E-Publications
PPS Publications has heavily invested in HR and technology over the last few years to create a significant in-house capability in electronic publications covering full self-sufficiency in web development, graphic design, creative writing, and online media sales. Our stable not only includes online versions of your favourite print titles but entirely new built-for-web products led by our flagship weekly e-journal anna.aero (Airline Network News and Analysis) and TheRouteShop.com - the online store where airports market their vacant services to airlines.
anna.aero (Airline Network News and Analysis) is a weekly e-journal and website entirely devoted to global airline/airport network planning issues. It is edited by Marc Watkins, former Business Development Manager at Birmingham Airport. Supported by great advertisers such as Copenhagen Airports, Hamburg, Orlando, Montreal, Bahrain etc etc, subscriptions to anna.aero, and access to the site's amazing analysis and research, is completely free-of-charge and requires no bothersome logins or passwords.
TheRouteShop.com is the mercantile portal hosted on anna.aero. Here airports can list their vacant air services taking advantage of visits from Airline Network Planners across the globe who regularly read anna.aero. Currently 300 airports from around the world participate in The Route Shop.
ACI EUROPE Airport Business is widely renowned as the leading industry magazine for airports globally. We are pleased to announce that for the first time this content can now be found online immediately after publication of each new edition. Content will be uploaded and categorised under specific sections to deliver ease of use and enhanced searchability for our readers. The special editions we produce focusing on how airports have approached major expansions will also be placed online.
The Future Travel Experience website is an extension to the existing and hugely successful Check-In events (recently relaunched as Future Travel Experience to better represent our myriad areas of interest). Technologies and processes in this field are in the middle of a revolution and this website contains all the in-depth articles from our monthly e-newsletter, a comprehensive list of industry suppliers as well as the very latest information on the Future Travel Experience shows that take place in North America and Asia.
Latest Airline Network planning news from anna.aero
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16 May 2013
New airline routes launched (7 – 13 May 2013)
While the majority of Europe’s airlines and airports were living the highlife in Budapest, and doing some valuable networking as well, a total of 46 new services were being launched around the world. Highlights include SWISS’ return to Singapore with services from Zürich, as well as Air China’s new venture in the opposite direction – from Beijing to Geneva. The rest of this week’s new routes (A – Z by airline)
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16 May 2013
MEB3 – Qatar and Etihad still envy Emirates’ sheer scale and scope
For Qatar Airways, its operations to North America are only the fifth most important region for the airline, despite the fact it is still starting plenty of new routes, including its Chicago service which launched last month, as well as recently announcing its plans for daily flights to Philadelphia. From time to time, anna.aero likes to cast its eye over the respective networks of the MEB3, now an accepted industry term, used of course to group the combined might of Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways. Indeed, it has been over two years since we last looked at these particular [...]
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16 May 2013
Southwest’s 34 dropped routes revealed (but 58 new routes and bigger 737-800s mean capacity up 3% this summer)
After our extremely popular analysis last week of which routes easyJet has dropped for this summer, this week we take a look at legendary Southwest Airlines of the US. It has dropped routes this summer from 39 airports with Orlando and Philadelphia hardest hit. But ASKs are still up 5%. After last week’s analysis of which routes easyJet had dropped since last summer, this week we take a closer look at Southwest Airlines, the legendary US LCC which is the second biggest airline in the US domestic market (after Delta Air Lines) in terms of weekly seats. Comparing data for [...]
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16 May 2013
American Airlines challenges Korean Air on the route from Dallas/Fort Worth to Seoul Incheon
American Airlines launches daily service from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, to Seoul Incheon Airport in South Korea. American Airlines’ Dallas/Fort Worth to Seoul Incheon American Airlines became the second carrier to offer services on the route from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) to Seoul Incheon (ICN), when it launched daily flights on the 11,000-kilometre route on 9 May, utilising 247-seat 777-200s. oneworld member American Airlines faces competition on the routes from SkyTeam member Korean Air, which also operates daily flights. Seoul Incheon is not the first long-haul destination launched by the US carrier from Dallas/Fort Worth this year – in early April, [...]
