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New management structure at Central German airports

Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG), the parent company of two airports, Leipzig/Halle Airport and Dresden Airport, has decided to create a new management structure during a meeting held recently.

According to the new structure, Gotz Ahmelmann who heads Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG as its CEO is also chairman of the boards at Leipzig/Halle and Dresden Airports.

Johannes Jahn, Management Board member, who is chief operating officer, remains in the role. He is not only responsible for operations at the two airports as their managing director, but also for the planned and extensive expansion of Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Source: The Stat

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Amazon is targeting airports for its next cashier-free Go store expansion

Amazon’s checkout-free Go stores are really starting to take off.

The online retail giant has been in contact with several major U.S. airports to discuss opening new cashier-less Amazon Go locations, according to public records.

Both Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is the second-busiest airport in the country, and San Jose International Airport (SJC) are locations Amazon expressed interest in, according to a Reuters report.

One airport, Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW), reportedly reached out to Amazon first, expressing interest in bringing the e-commerce giant’s brick-and-mortar convenience store to its location.

Source: Mashable

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FAO Schwarz to open toy store in Midway as part of airport’s retail makeover

The city is planning to phase out the existing shops at Midway and replace them with 70 new retail brands by 2020.

Renowned New York toy store FAO Schwarz will join a revamp of the Midway Airport shopping concourse that’s on track to bring 70 new retail brands to the airport by 2020.
FAO Schwarz applied for a permit to add a store sign in the airport, according to city buildings department records. A city spokesperson confirmed the lease Monday but did not say how much space the store would take inside the city’s junior airport.
FAO Schwarz opened a 20,000-foot store earlier this year in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Plaza, nearly three years after its parent company, Toys “R” Us, closed the flagship location on Fifth Avenue because of rising rents.
Local 0fficials touted the first phase of Midway’s retail makeover this summer, when the airport opened a 15,000-square-foot food hall with a Billy Goat Tavern and a Big & Little’s, a popular Asian-Mexican fusion restaurant based in Chicago. A Coach handbag store, Tumi suitcases and Kiehls cosmetics shop will also open in the airport over the next year or so.
The city has hired New Jersey-based Hudson Group, London-based SSP and Vancouver-based Vantage Airport Group to help phase out and replace existing shops and restaurants at Midway. The companies will aim to strike a balance between out-of-town names like FAO Schwarz and “authentic local brands” like Big & Little’s, officials said.
“We’re seeing from feedback that passengers want more things that look like Chicago, to give them a sense of place,” city aviation department spokesperson Lauren Huffman said. “But they also want some of those bigger household brands that they’re already familiar with.”
The reshuffle coincides with the construction of a $104 million new security concourse set to be completed at the airport in late 2019 or early 2020.
Meanwhile, officials are paring down the list of architects who are vying to oversee the city’s planned $8.7 billion expansion of O’Hare Airport, where dozens of new gates and a new hotel are expected to be added by 2026.

Source: The Real Deal. Chicago

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Government owned 85 percent Airports are facing losses in India

Even though the increasing number of passenger airlines is making new records every month in the country, the Govt. owned airports are not getting much benefit from it. According to data received from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, 92 out of 107 active airports owned & operated by the Airports Authority of India are in the deficit. Only 15 airports which are situated in the major cities are in profits. It is a matter of relief for the government that the profits earned by these 15 airports are more than the total losses of the remaining 92 airports.

There are a total of 126 airports in the country. Out of these, three airports in Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad are operated under private-public partnership. The Airports Authority of India operates the remaining 123 airports. Out of these, 15 airports including Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow are among those who are making profits. The remaining 92 airports in Indore, Bhopal, Mangaluru, and Raipur are running in very deficit. The highest profits are from Chennai Airport, which made profits of Rs 455.4 crore in the year 2017-18.

However, this profit is less than 25 percent from the last year’s profit of Rs 605.2 crore. Kolkata airport is in the second rank in terms of earning profits. This airport has earned Rs 411.1 crore in the last financial year. The Mangalore airport is facing the biggest loss with Rs.74 crores in the last financial year. The Safdarjung airport of Delhi is in second place with a loss of Rs.71 crores.

Emphasis on increasing passenger numbers

The current Government which came into power in the year 2014, has given special emphasis on increasing the number of passengers. Among these efforts, the country’s most promising was UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. This has led to the launch of airlines in smaller cities. Due to these efforts of the government, the numbers of domestic airlines increased from 7 crore (in the year 2014-15) to 11.7 crore in 2017-18. The central government has recently approved the proposal of leasing out of six airports including Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, and Mangaluru to operate under PPP mode.

Source: Urban Transport News