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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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