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Istanbul Airport committed to award-winning end-to-end fully digital passenger experience

Aena’s focus on a sustainable recovery based on innovation and decarbonisation

Building Back Better in action: the new Airport Carbon Accreditation Levels 4 and 4+

“Post Tenebras Lux – Light after Darkness”

ACI EUROPE’s Guidelines for a Healthy Passenger Experience at Airports: practical step-by-step guidance to restarting operations

LabCampus, the unique cross-industry centre at Munich Airport, continues to take shape. After a year of construction, the management teams of Munich Airport, its subsidiary LabCampus GmbH and representatives of the general contractor Züblin joined to celebrate the topping-out ceremony for LAB 48 on the airport site.

Frankfurt Airport’s new fire station 1 now operational

Finavia starts renovation of Helsinki Airport Terminal 2 departure lounge

Interviews

Istanbul Airport committed to award-winning end-to-end fully digital passenger experience

An interview with Ersin Inankul, Chief Digital and Commercial Officer, iGA Istanbul Airport. By Ross Falconer

ANA Aeroportos de Portugal: “working to guarantee consistently safe conditions in the end-to-end air travel experience”

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen’s focus on passenger health, safety and experience

Passenger

Soaring demand for private spaces at Doha and Dubai sleep lounges

New figures from lounge and airport experience company Airport Dimensions suggest how some elements of the non-aeronautical revenue mix will remain strong performers as we emerge into a post-COVID era. Occupancy levels at the company’s new sleep ‘n fly Sleep Lounges at Doha’s Hamad Airport and Dubai Airport are exceeding expectations and even pre-COVID levels of occupancy.

Six of Groupe ADP’s international airports ranked among world’s best

Prague Airport recognised for highest level of customer satisfaction

Operations

Prague Airport launches Fly via Prague service for self-connecting passengers

Prague Airport launches a new service on 1 April 2021 for self-connecting passengers, transferring between flights operated by different airlines. The Fly via Prague service is designed to increase the airport’s potential as a transfer hub. The main partner of Prague Airport is the Kiwi.com ticket portal.

Belfast City Airport announces COVID testing centre with Randox

AGS Airports introduces PCR and rapid antigen testing at Aberdeen and Glasgow airports

Security

Vanderlande screening lanes to streamline security checkpoints at Charlotte Douglas International Airport

Charlotte Douglas International Airport’s new security checkpoints feature Vanderlande’s automated screening lanes as part of a major terminal expansion project.

Vanderlande introduces new self-service application for security checkpoints

Genetec lands multi-year Changi Airport Group security upgrade project

IT

Amadeus and Finavia team up to modernise passenger experience at 11 airports in Finland

Amadeus and Finavia are collaborating to modernise the passenger experience at 11 airports in Finland. The new cloud solution Amadeus Flow accelerates innovations like contactless payment for a more agile response to COVID-19. Meanwhile, it also provides an important upgrade to deliver an exceptional check-in and boarding experience at the expanding Helsinki Airport.

Air France and Groupe ADP extend the ICC AOKpass solution test to Paris-CDG, San Francisco and Los Angeles flights

Munich Airport’s LabCampus innovation centre to test autonomous vehicles

Commercial

Iconic Jalisco nature and culture inspire The Design Solution’s redesign of Guadalajara International Airport

Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico plans to invest 10 billion Pesos (€410m) before 2026 in the development of Guadalajara Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport. The plan includes a radical redesign of the commercial space delivered by The Design Solution.

Avinor seeks future partner for duty free and single price shops

Contactless F&B ordering launched at Chicago Midway Airport

Environment

Exploring the aviation industry’s challenges as it returns to ‘normal’ operations

By Matt Mills-Brookes, Senior Airport Specialist, Envirosuite, and Peter Rafano, Airport Business Development, Envirosuite.

Hermes Airports’ vision for sustainable development

Electric ‘elephant’ de-ices aircraft: E-mobility on the rise at Munich Airport

EU Matters

Editorial: Post Tenebras Lux

By Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE

An urgent call for action from the assembled European aviation sector

What lies ahead for airports in the new Single European Sky regulatory proposal

ACI EUROPE Activities

Europe’s aviation sector launches ambitious plan to reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050

Europe’s aviation sector has unveiled its flagship sustainability initiative, ‘Destination 2050 – A Route to Net Zero European Aviation’. Driven by a new, independent report, it provides a vision and path for meaningful CO2 emission reduction efforts in Europe and globally.