Eurocontrol Director General Raúl Medina says the industry is better prepared than summer 2022, when staff shortages contributed to widespread disruption.
ACI Europe Director General Olivier Jankovec also says that airport charges are up 7% compared with before the pandemic, while airfares have risen by 32%.
ACI World is launching an initiative to streamline the evaluation process for banks and investors to fund sustainability-linked developments at airports.
The European Parliament has approved the introduction of a 75/25 slot rule for winter 2022/23, ahead of returning to the standard 80/20 ‘use it or lose it’ rule in summer 2023.
Eight of the top 10 busiest airports in the world in 2021 were in the US, data published by ACI World has found, with Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson retaking top spot.
ACI World director general Luis Felipe de Oliveira has hit back at claims made by IATA director general Willie Walsh that many airports are “addicted to a ‘spend big and cream it off the customer’ mentality.”
Passenger traffic in Latin America and the Caribbean is forecast to return to long-run pre-pandemic growth trends—but the lack of harmonization between governments remains a problem.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority will allow London Heathrow to raise passenger charges—but not as much as the airport had hoped for. The proposed increase has been branded “outrageous” by airline groups.
