Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) today announced its highly anticipated Air Connectivity Ranking 2024, revealing a remarkable 14% year-on-year increase in both Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, driven by strong international demand, robust network recovery, and the return of major travel corridors.
Christchurch Airport has taken another step forward in its sustainability journey, becoming the first airport in the world to adopt a new hi-tech emissions tracking platform.
This recognition highlights GHIAL’s exemplary performance in key sustainability areas including energy efficiency, water conservation, resource optimization, and indoor environmental quality
Following the global de-carbonization movement, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TTIA) has committed to carbon management. After obtaining the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) Level 2 in 2016 and Level 3 certificates in 2019 from Airports Council International (ACI), in 2025 TTIA took a further step by collaborating with 85 airport stakeholders to deepen its carbon reduction initiatives and work collectively toward the 2050 net-zero target.
Airports Council International Asia-Pacific & Middle East (ACI APAC & MID), in collaboration with its World Business Partner (WBP) AECOM, successfully hosted the Introductory Webinar for its Study on Climate Adaptation Approach for APAC & MID Airports on 22 May 2025. This is the first major milestone of the multi-phase initiative launched in February 2025 to help member airports build climate resilience. The Study is now entering its full-scale implementation phase.
Airports across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East are preparing for nearly 7% annual air travel growth over the next 25 years. To support sustainable development, the 2nd ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regional Assembly in New Delhi adopted a resolution promoting the optimisation of current capacity and the expansion of new infrastructure.
ACI APAC & MID is currently undertaking a Climate Adaptation Study, supported by its World Business Partner, AECOM. The purpose of the Study is to gather insights and develop guidelines and tools that strengthen airport resilience across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East by providing expertise in risk management practices and support climate resilience across airports, by providing practical tools and guidance with a proven methodology.
For seven long years, air traffic controllers at Cassidy International Airport on Christmas Island worked inside a confined 20-foot container, guiding planes in and out of one of the most remote islands in the Pacific.
JGC Holdings Corporation (Representative Director, Chairman and CEO, Masayuki Sato, “JGC HD”), Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (President & Group CEO, Mitsuko Tottori, “JAL”), and Kansai Airports (Representative Director and CEO, Yoshiyuki Yamaya, “KAP”) have been advancing various initiatives as part of the Fry to Fly Project, aiming to realize a world where airplanes fly using Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) produced domestically from waste cooking oil collected in Japan.
ACI Asia-Pacific and Middle East (ACI APAC & MID) hosted the User Needs Session for its latest launched Climate Adaptation Study n for APAC & MID airports (“the study”) on the 2 April 2025. This interactive session brought together representatives from airports, sustainability professionals and climate experts, to engage an in-depth discussions with the objectives and progress of the Study on Climate Adaptation Approach for APAC & MID airports.
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