrictions, [...]

Source: Tampa International Airport  Lace 'em up tight because TPA's 5K on the Runway is almost here! After a two-year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, TPA's largest fundraising event, the 5K on the Runway, will be back in person on April 2. Registration will be live on Jan. 15 and spots are limited to 2,000 participants. This year's theme: From heart to sole, we're lacing up and giving back. Proceeds of the race benefit United Way Suncoast, a nonprofit organization with a longstanding partnership with the Airport that focuses efforts on community assistance, early learning and financial stability in the Tampa Bay region. This year, like many others, the race will be held on runway 10-28. Participants will have the rare [...]