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.
Riyadh Airports Company, the organization responsible for managing and operating King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has announced that passenger traffic has entirely rebounded to pre-COVID-19 levels and commercial revenues in March 2022 topped those recorded in March 2019. Passenger traffic and duty-free sales rebounded this March 2022 to pre-Covid levels, with a 62% growth rate registered in duty-free sales compared to 2019
ACI Asia-Pacific has announced the winner of the association’s signature Human Resources programme, the Young Executive Award 2022. Mr. Rekibuddin Ahmed, Manager – Environment, of Delhi International Airport Limited, India was selected the winner. The panel of judges also awarded Honourable Mention to Ms. Emily Chan, Assistant Manager of Standards and Delivery, of Airport Authority Hong Kong.
As international travel begins its return journey, the Novotel Tainui Auckland Airport Hotel is readying itself to throw open the doors to visitors from around the globe.
Dubai International (DXB) is gearing up to welcome a surge of passengers as residents fly out of Dubai at the end of the holy month of Ramadan and through the Eid Al Fitr holidays starting this weekend.
Dubai Airports today confirmed plans to leverage the capacity and infrastructure of Dubai World Central (DWC), Dubai’s second airport, to ensure a seamless guest experience during the planned temporary closure of Dubai International’s (DXB) northern runway starting May 9 and continuing through June 22, 2022.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (Malaysia Airports) announced today that it has successfully priced and issued its second Senior Sukuk Wakalah of RM800.0 million pursuant to its Sukuk Wakalah Programme of RM5.0 billion in nominal value. The dual-tranche offering comprises a 3-year RM500.0 million Sukuk and a 5-year RM300.0 million Sukuk.
ACI Asia-Pacific has announced the results of the Green Airports Recognition 2022, recognizing twelve airports in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East for their outstanding achievements in carbon management. Participating airports (adjudicated according to the size of the airport) all demonstrated exceptional best practices in their respective decarbonization journeys, specifically in Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emission reductions.
The Sharjah Airport’s strategy was successful in gaining the trust of travelers, and attracting new airline and cargo companies. Over three million passengers travelled in the first quarter of 2022 through Sharjah Airport, witnessing an increase of 119.2% as compared to 1.3 million passengers in the same period last year. The aircraft movement for the same term also marked an increase in the number of flights by 89% with 21,336 flights, compared to 11,279 flights last year.
International passenger traffic remained limited due to the prolonged impact of COVID19 although the number of arrivals into Japan is on an upward trend with the relaxed border restrictions since March 1. Meanwhile, both domestic flight and passenger numbers for the three airports increased from the previous month since COVID-19 quasi-emergency measures were fully lifted and passenger traffic tends to increase in March toward the start of a new fiscal year. International cargo traffic remained strong, with aircraft movements and cargo volumes continuously exceeding the 2021 levels.
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