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Issue 2 Volume 18
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8 News
11 Money talks
Joe Bates looks back at some of the highlights of the recent ACI Airport Economics and Finance Conference in Singapore .
12 ACI news
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15 View from the top
ACI World director general , Angela Gittens , looks forward to the joint ACI Europe / World Annual Congress & Exhibition in Istanbul .
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16 Mexican wave
Toluca International Airport has experienced its share of highs and lows in recent years , but resurgent passenger traffic and expansion plans point to a new sense of optimism , reports Oliver Clark .
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20 Quality hunter
Steven Thompson discovers that communicating with customers is key for Helsinki Airport as it aims to enhance its facilities and increase its appeal .
24 Airport cities : The evolution
Airport cities guru , Dr John Kasarda , reports on the growing worldwide phenomenon , the rise of the aerotropolis and their increasing economic importance .
28 Investing in airports
Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid , managing director of Malaysia Airports , talks to Joe Bates about Kuala Lumpur ’ s airport city plans and his company ’ s 16 years as a global airport investor .
32 Space odyssey
Alex Hannaford finds out more about Melbourne International Airport ’ s aerospace ambitions as Florida ’ s self-proclaimed ‘ Space Coast ’ bids to reinvent itself after the end of NASA ’ s space shuttle programme .
36 Outlet retail
Creating Outlet Shopping Centres is potentially one of the most commercially successful ways of leveraging the airport location , writes Chris LeTourneur .
40 In pole position
Lidia Maczynska reports on Warsaw Chopin ’ s ambitious plans to develop Poland ’ s first airport city .
AIRPORT WORLD / APRIL-MAY 2013
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