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May 2013
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Terma to deploy surface movement radars at two Brazilian airports
Terma has received a contract from Saab’s subsidiary HITT Traffic, for the delivery and installation of three SCANTER 5502 Surface Movement Radar systems at two Brazilian Airports in Rio de...
Hong Kong International Airport passenger traffic rose 1.1% in April 2013
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in China reported a 1.1% rise in its passenger traffic in April 2013 to 4.91 million, compared to 4.85 million served during the corresponding period in...
Fraport delays new Frankfurt Terminal over sluggish traffic growth
Fraport, the owner of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, will delay the commissioning of its third passenger terminal by three years due to 'sluggish' air traffic...
Northrop Grumman installs IP-based airspace communication system in the North Sea
Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management (ATM) systems subsidiary, together with the UK's air traffic management services provider (ANSP) NATS, has installed an airspace...
Zinwave installs in-building wireless solution in two Middle East airports
UK-based wideband active Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) provider Zinwave has installed its TETRA in-building wireless coverage solutions in Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan and...
Passenger traffic at Middle East and Asia-Pacific airports grew in Q1: ACI
Passenger traffic at Middle East and Asia-Pacific airports rose 15.4% and 9.3% respectively during the first quarter of 2013 (Q1) compared to 2012, according to a latest report from ...
TAV to build new $400m terminal at Riyadh Airport
TAV Construction has won a $400m design and construction tender for the construction of new Terminal 5 at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi...
US FAA trials technologies to reduce wind farms’ impact on radar
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has trialled technologies to address the impact of wind farms on radar, which could have a bearing on both civil aviation and security....
Mitsubishi and Chiyoda to build new international airport in Mongolia
Japanese firms Mitsubishi and Chiyoda have signed a JPY50bn ($492.4m) agreement with the Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAAM) to build the New Ulaanbaatar International Airport in...
Airbus ProSky to support PBN deployment in Latin America
Airbus ProSky has collaborated with Latin American airline group Avianca and TACA to deploy performance-based navigation (PBN) procedures at airports in Central and South...
Dublin Airport trials SITA biometric gates for passenger processing
Dublin Airport in Ireland is trialling SITA's automated border control (ABC) gates, which allow self-service immigration control and faster immigration...
Passenger traffic at Heathrow Airport dropped in April 2013
Passenger traffic at London Heathrow Airport declined 0.7% in April 2013 when compared to the same period in 2012, registering to 5.8 million...
ACI reports rise in global air passenger traffic during March 2013
Global air passenger traffic increased 4.6% in March 2013, up from March 2012, according to the latest Airports Council International (ACI) World...
Nav Canada commissions new ATC tower at Edmonton International Airport
Canadian civil air navigation service provider (ANSP) Nav Canada has commissioned a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Edmonton International Airport, built as part of a $750m airport...
Dubai International Airport to upgrade main runway in 2014
Dubai International Airport in the UAE is set to commence a major runway enhancement project during an 80-day period from 1 May...
Jeppesen collaborates with Nav Canada to design RNAV RNP-based flight procedures
Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has collaborated with Canadian civil air navigation service provider Nav Canada to design and deliver area navigation with required navigation performance (RNAV...
SITA to provide data link service for Indonesian airspace
SITA has received a contract for the implementation of its air-to-ground data link service for the Jakarta Flight Information Region (FIR), which will offer improved air-to-ground...
Frankfurt Airport to implement new system for satellite-based precision approaches
The German air navigation service provider, DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung, and Frankfurt airport operator, Fraport, have announced a collaboration to implement a satellite and...
Chicago O'Hare airport to deploy new customs clearance technology
The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) is planning to deploy Automated Passport Control (APC) at the Chicago O'Hare International Airportt, making it the first airport in the US to implement...
Hochtief sells airports business to PSP Investments for €1.5bn
German construction firm Hochtief has agreed to sell its airport business to Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) for €1.5bn, as part of its efforts to trim down...
San Francisco International Airport reports rise in March passenger traffic
San Francisco International Airport in the US reported a 3.4% rise in its passenger traffic to 3.6 million in March...
Abu Dhabi International Airport introduces GoSleep sleeping pods
Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC) has introduced GoSleep sleeping pods at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the...
Hawaii starts $739m Honolulu International Airport modernisation project
The state of Hawaii has commenced work on a four-year, $739m refurbishment and expansion project at Honolulu International Airport, as part of the state-wide Hawaii Airports Modernisation...
Calgary Airport Authority extends ARINC passenger processing systems contract
Calgary Airport Authority in Canada has extended its current contract for ARINC's common use passenger processing (CUPPS) systems through to...
George Bush Intercontinental Airport to commission new south concourse in mid-May
George Bush Intercontinental Airport will start operations at its new Terminal B south concourse to accommodate United Airlines' regional aircraft operations by mid-May...
Los Angeles City Council approves $4.8bn LAX airport modernisation plan
Los Angeles City Council has approved a $4.8bn modernisation and safety-enhancement plan for Los Angeles International...
Global air passenger traffic rose 5.9% in March
Global air passenger traffic increased by 5.9% in March 2013, which was mainly driven by growth in emerging markets according to International Air Transport Association...
Selex ES secures ATC equipment contract in Vietnam
Selex ES has been selected to supply air traffic control (ATC) equipment for the New Hanoi Air Traffic Control Centre in...
Transport Committee says London’s airport capacity is underutilised
A new report by the London Assembly's Transport Committee claims that, despite increasing air traffic, the capacity at some London airports, including Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted,...
April 2013
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Canada to introduce security risk assessment system at airports
The Canadian Government is planning to introduce a security risk assessment system at airports in the country, which would assist in identifying, analysing and prioritising risks based on...
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport surged by 20.6% in March
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport has risen 20.6% during March 2013 to 5.8 million, compared to the 4.84 million handled during March 2012, which was mainly driven by growth on...
LaGuardia Airport to undergo $203m runway improvement project
LaGuardia Airport in the US has received approval from the New York and New Jersey Port Authority's Board of Commissioners to implement a $202.9m runway improvement...
ESA-EDA demonstrate integration of remote aircraft into European civil airspace
An ESA-EDA led project has successfully demonstrated the integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs) into the European civil airspace at San Javier Air Base in Murcia,...
Getronics to provide IT services to London Gatwick Airport
Getronics has been selected by the London Gatwick Airport to provide IT services across its...
Changi Airport Group selects SAA Architects for Terminal 4 design
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has appointed SAA Architects led architect and design consortium to design the $485m Terminal 4 (T4) at Singapore Changi...
DFS commissions Precision Approach Monitor at Frankfurt Airport
German air navigation service provider (ANSP) DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung has started using its Precision Approach Monitor (PAM) at Frankfurt...
Stockholm Arlanda Airport opens refurbished Terminal 2
Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden has opened its refurbished Terminal 2, which will aim to improve passenger processing and the overall airport...
Zhangjiajie Airport in China implements RNP to ILS and Public RNP AR procedures
Zhangjiajie Airport in China has implemented required navigation performance (RNP) to instrument landing system (ILS) and public required navigation performance authorisation required (RNP...
Singapore Changi Airport passenger traffic rose 7.7% in March 2013
Singapore Changi Airport has reported a 7.7% rise in its passenger traffic during March 2013 to 4.61 million compared to the 4.2 million passengers handled during corresponding month in...
Hong Kong International Airport reports 8% rise in March passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) increased by 8% in March 2013 to five million compared to 4,632,000 passengers handled during the corresponding month in...
ACI launches A-CDM to reduce flight delays
Airports Council International (ACI) has launched airport collaborative decision making (A-CDM) across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East, Latin America-Caribbean and North-America, to...
Single European market not possible without single airspace, according to EESC
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has said that a single European market is not possible without a single airspace, which is 'indispensable to the smooth running of the...
SITA supports Bogota airport $1bn expansion project
SITA has deployed its passenger processing solutions at Bogota El Dorado Airport (BOG) in Colombia as part of the airport operator Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional's (OPAIN) $1bn...
Stansted Airport’s new boarding pass system to go live from 22 April
London Stansted Airport will commission its new Smart Access scanners from 22 April 2013, which will allow departing passengers to self check their boarding...
Finland’s Finavia rolls out uniform air navigation system
Finnish air navigation service provider and airport operator Finavia has completed a project to roll out uniform radar surveillance air traffic control (ATC) system across the...
San José International Airport wins approval for corporate jet facility
San José International Airport has received approval from the San José City Council in the US for the construction of an $82m corporate aviation...
Melbourne Airport receives Government approval for $400m revamp
Melbourne Airport has received approval from the Australian Government to undertake a $400m redevelopment under the Southern Precinct...
Saab Sensis’ A-SMGCS goes live at Brisbane Airport
Australian air navigation service provider (ANSP) Airservices Australia has commissioned Saab Sensis advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) at Brisbane...
EU lawmakers back proposal on revised ground handling policy at airports
The European Parliament (EP) has approved revisions to ground handling regulations at major EU airports to open up ground handling services to more...
Heathrow Airport reports 3.9% rise in March 2013 passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at London Heathrow Airport increased 3.9% during March 2013 to 5.9 million, with a rise in traffic on routes to BRIC countries, Europe and the Middle...
ARINC to modernise passenger processing system at Port Moresby International Airport
Port Moresby International Airport in Papua New Guinea has awarded a contract to ARINC for the deployment of multiple airport systems to enhance passenger...
Norway to expand airport capacity with €4.9bn investment
Norwegian airport operator and air navigation service provider Avinor is planning to invest €4.9bn under the 2014-2023 National Transport Plan to expand airport capacity in the country to meet...
Jamaica deploys SITA’s border management system for passenger processing
Jamaica's Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has deployed SITA's iBorders Advanced Management API to enhance passenger processing and effective supervision of security...
Global air passenger traffic rose 1.8% in February 2013
Global air passenger traffic rose 1.8% in February 2013, compared to the corresponding month in 2012, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI)...
ARINC to deliver vMUSE Enterprise solution to Kazan Airport
ARINC has received a contract for the delivery of its cloud-based vMUSE Enterprise common-use check-in solution to Kazan (KZN) international airport in Tatarstan,...
Copenhagen Airport to cut arriving baggage processing time
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark has collaborated with three airport handling firms to reduce the processing time for arriving...
Morpho Detection wins explosives detection systems contract in Canada
Morpho Detection has received a $100m contract from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) for the delivery of explosives detection...
Bratislava airport extends ARINC common use equipment contract
Bratislava M. R. Stefanika Airport (BTS) in Slovakia has signed a contract with ARINC to continue to use its iMUSE platform for a further two...
Baggage mishandling dropped in 2012
Airline baggage mishandling declined 1.78% in 2012 to 8.83 bags per thousand passengers compared 8.99 in 2011, according to the latest SITA Baggage...
Tampa International Airport unveils $2.5bn master plan
Tampa International Airport in Florida, US, has unveiled a $2.5bn master plan to expand and modernise the...
Saab remote tower system completes site acceptance test for Norwegian ANSP
Saab's remote tower (r-TWR) system has completed site acceptance testing (SAT) for Norwegian air navigation service provider (ANSP)...
US FAA delays federal contract ATC tower closures
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has delayed its earlier scheduled closures of all 149 federal contract air traffic control towers (ATC) until 15 June 2013 after airports asked...
Los Angeles Internatonal Airport’s Terminal 5 to undergo $229m overhaul
Delta Air Lines and the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) will invest $229m to overhaul Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International...
European airports report decline in February passenger traffic
European airports have reported a 0.2% decline in passenger traffic in February 2013, compared to the corresponding period last year, according to the latest report from Airports...
Abu Dhabi Airport awards $257m contract to L&T
Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC), the operator of Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE, has awarded an AED 943.11m ($257m) contract to Transportation Infrastructure Business of L&T Construction...
Qatar delays opening of $15.5bn Hamad International Airport over safety concerns
The initial phase opening of Doha's new Hamad International Airport in Qatar has been delayed as it failed to meet new safety and security...
Dubai’s second airport to commence passenger operations in October 2013
Dubai World Central Airport also known as Al Maktoum International Airport in the UAE is set to commence passenger operations on 27 October...
