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Örnsköldsvik Airport
Number of seats available this week from the airport has increased 29% versus last year.
Remote tower services at Örnsköldsvik Airport started on 21 April. Sweden’s air navigation service provider LFV has become the first in the world to launch remotely operated air traffic management. Take-offs and landings at the regional airport were controlled from a remote tower centre in Sundsvall, Sweden, about 78 miles away.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Has handled over 16m passengers in the first four months of 2015.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cargo business between the two hubs. The two airports will promote business, product development, knowledge sharing, training, performance benchmarking, and regulatory agency cooperation.
Gatwick Airport
If it maintains its current growth profile is on course to break 40m annual passengers in 2015.
London’s Gatwick Airport has become the first airport in the world to introduce paperless ID pass applications. Gatwick will be using MTrust by Human Recognition Systems (HRS), an airport ID pass application vetting and issuance solution that is hosted in the Cloud. The technology will help the airport in reducing pass rejections and waiting times. The technology will also streamline the airport’s ID centre operations to increase security and enhance its services.
Aena
In the first four months of 2015, Spain’s biggest 33 airports have grown by 5.3%.
Aena is implementing a pilot project at Madrid-Barajas Airport and Barcelona-El Prat Airport that allows passengers to get real-time information on flights, transition times, commercial offers and other services through the implementation of iBeacons based on Bluetooth wireless technology. This new pilot project will be gradually expanded to other airports in the Aena network.
Copenhagen Airport
So far in 2015, the Danish airport is maintaining its status as Scandinavia’s biggest hub.
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark has unveiled a 26ft digital wall to supply passengers waiting in the baggage reclaim area with a diverse range of information about their onward journey. The wall is divided into three sections with touchscreens displaying tourist information and transport information, and a ticket machine for public transport in Denmark and Sweden. There is also the option for a video call with a member of staff from the Copenhagen tourism office.
Ostrava Airport
Number of seats available this week from the airport has increased 30% versus last year.
Ostrava has become the first city in the Czech Republic to gain a dedicated airport rail link with the inauguration of a new connection to Leoš Janáček International Airport on 13 April. The Koruna 533m (US$20.9m) airport extension was 85% funded by the European Union.
Nice Côte d’Azur Airport
Continues to make progress towards breaking the 12m annual passenger barrier.
Nice Côte d’Azur’s free mobile app, Nice Airport, has recently undergone a complete redesign. The new, simplified design facilitates fuss-free browsing for users looking for information before, during and after their visit to the airport. The app is available on Android and iPhone, in both French and English.
Naples Airport
So far in 2015 has grown by 7.1%.
On 22 April, GESAC, the airport operator of Naples Airport, and ENAV, the Italian company that provides Air Traffic Control services, signed a memorandum of understanding to implement the A-CDM (Airport Collaborative Decision Making) programme. Naples Airport is expected to fully implement A-CDM by 2016.
Athens International Airport
Has achieved over 20% growth in each of the first four months of 2015.
Athens International Airport has launched a new project – the ‘TAG Athens’ Project – to promote it as a connecting airport for travellers from the Balkans and Europe, with a final destination in the Asia Pacific and Africa regions. The ‘TAG Athens’ Project – which starts with the collaboration of AIA with Singapore Airlines and Aegean Airlines, yet aspires to expand to similar synergies with other airlines – serves as an invitation to passengers, through the basic message “Athens connects you to the world, TAG Athens as an intermediate point on your route”.