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16 May 2013
China’s biggest country markets S13 versus S12; more services from non-core airports
As Geneva joins the growing group of cities connected to China with direct services this week, anna.aero examines how the Middle Kingdom’s international route network has changed since last summer. To say that China’s international air travel market is growing is not to say it all: According to the anna.aero New Route Database, 46 international routes involving Mainland China have been already launched this year, including Sichuan Airlines’ service from Chengdu to Melbourne and China Eastern Airlines’ Shanghai Pudong to San Francisco, CA. As Air China, the country’s largest carrier in terms of European routes, launched Geneva as its 12th [...]
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16 May 2013
Seoul Incheon: 11% traffic growth in 2012; welcomes new transpacific route from American Airlines
Seoul Incheon might not be the biggest Asian airport, but with annual growth triple the size of Beijing Airport’s in 2012, it is one to keep an eye on. American Airlines’ new service from Dallas/Fort Worth, launched last week, only confirms the airport’s appeal for international traffic, which accounts for 98% of all traffic at the airport. Serving as the main gateway to the world’s 15th largest economy, Seoul Incheon Airport made the headlines last week, when it saw the launch of American Airlines’ service from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX. Chuck Schubert, the airline’s VP Network Planning, confirmed that dynamic growth [...]
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16 May 2013
bmi regional launches six new routes from Birmingham and Bristol
bmi regional inaugurates flights from Birmingham Airport to Gothenburg Airport, Lyon Airport and Toulouse Airport; commences services from Bristol Airport to Hanover Airport, Milan Malpensa Airport and Munich Airport. bmi regional’s Birmingham to Toulouse bmi regional continued its expansion, details of which were outlined recently by the carrier’s CEO in an exclusive interview for anna.aero, from Birmingham (BHX) and Bristol (BRS) airports. The airline, which increasingly focuses on business traffic from western UK to major industrial centres in Europe, inaugurated three new destinations each from the two cities on 13 May. All flights are operated using regional Embraer jets. Launch [...]
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16 May 2013
Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul expansion driving European growth this summer
Much of Europe is showing little if any growth this summer, but that is not true of Turkey. Our analysis of the European air traffic market this summer shows that Istanbul has the region’s two fastest-growing major airports, Turkey is the fastest-growing country market, and Turkish Airlines is the fastest-growing airline. Europe’s major economies continue to face challenging times, and this is reflected in the number of seats on offer from the airports in those countries. Analysis of schedule data for this coming August compared with August 2012 shows that while France and the UK have a small increase in [...]
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ACI EUROPE's Airport Business
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24 April 2013
Stansted acquisition enhances strong MAG portfolio
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) owns and operates four UK airports – Manchester, East Midlands, Bournemouth, and now London-Stansted following the recently completed £1.5 billion (€1.8bn) acquisition. The newly expanded group serves 44 million annual passengers and has an ambitious strategy for continued profitable growth, as its CEO Charlie Cornish explained to Ross Falconer. Charlie Cornish [...]
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24 April 2013
Revolutionising airport baggage processing
Be it the empowering of the passenger through self-service bag drops, the optimisation of centralised baggage management systems, or the facilities enabling travellers to tag their bags from home, rapid developments in airport baggage operations has everyone in the industry wondering what is coming next. Amy Hanna reports on the innovators and the inventions revolutionising [...]
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24 April 2013
New LAGs legislation enters into force
The rules on the carriage of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs), and the efforts to remove those restrictions, have been comprehensively reported in Airport Business. A phased approach to lifting the LAGs restrictions will begin in January 2014, following the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union on 20 March of the required [...]
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24 April 2013
Gathering industry stakeholders & EU institutions together
The ACI EUROPE annual New Year cocktail reception took place on the 22nd January in the European Parliament (EP), hosted by members of the EP’s Committee on Transport and Tourism, Mr. Jim Higgins MEP (Ireland) and Ms Inés Ayala Sender MEP (Spain). The ACI EUROPE annual New Year cocktail reception took place on the 22nd [...]
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24 April 2013
First summer ‘avalanche’ will be true test for new Gibraltar airport
The new £85 million airport has changed the face of air travel in Gibraltar. As well as boasting innovative architecture, designed to deliver an optimal passenger experience amidst extraordinary natural beauty, the terminal has generated a wide range of possibilities for new routes from all across Europe. Gibraltar Airport’s Air Terminal Director Terence Lopez explained [...]