Parsons Brinckerhoff to study expansion of Vietnam’s Chu Lai International Airport
Parsons Brinckerhoff has received a contract from the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) to carry out a feasibility study for the redevelopment of Chu Lai International Airport in Da Nang,...
SITA deploys passenger processing solution at seven Japanese airports
SITA has deployed its common-use passenger processing system (CUPPS), AirportConnect Open, at seven Japanese...
Abu Dhabi International Airport seeks contractor to expand baggage reclaim area
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is seeking contractors for the expansion of the baggage reclaim area at Abu Dhabi International Airport's (ADIA) Terminal...
Saab Sensis to support NASA’s aviation safety research
Saab Sensis has received a contract from the NASA Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) to develop scenario-based verification and validation (V&V) methods that assist in detecting errors associated...
March 2013
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DFW International Airport opens first phase of revamped Terminal A
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in the US has opened the initial portion of revamped Terminal...
Queensland Government approves Cairns Airport’s $1bn redevelopment plan
Cairns Airport's 20-year $1bn redevelopment plan moves forward after the Queensland Government in Australia approved the airport's land use...
Myrtle Beach International airport opens new terminal
Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina, US, has opened its new $118m terminal, which is scheduled to commence operations on 2 April...
Taylor Woodrow International wins contract to expand Abu Dhabi airport Terminal 3
Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC) has awarded contract to Taylor Woodrow International Construction to carry out expansion works at Abu Dhabi International Airport's Terminal...
Airports Authority of India to deploy Comsoft Quadrant Sensor ADS-B ground stations
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded a contract to Comsoft for the delivery and installation of an additional 14 of its Quadrant Sensor Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast...
Singapore Changi Airport reports 9.2% rise in February passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi Airport rose 9.2% during February 2013 to 4.12 million, up from the 3.77 million passengers handled during February...
US FAA to close 149 federal contract Air Traffic Control towers
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to close one third of air traffic control (ATC) towers located at smaller airports from 7 April 2013, as part of its...
Parsons Brinckerhoff wins contract to support San Francisco RSA project
Parsons Brinckerhoff has received a contract from the Airport Commission of the City and County of San Francisco to offer construction management support services for a series of runway safety...
Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan opens new terminal
Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan has officially commenced operations at its $750m new terminal, built as part of a first phase...
Vanderlande wins JFK airport Terminal 4 baggage handling contract
Vanderlande Industries has signed a seven-year agreement with JFKIAT, the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, to operate and maintain the baggage handling...
Rohde & Schwarz VCS-4G completes site acceptance test for Romanian ANSP
Romanian air navigation service provider (ANSP) ROMATSA has completed the final site acceptance test of Rohde & Schwarz’ VCS-4G voice communications system for its Emergency Area Control...
Lagan Construction wins Gan International Airport development contract
UK-based Lagan Construction has been selected by the Maldives government for the development of its Gan International Airport in Addu...
Auckland Airport to deploy CEM AC2000 technology to improve security
Auckland Airport in New Zealand has awarded a contract to CEM Systems for the deployment of its AC2000 security management...
UK air passenger traffic on path of recovery, says CAA
UK airports have reported a 0.6% rise in passenger traffic during 2012 to 221 million, handling 1.4 million more passengers than in 2011, according to the Civil Aviation Authority...
Hong Kong International Airport reports rise in February passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported a 14.5% rise in its passenger traffic during February 2013 to 4.7 million, compared to the corresponding month in...
Sri Lanka opens Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
Sri Lanka has opened its second international airport located at Hambantota, which was funded by a $210m loan from China's Export-Import...
Maldives Airport to deploy Comsoft ADS-B technology
Maldives Airport has awarded a contract to Comsoft for the deployment of its Quadrant Sensor ADS-B ground systems on the archipelago island...
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport declines 4% in February 2013
Vienna International Airport in Austria reported a 4% decline in passenger traffic during February 2013, registering figures of 1.33...
NATS deploys new training simulators at Farnborough Airport
UK air traffic services provider NATS has deployed new training simulators at TAG Farnborough Airport as part of a project to develop its modern training and simulation...
Aéroports de Paris reports decline in February passenger traffic
French airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) reported a 1.8% decline in passenger traffic to 5.9 million at its airports during February 2013, when compared to February...
Global air passenger traffic rises 1.5% in January 2013
Global air passenger traffic rose 1.5% during January 2013 compared to the corresponding period in 2012, according to a new report from Airports Council International...
Vanderlande to deliver baggage handling system for São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport
Vanderlande Industries has received a contract from Consórcio Invepar-ACSA, the operator of Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil, for the deployment of a new baggage handling...
Canberra International Airport opens new terminal
Australia's Canberra International Airport has opened the $420m Western Concourse Terminal, marking the completion of the second phase of the airport's...
EU regulations not enough to build Single European Sky, say airline associations
The European Single Sky Committee's proposed Single European Sky (SES) regulations for 2015-2019 is facing strong opposition from various global airline associations, including the...
Airports Authority of India to deploy Honeywell SmartPath technology at Chennai airport
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has selected Honeywell's SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) for deployment at Chennai International Airport to boost air traffic...
Aecom joint venture wins King Khaled International Airport expansion contract
A joint venture led by Aecom Technology has received a contract for the redevelopment and expansion of King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi...
ARINC to deliver passenger processing technology to Egyptian airports
ARINC has received a contract from the Egypt's airport operator Egyptian Airports (EAC) to deploy its vMUSE common use passenger processing system (CUPPS) at five of the country's regional...
TSA to allow fliers to carry small knives and sporting goods from 25 April
The US Transportation Administration (TSA) has modified its list of prohibited items that can be carried on aircraft on an overall risk-based security approach with effect from 25 April...
GAL wins contract to provide navigation services at five UAE airports
UAE-based Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) has received a AED538m ($146.43m) contract from the Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC) to manage air navigation services at its five...
European air traffic drops by 1.6% in January 2013
Passenger traffic at European airports declined 1.6% during January 2013, compared to the corresponding month in 2012, according to a new report from Airports Council International (ACI)...
Cape Town International Airport to implement RNP AR procedures
South African Airways (SAA) has received approval from the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) for the implementation of newly obligatory navigation performance with...
Copenhagen Airport commissions new automated boarding pass scanners
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) in Denmark has commissioned new automated boarding pass scanners to facilitate faster security screening and enhance passenger satisfaction and...
Airport capacity crunch to cost UK billions
The UK has to increase direct flights to the world's fastest growing economies or will risk missing out on billions of pounds in trade, according to a new report from the UK's top business...
Foster + Partners to submit Thames Hub Airport proposal to Airports Commission in July 2013
Foster + Partners will submit a proposal to the UK Airports Commission to build a new £50bn hub airport in the Thames Estuary in July 2013....
Perth International Airport opens new Terminal 2
Perth International Airport in Australia has opened its $120m Domestic Terminal 2 (T2), which will act as a base for domestic...
ATS begins using new bio-friendly de-icing fluid at Lambert Airport
Ground handling firm Airport Terminal Services (ATS) has started using a new bio-based de-icing fluid for commercial carriers operating at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport...
Logan Teleflex upgrades baggage systems at 15 Saudi Arabian airports
Logan Teleflex has upgraded baggage systems at 15 domestic airports in Saudi Arabia by deploying new departures and arrivals systems....
HungaroControl opens new air traffic control centre in Budapest
Hungarian air navigation service provider HungaroControl has opened the new air traffic control (ATC) centre in Budapest, as part of its move to advance the air transport infrastructure of...
Aéroports de Paris reports rise in 2012 passenger traffic
French airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) reported a 0.8% rise in passenger traffic at its airports during 2012 to 88.8 million compared to...
February 2013
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Airservices Australia commissions two integrated tower automation suites
Australian Government air navigation service provider, Airservices, has commissioned two integrated tower automation suites (INTAS) at Broome and Rockhampton...
Kawapehajaya Indonesia consortium wins Soekarno-Hatta International Airport contract
An Indonesia-based consortium led by Wijaya Karya (WIKA) has won a IDR4.7 trillion ($485m) contract for the expansion of Terminal 3 at Soekarno-Hatta International...
Parsons Brinckerhoff JV wins Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport development contract
A joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) and T.Y. Lin International has received a $44m contract to develop Terminal 3 at Taiwan Taoyuan International...
Saab remote tower system completes site acceptance test for Sweden’s LFV
Saab's remote tower (r-TWR) system, currently under deployment with Swedish air navigation service provider LFV, has finished site acceptance testing...
NATS upgrades radar systems to avoid interference from 4G spectrum
The UK's air traffic services provider NATS has upgraded its radar systems to prevent interference from higher band 4G mobile...
Airservices commissions new surface movement radar at Brisbane Airport
Australia's air navigation service provider Airservices has commissioned a new advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) at Brisbane Airport in a bid to improve...
VINCI signs €3.08bn agreement to acquire Portuguese airport operator ANA
VINCI has signed a €3.08bn agreement with the Portuguese Government to acquire the shares of state-owned airport operator...
Massport to spend $1bn in capital projects by 2017
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has approved a five-year plan to invest $1bn on 341 projects between 2013 and 2017 as part of a comprehensive financial plan of capital...
Mumbai International Airport to deploy SITA passenger handling technology
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) in India has signed a ten-year agreement with SITA for the deployment of passenger handling, baggage reconciliation and security solutions at Chhatrapati...
Ecuador’s new $700m Quito International Airport begins operations
Corporaciσn Quiport has opened the new $700m Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito,...
Airports Authority of India to deploy SITA passenger processing systems at 25 more airports
SITA has received a contract from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy its common-use passenger processing system (CUPPS) at 25 more...
Chile invites bids for $723m upgrade of Santiago Airport
Chile's Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has launched pre-qualification process for a $723m upgrade project at Arturo Merino Benitez (AMB) international airport in...
Passenger traffic at Middle East and Asia-Pacific airports rises in 2012
Passenger traffic at Middle East and Asia-Pacific airports rose 12.1% and 7.1% respectively during 2012 compared to 2011, according to Airports Council International (ACI) Passenger and...
Munich Airport extends ARINC CUPPS solution contract
Munich Airport (MUC) in Germany has extended its contract with ARINC to continue using its common use passenger processing systems (CUPPS) solution at Terminal 2...
Airbus ProSky and Steria collaborate to develop European airspace simulation platform
Airbus ProSky and Steria have signed an agreement with nine other partners to develop the first European airspace simulation platform known as Shared Virtual Sky...
Hong Kong International Airport reports 5.1% decline in January passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported 5.1% decline in its passenger traffic during January 2012 to 4.6 million due to the 2013 Chinese New Year, which fell in February this...
COCESNA collaborates with SITA to implement data link technology across Central American airspace
Corporacion Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea (COCESNA), the agency responsible for air navigation services in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua has...
Systems Interface to replace Jersey Airport DVOR/DME system
Systems Interface has received a contract from Jersey Airport in the Channel Islands to replace the existing en-route Doppler VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range (DVOR) and Distance Measuring...
London Gatwick Airport proposes additional £1bn investment plan to improve facilities
London Gatwick Airport has proposed to invest of an additional £1bn between 2014 and 2019 to develop passenger...
UK researchers explore ways to use TV signals to track aircraft
The UK Technology Strategy Board has funded a two-year research project by Thales UK, NATS and Roke Manor Research to explore the use of existing digital TV signals to track...
NAV Portugal deploys SITA’s data link infrastructure to comply with Single European Sky
NAV Portugal, the air navigation service provider (ANSP), has joined forces with SITA to deploy its data link infrastructure across the...
Airservices Australia to deploy Honeywell SmartPath precision landing system at Sydney Airport
Airservices Australia has selected the Honeywell Aerospace SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) to be deployed at Sydney...
New IT technologies to shape global travel by 2015
Innovation in IT technologies will shape the way passengers use travel services by 2015, according to a new survey by...
Indra upgrades India's radar surveillance network with new modeS technology
Indra has upgraded the monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR) network for Airport Authority India with its modeS technology to modernise the country's air traffic management (ATM)...
Heathrow Airport plans £3bn infrastructure investment
Heathrow is planning to invest £3bn to complete it's new Terminal 2, construct taxiways and refurbish the baggage system....
