IR Pulse

By Frode Skulbru (Vancouver, Canada) Last week, AirportIR published an article predominately focussing on the U.S.…

By Frode Skulbru (Vancouver, Canada) As 2020 draws to an end, the pandemic is grabbing another foothold…

By Kevin Rozario (London, United Kingdom) Travel retailer, Gebr Heinemann, and key Asian airport hub, Singapore…

By Andrew Walsh (Muscat, Oman) Part 2 of 2. Please click here for Part 1 The…

By Andrew Walsh (Muscat, Oman) Part 1 of 2. It was only two years ago, October…

By Kimmo Ruotsalainen (Helsinki, Finland) Part 1 of this article can be found here. COVID19 Financial…

30By André Soutelino (São Paulo, Brazil) Read Part 1 here. Despite the dramatic impacts of COVID19,…

By André Soutelino (São Paulo, Brazil) One of the most iconic Brazilian songs titled “Samba do…

by Frode Skulbru (Vancouver, Canada) Part one of this article can be seen here (opens in…

by Curtis Grad (Vancouver, Canada) Long before COVID19 turned the global economy and aviation industry on…

by Curtis Grad (Vancouver, Canada) After a long pandemic-induced hiatus, on Aug. 20th the Barbados government…

by Kevin Rozario (London, United Kingdom) [This is an abridged version of an article that first…

by Omoh Anna Ohiomoba (Vancouver, Canada) COVID-19 has altered life as we knew it! Indoors is…

by Paula Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) (Part 4 of 4 – part 4  . Read Part 1 and…

by Paula Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) (Part 3 of 4 – part 4 will be published on…

by Paula Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) Unprecedented Crisis (Part 1 of 4 – part 2 will be…

By John Eskaros (Frankfurt, Germany) This is Part 2 of 2. Part 1 was published on…

By Curtis Grad (Vancouver, Canada) Charles Dickens’ 19th century novel The Tale of Two Cities, set…

By César Tello (San José, Costa Rica)   (NOTE: Spanish version follows below) The world of…

By Jacques Follain (Paris, France) A large majority of countries, at different levels, have taken the…

By Dr. Patricia Ryan (Melbourne, United States) The impact on airports due to the COVID-19 crisis…

By Jacques Follain (Paris, France) The air travel industry is facing an incomparable challenge, a real…

By André Soutelino (São Paulo, Brazil) When crude jumped in 2006 most airlines were charging a…

By Anthony Cicuttini The Australia and New Zealand aviation market certainly has provided its fair share…

By Stephane Beaulieu (Tokyo, Japan) The global aviation sector has been one of the most severely…

By Ioannis Settas (Athens, Greece) In Air Transport, the devastating financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

By Kimmo Ruotsalainen (Helsinki, Finland) Who’s Online? Can You Hear Me? Mute Your Mic Please! As…

By Jacques Follain (Paris, France) While nearly 50% of the world’s population is locked down, 180…

By André Soutelino (São Paulo, Brazil) The coming year can be characterized as “steady as it…

By Curtis Grad (Vancouver, Canada) In early 2017, under the direction and authority of previous long-serving…

By Khair Mirza (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)   Traffic Performance Groupe ADP (“ADP”) is an international airport…

By Khair Mirza (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Traffic Performance Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (“GAP”) is the largest…

By Frode Skulbru (Vancouver, Canada) The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has published the tender…

By Ioannis Settas (Athens, Greece) The Athens International Airport privatization and development project (a greenfield BOOT)…

By André Soutelino (São Paulo, Brazil) Airport privatization is not a new phenomenon in Brazil. Since…

For several reasons attention is focused on Kenya presently, where Kenya Airways, in a ‘Privately Initiated…

In Japan, where the concession process began in Dec-2015, the Osaka airports (Kansai and Itami, won…

With Vinci Airports’ transaction to take a 25-year management and operations contract on Belgrade Nikola Tesla…

The Brazilian concessions procedure is of course well established by now and the sixth tranche was…

In June 2018, the Kenyan cabinet approved Kenya Airways to operate Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…

The London Gatwick Airport Partnership Too Tempting to Ignore VINCI’s recent move to acquire a 50.01%…

In mid-January 2019 Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications commenced ground works for the construction of…

The privatisation of the three main Lithuanian airports seems to have stalled. Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga…

The Belgrade Airport concession in Serbia, which will be completed by the end of 2018 with…

All eyes were on the result of a public referendum instigated by the incoming Mexican President-elect…