Development
Munich’s new satellite terminal welcomes 2 million passengers after 100 days of operation
100 days since its inauguration, Munich Airport’s satellite terminal has already achieved impressive results. The satellite has handled over two million passengers, with a quarter of them travelling on intercontinental routes.
Interviews
“If Tesla is a car, citizenM is a hotel”
Michael Levie, Chief Operations Officer, citizenM Hotels, interviewed by Ross Falconer.
Passenger
It’s summer time and travelling is easy… and fun!
This summer is yet another exciting and fun year for travellers. Airports around the world have come up with fun and creative ways to entertain travellers and boost the overall passenger experience, ranging from music festivals and art installations to relaxation activities. Here, Airport Business has selected its top 5 fun things to do around the airports in 2016.
Operations
Budapest Airport is dynamically “evolving into the air cargo hub of Eastern Europe”
Air cargo volume passing through Budapest Airport has increased by 11.3% since the beginning of the year. While cargo services are contributing significantly to the airport’s success, long-haul passenger flights have also shown notable growth.
Security
Gatwick’s ‘Next Generation’ security area halves queuing time in North Terminal
London Gatwick Airport is another step closer to its goal of eliminating queues with the opening of a new state-of-the-art security area in the North Terminal.
IT
Dublin Airport and Skyscanner enter unique data partnership
Dublin Airport has teamed up with Skyscanner to provide a suite of data technology services. Skyscanner will provide Dublin Airport with a big dataset through its Travel Insight tool, which taps into the global search data from its 50 million monthly visitors.
Commercial
Gebr. Heinemann delivers refreshed retail offer at Budapest
Gebr. Heinemann has enhanced the shopping experience with a fresh look for its Budapest Airport stores this summer, while the airport’s monthly passenger traffic growth in the period to end-June has exceeded 9%.
Environment
Airports consider the cause and effect equation
As the negotiations for a global market-based measure for airline emissions intensify, with all to play for at ICAO in September, we take stock of where airports are in relation to climate change. Seven years on from the launch of the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, initially in Europe, we look at how far things have come and consider what is in store for the future. Report by Inês Rebelo.
EU Matters
Editorial: Marking a moment, all together
By Olivier Jankovec, Director General, ACI EUROPE
ACI EUROPE Activities
25 years of ACI EUROPE
On the occasion of marking 25 years, we reached out to some of the key decision-makers, influencers and organisations dealing with European air transport to see what they had to say about working with ACI EUROPE. Here are some of the highlights.
One bag rule severely impacting retail revenues
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ASQ: Benchmarking passenger satisfaction
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Rutten of the Schiphol Group becomes President of ACI EUROPE
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Making RFID work – the most effective solution to lost baggage?
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