Singapore Changi Airport to start construction on $485m Terminal 4 in fourth quarter
Singapore Changi Airport has unveiled initial plans to build a new $485m Terminal 4 by 2017, to replace the existing budget terminal and to cope with passenger traffic...
Raytheon to introduce Indian satellite-based aircraft navigation system
Raytheon will introduce a new satellite-based aircraft navigation system in India during 2013, which is expected to improve safety in the country's crowded airspace, while also streamlining...
Balfour Beatty secures £64m engineering contract at Dubai Airport
Balfour Beatty's Dubai joint venture BK Gulf has received a £64m mechanical and electrical engineering contract, from Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects, to be executed at Dubai...
Chopin Airport among most active airports on social media
Poland's Chopin Airport has become one of the most active airports in the world on social media, with its Facebook and Twitter pages listed in the top ten airport social media...
CAAS and NTU collaborate on new air traffic management R&D in Singapore
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to set up country's first Air Traffic Management...
Airservices deploys Quintiq’ air traffic controller fatigue-related risk software
Australia's air navigation service provider (ANSP) Airservices has deployed Quintiq's workforce planning software solution, which will be used as a decision-making tool for shift rostering...
Air Astana to deploy ARINC AviNet Airport messaging platform for airport applications
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana has awarded a contract to ARINC to provide AviNet Airport connectivity and messaging platform for its current and legacy airport...
NATS, Mitsubishi Research Institute to collaborate on ATM projects
UK air traffic services provider NATS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan based Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) to collaborate on air traffic management (ATM)...
San Diego International Airport to open Green Build Terminal 2 in Summer 2013
San Diego International Airport in the US is all set to open it's $1bn Green Build Terminal 2 in Sumer 2013....
ICC ATRAK-BS automated flight billing solution completes factory acceptance test for DGCA Kuwait
Ifield Computer Consultancy (ICC) ATRAK-BS Automated Flight Billing and Statistics systems have completed a factory acceptance test for the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) State...
Recession-hit European airport traffic growth dropped alarmingly in 2012
Passenger traffic at European airports reported an annual rise of just 1.8% in 2012, which has been labelled "an alarming decline in passenger traffic growth", according to a new report...
2012 global air passenger traffic rose, cargo traffic dropped
Global air passenger traffic rose 5.3% in 2012, slightly lower than the 5.9% rise in 2011, although it was above 5% twenty-year average, according to the International Air Transport...
Chopin Airport reduces baggage delivery time by more than half
Chopin Airport in Poland reduced its average baggage delivery time by more than half in 2012, following its participation in the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Baggage...
Singapore Changi Airport reports 8.6% rise in December 2012 passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi Airport rose 8.6% during December 2012 to 4.92 million, rising from the 4.5 million passengers handled during the corresponding month in...
General Dynamics to upgrade security systems at Los Angeles International Airport
General Dynamics has received a $27.3m contract to upgrade the closed circuit television (CCTV) and video management and storage system deployed at Los Angeles International...
January 2013
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ADB Airfield Solutions to modernise Basra International Airport in Iraq
ADB Airfield Solutions has been selected by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) and AFM Group to upgrade Basra International...
ARINC to upgrade passenger processing system at Vancouver airport
Vancouver Airport Authority in Canada has signed a five-year contract with ARINC to upgrade its Common Use Passenger Processing Systems (CUPPS) technology currently being used at the...
UAE signs deal with Airbus ProSky to restructure airspace
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has collaborated with Airbus ProSky to restructure the country's...
French levy on airline tickets raises €1bn for UNITAID
The French Government's special tax levy on air tickets has raised more than €1bn since 2006, according to the French Civil Aviation Authority...
Brussels Airport deploys Arinc’s passenger processing systems
Brussels Airport in Belgium has completed the deployment of Arinc's new passenger processing systems, which would support the airport's projected...
Dubai airport reports 13.2% rise in passenger traffic
Dubai International Airport has reported a 13.2% surge in passenger traffic during 2012 to 57.6 million, up from 50.97 million recorded during...
Built Environs secures Perth airport development contract in Australia
Built Environs, a unit of the McConnell Dowell Group has secured a A$330m ($343.8m) contract from Perth Airport in Australia to construct a domestic pier and expand international departure...
IATA and European aviation partners launch plan to avoid runway excursions
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has collaborated with 16 other European aviation stakeholder organisations to develop a European action plan aimed at avoiding runway...
Qatar’s Hamad International Airport set to open 1 April 2013
The initial phase of Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, is scheduled for opening on 1 April 2013, after an earlier opening delay in...
Indra to deliver radio navigation systems for Airservices Australia
Indra has received two contracts from the air navigation services provider Airservices Australia for the delivery of Doppler VHF Omni Range (DVOR) and Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)...
Naviair to deploy Saab Sensis’ ADS-B system for flights over Greenland and Faroes
Denmark's air navigation service provider (ANSP) Naviair has selected Saab Sensis' Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system for surveillance of flights passing through...
Turkey to float tender for third Istanbul airport on 24 January
Turkey is all set to launch a tender for the construction of a new $5.6bn airport in Istanbul on 24 January...
Kolkata Airport in India opens new integrated passenger terminal
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata, India, has opened its new integrated passenger terminal, tripling the airport's passenger handling...
Birmingham Airport installs safety technology for faster crew response
Birmingham Airport in the UK has deployed an alert system incorporating Zetron communications' consoles to ensure faster crew response in case of an...
Snow disruption hits airport, flight services in Europe
European airports have delayed hundreds of flights caused by snow and ice disruptions across the continent, hampering travel plans for a second...
TSA to remove body scanners from all US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to remove controversial body scanners deployed at all airports in the country following public...
DFS’ Phoenix multi-sensor data-fusion system goes live at Almaty International Airport
Kazakhstan air navigation service provider (ANSP) Kazaeronavigatsia has commenced operations of the Phoenix multi-sensor data-fusion system at Almaty International...
Manchester Airports acquires Stansted Airport for £1.5bn
Manchester Airports (MAG) has completed the acquisition of London Stansted Airport for...
Three bidders in race to acquire London Stansted airport
London Stansted Airport has received three final bids worth $1.6bn each to acquire what is the UK's fourth largest airport, serving 17.4 million passengers in...
Cavotec secures ground support equipment orders for Hanoi, Cairo airports
Cavotec has received contracts for the delivery of its integrated ground support equipment (GSE) for installation at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam an Cairo International...
Monarch Aircraft Engineering breaks ground on new hangar at Birmingham Airport
UK-based aircraft maintenance provider Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has started construction on a new hangar facility at Birmingham...
Frankfurt Airport reports rise in 2012 passenger traffic
Fraport's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany reported 1.9% rise in passenger traffic during 2012 to 57.5 million, compared to the 56.4 million passengers handled during...
China approves $11.2bn airport in Beijing
The Chinese Government has given approval for the construction of new CNY70bn ($11.2bn) international airport in Beijing to reduce congestion at the existing international airport in the...
Warsaw Chopin Airport handled 9.5 million passengers in 2012
Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland reported a 2.7% rise in its passenger traffic during 2012 to 9.5 million, despite a 3.3% drop in December 2012 to 602,000...
Hong Kong International Airport reports 4.7% rise in 2012 passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reported a 4.7% rise in passenger traffic during 2012 with 56.5 million...
Dubai Airport set to begin Terminal 1 refurbishment in Q1 2013
Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the UAE is set to commence work on refurbishment of Terminal 1 in the first quarter of...
Scottish airports announce 2012 passenger traffic
Three major airports in Scotland have revealed their passenger traffic statistics for 2012, with Glasgow and Aberdeen reporting traffic rises and Edinburgh a year-on-year...
Hong Kong Airport awards ground equipment contracts to Cavotec
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has awarded three contracts to Cavotec for the delivery of aircraft fuelling and electrical supply ground support equipment...
IATA reports upswing in global passenger and air freight demand in November 2012
Global year-on-year passenger and air freight demand rose 4.6% and 1.6% respectively during November 2012, marking an improvement in air transport demand, according to the International...
Vienna airport opens refurbished terminal
Vienna International Airport in Austria has opened its newly modernised terminal, Check-in 1, aimed at enhancing travel comfort for NIKI and airberlin...
Passenger traffic at OMA-operated airports rises 4.9% in December 2012
Passenger traffic at 13 airports operated by Mexican company Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) rose 4.9% year-on-year in December 2012 to 1.1 million for the...
Bristol Airport awards £150m framework contract to boost capacity
Bristol International Airport in the UK has awarded a £150m construction framework contract to 13 firms to boost the capacity of the...
Boeing designs precision navigation procedures for Wuyishan Airport in China
Boeing, in collaboration with Xiamen Airlines, has developed new Required Navigational Performance - Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight procedures at Wuyishan Airport in...
Recession-hit European airport traffic declines in November
Passenger traffic at airports in the European Union (EU) declined 1.3% in November 2012, marking the second month of recession after an identical 1.3% drop in October 2012, according to a...
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport completes security upgrade
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has upgraded its security following the installation of a perimeter fence and electronic surveillance...
Whitemountain Quarries wins Belfast runway resurfacing contract
Northern Ireland-based construction firm Whitemountain Quarries has received a contract to resurface Belfast International Airport's main...
Work set to begin on India’s first private international airport
Chennai-based KGS Group is set to start work on the construction of India's first private international airport at Aranmula in southern Kerala later this month, after securing all...
Muscat and Salalah airports report rise in November passenger traffic
Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport in Oman have both reported rises in passenger traffic in November 2012 when compared to the corresponding month in...
Kansas City International Airport reports decline in November passenger traffic
Kansas City International Airport (KCI) in the US has reported an 8.6% decline in passenger traffic in November 2012 to 777,350 passengers, including arrivals and departures, compared to...
Orlando International Airport to build automated people mover
Orlando International Airport in the US is planning to build a new automated people mover (APM) system and parking garage to help handle increasing passenger traffic...
Dubai International Airport opens new A380 facility in Terminal 3
Dubai Airports has commissioned four out of 20 gates at the world’s first facility dedicated for A380 aircraft at Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3, as part of the opening of Concourse...
Saudi Arabia to issue bonds to fund airport projects in 2013
The government of Saudi Arabia is planning to issue bonds in 2013, backed by the Finance Ministry, to fund construction work at King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah and...
Philippines to award Mactan-Cebu International Airport contract in September 2013
The Philippine government is planning to award the PHP10bn ($240.4m) contract for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) passenger terminal project in September...
Changi Airport serves 50 million passengers in 2012
Singapore Changi Airport Group (CAG) has announced that annual passenger traffic at the airport reached 50 million in 2012, marking 25% growth over 2010, when it registered 40...
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Vancouver Airport Authority finalises Vanderlande’s baggage contract
Vancouver Airport Authority has confirmed the deal for deploying Vanderlande Industries' new baggage handling system (BHS) at Vancouver International Airport in...
Beckett Rankine propose London’s new offshore airport at Goodwin Sands
Maritime consulting engineers Beckett Rankine has proposed a plan to build a £39bn offshore airport for London on the Goodwin Sands site, which is located 3km off the east coast of...
Philadelphia unveils alternative plan for airport expansion
The City of Philadelphia has mooted an alternate plan for expanding the Philadelphia International Airport in the US in a bid to save 72 houses and 10 businesses from being demolished in...
UK introduces new Civil Aviation Act to encourage airport improvements
The UK Government has enacted a new Civil Aviation Act law allowing the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ensure that airports deliver better facilities, provide more information for passengers...
Global air passenger traffic nears three billion in 2012
Global air passenger traffic has increased 5% since 2011 to around 2.9 billion passengers and it is anticipated to cross the 6 billion mark by 2030, according to the International Civil...
Frequentis to deploy ATC information display system at Riga International Airport
Frequentis has received a contract from Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS) to deliver a new ATC information display system to be deployed at Riga International Airport in...
Hong Kong International Airport reports rise in November cargo traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in China has recorded a 9.3% rise in cargo traffic of 374,000t in November 2012, compared to 342,000t handled during the corresponding month in...
