Valentine’s Day flowers fever at dnata’s DXB hub – Airport World

This year’s Valentine’s Day flower story comes from Dubai, where ground handler dnata today announced that it has handled 227,530 kilos of flowers in just five days at its dedicated facility at... Read more »

Traffic growth across Aena’s global airport network in January – Airport World

Global airport operator, Aena, reports that traffic numbers continued to rise across its network in January, although at a slower rate in Spain than in the same month a year ago. Aena... Read more »

FAA Briefly Shuts Down El Paso Airspace Amid Drone Concerns

In a surprising and disruptive move, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday morning, grounding all flights to and from El Paso International Airport.... Read more »

Bengaluru-Kempegowda’s journey towards becoming an ‘algorithmic airport’ – Airport World

Bengaluru-Kempegowda (BLR) claims that a new strategic partnership with global decision sciences company, Mu Sigma, will further advance its status as a one-of-a-kind ‘Algorithmic Airport’ that delivers “unparalleled customer experience by harnessing the... Read more »

The future is now – Airport World

Busan in South Korea hosted the third instalment of ACI’s Airports Innovate conference. Editor, Joe Bates, was there to report on some of the conference highlights. Airports Innovate may only be a... Read more »

DUB celebrating 10th consecutive month of traffic growth – Airport World

A record-breaking January saw a total of 2.48 million passengers pass through Dublin Airport, an impressive 14% increase on the same month last year. The sharp increase once again highlights the huge... Read more »

Expansion on way as Madrid-Barajas celebrates 20th anniversary of Terminal 4 – Airport World

Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport’s Terminal 4. Since its inauguration in 2006, it has received numerous awards and, arguably, become one of the world’s... Read more »

APTRA backs changes to India’s arrivals duty free allowance – Airport World

The Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA) has welcomed the announcement of a 50% increase in the airport arrivals duty free value allowance for international passengers, who are residents or tourists of... Read more »

New framework for green bonds issued by Swedavia – Airport World

Swedish airport operator Swedavia has launched a new framework for issuing green bonds. It notes that the purpose of the initiative is to finance projects focused on climate change mitigation and sustainability.... Read more »

Seattle-Tacoma celebrates completion of SEA Gateway Project – Airport World

The Port of Seattle is celebrating the completion of the construction of the SEA Gateway Project in partnership with Alaska Airlines. The project gave Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s north end of the main... Read more »