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.
Shanghai Airports witnessed a new record high of one-day traffic both in aircraft movement and passenger throughput on August 11, 2024. The two airports in Shanghai accommodated totally 2,386 flights on one single day while Pudong International Airport handled 1,597 flights and Hongqiao International Airport 789 flights. The passenger traffic also marked a peak of 397,000 persons in a day with 254,000 at Pudong Airport and 143,000 at Hongqiao Airport.
DIAL has worked with IndiGo and SpiceJet to make necessary preparations for shifting of flight operations from T2 and T3 to T1. As per the plan, SpiceJet would shift their 13 flights to Terminal 1 from August 17 and subsequently IndiGo would move back their 34 flights from T2 and T3 to T1, from September 2.
Perth Airport has committed to investing more than $5 billion in new infrastructure projects that will provide the capacity for WA’s growing aviation sector and passenger base. In FY24, Perth Airport recorded more than 16 million passengers for the first time ever, with 156,756 aircraft movements in the same period.
Mangaluru International Airport with IndiGo, has connected this port city in coastal Karnataka to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Starting on August 09, IndiGo is operating this flight daily, making it the second overseas destination of the airline from Mangaluru, after Dubai.
Guests are invited to take in a fully immersive experience of a traditional bar guest shift with monthly rotating cocktails prepared on-site, accompanied by a “live” video from respective bartenders at different locations.
The festival will feature displays of artworks by Hong Kong artists and talents, showcasing their creativity while promoting Hong Kong’s unique culture to travellers from around the globe. Apart from exhibiting artworks, the festival also presented a wide range of stage performances to travellers last month.
Hunter Joint Organisation (HJO), hosted by Newcastle Airport’s CEO Dr. Peter Cock, got a behind-the-scenes sneak preview of progress to date with a tour of the construction site today.
ITA Airways is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia, a rapidly growing and strategically important market, by launching its second destination in the Country with the direct Rome-Jeddah roundtrip flight, operating with three weekly frequencies.
GIAA also was recognized as the first airport in the region to receive approval of its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-required Safety Management System (SMS) Implementation Plan, which when fully implemented, will help airports further foster a positive safety culture through improved detection and correction of safety concerns.
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