Operations

London-Gatwick’s airfield investment

London-Gatwick’s airfield investment

The latest stage of London-Gatwick’s Capital Investment Programme is centred on significant upgrades to the airfield, including the complete refurbishment of the world’s busiest commercial runway. Ryan Ghee visited the site, where he discussed the project with Derek Hendry, the airport’s Construction Director.

Self-service – the future of baggage processing

Self-service bag drop has emerged as a key industry trend over the last 12 months with a number of new implementations either recently completed or planned across Europe’s airports. Ryan Ghee reports.

Regional airports gather together in Ljubljana

The 5th Annual ACI EUROPE Regional Airports Conference & Exhibition took place from 2 to 4 April, hosted by Aerodrom Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year’s conference comprised 6 sessions, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting regional airports including economic and social aspects, regulation, competition, developing new revenue streams, environmental sustainability and operational and security constraints. The conference brought together more than 170 delegates from regional airports, local and national authorities the European Commission, airlines and ACI EUROPE World Business Partners.

Airports in the news

Our ‘Airports in the News’ map provides a snapshot of the latest news from around Europe. Ensure that ACI EUROPE is up to speed with the latest news at your airport by contacting us via communique@aci-europe.org or via our Twitter feed @ACI_EUROPE.

Winter preparations

Following the inclement weather conditions experienced across Europe during recent winters, airports will soon be starting the procurement process for 2012/13. Here, we preview some of the latest equipment from suppliers that will be helping airports remain safe and operational during the winter months.