Abu Dhabi Airport self-service check-ins almost doubled in 2012
Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE reported a 17% rise in passenger self-service check-ins during the January to December 2012, which is nearly double the previous years 9%...
Italian airports facing modernisation delays over unresolved policy on charges: ACI
ACI Europe has urged the Italian authorities to immediately resolve a long-standing policy issue over airport charges, which has led to delays in essential modernisation and development projects...
Bahrain Airport to undergo further expansion in 2013
Bahrain Airports (BAC) will expand the passenger terminal at Bahrain International in Muharraq in...
Frankfurt Airport passenger traffic declined in November 2012
Fraport's Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany, reported a 2.7% decline in passenger traffic during November 2012, to 4.2 million, mainly due to reduced flight destinations and a lower frequency...
UK considering satellite-based aircraft navigation mandate
The UK is considering mandating satellite-based aircraft navigation in certain areas of controlled airspace, as part of proposals to enhance the country's airspace system through the...
FAA to begin NextGen flights at Portland International Airport in 2013
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to start NextGen technology supported flights at Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon from...
Frequentis’s VCS system goes live at Aeronautica Civil de Colombia
Colombian air navigation service provider (ANSP) Aeronautica Civil de Colombia has put into operation Frequentis's voice communication system (VCS) at its air traffic control centre and the...
Georgian ANSP implements Comsoft’s AMHS system
Georgian air navigation service provider, Sakaeronavigatsia, has implemented Comsoft's AMHS/AFTN system following the completion of comprehensive testing...
Five UK airports report 3.8% rise in November passenger traffic
Heathrow Airport Holdings, formerly BAA, the operator of five UK airports, has reported a combined 3.8% rise in passenger traffic at its airports during November 2012 to 7.4 million when...
Melbourne Airport introduces new body scanners
Melbourne Airport in Australia has begun rolling out body scanners at its international terminal, installed as part of the Australian Federal Government's $200m Strengthening Aviation...
London Gatwick Airport reports 4.2% rise in passenger traffic for November
London Gatwick Airport in the UK has reported a 4.2% rise in its passenger traffic in November 2012 to 2.2 million, when compared to 2.13 million handled during the corresponding month in...
Frequentis delivers IP-based VCS to AVINOR
Frequentis has delivered its IP-based voice communication system (VCS) to AVINOR, the Norwegian air navigation service provider (ANSP), to power the country's first remote tower...
Ayala and Aboitiz collaborate with ADC&HAS to bid for Mactan Airport project
Philippine conglomerates Ayala and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) have formed a consortium with US-based Airport Development Corporation (ADC) and Houston Airport System (HAS) to bid for the...
Mexican airports report 8.3% rise in passenger traffic in November
Passenger traffic at 13 Mexican airports operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) increased by 8.3% in November 2012 to 1.05 million, compared to 974,148 passengers handled during...
European air traffic fell 1.3% during October: ACI
Passenger traffic at European airports declined 1.3% in October 2012, marking the first monthly decline in both passenger and freight traffic since 2009, thanks to the affect of the euro zone...
Phoenix selects Saab Sensis’ Aerobahn airport surface management system
Saab Sensis' Aerobahn Airport surface management system has been selected by the City of Phoenix for deployment at Phoenix Sky HarborInternational Airport in the...
Heathrow airport begins noise respite trial
London Heathrow Airport, in collaboration with Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise (HACAN), air traffic services provider NATS and British Airways has launched a trial that...
Brisbane International Airport rolls out new body scanners
Brisbane International Airport in Australia has rolled out new body scanning systems, which will randomly scan passengers to improve...
Self-boarding & bag drop most desired by airport passengers
Self-boarding and self-service bag drop services are among the most desired facilities that passengers like to see at airports, according to a new survey by...
Airport-technology.com launches airports survey
Airport-technology.com is launching a major global airports industry survey, and we'd like to hear your opinions on the most important business issues for 2013-2014....
Singapore court stays termination of GMR's Maldives airport contract
The High Court of Singapore has stayed the Maldives Government's termination of Indian infrastructural firm GMR Group's $511m contract to develop Ibrahim Nassir International Airport in...
FAA’s new WAM technology goes live in Western Colorado
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have operationalised a new wide area multilateration (WAM) system around Montrose Regional Airport...
Frequentis secures ten-year voice communication system supply contract from FAA
Frequentis has received a ten-year contract from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the delivery of its VCS3020 voice communication system to replace the old air traffic control...
Izmir airport receives loan for construction of new domestic terminal
TAV EGE, a subsidiary of TAV Airports has secured a loan worth €250m from a group of banks for the construction of a domestic terminal at Adnan Menderes Airport in Izmir,...
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Birmingham Airport begins runway extension project
Birmingham Airport in the UK has commenced work on its runway extension project as part of a program to allow the airport to handle direct long haul...
Hurricane Sandy added to already softening worldwide air traffic growth: IATA
Superstorm Sandy, which hit parts of Northeastern US and the Caribbean, has given a blow to the already softening passenger traffic growth in October, according to International Air...
WheelTug signs partnership agreement with Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic
WheelTug has entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR), making the agency its European partner for air navigation and air...
Maldives scraps $511m airport development contract with GMR
The Maldives has cancelled a $511m contract awarded to the Indian infrastructural firm GMR Group for the upgrade, modernisation and management of Ibrahim Nassir International Airport in...
ITT Exelis to modernise noise and flight tracking at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
ITT Exelis has received a contract from the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority to modernise noise and flight tracking systems deployed at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) in Florida,...
Jeppesen delivers RNAV RNP-based arrival procedures for Denver International Airport
Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen has completed the design and delivery of area navigation with required navigation performance-based (RNAV RNP) arrivals to improve efficiencies at Denver...
Airbus ProSky and Atech collaborate to enhance ATM in Latin America
Airbus subsidiary Airbus ProSky and Brazilian firm Atech have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance the performance of air traffic management (ATM) in Latin...
Hurricane Sandy reduced Transatlantic flight operations in October: NATS
The affect of Hurricane Sandy on the eastern coast of the US led to a 0.5% reduction in the number of transatlantic flights during October 2012, according to UK air traffic services provider...
Egis to deliver aircraft sequencing system for Bahrain International Airport
Egis has received a contract from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain to deliver an arrival management system for installation at Bahrain International...
Passenger traffic at top UAE airports to reach 80 million in 2012: report
Total passenger traffic at UAE's three largest airports, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, is expected to reach 80 million in 2012, according to a new...
India approves more funds to expand Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
The Indian Government has approved a revised budget of Rs23.25bn ($420.2m) for the expansion and modernisation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | International Airport (NSCBI) in...
Watpac Construction wins Darwin International Airport expansion contract
Watpac Construction has received a $40m contract to design and construct the first stage of expansion at Darwin International Airport (DIA) in...
Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore signs collaboration to enhance ATM performance
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has signed collaboration agreements with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU), MITRE and Airbus...
Nav Canada invests in satellite-based aircraft tracking JV
Canadian civil air navigation service provider Nav Canada has agreed to invest $150m in Aireon, which was formed to develop satellite-based aircraft tracking...
Passenger traffic at airports in the Middle East and Asia Pacific rises
Passenger traffic at airports in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions increased 10.1% and 5.1% year-on-year respectively during September 2012, according to Airports Council...
Verint provides key technologies for Heathrow airport’s security monitoring platform
US-based Verint Systems will lead a programme to evaluate the Total Airport Security Solution (TASS) currently being trialled at Heathrow Airport in...
Hill International wins engineering consultancy contract for Muscat and Salalah airports
US-based Hill International has secured a $108.2m engineering consultancy contract for expansion and modernisation projects at Oman's Muscat and Salalah...
Hong Kong International Airport reports rise in October passenger traffic
Hong Kong international airport (HKIA) reported a 1.9% rise in passenger traffic during October 2012 to 4.7 million when compared to the corresponding month in...
ICAO implements new flight plan
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has now overseen its transition to a new real-time aircraft flight...
Houston Airport System unveils new checkpoint wait time tool
US-based airport operator Houston Airport System has rolled out a new online tool that will inform passengers of the estimated time required to clear security checkpoints at George...
Kenya to build a new terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in 2013
Construction of the new $647m (KES56bn) terminal at Jomo Kenyatta | International Airport (JKIA) in Kenya is expected to begin in November...
Aéroports de Paris reports 1.7% drop in passenger traffic in October 2012
Passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris (ADP) airports in France declined 1.7% during October 2012 when compared to the corresponding period in 2011 to 7.45...
European anti-austerity protests disrupt air travel across the continent
Thousands of flights have been cancelled or delayed due to anti-austerity strikes and protests across Europe called by the European Trade Union Confederation...
Vienna airport reports 4% rise in October passenger traffic
Vienna International Airport in Austria reported a 4% rise in passenger traffic during October 2012 compared to the same month in 2011, handling 1.99 million...
Hurricane Sandy slowed Heathrow passenger traffic in October
London Heathrow Airport reported a 0.1% decline in passenger traffic during October, serving around six million passengers. The fall was due in part to flights cancelled following Hurricane...
GE Aviation to streamline operations at Xi Chang airport
GE Aviation has received a contract to design a required navigation performance-authorization required (RNP-AR) for instrument landing system (ILS) flight procedures for Air China Southwest...
Quovadis to lead SESAR JU’s PBN flight trials in the Canary Islands
Airbus ProSky subsidiary Quovadis has been selected by the EU's SESAR Joint Undertaking to design and validate improved performance-based navigation (PBN) approaches at two airports in the...
Frankfurt Airport reports rise in October 2012 passenger traffic
Fraport's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany reported a 1.4% rise in passenger traffic in October 2012 to 5.21 million when compared to 5.15 million served during the corresponding month in...
Nav Canada and partners launch second phase of ENGAGE demonstration project
Nav Canada has launched the second phase of the ENGAGE demonstration project, which aims to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the busy North...
Vinci Construction wins Gatwick Airport Pier 1 transformation contract
Vinci Construction has won an £183.9m contract to transform Gatwick Airport's Pier 1 in the South...
GVK to manage and operate non-aeronautical assets at Bali Airport in Indonesia
GVK Power & Infrastructure has received a contract from Airports Authority of Indonesia to operate and manage services at Bali (Denpasar) International...
Thales to deliver ATM equipment for new airport at St Helena Island
Thales has received a contract from construction firm Basil Read to install air traffic management (ATM) equipment and solutions for a new airport being built on St Helena Island in the...
Indra to deploy four MSSR mode S surveillance systems in Indonesia
Indra has received a contract to deploy four monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR) mode S systems in Indonesia to enable safer air operations and boost flight...
ARINC to maintain check-in and passenger systems at Japan’s Centrair airport
Arinc has won a contract from Central Japan International Airport (Centrair) to maintain passenger and check-in systems at the airport....
Passenger traffic at European airports rose 1.8% during third quarter
Passenger traffic at European airports grew by 1.8% compared with the corresponding quarter in 2011, according to the latest report by Airports Council International...
Boingo Wireless to manage Wi-Fi services at three Norwegian hub airports
Boingo Wireless has signed an agreement with Oslo Lufthavn Tele & Data AS (OLTD), a joint venture between Oslo Airport (OSL) and Telenor to manage and operate Wi-Fi services at three hub...
Nav Canada to implement Saab Sensis’ WAM technology at Springbank Airport
Canadian Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), Nav Canada, will deploy wide area multilateration (WAM) technology from Saab Sensis to enhance flight safety around Springbank...
Global passenger traffic reports slow growth in September
Global air passenger traffic grew at a slower pace in September, reporting a 4.1% increase compared September 2011, according to the International Air Transport Association...
Totalpost installs X-Ray threat detection equipment at East Midlands Airport
Mailing equipment supplier Totalpost has deployed a new XIS-100DV x-ray threat detection equipment at East Midlands Airport in the UK to support the freight screening operations of East...
UK Airports Commission to examine airspace expansion plans
The UK Government has named five members to join the independent commission, chaired by former Financial Services Authority chief Sir Howard Davies, to examine airport expansion plans in...
US airports resume normal operations
Five airports in the New York area began normal operations on Friday after thousands of flights were grounded due to Hurricane...
