{"id":1396,"date":"2022-10-17T08:57:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dpandltravelmanagement.co.uk\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2022-10-17T08:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T08:57:14","slug":"travel-industry-news-17-october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpandltravelmanagement.co.uk\/travel-industry-news-17-october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Industry News 17 October 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travel welcomes Heathrow pledge to end capacity CAP this month<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The travel industry has welcomed a pledge from Heathrow airport not to extend its 100,000 passenger-a-day capacity cap beyond the end of October, with one association claiming the cap pushed costs for its members up by nearly a third.
\nThe cap, though, was quickly extended through to 29 October owing to the level of flight demand and the post-Covid operational pressures on the airport, such as staffing.<\/p>\n

However, while the decision not to extend the cap has been welcomed, the airport this week signalled it will introduce a new system to manage capacity during peak periods this winter, one it says will prioritise the protection of existing airline schedules<\/p>\n

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Gatwick hails “innovative” runway resurfacing initiative<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gatwick airport has completed works to resurface its main runway, using what it called \u201ca break from traditional methods\u201d to reduce costs and save time.<\/p>\n

The airport had originally intended to carry out the resurfacing programme in 2020 \u2013 the fifth \u201crehabilitation\u201d of the runway since it was built in the 1950s \u2013 but the work was postponed as a result of Covid-19.
\nInstead of resurfacing the whole of the runway as would normally have been the case, the airport has resurfaced \u201conly the most \u2018trafficked\u2019 parts of its main runway\u201d \u2013 where aircraft land and exit \u2013 as other sections were shown to still have seven to ten years of expected life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost savings can now also be reinvested in improvements across other parts of the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Daa International appointed as operator of Red Sea airport in SAR1 billion deal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has signed a SAR1 billion agreement to appoint Daa International as the operator of the upcoming Red Sea International (RSI) airport in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, the facility is expected to become the region\u2019s first-ever carbon-neutral airport.
\nThe airport is being readied to receive its first guests early next year and is aimed at ushering in a carbon-neutral, net-zero era for airport designs and operations. It will be able to serve an estimated one million domestic and international tourists per year by 2030 \u2013 at a peak of 900 travellers per hour.<\/p>\n

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