Al Bateen Executive Airport posts 30% increase in aircraft movements
The newly GCAA-certified Al Bateen Executive Airport, the Gulf Region’s first and only dedicated private aviation airport, has announced a 30% increase in aircraft movements in the first quarter of 2010 versus the same period last year. The announcement was made in Geneva at the 10th European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE 2010); Europe’s [...]
Good month for Abu Dhabi International Airport as traffic grows
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) have released its monthly traffic report for Abu Dhabi International Airport, which shows strong passenger and cargo growth for February 2010, over the same month last year. Passenger traffic increased by 17.2% with aircraft movements up by 13.3% and cargo tonnage handled grew by 17.6%, compared to February 2009. The year-to-date [...]
Korean Air Lounge at Incheon Airport ranked No.1 in Asia Pacific
Korean Air’s Lounge at Incheon International Airport Concourse A has been named “Priority Pass Lounge of the Year 2010” in Asia Pacific by Priority Pass, a UK-based company that provides worldwide cross-airline airport lounge access. In a survey of its one million-plus members worldwide this year, Priority Pass says Korean Air’s Incheon lounge was voted [...]
Passenger traffic down by 2.7%; cargo down by 8.2 % – world airport traffic 2009
ACI reports preliminary results of a 2.7 percent decline in global passenger traffic for 2009, reflecting steep declines in the first quarter in most regions but a return to growth activity by year-end. Total cargo volumes retracted by 8.2 percent, while aircraft movements were 5.5 percent below the 2008 level. The preliminary report is based on [...]
Abu Dhabi to host 10th ACI Training Centre
Airports Council International (ACI) and the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) – a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) – have signed an agreement to open a new ACI Training Centre, making Abu Dhabi the 10th global training hub in the world and the second in the Middle East region. At the signing [...]
Abu Dhabi In-flight Catering Company records delay-free year
Following on from its International Air Transport Association (IATA) Gold Award, Abu Dhabi In-flight Catering Company (ADIFC), along with its management partners LSG Sky Chefs, has announced its 2009 on-time performance results, with 44,783 flights catered and zero associated delays recorded. Despite the volume of catered-flights increasing by 41.3 per cent over the last [...]
ADAC welcomes aviation experts to Abu Dhabi Airport’s MTC Peer Review Programme
Aviation experts from the world’s premier airports were today welcomed to the Abu Dhabi Peer Review Programme by the Chairman of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC). The delegations of aviation industry peers will, for the first time ever, spend three days in “think-tank” workshops, in the UAE’s capital, discussing new developments and the upcoming Midfield [...]
