ACI environmental senior manager, Xavier Oh, reflects on the need for aviation to address local and global issues in order to get permission to grow.

The world’s airports now generate more than $100 billion in total annual revenue, according to the latest statistics from ACI World.

ACI has thrown its support behind the construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), which it says will be necessary to meet future demand in the region.

Worldwide passenger traffic was up by nearly 5% in June, compared with the same time last year, but high fuel prices and a struggling Japan continued to push down cargo activity.

Airports Council International has appointed Dr Rafael Echevarne as its new director of economics and programme development, to take up the role in September.