New ICAO Amendment To Help Airports Boost Safe Airfield Capacity, Efficiency

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ACI welcomes ground-breaking amendment and ongoing collaboration Airports Council International (ACI) World welcomes a significant amendment to ICAO standards and recommended practices which have the potential to have a transformational effect for many airports by providing for greater airfield efficiency and increases in capacity. The amendment, to Volume I of ICAO Annex 14 – Aerodromes, provides for a safe reduction …

Five African Airports Clinch ACI World Awards

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Airports Council International (ACI) World has awarded five African airports recognitions of merit in different categories at the recently held ACI Airport Service Quality Awards ceremony in Halifax, Canada. Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco (CMN), Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Mauritius (MRU), and the King Shaka International Airport, Durban, South Africa (DUR) emerged first, second and third places, respectively, …

African Airports Determined To Safeguard Passengers’ Interests

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Airports Council International (ACI) World Director General, Angela Gittens calls on aviation regulators and airports in Africa to realistically assess challenges together and implement aviation-related safety and security actions and initiatives. This, she said, during a keynote address delivered at the opening of the 27th ACI Africa Annual General Assembly, Regional Conference and Exhibition in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Aviation continues …

Airlines, Airports Have Their Eyes Open To Human Trafficking

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In support of the United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) emphasized their joint commitment and work to help combat human trafficking. Aviation connects the world, carrying more than four billion passengers a year, but this global network is also used nefariously by traffickers to transport people …