airports

"Could do better" would certainly be what we think when we see the half-yearly results for Paris airports, published by Aéroports de Paris. Admittedly, passenger traffic continues to rise. Over the first six months of 2025, it actually stood at 51,347,180 passengers, an increase of 4.5%. Growth is being driven mainly by...

Pending the impact of the Connect France plan - and under the threat of new taxes being planned for the French skies - where do France's airports stand in terms of passenger experience, and in particular punctuality? AirHelp has delivered its verdict, with a ranking based on the assessments of...

Heathrow is preparing to enter a new era, as are London's other airports. Week by week, the managers of the British hub and their private partners are fine-tuning the project, and above all the amount of the investment. On 11 July, the sum of 10 billion pounds (11.5 billion euros) was made official by the...

On Tuesday lunchtime, traffic was interrupted at Marseille Provence airport. The cause: a fire at Les Pennes-Mirabeau (13) which broke out in the morning, coupled with gusty winds. Take-offs and landings are currently suspended. Marseille airport stated on its website: "Due to a fire at Les Pennes Mirabeau, all flights...

The aim of the conciliation meeting organised by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) with UNSA-ICNA on Wednesday 25 June was to avoid a mobilisation "with serious consequences for users and those involved in air transport, at both national and European level". UNSA-ICNA is the second-largest union among air traffic controllers, but it is in the minority. It is well-established in some...

SNCF Réseaux's work on the CDG Express is progressing apace, with 80% already completed. This has enabled the consortium, which also includes Aéroport de Paris (ADP) and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), to announce the start date for connections between the Gare de l'Est...

  (Ali Tounsi- Photo: ACI Africa) Ali Tounsi has been Secretary General of Airport Council International (ACI) for Africa since 2009. ACI represents 64 members in 51 countries, managing 250 airports. With 25 years' experience in air transport, Ali Tounsi paints an uncompromising picture of the...

9.39 million passengers in May 2025 at the two Paris airports of Orly and Roissy-CDG. This represents growth of 3.3% compared with May 2024. Above all, this figure is 1.8 % higher than in May, 5 years after the start of the Covid crisis...

Air traffic in mainland France over the first four months of the year continued to grow at a more than respectable rate. Between January and April 2025, France recorded 51.8 million passengers, an increase of 5.3% compared with the same period in 2024. We can see that the increase in air taxes, effective...

The "Nuevo Jorge Chávez" has arrived, and the inauguration of the new terminal at Lima airport is giving a new face to the gateway to Peru. The complete transfer of all operations to the new terminal took place on 1 June, marking the final stage of a project that began two decades ago. And...

Europe is regularly pilloried by the leaders of IATA, the international air transport association. This was certainly the case at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, which has just ended in Delhi. Rafael Schvartzman, Vice-President Regional Europe, condemned the European authorities and their regulations for hampering the growth of air transport. They are making it difficult to...

According to several national news agencies, Japan wants to improve the efficiency of the entry process into the country for international visitors - especially those exempt from visas.Attempts to improve the formalities for entering Japan appear to be ineffective so far. According to Japan's Ministry of Justice, an electronic system for pre-authorising entry to the country has been...

A wind of renewal is blowing through airports across the Channel. In London, Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted airports have embarked on ambitious renovations. And Irish airports are following suit. Manchester is not to be outdone: the Mancunian hub has embarked on a vast modernisation plan, which will soon benefit...

Ireland's leading airport is giving its mobile version a facelift. Dublin Airport is promising a "revolutionary" application, which will be accompanied by an overhaul of its website. Among the new features are real-time updates on arriving and departing flights (including flight alerts) and a new mobile application...

Cathay Pacific reopened its most iconic lounge in Hong Kong on 7 May. The Bridge, located at the heart of the airline's hub, has been redesigned with many new features and familiar iconic elements to offer customers an enhanced pre-flight experience. Located in the immediate vicinity of the...

It is the hub par excellence of the giant American Airlines, its HQ: Dallas Fort Worth. As the airline's headquarters, the Texas airport saw 'AA' carry almost 70 million passengers last year. The future Terminal F is therefore of highly strategic interest for both the carrier and the hub. And what's more...

Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton: these three airports managed by AviAlliance are set to undergo a £350 million (€411 million) facelift. Glasgow Airport's main terminal will be completely transformed as part of the project. The two main thrusts of the project are based on the energy efficiency of the second...

The giant power cut - the first of its kind in history - which affected the whole of the Iberian Peninsula and the French Basque Country for a brief period has finally been brought under control. On the morning of 29 April, the local media announced that 99% of the electricity network was once again operational. While continuing to try to...

In March, French air traffic grew by 2% compared with 2024. An appreciable increase, but one which in fact indicates a slowdown. According to statistics from the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), the increase in February was still 5.5% for all traffic. In the...

The Federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics recently published the results for air punctuality within the United States for airline arrivals. This punctuality is slightly down on 2023, at 77.75% compared with 78.34% in 2023. However, it is still better than in 2022, when the average punctuality...