The number of passengers handled by Vienna Airport during the first month of 2012 increased 9% compared with January last year, to hit nearly 1.4 million.

London Luton Airport has unveiled plans aimed at nearly doubling capacity at the gateway to accommodate 18 million passengers a year, in an attempt to alleviate the wider capacity issues in the southeast of England.

Norwegian airport operator Avinor has unveiled that its airports handled nearly 3.2 million passengers in total during January, up 7.6% on the same month last year.

Houston Hobby’s soon-to-be completed development programme has breathed new life into a 50-year old facility, writes Jay Srinivasan.

Frankfurt and Copenhagen airports have both reported strong growth in passengers numbers during the first month of 2012, thanks to improved weather conditions and increased transfer traffic.

Airport concessionaire The Paradies Shops has signed an exclusive agreement with US restaurant chain, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, in a move to roll out the concept across gateways throughout the US.

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is rolling out a ‘pre-screening’ programme across some of the busiest airports in the country in a bid to speed up the security process for selected passengers.

Amsterdam Schiphol has added six new self-service baggage drop-off units to its Departure Hall 2, doubling the total to 12.