Metron Aviation to boost airside capacity in South Africa
US-based Metron has received a contract to carry out a study on the improvement of airside capacity in South...
US airports resume operations after Hurricane Sandy dies out
New York airports John F. Kennedy (JFK), Newark Liberty | (EWR) and LaGuardia airport (LGA) have resumed operations on Thursday after thousands of flights were grounded due to Hurricane...
San Antonio Airport’s Terminal A to undergo renovation
San Antonio International Airport (SAT) in Texas, USA, is planning to embark on a $35m Terminal A facility renovation...
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US airports preparing to reopen after Hurricane Sandy hit operations
John F Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International, two of the three hub airports in the New York City area, are set to reopen on Wednesday after flights were grounded by Hurricane...
September passenger traffic surge at Abu Dhabi and Dubai airport in UAE
UAE's two main airports, Abu Dhabi International Airport and DubaiInternational, have reported respective rises of 14.5% and 12.8% in passenger traffic during September...
SITA and NEC collaborate on automated gate system at EU airports
SITA and NEC Europe (NEC) have collaborated to deploy an automated border control (ABC) gate solution at immigration control points of all airports in the European Union...
Hurricane Sandy closes US airports
Thousands of flights have been cancelled to and from north-eastern airports in the US after Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern...
Copenhagen Airports to sell 49% stake in UK’s Newcastle Airport
AMP Capital Investors has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in NIAL Group (NIAL), the parent company of Newcastle International Airport in the UK, from Copenhagen...
Hurricane Sandy to disrupt global air travel, ground 6,800 flights at three US airports
A massive storm, Hurricane Sandy, has brought air travel in the US to a near halt disrupting travel plans across the...
Indra’s surface movement guidance and control system goes live at Vilnius airport
Indra's advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) has begun operations at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania, following the delivery of the multilateration system...
London Southend Airport to begin terminal extension in November
London Southend Airport in the UK is set to begin a €12m terminal extension project in early November...
Warsaw Chopin Airport’s new snow clearing units to support winter operations
Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland has unveiled ten new MB2041/Øveraasen snow-clearing units that will help the airport maintain operations in heavy...
Thales wins Madeira Airport modernisation contracts
Madeira Airports Authority (Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea da Madeira - ANAM) has awarded two contracts to Thales Portugal to deliver a passenger information system and revamp data centre at...
G4S bags £250m Oslo airport security contract
Security firm G4S has received a contract from Oslo Airport in Norway to provide security services, ranging from cargo checks to gates and ground security, within the airport's...
Stansted Airport to trial body scanner
Stansted Airport will begin trialling a new security body scanner as part of a drive to enhance security and improve passenger...
HIKA passenger traffic increases in September 2012
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) reported a 1.3% rise in its passenger traffic in September, registering 4.4 million, up from the 4.34 million handled during the corresponding month in...
Melbourne airport plans A$200m investment to improve facilities
Melbourne Airport Melbourne Airport in Australia is planning to invest around A$200m to enhance its facilities and access to the...
Micro Nav bags NATS’ ATC tower simulator contract for Birmingham Airport
Micro Nav has received a contract from UK air traffic services provider NATS to deliver a 2D Tower Simulator to Birmingham International...
Changi airport reports 4.8% rise in September passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi Airport increased 4.8% to 4 million during September 2012, when compared to the 3.81 million passengers handled during the same month in...
Port Columbus International Airport plans $80m terminal modernisation programme
Port Columbus International Airport in the US is considering undertaking a three-year, $80m terminal modernisation programme to increase its passenger handling...
Kansas City International airport plans new $1.2bn single terminal
Kansas City Aviation Department is moving forward with plans to replace the existing three-terminal design at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) in the US with a new $1.2bn multi-storey...
ADP passenger traffic remained stable during September 2012
Passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris (ADP) airports in France remained constant during September 2012, recording 7.9 million...
Lynden Pindling International Airport in the Bahamas opens new terminal
Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, has opened a BS$144m ($142.8m) international terminal as part of airport's BS$409m ($405.8m)...
Dubai International airport to install AOptix identity verification solution
Dubai International Airport in the UAE is installing AOptix automated iris and face recognition systems to reduce immigration times and ensure smooth and secure movement through the...
European ATM Master Plan updated
Europe's Single European Sky (SES), the flagship project to develop a single European airspace to triple capacity and half air traffic costs, has been...
Oman seeks consultant for modernisation of Muscat and Salalah airports
The Government of Oman is looking for an international engineering consultancy firm to work as the main consultant for expansion and modernisation projects at airports in Muscat and...
Saab Sensis enhances Kennedy International Airport CDM platform
Saab Sensis has made enhancements to its collaborative decision making (CDM) platform installed at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the US to improve departure metering and...
Denver airport raises funds for South Terminal Redevelopment Program
Denver International Airport in the US has raised $856m by selling revenue bonds that will support its redevelopment...
BAA passenger traffic remained stable during September 2012
British airport operator BAA reported stable passenger traffic at its five UK airports, which handled 9.2m passengers in September 2012, the same amount as the corresponding month in...
Frankfurt Airport reports 3.3% rise in Q1-Q3 passenger traffic
Fraport's Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany recorded a 3.3% rise in passenger traffic during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2012 to 44.1 million passengers and reported a 1% rise in...
Crescent City Aviation JV to provide design services for New Orleans airport expansion
The New Orleans Airport Board (NOAB) has selected the Crescent City Aviation Team, a joint venture (JV) of LEO A DALY and Atkins, to offer design services for the development of Louis Armstrong...
Smartphones fuelling demand for mobile self-boarding at airports
The rise of smartphones is fuelling demand for self-boarding and flight information updates on mobile devices, according to a report by air transport IT company...
Hong Kong International Airport to deploy Avaya communications system
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in China has selected Avaya's Aura unified communications solutions to replace its existing airport telephone system in a bid to enhance voice...
Wichita Midcontinent airport starts work on new terminal
Wichita Midcontinent Airport in the US has begun construction of a new $160m terminal that would replace its existing second terminal, which opened in...
Stockholm Arlanda Airport to roll out automated bag drop system
Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden is currently installing an automated bag drop system at its international terminal, Terminal...
Northrop Grumman to showcase new ARC suite
Northrop Grumman will showcase its Airport Realtime Collaboration (ARC) suite capabilities at the Airport IT&T Conference to be held in Munich, Germany, between 10-11 October...
Passenger traffic rises at Munich Airport during initial three quarters of 2012
Munich Airport in Germany has recorded a 2.1% rise in passenger traffic during the first three quarters (Q1-Q3) of 2012, serving 29.2 million passengers compared to the 28.5 million handled...
Singapore Changi Airport deploys SITA’s new bag management technology
SITA’s new bag management technology, BagManager, has been deployed by SATS, the gateway services and food solutions provider at Singapore Changi Airport to manage the 15 million bags...
Billund Airport rolls out new print at home baggage tags service
Billund Airport in Denmark has rolled out a new service enabling passengers to print their baggage tags and boarding cards at...
OMA reports 6.9% rise in September passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at 13 Mexican airports operated by Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) increased 6.9% in September 2012 to 983,060 when compared to the 919,701 passengers handled...
ADP to revamp Paris Orly airport
Paris-Orly operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) is planning to invest between €400m and €450m to revamp the airport by linking its two...
Hitachi develops prototype airport boarding gate with integrated explosives detection system
Hitachi, together with the Nippon Signal and the University of Yamanashi in Japan, has developed a prototype boarding gate with integrated explosives detection system to be used in airports....
Frankfurt Airport opens new 800m-long Pier A-Plus
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany has opened the €700m Pier A-Plus complex, one of two terminals that are expected to raise the airport's capacity by six million passengers per...
European airports report sluggish traffic growth in August: ACI
Passenger traffic at European airports rose just 2.2% during August 2012, which suggests an "underwhelming summer season for the air transport sector" according to the latest Airports...
ITT Exelis to upgrade Orlando airports’ noise and flight tracking system
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s (GOAA) in the US has singed an agreement with ITT Exelis to upgrade noise and flight tracking systems with its Symphony EnvironmentalVue virtual noise...
Brazil deploys SITA's live aircraft weather data system to improve ATM
Brazil's air navigation service provider (ANSP), the Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo (DECEA), has deployed the D-VOLMET service through Sita AIRCOMevamet, which will offer live...
Arinc secures Ras Al Khaimah airport deal in the UAE
Arinc has secured a ten-year, multi-million dollar contract to deliver airport systems to Ras Al Khaimah International airport (RAK) in the...
International passenger traffic rose 5.1% in August: IATA
International passenger traffic rose 5.1% in August 2012, despite sluggish air passenger demand, according to the International Air Transport Association...
US FAA sets up a Center of Excellence for General Aviation
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has set up a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) in a bid to enhance the prospects of general...
September 2012
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Dubai airport to use smart e-Gate system from January 2013
Dubai international airport in the UAE is planning to begin full operations of its new smart e-Gate system at Terminal 3 from 1 January...
Vanderlande unveils new mobile solution for airports
Vanderlande Industries has unveiled a new Mobile Maintenance Solution (MMS) for airports, developed in collaboration with...
Dubai airport reports 20% rise in August passenger traffic
Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the UAE reported a 20% rise in passenger traffic during August 2012 to 4.8 million passengers, compared to 4.01 million passengers handled during...
IBM to install information exchange system at India’s Bengaluru International Airport
IBM has been awarded a contract by Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) in India to deploy a Smart Airport Enabler information exchange system to help smooth...
TSA to install new body scanners at airports in California
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected American Science and Engineering and L-3 Communications to develop a second generation of full-body scanners to be deployed...
Indra refurbishes automatic border control system at two Spanish airports
Indra has revamped the Automatic Border Control (ABC) systems at the Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat airports in Spain, which were originally installed in...
Aviation Safety Technologies’ SafeLand system to avoid runway overruns
Aviation Safety Technologies has developed, SafeLand, a new technology that offers pilots accurate information about conditions on the tarmac, especially during landings in bad...
US FAA provides grants for airport enhancement projects
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has provided $128.3m in grants as part of Airport Improvement Program (AIP), to maintain safety and address capacity constraints at several airports...
FAA awards data communications integrated services contract to Harris
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a data communications integrated services (DCIS) contract to a Harris-led team, as part of its Next Generation Air Transportation...
FAA begins NextGen programme in Florida airspace
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched the Metroplex initiative in Florida airspace to enhance approaches and descents in the region's airports through a satellite-based...
Unisys completes Chengdu Airport’s core operational systems integration
Unisys China has completed the integration of core airport operational systems at Chengdu Airport as part of its modernisation plan to increase passenger...
Taiwan invests $15.5bn to expand Taoyuan International Airport
The Taiwanese government will invest TWD463bn ($15.5bn) to build a new terminal and runway at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei to accommodate growing...
UK NATS to lead ‘perfect’ transatlantic flights trial project
UK air traffic services provider NATS will lead a project known as TOPFLIGHT to trial environmentally perfect transatlantic flights, in a bid to enhance the industry's environmental...
ADP reports 1.3% rise in August 2012 passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris (ADP)-operated airports in France increased 1.3% to 8.5 million during August 2012, when compared to August...
Arcadis wins Brazilian airport project management contract
Concessionária do Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos of Brazil has awarded a contract to Arcadis Logos to offer project management (PM) consultancy services for the initial phase of a...
Manchester Airport to scrap 'naked' body scanners in October
Manchester Airport in the UK is planning to discontinue the use of 'naked' body scanners from October 2012 after the European Commission (EC) decided not to approve them for permanent...
HKIA reports 3.9% rise in passenger traffic in August 2012
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded 5.2 million passengers in August 2012, reporting a rise of 3.9% over the corresponding month in...
Dubai International airport to expand cargo capacity
Dubai International airport (DXB) in the UAE is undertaking a modernisation and expansion programme in a bid to increase the airport's freight capacity to 3.1 million tonnes by...
Philippines government allocates funds for airport renovation projects
The Philippines Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allocated PHP4.60bn ($110m) to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to upgrade Terminal 1 of the Ninoy...
