Stephen Palmer says his travel guide company Lonely Planet has something in common with airports: “We are both in the business of encouraging people to travel around the globe. And we all benefit when people travel – they buy our products.” But who is traveling in this challenging economy? During his keynote at the ACI-NA [...]
All posts for the month November, 2009
U.S. Travelers Looking For Easy Accessibility to Destinations, Value
Posted by webmaster on November 11, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/11/11/u-s-travelers-looking-for-easy-accessibility-to-destinations-value/
Commerce Predicts Rebound in International Travel to the U.S.
By A.J. Muldoon Recently, the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, part of the United States Department of Commerce, released a forecast predicting that international visitors to the US will begin to rebound in 2010. In 2008, a record 58 million foreign visitors arrived in the United States. That number is expected to fall by [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on November 10, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/11/10/commerce-predicts-rebound-in-international-travel-to-the-u-s/
Concession Sales on the Rise
Passenger traffic at airlines across the country may be down, but operators of airport concessions have some reason to be optimistic, according to new data released today by ACI-NA that show concession sales per passenger are on the rise. According to an ACI-NA analysis of data from the FAA Compliance Activity Tracking System, total nonaeronautical [...]
Posted by webmaster on November 10, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/11/10/concession-sales-on-the-rise/
Airline Traffic Improved in September
By Miranda Horan ACI World recently released its traffic statistics for September 2009, a report compiled from data provided by 168 worldwide member airports. According to the report, the numbers indicate that the stabilization trend of the past two months has been maintained and the domestic traffic in certain national markets is registering real growth [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on November 5, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/11/05/airline-traffic-improved-in-september/
Babbitt addresses the International Aviation Club
By Jane Calderwood FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt spoke at today’s International Aviation Club Luncheon and opened his speech by announcing his topic was ‘dirt’. An interesting enough opening to get the room’s attention, especially when he explained it wasn’t Washington “dirt”, i.e. the latest gossip; he would be discussed but the “wipe your feet on [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on November 4, 2009
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2009/11/04/babbitt-addresses-the-international-aviation-club/