IATA reveal ground handling priorities post-COVID-19 pandemic
The International Air Transport Association has revealed priorities, post-COVID-19 pandemic, to build resilience and sustainability for ground handling activities.
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The International Air Transport Association has revealed priorities, post-COVID-19 pandemic, to build resilience and sustainability for ground handling activities.
Volotea has become the first airline to join VINCI Airports’ recently launched forest carbon sink programme, which aims to offset both its own and customers and partners residual carbon emissions.
Etihad Airways and Boeing have signed a new agreement to expand the companies’ sustainability alliance and environmental goals, to drive innovation in the aviation industry.
The International Air Transport Association has released the results of its 2021 Global Passenger Survey, showing passenger’s willingness to use biometrics if it accelerates travel processes.
Malta International Airport revealed its best performing passenger figures, for October 2021, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with 428,426 passenger movements registered.
In October 2021, Hong Kong International Airport’s cargo throughput increased by 14.7 per cent, and the airport also experienced a passenger increase of 72.6 per cent, compared to October 2020 data.
Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, has experienced a 20 per cent growth in passenger traffic, reaching 20.7 million in the year to date to October 2021.
To coincide with COP26 discussions, The International Air Cargo Association has published the industry’s first Air Cargo Sustainability Roadmap, illustrating the importance of air cargo stakeholders.
As the recovery continues and with over three million passengers travelling through London Heathrow during October 2021, the airport continues to focus on the race to a net zero future.
With the easing of international restrictions and restart of transatlantic travel, London Heathrow Airport has announced a recruitment drive for over 600 new frontline roles.
Sustainable Aviation and the UK government hosted a panel event at COP26 on ‘Delivering Jet Zero’, to discuss the importance of delivering a net zero aviation industry by 2050.
BEUMER Group meets with the aviation industry at Inter Airport, to discuss the importance of baggage handling systems for aviation’s runway to recovery.
Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited, has been announced as International Airport Review’s Person of the Year. Jaipuriar is said to have shown exemplary leadership and have gone beyond the call of duty during the pandemic to navigate the crisis for a national capital airport.
To prevent UK consumers paying higher airfares than passengers in other countries, the government have been urged to restore ‘Use it or Lose it’ airport slot rules.
T-Systems and Frequentis have formed a partnership with the aim to further digitalise airports which will improve efficiency in passenger, airside, and logistical areas.