DFS approves site acceptance for installation of Thales’ WAM system at Frankfurt airport
German air navigation service provider (ANSP) Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) has approved its final site acceptance for installation of Thales' Precision Approach Monitoring (PAM) system at...
Thales’ ILS system goes live at Frankfurt international airport
Thales' Instrument Landing System (ILS) 420 and distance measuring equipment DME415 has begun operating at Frankfurt International Airport's 07R...
Paris ADP to roll out automated baggage drop-off system at Orly and CDG airports
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) is planning to roll out its new automated baggage drop-off (ABD) system at Paris-Orly West terminal by the end of 2012 and Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) in early...
Airports banking on mobile apps and social media to enhance passenger experience
Airports all over the world are opting for smartphone applications, social media and intelligent technologies such as geolocation services to enhance passenger experience, according to the...
Comsoft to modernise Egypt’s AIS systems
Comsoft has received a contract from Egypt's National Air Navigation Services (NANSC) to modernise Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) in the country's air traffic control (ATC) centres...
ITT Exelis and Metron collaborate to offer integrated ATM technology
A ITT Exelis and Metron Aviation partnership is developing new technologies to provide airport operators with a complete view of air and ground operations and help track aircraft and...
MIRA’s unmanned ground vehicles set to secure airport perimeters
Engineering specialists MIRA are planning to target the airport industry as a commercial market for their unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system, the MIRA Autonomous Control Equipment...
Ayala and Aboitiz forge alliance to bid for Mactan Airport contract
Philippines-based Ayala and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) have signed a MoU to form a 50-50 joint venture partnership to bid for the PHP10bn ($240.4m) Mactan-Cebu International Airport...
Olympic Games reduced BAA passenger traffic in August
British airport operator BAA reported a 2% decline in passenger traffic at its five UK airports to 9.5 million passengers during August 2012, due to fewer Britons flying abroad during Olympics...
US FAA provides grant for airport safety enhancements
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $61.1m in grants to maintain safety and address capacity constraints at several airports across the...
Mexico's OMA reports 10.4% rise in August passenger traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) has reported a 10.4% rise in passenger traffic at its 13 airports in August 2012, registering a figure of 1,176,792...
Nigeria plans to build 11 airport terminals with Chinese loan
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved NGN106bn ($666.8m) for the construction of five new international terminals and six new cargo...
Belfast airport to roll out new body scanners
Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland will unveil a new full-body security scanner on 8 September...
Vietnam ATM selects Frequentis’ smartFPLconverter
Frequentis has received a contract from Vietnam Air Traffic Management (VATM) Southern Regional Air Traffic Services (ATS) to deliver its smartFPLconverter (FPL2012 Converter) for installation...
Dubai airport passenger traffic surpasses 5 million in July
Dubai International Airport (DXB) in the UAE recorded a 6% rise in passenger traffic in July 2012, with over five million passengers (5,006,155), surpassing an earlier record of 4.85 million set...
European airports report slow growth in July 2012
European airports reported a slight rise of 1.1% in passenger traffic during July 2012, according to the latest ACI Europe...
Work on Phuket airport expansion underway
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has begun work on Phuket International's THB5.7bn ($182m) expansion...
Vanderlande secures DFW airport’s BHS and passenger boarding bridge service contract
Vanderlande Industries has received a contract from Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Texas, US, to provide operations and maintenance services for Terminal E's legacy...
CAAS to provide $160m for air traffic management research
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has set up a S$200m ($160m) fund to support research institutes and conduct research and development (R&D) activities in air traffic...
FAA’s ERAM project scheduled to be completed in 2014
The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) $2.4bn En Route Automation Modernization, or ERAM project, carried out by Lockheed Martin is scheduled to be completed within its revised budget...
NATS commissions new safety system at Glasgow Airport
NATS, the UK's air traffic services provider, has commissioned a new safety system at Glasgow Airport in Scotland, which will be used for testing unsafe terrain altitudes in the surrounding...
August 2012
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Indonesia’s Husein Sastranegara Airport to be expanded
Angkasa Pura II, a state-owned airport management firm under the Indonesian Department of Transport, is planning expand the capacity of Husein Sastranegara International Airport in Bandung by...
Indra to install new ATC centre in Azerbaijan
Indra has been awarded a contract by Azerbaijan's air navigation service provider, AZANS, to install a new air traffic control (ATC) centre in the capital, Baku....
Edinburgh and Glasgow airports to deploy body scanners
Body scanners are set to be introduced at Scotland’s Edinburgh and Glasgow airports from 1 September 2012, in response to new regualtions from the UK’s Department for Transport...
San Francisco airport deploys Passur’s management solutions
PASSUR Aerospace has received a contract from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in California, US, to deploy its OPSnet Field Condition Report (FCR) and tarmac delay monitor...
Brisbane airport unveils upgraded Domestic Terminal
Brisbane airport in Australia has opened its upgraded Domestic Terminal, finished at an investment cost of...
New Doha international airport opening delayed to second half of 2013
The opening of New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in Qatar has been pushed back to the second half of 2013, from the initial date of 12 December...
TAV planning new runway in Georgia’s Tblisi airport
TAV has signed a $65m investment deal with United Airport Georgia to refurbish the unused runway at the Tbilisi International Airport in the capital of...
Harris selected to provide NextGen voice systems for FAA
Harris has been selected by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide a new voice system called National Airspace System (NAS) Voice System (NVS) to support the Next Generation...
McCarran Airport receives FAA fund to renovate its two taxiways
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas has received $17.8m grant from US Department of Transportation (DoT) for the renovation of its two major...
Vanderlande wins Hanoi Airport automated BHS contract
Vanderlande Industries has received a contract to install a new baggage handling system (BHS) at Hanoi International Airport’s new terminal 2 in Vietnam....
Peru to build new International airport near Machu Picchu
Peru has unveiled a plan to build a new international airport in the southern city of Cuscoto in an effort to boost tourism at the Machu Picchu Incan...
Manchester Airport plans new €130m logistics hub
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has submitted an outline planning application to Manchester City Council for a new €130m World Logistics Hub at the...
Changi airport reports 4.5% rise in July passenger traffic
Singapore Changi Airport reported a 4.5% rise in its passenger traffic to 4.36 million during July 2012, when compared to the 4.17 million handled during the corresponding month in...
Salt Lake City airport to implement Passur integrated traffic management platform
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has awarded a contract to Passur Aerospace to deploy a surface management and tarmac delay monitor...
Vanderlande installs Gen2 RFID baggage tracking system at McCarran airport
Vanderlande Industries has installed Gen2 radio frequency identification (RFID) technology at McCarran International Airport's newly built $2.4bn Terminal 3, as part of its baggage tracking...
Siemens wins Copenhagen Airport BHS expansion contract
Siemens Mobility and Logistics has secured a €12m contract from the owner of Copenhagen Airport (CPH) in Denmark to expand the existing baggage handling system...
HKIA passenger traffic rises during July 2012
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered 5,027,000 during July 2012, an increase of 0.5% when compared to the same period in...
BAA to sell Stansted Airport
UK airport operator BAA has agreed to sell Stansted Airport in London, ending a long legal battle with the UK's Competition Commission...
Passenger traffic rises in Asia-Pacific and Middle East airports
Passenger traffic at airports in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions increased 8.5% and 13.2% respectively during the first half (H1) of 2012 in comparison with the same period in...
Qatar Holding acquires 20% stake in BAA
Qatar Holding has signed an agreement with Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial to spend $1.4bn on a 20% stake in BAA, which operates London's Heathrow and Stansted airports, Scotland's...
ADP passenger traffic declines in July
Passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris (ADP)-operated airports in France declined 0.4% to 8.9 million passengers in July 2012 when compared to the same month in...
CAAS deploys Comsoft’s AIDA-FPL flight plan convertor
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has successfully installed Comsoft's AIDA-FPL flight plan convertor, in a move to comply with the International Civil Aviation Organisation's...
Passenger traffic at Vienna Airport rose 1.8% in July
Vienna International Airport in Austria reported a 1.8% rise in passenger traffic during July 2012, registering figures of 2.19...
Passur to incorporate ADS-B into its Integrated Traffic Management Platform
Passur Aerospace is set to incorporate automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) into its Passur integrated traffic management (PITM)...
Luton Airport expansion plans to be submitted later this year
Luton Airport owner London Luton Airport (LLAL) and the Abertis-run London Luton Airport Operations (LLAOL) are planning to submit a combined capacity expansion plan for the airport in autumn...
London Olympics had negative effect on BAA airport traffic in July 2012
Spanish-owned airport operator BAA reported a 4.1% decline in passenger traffic at its five UK airports to 9.6m during July 2012, with fewer Brits flying...
Crisplant completes baggage handling project at Copenhagen Airport
Denmark-based Crisplant has completed its DKK50m ($8.26m) baggage handling project at Copenhagen International...
Aecom secures Abu Dhabi Airport construction management contract
Aecom Technology has received a $85m contract to provide construction management services for the new Midfield Terminal Complex (MTC) at Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) in...
Arbatec consortium close to secure $1.1bn loan for Abu Dhabi airport project
Arbatec, the consortium responsible for the construction of Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) at Abu Dhabi International airport (ADI), is close to sign a $1.1bn financing deal for the...
Frankfurt Airport reports 3.7% rise in July passenger traffic
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany has reported 3.7% rise in passenger traffic to almost 5.8 million passengers in July 2012, when compared to the same month in...
Vote now in the Future Airport Awards 2012
Friday 17th August will be your last chance to vote in this year's Future Airport...
Mexico's OMA reports 9.6% rise in July passenger traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) reported 9.6% rise in passenger traffic at its 13 airports to 1,286,487 passengers compared to 1,174,247 passengers during...
Passenger traffic at Taiwan airports rose 12.4% during H1 2012
Passenger traffic at Taiwanese airports has increased by 12.4% to 22.13 million during the initial six months of 2012 (H1), marking a ten-year high, according to statistics from Taiwan’s...
Miami International Airport awards surveillance system upgrade contract to GTSI
GTSI has received a contract from the Miami International Airport (MIA) to upgrade its surveillance systems and supporting...
FAA suspends reverse traffic operations at US airports
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily suspended opposite direction operations at US airports, following a recent incident where three US Airways flights nearly collided...
European airports report 2.3% rise in passenger traffic during first half of 2012
European airports reported a 2.3% rise in passenger traffic during the first six months (H1) of 2012, according to the latest ACI Europe...
ARINC launches upgraded microFIDS Plus flight information system
ARINC Managed Services (AMS) has launched its microFIDS Plus flight information system, an upgraded version of...
Corpus Christi Airport in Texas to redesign runway
Corpus Christi International Airport (CCIA) in Texas, US, is planning to redesign its runway to reduce traffic and eliminate safety...
Turkey to float tender for third airport in Istanbul
Turkey is planning to invite a tender for a third airport in Istanbul later this month, following final approval from the country's planning committee...
Colombia's El Dorado airport’s international terminal to open in December
The new international terminal at El Dorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, is open fully by December 2012, according to Zyscovich Architects the company responsible for the...
IATA reports rise in June passenger traffic
Global passenger traffic registered a 6.2% rise in June 2012, despite economic uncertainty according to the International Air Transport Association...
Cisco, EMC and VMware virtualisation technology to improve efficiency at Brisbane airport
The operator of Brisbane Airport in Australia has selected a new virtualisation technology from Cisco, EMC and VMware to build a private cloud-computing environment to enhance business agility...
EL AL Airlines buys Morpho Detection’s CTX 5800 EDS baggage screeners
EL AL Airlines has purchased two Morpho Detection CTX 5800 explosives detection system (EDS) to screen hold baggage at two...
Majority of passengers support new security technology at UK airports
A 64% majority of British passengers support the adoption of new technology at UK airports to improve security, according to a new...
BAA awards Heathrow airport network integration contract to Fujitsu
UK airport operator BAA has selected Fujitsu as network integrator for the under-construction Terminal 2 building at Heathrow Airport in...
Beumer and Crisplant receive baggage handling IT contract for Heathrow Airport
Beumer Group UK and Crisplant have received a baggage handling IT contract from Heathrow Airport in London, as part of Heathrow's Eastern Campus Development...