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24 April 2013
Commercial ingenuity and originality
ACI EUROPE’s 22nd Airport Trading Conference and Exhibition this year addresses ‘Collaboration and innovation to enhance the volume and quality of commercial opportunities for the passenger’, in recognition of the parts that profitable partnerships, creative concepts and cutting-edge technologies play in non-aeronautical airport operations. Amy Hanna highlights the latest innovations enhancing the passenger experience in [...]
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24 April 2013
Putting the passenger at the heart of Hamburg Airport
In 2012, Hamburg Airport handled a record 13.7 million passengers. This year, its strategy is focused on delivering its best airport experience yet. Michael Eggenschwiler, CEO, explained to Amy Hanna how the airport is keeping the passenger at the heart of its business. From new technologies to convenience-enhancing initiatives, Hamburg Airport is implementing a multitude [...]
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24 April 2013
An insight into the world of boarding bridges
Callum Tennent spoke with one of the world’s biggest boarding bridge solutions providers – ADELTE – to gain a better insight into this aspect of the passenger experience. ADELTE is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of boarding bridges. Based in Barcelona, more than 600 of its apron drives can be found in major airports the [...]
Latest news on improving the passenger experience from Future Travel Experience
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16 May 2013
Registration for FTE Global 2013 is now open
We are delighted to announce that registration for FTE Global 2013 is now live! We encourage you to book your place ASAP to benefit from the early booking discount, and to ensure you secure a place on the McCarran Airport Tour which has limited places. We encourage you to book your place ASAP to benefit …
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09 May 2013
O’Hare first US airport to receive Automated Passport Control
US citizens deplaning at Chicago O’Hare International will be able to save on queue times with automated customs kiosks Chicago Aviation Department plans to have 32 automated kiosks installed within O’Hare by 1st July. This will allow US citizens to bypass the lengthy paper declaration card process when arriving, saving on time and resources. O’Hare will …
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09 May 2013
Frankfurt Airport receives virtual shopping wall
Retail Solutions experts Gebr Heinemann and Fraport have teamed up to deliver a QR code-driven digital shopping wall. Passengers passing by Frankfurt Airport’s Schengen Gate B59 can now purchase duty free goods by simply pointing their smartphone at the wall. The wall, which is stylised like a floor-to-ceiling billboard, is covered with images of popular …
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09 May 2013
SriLankan Airlines introduces self-service check-in kiosks
Bandaranaike International Airport has received self-service check-in kiosks courtesy of SriLankan Airlines, saving time for passengers. SriLankan Airlines has chosen Bandaranaike Internatonal, the country’s largest airport, in which to introduce its self-service check-in kiosks. The flagship carrier claims that through the kiosk, passengers can check-in by simply entering their ticket numbers, booking reference, FlySmiles membership numbers …
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09 May 2013
FTE Asia 2013 in Pictures
Highlights from the most ambitious and successful FTE Asia yet, see our picture report from Hong Kong. Ten of the countless highlights from the most ambitious and successful FTE Asia yet, in partnership with Hong Kong International Airport, IATA, ACI Asia Pacific, Dragonair, Cathay Pacific and PATA. A record conference and exhibition saw the attendance of …
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02 May 2013
FTE Asia 2013: 4 days to go to register for a landmark event in China – see who is attending
FTE Asia 2013 is only four days away! Air China and Japan Airlines are the latest to join a stellar line up of speakers, and renowned exhibitors will highlight the latest in passenger technology. Register now to avoid disappointment. FTE Asia 2013 is only four days away now, but it’s still not too late to …
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02 May 2013
easyJet trials mobile boarding passes
easyJet is trialling mobile boarding passes at six airports, allowing passengers to check-in in less than 10 seconds and store boarding passes on their phone. easyJet has begun trialling mobile boarding passes at six airports – London Stansted, London Southend, Manchester, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Nice. The trial allows passengers to check-in in less than 10 …
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02 May 2013
State-of-the-art ‘Total Airport Management Suite’ software optimises airport processes
A joint initiative between the world’s leading IT specialists and some of aviation’s foremost businesses has developed an innovative new software platform for seamless integration of operations land and airside. A collaboration between some of the world’s most cutting-edge IT solutions specialists and air service providers has seen the development of a Total Airport Management …