Tag: Airports Council International

Abu Dhabi International Airport Passes Sustainability Milestone

Reading Time: < 1 minute Following a lengthy and stringent accreditation process, Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) has successfully earned an accreditation level of ‘reduction’ from the Airports Council International’s (ACI’s) Airport Carbon Accreditation program. Building upon its prior achievement of becoming the first airport in MENA to be ACI Airport Carbon Accredited in the “mapping” level back in 2011, […]

Trump Includes US Airports In $1 Trillion Infrastructure Push

Reading Time: < 1 minute US President Donald Trump has called on Congress to invest $1 trillion in US infrastructure, including US airports, which he has previously described as the “bottom of the rung” internationally. “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land,” Trump said in a Feb. 28 address […]

Airports Council International Reports Global Passenger Traffic Growth

Reading Time: 3 minutes Global passenger traffic grew 4.5% in June 2016 and 5.6% for the first half of the year. Even though airports reported an increase of 4.0% in international passenger traffic and an increase of 5.1% in domestic traffic in June 2016, international passenger traffic grew faster than the domestic component during the first six months of […]

Indonesian Capital’s Airport Opens $560 Million Terminal

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Indonesian capital’s airport opened a new terminal Tuesday after years of operating at far above its passenger capacity. Domestic flights for national carrier Garuda began operating in the morning from Soekarno-Hatta airport’s steel and glass $560 million Terminal 3. Its international flights will shift to the new terminal next month. Other airlines will gradually […]

TOP 12 World’s Busiest Passenger Airports In 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes A few weeks ago Airports Council International (ACI) made their calculations and information updates about the world‘s busiest passenger airports in 2015. With the updated traffic results of the world’s biggest hubs it will be our pleasure to reveal TOP 12 busiest airports for passenger traffic in 2015. The definition of world’s busiest airport has […]

FAAN Pledges Collaboration to Grow Aviation in Africa

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has pledged the federal government’s commitment to playing a leading role in advocating collaboration among aviation stakeholders to address major challenges in the development of air transport sector in Africa. Mr Yakubu Dati, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN revealed that the Managing Ddirector of FAAN, Mr. Saleh Dunoma, […]