Heavy Snow Grounds Flights at Jeju Airport, Strands 11,000 Passengers in S. Korea

Heavy snowfall led to the suspension of flights at Jeju International Airport in South Korea on Sunday, leaving around 11,000 passengers stranded, according to the airport’s operating company. Of the 461 scheduled flights, 163 arriving and departing flights were canceled, while five aircraft were diverted, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the airport. Airport authorities…

King Abdulaziz international airport records a week of new historic figures

After surpassing 53.4 million passengers in 2025 and officially entering the category of Mega Airports, King Abdulaziz International Airport continued to achieve unprecedented record numbers at the beginning of 2026. The airport started the year with exceptional performance in January, recording a total of 5.45 million passengers, representing a 7.3% increase compared to January 2025.…

Global air passenger demand up 5.3% in 2025

The global air passenger demand in 2025 (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) rose 5.3% compared to 2024, according to an International Air Transport Association (IATA) report. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometres (ASK), was up 5.2% in 2025. The overall passenger load factor (PLF) reached 83.6%, up 0.1 ppt and a record…

No bidders for Zagreb Airport hotel

The former state operator of Zagreb Airport, Zagreb Airport Ltd. (not to be confused with the current operator Medjunarodna Zračna Luka Zagreb – MZLZ) has failed to attract investors for the construction of a new hotel and a retail and business complex as part of its planned “airport city” development, valued at around forty million…

Aviation, shipping and fuel leaders convene in Rotterdam to accelerate sustainable fuels scale-up

The Sustainable Fuels Global Summit 2026 (SFGS2026) will take place from 11-12 March 2026 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from across aviation, shipping, fuel production, investment and government to address how sustainable fuels can move from early deployment into large-scale commercial use in the transport sector. The summit has been…