International Airport Review launches the Person of the Year Award 2021
The Person of the Year Award aims to recognise outstanding contribution from airport leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Person of the Year Award aims to recognise outstanding contribution from airport leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Editor of International Airport Review makes a special announcement about the Person of the Year Award.
Timo Järvelä, Vice President of Passenger Experience and Processes for Helsinki Airport, explains how Finavia’s new Airport Operational Status system is helping them to improve operational productivity and efficiency.
Mumbai International Airport has achieved the ACI Health Accreditation programme for the second consecutive year, due to the airport’s health and safety tenacity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Diego Arrosa, CEO of Corporación América in Uruguay, explains to International Airport Review that it is the airport workforce’s adaptability and resiliency which has seen Carrasco International Airport through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Vice President - Operations at Hamad International Airport.
New study finds that 81 per cent of capital markets investors expect to see more regional carriers receiving government bailouts. Fifty seven per cent predict the sector will be targeted by private equity as a recovery play.
Ersin İnankul, Chief Digital and Commercial Officer at Istanbul Airport, speaks to International Airport Review about the airport’s quest to offer a completely seamless passenger experience through touchless technologies, artificial intelligence and biometrics.
With passenger numbers expected to be 47.3 per cent down by the end of 2021 compared to 2019, ACI World has predicted that global traffic may take up to two decades to return to previously projected levels.
Findings from an IATA survey have outlined that safety, operations and security will be the main areas where training will be required post-pandemic, once the workforce begins to return to the industry.
For International Airport Review, Luis Felipe de Oliveira, Director General of Airports Council International (ACI) World, discusses how there is no one-size-fits-all solution approach to recovery and that it will require heightened levels of collaboration and partnership among industry stakeholders in order to ensure success.
Despite still being far below 2019 levels, both international and domestic air travel demand experienced slight growth in May 2021 compared to the month prior.
After air cargo demand reached the highest level since records began in March 2021, the strong growth trend has continued into May 2021, with an increase of 9.4 per cent.
Health experts have stressed that the policy for face coverings to be worn on a 'personal choice' basis could cause a ‘setback’ for the aviation and travel industries to the start of the pandemic.
After becoming the first airport in the world to achieve the ACI Airport Health Accreditation in August 2020, Istanbul Airport has now become the first airport to be re-certified in 2021.