Indra begins operations on two radar stations in Morocco
Indra has begun operations on two radar stations in the Moroccan cities of Tangier and Casablanca to improve air traffic...
July 2012
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SITA deploys self-service bag-drop system at Brisbane Airport
SITA, together with BCS Group, has commenced the initial phase of deployment of a self-service bag-drop system at Brisbane Airport in...
Passenger traffic at Dubai airport rises 13.7% in H1 2012
Dubai International airport in the UAE recorded a 13.7% rise in traffic to 27.9 million passengers during the first half (H1) of 2012, compared to 24.5 million passengers registered during...
Perth Airport plans to raise $300m to fund expansion
Perth International Airport in Australia has issued a $300m private placement to US investors to part-fund its $750m passenger handling capacity enhancement...
GAL to provide air traffic services to RAK International airport in UAE
Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) has been awarded a contract by RAK International Airport in the UAE to develop air traffic services (ATS) to enhance the operations of commercial and...
Malpensa airport goes live with new Bluetooth passenger tracking system
Italy's Milan Malpensa airport operator, SEA, has implemented a Bluetooth passenger tracking system, developed by Scottish company Amor...
Asia-Pacific aviation partners begin CDM trial
Aviation partners in the Asia-Pacific region have started a week-long trial of "Whole-of-Flight" Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) tool to improve flight...
Voting Now Open on the Future Airport Awards
Today is your first chance to vote in this year's Future Airport Awards. Our panel of experts have spent the past few weeks considering their favourites in each of the five categories, to present...
Seattle-Tacoma airport’s north satellite terminal to undergo renovation
US-based Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's north satellite terminal is set to receive $230m in renovations to enhance passenger...
MIA set to unveil new international arrival facility
Miami International Airport in the US is planning to unveil its new $180m, three-level, 400,000ft² international arrivals facility on 31 July...
Comsoft to deliver ATM system to Saudi Arabia
The General Authority of Civil Aviation / Air Navigation Services (GACA/ANS) of Saudi Arabia has awarded a contract to Comsoft for the delivery of its Prisma air traffic management (ATM)...
Changi airport reports 11.6% rise in passenger traffic in H1 2012
Singapore Changi Airport has reported an 11.6% rise in its passenger traffic to 25 million during the first half (H1) of 2012, compared to the 22.4 million passengers recorded during H1...
HKIA passenger traffic rises 6.9% during H1 2012
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in China has reported a 6.9% year-on-year rise in passenger traffic during the first half (H1) of 2012, to 27.6 million...
Vanderlande to deliver baggage system to Brazilian airport
Vanderlande Industries has received an order from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the delivery of a new baggage handling system (BHS) to be installed at its...
Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport to undergo $10bn revamp
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) of Taiwan is planning to invest TWD300bn ($10bn) to transform Taoyuan International Airport into an air transport hub for the...
Aerostar wins Luis Munoz Marin International Airport concession contract
Mexican firm Aerostar Airport Holdings has been selected by the Government of Puerto Rico to operate and lease Luis Munoz Marin (LMM) International Airport in San Juan for 40 years in...
ADP reports slight rise in June passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at airports operated by Aéroports de Paris (ADP) in France increased 1% in June 2012 to 8 million passengers when compared with the corresponding period in...
Brisbane airport reports 4.6% rise in passenger traffic in 2012
Brisbane Airport in Australia has recorded a 4.6% year-on-year rise in passenger traffic to 21 million passengers in the July 2011 to June 2012 financial year...
GE and LAN Airlines complete first RNP flight in Peru
GE Aviation, in collaboration with LAN Airlines, has successfully completed the first flight with a required navigation performance (RNP) arrival procedure, instrument landing system (ILS)...
Harris delivers operational VoIP Air / Ground communication solution to NAS
Harris has delivered the first operational voice over internet protocol (VoIP) radio control capability into the US National Airspace System (NAS) as an enabler for the NextGen air...
GE Aviation and AirAsia to implement RNP flight path in Malaysia
GE Aviation, in collaboration with AirAsia, is implementing a network of required navigation performance authorisation required (RNP AR) flight paths at 15 airports in...
Comsoft’s new ATM surveillance system goes live at Austro Control
Austrian air navigation services provider (ANSP) Austro Control has gone live with the latest version of Comsoft's air traffic management (ATM) surveillance, tracker and server, ARTAS...
Comsoft to deliver AMHS solution to Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB) has awarded a contract to Comsoft for the delivery and installation of its aeronautical message handling system (AMHS) solution for the...
Heathrow airport handles record passengers ahead of London Olympics
Heathrow airport in the UK handled around 237,000 passengers on 16 July 2012, up from its average of 190,000 a day due to the influx of London 2012 Olympic Games...
ITT Exelis updates flight tracking system
ITT Exelis has released a new version of its aircraft flight tracking and situational awareness system, Symphony OpsVue v. 1.8, incorporating diversion management capabilities and...
UK NATS commissions Saab Sensis’ WAM system for Edinburgh
UK air navigation service provider NATS has commissioned Saab Sensis' Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system at Edinburgh airport to replace the existing Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar...
BAA passenger traffic rises in June
BAA's five UK airports served 9.1 million passengers in June 2012, recording a slight increase of 0.7% when compared with the corresponding month in...
Guernsey Airport awards new radar system contract to Thales
Guernsey Airport has awarded a contract to Thales UK for the delivery of its new STAR 2000 primary radar and co-mounted RSM 970S Mode S secondary radar to replace the old-fashioned Watchman-S...
Europe rolls out satellite-based aircraft navigation operation
Europe has started operational service of its satellite-based aircraft navigation system, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS)....
Passenger traffic rises in Asia Pacific and Middle East airports in May
Airports in the Asia Pacific region recorded a 7.1% year-on-year rise in passenger traffic in May 2012, while Middle East airports recorded an 11.5% increase in the same month, according to...
San Francisco airport breaks ground on new ATC tower
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has broken ground on a $102m NextGen-equipped air traffic control (ATC) tower, which is expected to reduce flight...
Smiths Detection receives UK airport security contracts
Smiths Detection has received several UK airport security contracts, including an order to install advanced detection systems at Heathrow...
Philippines begins study to expand Clark airport
The Philippine Government has begun a feasibility study to expand Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Clark Freeport Zone, as an alternative to its earlier plan to build a...
Canada’s Iqaluit airport to undergo renovation
The Government of Nunavut is planning to invest between $250m and $300m to renovate the Iqaluit International Airport in Nunavut,...
Global air traffic to grow 5.4% during 2012
Global air traffic in terms of passenger-kilometres performed (PKPs) is expected to grow 5.4% during 2012, slower than the 6.5% growth recorded in 2011, according to a report from the...
Taiwan airports report 13.9% rise in passenger traffic so far in 2012
Taiwan airports have reported a 13.9% rise in passenger traffic to 18.23 million during the initial five months of...
Australia’s Broome Airport unveils new ATC tower
Airservices Australia has opened a A$20m ($20.5m) high-tech air traffic control tower and aviation rescue and fire fighting facility at Broome Airport, the first of its kind in the...
DNA Tracker to launch new tracking system for airports
DNA Tracker are set to launch a new security and surveillance system at the 2012 Farnborough Air Show in the UK that will protect airports and terminals with high passengers volume, as well...
European air traffic shows downward trend in May
Passenger traffic at European airports continued its downward trend in May, following further pressure from the Eurozone crisis, according to the latest ACI Europe...
Menzies Aviation deploys ARINC’s messaging platform
UK-based ground and cargo handling company Menzies Aviation has signed a contract with ARINC to deploy AviNet Mail as the company's main messaging...
Dubai international airport reports 10.4% rise in May passenger traffic
Dubai International airport (DXB) has reported a 10.4% rise in traffic with 4.3 million passengers recorded in May...
Global air passenger traffic shows downward trend: IATA
Weakening economic conditions worldwide affected air traffic during May, according to a new report from the International Air Transport Association...
Dubai airport’s $3.2bn Concourse 3 to open in January 2013
Dubai International Airport (DXB) is set to open its new $3.2bn Concourse 3 for Emirates Airlines at Terminal 3 in January...
Saudi Arabia signs Abdulaziz International Airport BTO contract with Tibah
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has awarded a build, transfer and operate (BTO) contract to Tibah Airport Development Company to expand the Prince Muhammad bin...
AdP opens new S4 satellite boarding lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport
Aéroports de Paris (AdP) has unveiled a new €580m S4 satellite boarding lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport's 2E...
Shanghai's Pudong airport to undergo $220m expansion this year
Shanghai's Pudong International Airport is planning to invest $220m to refurbish and expand terminal...
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ADM Mozambique signs PoC with NAV Portugal to modernise air traffic control
ADM Mozambique has signed a Protocol of Cooperation with NAV Portugal to modernise the air traffic control (ATC) systems at airports in the...
Smiths Detection to use Optosecurity’s screening device in its baggage scanners
Smiths Detection has signed a deal with Canada-based Optosecurity to use the company's screening device in its X-ray baggage scanners, making them compatible with EU liquid explosive...
FAA awards WAAS safety computer development contract to Verocel
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $6.2m single-source contract to Verocel to develop its next generation of safety computers to be used in the wide area augmentation...
TAV-CCC-Arabtec JV to build $2.93bn midfield terminal at ADIA
A joint venture (JV) of Arabtec, TAV Construction, and Consolidated Contractors Company has won a AED10.8bn ($2.93bn) contract from Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) to build the Midfield...
CANSO and ACI partner to promote Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM)
Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and Airports Council International (ACI) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to encourage the worldwide implementation of...
Bechtel completes $2.4bn terminal at McCarran airport
Bechtel has completed construction of the $2.4bn Terminal 3 building at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas,...
Doha airport terminates fit out contract with Lindner Depa
Doha International Airport in Qatar has terminated a $244.96m (AED900m) fit out contract with Lindner Depa, an interior fitting joint venture (JV) between Dubai-based Depa and German company Lindner....
Mobile passenger services a top priority for airlines
Nearly 93% of airlines consider providing mobile services for passengers a top priority IT investment over the next three years, according to a new SITA survey....
Birmingham Airport to deploy Gentrack 20/20 airport management system
Birmingham Airport in the UK has signed a deal to streamline its operations by deploying Gentrack's 20/20 Airport Management...
Boeing to collaborate on ATM research in Poland
Boeing will collaborate with LOT Polish Airlines, Polish government agencies and academic institutions, to develop air traffic management (ATM) research and new technologies to enhance...
North European ANSPs form Borealis Alliance to improve efficiency
Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) of nine northern European countries have entered into a commercial alliance, known as the Borealis Alliance, to reduce the cost and environmental impact...
Nav Canada, Iridium partner to develop satellite-based aircraft tracking system
Canadian civil air navigation service provider Nav Canada and satellite communications company Iridium are planning a new joint venture (JV) to offer a solution that will allow air...
Soekarno Hatta airport to commence $1.24bn expansion in July
Angkasa Pura II (AP II), the operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia is planning to start the first phase of $1.24bn expansion in the second week of July this...
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport plans $1.4bn terminal expansion
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in the US has unveiled a $1.4bn new terminal development plan to serve 20 million passengers per year over the next 20 years....
Saab Sensis multilateration system goes live at Dubai International Airport
The Saab Sensis surface multilateration system deployed at Dubai International Airport (DXB) has begun...
ICAO and ACI sign MoC to improve airport safety
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Airports Council International (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to develop a framework to ensure higher level of...
Boeing and SELEX to support SESAR programme
Boeing and SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a unit of Finmeccanica, have signed a collaboration agreement to support the development phase of the European air traffic modernisation programme as part of...
Asia-Pacific and Middle East report steady rise in April passenger traffic
Asia-Pacific's top five airports reported a 9.5% rise in passenger traffic during April, while the Middle East recorded a 10% increase, according to a new report from Airport Council...
Frequentis to deliver new voice communication system to Argentinean ANSP
Frequentis has received a contract from Administración Nacional de Aviación Civil Argentina (ANAC) to deliver its voice communication system (VCS) for an air traffic tower upgrade in San...
Kuwait airport to expand its passenger handling capacity to 13 million by 2016
Kuwait International airport is planning to more than double its passenger handling capacity to 13 million, from its current 5.69 million, by...
