Source: Aena 7.8% more than in April 2023 Between January and April, the number of passengers exceeded 86.4 million, 11.6% more than in the same period in 2023 In April, 221,183 aircraft movements were operated A record 101,110 tonnes of cargo were transported The Easter holidays in 2024 were in March, not in April as in 2023 The airports of the Aena network in Spain have closed the fourth month of 2024 with an all-time record of passengers, aircraft movements and cargo in the month of April, thus maintaining the upward trend since the beginning of the year and most of last year. In April 2024, which included Holy Week unlike the previous year, Aena welcomed 25,669,281 passengers, marking a [...]

Source: Fraport The two Brazilian airports of Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) saw combined traffic slip by 3.6 percent to 936,854 passengers while Lima Airport (LIM) in Peru welcomed some 1.9 million travelers in April, a boost of 19.4 percent compared to the same month last year Some 5.1 million passengers traveled via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in April 2024 – an increase of nearly 5.6 percent year-on-year. Compared with pre-crisis levels, FRA’s passenger numbers in the reporting month were still around 15.6 percent below the figure seen in April 2019.1 Cargo volumes in Frankfurt (comprising airfreight and airmail) recorded strong growth, rising by 10.7 percent to 171,501 metric tons in April 2024. Aircraft movements also climbed by 5.8 percent [...]

Source: Chicago Department of Aviation, ComEd Media Relations New Lights a Part of City’s Ongoing Terminal Core Redevelopment Plan to Reduce Airport Energy Use and Maintenance Costs Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) joined ComEd at O’Hare International Airport today to celebrate the completion of an ambitious energy-efficient lighting project for Terminals 1 and 3. This project supports the City of Chicago in realizing the benefits of cleaner and more efficient energy practices. “I thank ComEd for its partnership in reducing O’Hare’s energy consumption and carbon footprint,” CDA Commissioner Jamie L. Rhee said. “From developing the first-in-the nation Sustainable Airport Manual to implementing green designs in all of our development projects and even utilizing livestock to help maintain airport property, the CDA [...]

Source: OMA Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B., de C.V., known as OMA , announces that its Annual General Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting (the “Meeting”) held, approved, among other matters, the payment of a cash dividend of Ps.4,250 million, to be paid in two installments: the first installment of Ps.2,125 million no later than May 31, 2024, and a second installment of Ps.2,125 million, no later than November 30, 2024. Additionally, the Meeting approved the Annual Report for 2023 prepared by the Chief Executive Officer and the Audited Consolidated and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 2023; the Reports of the Presidents of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Practices, Finance, Planning and Sustainability Committee; the reelection [...]

Source: Aena The airport operator's chief executive highlights the good performance in 2023 of the company's passenger data, commercial activity and international business Aena's airports recorded an all-time record number of passengers in 2023: 283.2 million, a figure that surpassed the pre-pandemic record of 2019 Lucena underlined that the recovery in airport activity in 2023 took place without operational dysfunctions and maintaining service quality Aena obtained a net profit of 1,630.8 million euros in 2023, 80.9% more than in the previous year Aena updates its Climate Action Plan (CAP) targets to make them more ambitious: in 2023, Aena exceeded its emissions reduction target by 9 points, with a total reduction of 70% Shareholder remuneration will amount to a gross figure [...]

Source: SITA Launch of the new AI-powered platform follows a successful demonstration in 2023 with Canada's Greater Toronto Airports Authority SITA, a leading technology company in the air transport industry, has launched its trailblazing airport management tool, the SITA Airport Operations Total Optimizer, during the Passenger Terminal Expo 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. Total Optimizer harnesses AI and the principles of Total Airport Management to optimize holistically, across a variety of airport functions. Over the past decade, airports have managed to optimize individual airport functions. However, these individual optimisations are not well synchronised with each other. Teams, systems, procedures and KPIs all conflict with one another and significantly reduce efficiencies, costing airports millions of dollars per year. Airport staff in a [...]