The Dutch government’s announcement to cap the number of flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport at 460,000 for November 2023 – October 2024, has been overturned by courts. The intention behind the cap was to provide a temporary solution to the problem of noise pollution and several other environmental issues. However, a number of airlines, including
Flughafen Zürich has announced the approval from the Commission for Energy, Transport and Environment (KEVU) to extend two runways at Zurich Airport. KEVU thus follows the Governing Council of Zurich which has already approved the project. The extensions of the runways are an important measure to increase the safety margin at Zurich Airport and to
VINCI Airports has released that Portugal’s airports have been awarded the ACA 4+ certification, the highest level of the ACI’s environmental assessment programme. This certification recognises that airports have fully accounted and reported direct and indirect CO2 emissions related to their activities and operations, have significantly reduced their direct emissions, offset their residual direct emissions,
VPorts, a leader in the design, construction and operation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure, has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) Airport to build and operate a first vertiport in RAK designed to establish the UAE as a world-class global AAM hub. ‘‘With the support of the
Baltic Ground Services (BGS), an international provider of ground handling, aircraft fuelling, and logistics services, continues to strengthen its long-lasting partnership with Ryanair. Under the renewed contract, BGS will provide Ryanair with into-plane fuelling at Vilnius and Palanga airports in Lithuania, and Leoš Janáček airport in the Czech Republic. The contract will come into effect
Pittsburgh International Airport has unveiled the designs of a dynamic connector bridge and tunnel from the new landside terminal – now under construction – to the existing airside centre core, a uniquely Pittsburgh gateway for passengers to reach their favourite airside shops, restaurants and, of course, gates. “Pittsburgh is a city with a magnificent entrance
New York City-based JetBlue has celebrated a key milestone in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s transformation of JFK International Airport (JFK) with the ground-breaking of a US$4.2 billion project to develop a new international Terminal 6. The ground-breaking, held at JetBlue’s JFK maintenance hangar, only reinforces the airline’s commitment to JFK,
The third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) was officially commissioned on November 25, marking a key milestone of the airport’s expansion into a three-runway system (3RS). The construction works of 3RS started in August 2016. The formation of 650 hectares of land (equivalent to 34 Victoria Parks) through reclamation was completed in around
Kansai International Airport, operated since 2016 by VINCI Airports with its partner ORIX, has inaugurated a new domestic area in Terminal 1. The first stage of the airport’s remodelling works, this new area improves passengers’ experience thanks to more functional commercial spaces, redesigned around new shops and restaurants celebrating the flavours of Kansai and a
In June and unable to deal with the rapid increase in passenger numbers, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport decided that for the summer ahead it would cap passenger numbers to 70,000 a day, approximately 16% or 13,500 seats below capacity. Two of the principal areas where staff shortages were having the greatest impact were security and baggage
