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17 October 2016 Feature Airport Members Qingdao International Airport Group Co. Ltd
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Passenger growth in Asia-Pacific and Middle East reached 12% and 15% respectively in July 2016
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New Zealand – Auckland Airport signs agreement with China’s leading online payment Auckland Airport
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New Zealand – New Zealand’s First Trail of Autonomous Vehicle Announced Christchurch International Airport
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Singapore– Changi Airport enhances safety and productivity with Asia’s first trapezoidal grooved runway Changi Airport
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United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi Airports signs Memorandum of Understanding for the development of Seychelles International Airport Abu Dhabi Airport
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United Arab Emirates – DXB sets yet another traffic record Dubai Airports
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ACI Asia-Pacific Executive Board
President Kerrie Mather
First Vice President Seow Hiang Lee
Passenger growth in Asia-Pacific and Middle East reached 12% and 15% respectively in July 2016 In July 2016, Asia-Pacific and Middle East led global passenger traffic growth at +11.6% and +15.3% respectively. The growth momentum in both regions appears to be accelerating going into the third quarter. (Note: The timing of Ramadan may have positively skewed this month’s traffic growth for some countries. Most of Ramadan occurred during June this year, but it extended into July last year.)
Second Vice President Fred Lam
In Asia-Pacific, South Korean airports have been reporting sharp increase since June 2016 as passenger traffic recovers from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak in 2015. In addition to this factor, the current month’s traffic is further strengthened by summer vacation travels boasting both international and domestic growth: Incheon (ICN) +44.4%, Busan (PUS) +39.9%, Jeju (CJU) +35.2%. Growth in India continued to steam ahead with many major airports reporting growth in excess of 20% in July 2016. Top runners include: Chennai (MAA) +26.2%, Calcutta (CCU) +25.9% and Hyderabad (HYD) +25.8%. While growth in India was primarily stimulated by domestic gains, growth in China was supported by significant rise in international passengers. The leading airports Kunming (KMG) +12.8%, Hangzhou (HGH) +11.6% and Shanghai Pudong (PVG) +11.4% all delivered outstanding increase in international passengers at +30.9%, +56% and +20% respectively.
Second Vice President PS Nair
In the Middle East, Doha (DOH) and Muscat (MCT) were in leading positions reporting passenger traffic growth at +27.5% and +25.6% respectively for the month. Regarding air freight, despite global trade growth remaining sluggish, in July 2016 Asia-Pacific and Middle East generated increase at +4.1% and +3.3% respectively. International air freight was strong in Asia-Pacific this month at +5.3% but this was offset by a much weaker domestic air freight traffic growth at +0.8%. Top freight hubs in the Asia-Pacific delivered solid increase for the month: Hong Kong (HKG) +4.7%, Shanghai Pudong (PVG) +4.6% and Incheon (ICN) +7.9%. Among their peers, Guangzhou (CAN) +9.6% and Singapore (SIN) +9.4% generated the highest growth in the region. The result in the Middle East was mixed, the largest hub Dubai (DXB) shrank 1.2% for the month while Doha (DOH) continued to expand at a fast pace at +20%.
Secretary Treasurer Emmanuel Menanteau
Immediate Past President Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid
Note : 1.
ACI preliminary passenger and freight statistics are based on a significant sample of airports that provide regular monthly reports to ACI. They represent approximately 60% of total passenger traffic and 70% of total freight traffic worldwide. Commentary, tables and charts are based on preliminary data submitted by participating airports and are therefore subject to change.
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Size categories refer to the annual passenger traffic (in the last 12 months).
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GMR’s Delhi Airport Becomes First Airport in Asia-Pacific to Achieve Carbon Neutral Status Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi Airport) has become the first airport in Asia-Pacific to achieve carbon neutral status under Airport Carbon Accreditation! At the ACI World / North America Annual General Assembly held in Montreal in September, an Airport Carbon Accreditation Recognition Ceremony was held to honour the global airport industry in delivering its commitment to lower CO2 emissions. Mr. I Prabhakara Rao, CEO of GMR Group’s Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and Mr. Douglas Webster, COO represented Delhi Airport and received the Level 3+ Neutrality certificate at the ceremony. Commenting on Delhi Airport’s achievement, Mr. I Prabhakara Rao said: “Achievement of the accreditation for Carbon Neutrality is indeed recognition of a great team work. Today we have delivered on our commitment of achieving sustainable solutions for Aviation Climate Change mitigations made at LPAACOP 21 last year through carbon neutrality. With this achievement, we have set up new benchmark for other airports in this region to follow. Going forward we are focussing on energy conservation and exploring alternative solution for generating green energy. Delhi Airport aims to increase its solar power generation capacity to 20 MW by 2020,” ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Mrs. Patti Chau said, “I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to the team at Delhi Airport in achieving the carbon neutral airport status under Airport Carbon Accreditation. We are extremely delighted to welcome the first airport in our region with such achievement. Level 3+, Neutrality is the highest level of environmental achievement available to airports under the programme and it is recognition of the airport's great effort in
Regional Director Patti Chau
reducing and offsetting emissions. We are proud of Delhi Airport's achievement and its commitment to sustainability which has set a good example for airports in the region.� As of October 2016, a total of 30 airports in Asia-Pacific are certificated under the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. For further information about the programme, please contact Ken Lau, Manager, Industry and Technical Affairs at ken@aci-asiapac.aero or visit Airport Carbon Accreditation website at http://www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org/. Airport Carbon Accreditation Annual Report is available from the link here.
(Right to left) Mr I Prabhakara Rao, CEO of DIAL, Ms Angela Gittens, ACI World Director General, Mr Douglas Webster, COO of DIAL and Mrs Patti Chau, ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Director, taken at the Airport Carbon Accreditation presentation ceremony. >> Back to Top
Resolutions Unanimously Approved by ACI Members at 26th ACI World Annual General Assembly The 26th ACI World Annual General Assembly concluded on September 27 in Montreal, Canada with the following resolutions unanimously approved by ACI members: Resolution 1: Airports to support the international efforts to implement a global market based measure for international aviation and other environmental protection measure Resolution 2: Airports’ commitment to the fight against human trafficking Resolution 3: Commitment of airports to join the effort to stop the transportation of wildlife products Resolution 4: Common sense approach to Landside Security
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ACI Training Course on Airport Revenue Generation - Calling for Participation! The next ACI Training course on “Airport Revenue Generation” will be held in Hyderabad, India from 21 – 25 November 2016. The course looks to increase participants’ knowledge in regards to global best practices to optimize airport revenue generation and related revenue management programs. Emphasis will be on identifying the opportunities available to airport managers to enhance revenue sources including airline, non-aeronautical, and through third-party service providers. With discussions on understanding the role of innovation, competitiveness, and new outreach technologies in developing marketing strategies that effectively influence the airport’s strategic business plan, participants also examines the relationships between airport management, its primary customers (airlines, passengers, cargo operators), and concession providers together with suppliers (e.g. retail brands) for purpose of maintaining long-term value propositions for all affected parties. For further information about the course, please visit the ACI Training page here. >> Back to Top To read previous issues of ACI Asia-Pacific Biweekly Newsletter, please click here. To subscribe/ unsubscribe, please click here. Members are welcome to send company news to ACI Asia-Pacific Communications Team for publishing in the newsletter. Tender news received from airport members will be emailed to WBP members of this region.
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