The Ostend-Bruges Airport and Antwerp Airport are expecting around 160,000 passengers in the coming summer holiday period. The airport claims that this figure is in line with the last summer passenger figure. Commenting on the recovery, Airport Chief Executive Eric Dumas said: “Regional airports are gaining more and more popularity….
London’s Southend Airport is up for sale with the parent company, Esken looking at the right buyer. The buyer would need to support the growth prospects of the airport over the long term and benefit airline partners, customers and stakeholders. The company had originally announced in March 2023 that it…
Sydney Airport is on its way to recovery with about 3,010,000 passengers crossing the airport in May 2023, with 85.7% recovery compared to pre-pandemic May 2019. Sydney Airport’s T1 international terminal saw 1,076,000 passengers pass through in May, which is an 83.1% recovery rate compared to May 2019. This represents…
The flights in Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, and Atlanta are severely affected due to thunderstorm and bad weather forcing the airports in the region to halt most of the incoming flights. Besides the issues with communication systems in the Washington DC have forced additional flights to be grounded. The…
dnata has extended its long-standing partnership with Lufthansa German Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) in Singapore. The extension, which is multi-year, will see dnata continue to provide inflight catering services to the carriers from its facility at Changi Airport. dnata’s teams will produce and uplift more than 70,000…
The Latvian national airline airBaltic has increased its market share at its second largest base to 28% in May. There is an increase of eight percentage points from the 20% market share the airline had at Tallinn Airport in the same month last year. This summer season, airBaltic has launched…
JFK International Air Terminal, LLC (JFKIAT), the operator of Terminal 4 at JFK Airport has deployed Amadeus’ Auto Bag Drop (ABD) and Next Generation Kiosk (NGK) self-service technology to deliver a smooth and efficient passenger flow through the airport. With the new service passengers can check-in and print their bag tag…
Ontario International Airport (ONT) recorded the highest passenger traffic post-pandemic in May with 557,000 passengers with an increase of 7.3%. The number of domestic passengers grew by 4% to more than 522,000 while international air travel more than doubled to 34,310. The previous single month high was reported in October 2022, when…
Melbourne Airport recorded a new post-pandemic record for monthly aircraft movements with 19,714 flights arriving or departing in May 2023. The airport released its May 2023 passenger traffic results reflecting strong recovery close to pre-pandemic levels. The airport handled 2.6 million passengers in May, moving it to 90% of pre-pandemic…
Two Dutch airports, Maastricht Aachen (MAA) and Royal Schiphol Group have inked a strategic deal with Schiphol Group purchasing 40% stake in Maastricht Aachen airport. The Limburg government gets to keep a 60% stake in the airport. This agreement will allow both airports to work closely together and keep the…
The airports in Saudi Arabia are currently gearing up for the arrival of annual Hajj pilgrimage. About six Saudi airports are expected to receive 1.7 million pilgrims during Hajj season, via 7,700 flights The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has upgraded its international airports, in cooperation with the…
London Gatwick is celebrating its 65th anniversary this month as the airport prepares for a busy schedule ahead and continues to recover from pandemic woes. As per Cirium, Gatwick is scheduled for at least 12,281 departures, equating to over 3.2 million seats, making the airport the UK’s second-busiest. The number…
