Record-breaking January passenger numbers for Southwest Florida International
In January 2019, a total of 1,050,093 passengers travelled through Southwest Florida International Airport; an increase of 8.7 per cent compared to January 2018.
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In January 2019, a total of 1,050,093 passengers travelled through Southwest Florida International Airport; an increase of 8.7 per cent compared to January 2018.
Fifteen therapy dogs are set to join the team as part of an initiative to improve passenger experience through Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Heathrow Airport experienced a milestone year in 2018, as 80.1 million passengers chose to fly through the airport.
The data from IATA reveals that commercial airline safety has kept on its upward trajectory in the long-term, but shows that there has been a slight increase in accidents from 2017.
Services at Dublin Airport are now back up and running, but the drone caused approximately 30 minutes of disruption.
The busiest day for Melbourne's Terminal 2 was 28 January 2019, which saw 20,715 people pass through, while January was the busiest month for Terminal 2 Arrivals overall, with 577,106 travellers.
While the runway at Dubai International Airport (DXB) is out of action for much needed refurbishment, traffic at Dubai World Central (DWC) is expected to increase by 700 per cent.
The UK government has extended the drone ‘no-fly’ zone around airports from one kilometre to five kilometres and will introduce a stop and search policy for people suspected of using drones maliciously.
As part of the £600 million transformation project at Stansted Airport, seating capacity in the departures lounge has been increased with the addition of 550 new seats.
Manchester Airport has had its 5G capabilities switched on by Vodafone, with other travel locations set to follow suit in the coming weeks.
CANSO's Director General, Jeff Poole, has been honoured with the inaugural Keramianakis Award for improving the safety and efficiency of airspace.
With a 7.3 per cent increase on 2017, 2018 saw nearly 26 million passengers pass through Vancouver International Airport, a new record for the airport.
The new runway is part of the Government’s €116 billion Project Ireland 2040 plan to modernise the infrastructure, and will create more than 31,000 Irish jobs.
The problem is familiar to airport operators: Unauthorised individuals enter the security area every day, for example when passengers go back to the airside from the land side after passing through customs or wander between "clean" and "unclean" zones inside the security area.
Cathay Pacific passengers have the opportunity to board via facial recognition with technology from Vision-Box - this pilot will set the grounding for the technology to be used airport-wide in Schiphol in the future.