The Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), the trade group representing over 600 airports across 44 countries and territories, today released its Travel Retail Study in the Post-Pandemic Era, revealing a fundamental shift in airport retail dynamics. The study points out that younger travelers are now driving spend, while passenger behaviour, rather than sheer traffic volumes, has become the defining factor of airport travel retail performance.
ACI Asia-Pacific congratulates the winners of this year’s Airport Service Quality awards. The largest group of winning airports are from Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with a total of twenty-nine airports receiving recognition for their outstanding customer service excellence.
GMR led Hyderabad International Airport has emerged as the winner of the coveted ACI Airport Service Quality Departures Awards by being adjudged as the ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’ and its first ever ‘Best Airport in Environment & Ambience by Size’, both in Asia-Pacific region for 2019, in its category of 15-25 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA).
Passengers have again rated Newcastle Airport as one of the country’s best, with the 2019 international Airport Service Quality survey results giving the airport a very healthy endorsement.
First Pacific Islands airport, Port Vila Airport from Vanuatu, completes APEX in Security review.
Residents of the Hunter, Central Coast and Northern NSW are the big winners as Newcastle Airport has cemented its position as one of Australia’s leading Airports, ranking first across 10 categories in the Australia and New Zealand Airport Service Quality Survey (ASQ) for the quarter ending June 2019.
Melbourne Airport’s International Arrivals Hall is set to undergo a major refurbishment to cater to the airport’s growing international passenger numbers. The multi-million dollar upgrade includes a significant expansion of the dwelling area with a larger link connecting Terminals 2 and 3, additional seating and escalators, an improved outdoor taxi pick-up zone and greater wayfinding, in addition to repositioned hospitality.
All Nippon Airways, Japan's largest 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, will continue its track record of technological innovation by becoming the first airline to utilize the newly introduced automated self-service baggage drop machines at Narita Airport.
Travellers with a hidden disability will find it easier to navigate their way through Melbourne Airport thanks to a new integrated hidden disability program.The program, which is the first of its kind for an Australian airport, consists of a lanyard system that alerts airport staff to travellers needing additional assistance throughout terminals 1 to 4.
Narita International Airport has signed a contract with ICM Airport Technics for the installation of 72 self-service Auto Bag Drop units ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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