New Terminal 3 Frankfurt Airport (opening date: 2022)


Frankfurt Airport has confirmed its intention to start work on the construction of its new Terminal 3 later this year. The new terminal is being designed to accommodate up to 14 million passengers per annum.
Terminal 3 will be constructed on the south side of Frankfurt Airport on the premises of the former U.S. military base. Construction will be done on a modular basis in two building phases. The first building phase covers the building of the Main Terminal Building with two piers and 24 building positions.
For the connection of the new Terminal to the existing airport infrastructure, both the baggage conveyor system and the «SkyLine» passenger transfer train will be expanded.

El aeropuerto Tenerife Norte abre una tienda de ropa GAP y Superdry.

Tenerife NorteEl Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte inauguró el pasado jueves una tienda de moda de las marcas GAP y Superdry. El concesionario es Dufry Islas Canarias.
El nuevo establecimiento, que cuenta con una superficie de 165 metros cuadrados, está ubicado en la planta baja del edificio Terminal, pasado el control de seguridad. Su horario de apertura es de 06:00 a 21:00 horas, los siete días de la semana.

San Francisco International Airport introduces Mobile Passport Control.

mobile-passport-controlMobile Passport Control (MPC) is now available to passengers arriving at San Francisco International Airport. The airport becomes the fifth to offer the service, joining Seattle-Tacoma, Chicago O’Hare, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta and Miami international airports.
The FTE Award-winning U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) MPC app allows passengers to submit their customs declaration via their mobile device. They then receive an encrypted QR code to present along with their passport to a CBP officer, who can complete the customs and immigration process.
The service, which helps to reduce queuing times, can be used by US citizens with a valid US passport and Canadian citizens with a valid Canadian passport and B1 or B2 visa status.
 

Sales volumes at Dubai Duty Free HY1-2015.

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Between January and June 2015, Dubai Duty Free sold 8.3m cigars, 3.6m bottles of liquor, 2m cartons of cigarettes, 1.4m bottles of perfume, 1.2m pieces of makeup and skincare and 4.7m cans of beer.
This is according to the leading duty free operator’s website, following on from last year’s impressive full 12-month result, where the exclusive Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International duty free operator generated a huge $1.917bn-worth of sales from 26.9m transactions – equivalent to an average of 73,960 per day.
In the first half of this year DDF sold 3,657,151 bottles of liquor (including 1,410,413 bottles of whisky and 878,148 bottles of wine); 2,061,342 cartons of cigarettes; 8,371,573 cigars; 1,494,912 bottles of perfume; 1,288,105 pieces of makeup and skincare; and 4,706,132 cans of beer (counted separately from liquor).
Moving into sales by the tonne, the retailer sold 1,178 tonnes of chocolates; 448 of Continuar leyendo «Sales volumes at Dubai Duty Free HY1-2015.»