ACI World

Luis Felipe de Oliveira is to step down as Director General of ACI World at the end of next year.

The ACI framework will give airports guidance to implement, review and monitor environmental, social and corporate governance standards within their operations.

Tune in as AvWeek editors speak with ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira, recorded live at Routes World 2023 in Istanbul.

Airports Council International World had released its annual list of the world’s top 20 busiest airports.

ACI World has partnered with the World Economic Forum to launch Airports of Tomorrow, an initiative to transform airports into energy hubs.

Trade body ACI has reiterated calls to reform airport slot regulations, arguing that current rules restrict consumer choice and connectivity.

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%.

Air connectivity in Europe is lagging the recovery of passenger volumes, ACI Europe has warned as airport leaders gather in Barcelona.

Airline and airport groups have some concerns about the International Air Transport Association’s call for governments to align on airport slot rules.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh made clear the frustration of airlines with industry stakeholders that are failing to deliver or hiking fees.

ACI World is launching an initiative to streamline the evaluation process for banks and investors to fund sustainability-linked developments at airports.

Rising airfares are benefiting airlines but not airports, Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific says.

Five of the top 10 busiest passenger airports in the world in 2022 were in the U.S.

More than half of the carbon-cutting program's accredited airports are in Europe.

ACI World and CANSO will work on a program to increase capacity in the air transport sector.

Uncertainty remains in near-term forecast for airport traffic around the world.

Routes World 2022 will bring together over 2,000 decision makers from airlines, airports and destinations around the globe.

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.”

ATL is one of the eight US airports that feature in the list of the globe's top 10 busiest airports.

The US government is extending pandemic relief that allows airlines to cut international flights.

Passenger numbers last year were 59% lower than pre-pandemic levels and airports across the continent remain under 'considerable stress.'

The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.