Frankfurt Airport passenger traffic rises 1.4% in May
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany has reported a 1.4% rise in passenger traffic to 5.1 million, compared to figures from...
ISA certifies Morpho Detection’s CTX 5800 explosive detection system
The Israel Security Agency (ISA) has certified Morpho Detection's CTX explosives detection system (EDS), the CTX 5800, for hold baggage screening at Israeli...
Vienna Airport reports 4.2% rise in May passenger traffic
Vienna International airport in Austria reported a 4.2% rise in its passenger traffic during May 2012, up to 1,985,053, when compared to...
BWI airport embarks on terminal enhancement programme
Baltimore / Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport in the US has broken ground on a $100m project to modernise the passenger...
China to build 70 new airports by 2015
China is considering plans to build 70 new airports, increasing the country's total to more than 230 by...
Melbourne airport commences Terminal 3 renovation
Virgin Australia, in collaboration with Melbourne airport, has commenced renovations at Terminal 3 as part of the airport's A$1bn ($1bn) five-year infrastructure investment...
Panama selects Thales to build new ATC centre
Thales has been selected by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC) to deliver its TopSky ATC en-route and approach management...
Separate plans for London Luton Airport expansion merged
After submitting two separate sets of proposals for the London Luton Airport development, the owner and operator have agreed to merge respective proposals for capacity...
OMA reports May passenger traffic rise
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) has reported a 2% year-on-year rise in passenger traffic at its 13 airports during May...
Auckland International Airport to build new domestic terminal
Auckland International airport in New Zealand is planning to build a new NZ$300m ($231m) domestic terminal.Construction, which is expected to begin by the end of 2012, will be implemented in...
MorphoTrust CAT/BPSS systems selected for US airport security screening programme
MorphoTrust has been selected by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply an authentication technology / boarding pass scanning system (CAT/BPSS) to enhance screening at...
Saab, Avinor to trial remote air traffic service tower technology
Swedish company Saab and Norway's air navigation service provider AVINOR have signed a deal to trial remote air traffic service tower technology in...
Debt crisis hits passenger traffic growth in European airports
European airports reported a minimal 2% rise in passenger traffic in April 2012, which is a result of the impact of the Eurozone crisis, according to a report from...
CH2M HILL JV to manage Philadelphia International airport expansion programme
A joint venture led by CH2M Hill has been selected by the City of Philadelphia's Division of Aviation to manage a $6.4bn capacity enhancement programme (CEP) at Philadelphia International Airport,...
Brazil to fund Tamale International airport expansion project
The Brazilian government has agreed to finance $173.2m for the expansion of Tamale International Airport in...
Suvarnabhumi airport to undergo $1.9bn expansion
Airports of Thailand (AOT) is planning to invest $1.9bn over the next five years to expand Suvarnabhumi airport by 33%, marking the beginning of its second development...
Indra to deliver new ATC consoles to Oman
Indra will provide Muscat and Salalah with new air traffic control (ATC) stations to increased air traffic...
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Thales delivers TopSky ATC to Bahrain
Air traffic management (ATM) solutions provider Thales has delivered a new TopSky-ATC ATM solution to the Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA), following an 18-month development...
South Korea’s passenger traffic increases 22.6% in April
South Korean international air traffic increased by 22.6% in April 2012, with just under 3.8 million...
Smiths Detection unveils explosive detecting baggage scanner
Smiths Detection has unveiled its new HI-SCAN 10080 XCT, a high-speed scanner that can detect explosives in...
Hong Kong International airport’s third runway project moves forward
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has submitted a project profile to the Director of Environmental Protection to move ahead with the new HK$136.2bn ($17.5bn) third runway after the proposal...
Dubai International April passenger traffic rises 7.8%
Dubai International airport (DXB) reported a 7.8% rise in its passenger traffic to 4.5 million in April 2012, compared to 4.2 million during the same period in...
Ukraine unveils new terminal at Boryspil International airport ahead of Euro 2012
Ukraine has opened a new $600m terminal at Boryspil International Airport ahead of EURO 2012, which the country is co-hosting with...
APAC and Helios to support shared Central European airspace
The air traffic management (ATM) consultancies APAC and Helios have been selected by the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) of Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary to support the management...
CAAS and NATS to handle air traffic challenges collectively
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the UK's air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to deal with air traffic management...
Unisys’ home-printed bag tags to cut check in time at Billund Airport
Unisys has implemented home-printed bag tag solutions at Denmark's Billund Airport, which will further streamline the airport's check-in process for international...
Kuwait to invest $6bn on expanding airport capacity
The Kuwait government is planning to invest $6bn to allow the country's airports to handle 13 million passengers by...
Toulouse-Blagnac airport to trial SIM-based NFC check-ins
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France is planning to trial a SIM-based near field communication (NFC) system that will allow passengers to pass through the airport's check-in counters, controls...
Jakarta Airport's new ATC backup system to be operational by July
Comsoft's Prisma air traffic control (ATC) backup system, installed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, is scheduled to be operational by July 2012, following...
Baku Heydar Aliyev airport gears up for Eurovision song contest traffic
Vanderlande Industries has signed a deal with Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) to deliver a new baggage handling system (BHS) to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku, Azerbaijan, in time for...
LAX to redesign Bradley Terminal's baggage system
Fentress Architects has secured additional funding of $23m from the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners to redesign the new baggage screening system at Tom Bradley international...
Hong Kong airport reports rise in April passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported a rise in both passenger traffic and aircraft movements in April 2012, with rises of 7.8% and 4.8%...
Gulf airport contracts reached $2bn in first five months of 2012
Airport contracts in the Gulf region reached $2bn in the initial five months of 2012, according to new research by business intelligence group...
Berlin airport opening delayed to March 2013 over fire safety issues
The opening of Berlin's long-awaited €2.5bn ($3.2bn) Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport has been delayed to 17 March 2013, over unresolved fire safety...
April passenger traffic up at Muscat and Salalah airports
Muscat International Airport and Salalah Airport in Oman reported a rise in passenger traffic in April...
Atlanta airport opens new $1.4bn international terminal
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia, US, has unveiled the new $1.4bn Maynard H Jackson Jr International Terminal, built to handle increasing passenger traffic at the...
TSA to begin inbound international cargo screenings in December
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that passenger air carriers must undergo 100% inbound cargo screenings on international flights, beginning 3 December...
FAA to impose tougher penalties for pointing lasers at pilots
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will impose tougher civil penalties against individuals who point laser devices at aircrafts, which may cause temporary blindness to pilots,...
Dublin Airport to introduce new security checks for EU flights
Dublin Airport in Ireland is planning to introduce new security measures for passengers departing from the airport to other European Union (EU)...
AAI to install Gagan navigation system in all airports by next year
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to install a GPS-aided geo augmented navigation system (Gagan) at all airports in the country by June...
US report finds airports authority rife with mismanagement
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) has been accused of mismanagement and a lack of transparency by the US Department of Transportation's (USDOT) inspector...
Asia-Pacific airports record 10.8% rise in March passenger traffic
Airports in the Asia-Pacific region recorded a 10.8% rise in passenger traffic in March 2012, according to a report from Airport Council International...
New EURO 2012 terminal opens at Ukraine's Sergei Prokofiev International Airport
A new passenger terminal has been opened at Sergei Prokofiev International Airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, to cater for increased passenger numbers expected during UEFA EURO...
Sweden trials GPS-based air navigation system
The Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (LFV) is trialling a GPS-based required navigation performance-authorisation required (RNP-AR) technology to help optimise flight paths and reduce...
BAA's airports handle nine million passengers in April
BAA has reported its airports handled around 9.1 million passengers in April 2012, recording a slight rise of 0.1% when compared to the corresponding period in...
Vnukovo-Invest to build second runway at Russia’s Domodedovo airport
Vnukovo-Invest, a co-owner of Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia, has offered to build a RUB27bn ($893.1m) second runway at Domodedovo...
Vanderlande to upgrade baggage screening system at San Francisco Airport
Automated baggage handling, material handling and distribution systems supplier, Vanderlande Industries has received a $64m contract from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), US, to...
ITT, GE to develop NextGen procedures for FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $2.77m joint contract to ITT Exelis and GE's Naverus for the development of NextGen satellite-based procedures for aircraft...
Jacobs wins Gatwick Airport contract
Jacobs Engineering Group has secured a four-year framework contract from Gatwick Airport (GAL) in the UK to provide support for its capital...
OMA reports 4.2% rise in April passenger traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) reported a 4.3% rise in passenger traffic at its 13 airports during April...
Brazil to implement RNP flight procedures
Brazil is planning to implement the country's first Required Navigation Performance (RNP) flight procedures, following completion of validation flight by low-cost airline...
Lufthansa Consulting to advise Infra Group on Bucharest airport project
Romania-based airport owner and operator, Infra Group has appointed Lufthansa Consulting as strategic advisor to build a €200m airport in...
Sydney airport to install additional SmartGates
The Australian government is planning to enhance inbound passenger processing at Sydney airport by installing additional SmartGate...
Abu Dhabi to finalise airport expansion contractor
A consortium of Arabtec Holding, TAV Insaat and Consolidated Contractors Company has been selected by the Abu Dhabi government as the preferred bidder for an estimated $3bn contract to expand...
Indonesia to build new international airport
Indonesia is planning to begin construction on a new international airport in Karawang, West Java, in 2015....
Dubai World Central cargo volume rises 382.2% in Q1
Dubai World Central (DWC) has reported a 382% rise in cargo volumes during the first quarter of 2012, according to the quarterly traffic report by Dubai...
Heathrow fails to meet waiting target for non-EEA passengers
The UK Border Force has failed to meet the 45-minute target processing time for most passengers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) at Heathrow airport, London, in April, according...
TSA test CAT/BPSS screening system at George Bush Intercontinental
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin testing the new Credential Authentication Technology / Boarding Pass Scanning System (CAT/BPSS) at George Bush...
Charleston airport $150m terminal upgrade delayed
A $150m upgrade at the Charleston International Airport in the US has been delayed after the Charleston County Aviation Authority refused to sign the...
Philadelphia airport implements new flight tracking and situational awareness systems
Philadelphia International Airport in the US has begun the implementation of ITT Exelis' Symphony OpsVue flight tracking and situational awareness...
TSA begins new screening programme at Orlando airport
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun a new passenger pre-screening programme to facilitate faster security checks at Orlando International...
Cincinnati airport to reopen Concourse A in mid-May
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in the US will reopen its newly upgraded 16-gate Concourse A on 15 May after the facility was closed in 2010 for renovation...
Broad Group wins $300m Perth airport expansion contract
Broad Group has been awarded a $300m contract by Perth International Airport in Australia, to perform expansion works at the airport's international arrivals area in Terminal...
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Bechtel completes terminal 3 construction at McCarran airport
Bechtel has completed the construction of the Terminal 3 building at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas,...
Arabtec consortium closing in on $3bn Abu Dhabi airport contract
A consortium led by Arabtec Holding, which includes TAV Insaat and Athens-based Consolidated Contractors (CCC), is on the verge of securing Abu Dhabi International Airport's (ADIA)...
Rohde & Schwarz delivers mobile ATC tower to Indonesia
Rohde & Schwarz, based in Germany, has delivered a fully equipped R&S MX400 mobile air traffic control tower to the Indonesian air traffic control (ATC) authorities of the Directorate General...
Harris to upgrade ATC system in Dominican Republic and Uruguay
Harris has received contracts to upgrade the air traffic control (ATC) systems at the airports in the Dominican Republic and...
NASA selects Saab Sensis to fine tune surface management prototype
NASA has selected Saab Sensis to adapt its prototype NASA NextGen surface traffic management tools to improve throughput at capacity-constrained...
Munich airport breaks ground on €650m Terminal 2 satellite facility
Munich Airport in Germany has broken ground on a new €650m satellite building at Terminal...
Kenyan airports to streamline operations
Indra has received a contract from Kenyan air navigation service provider (ANSP), KAA, to provide it with the technology to modernise its terminal operations at Jomo Kenyatta, Nairobi, and...
BAA sells Edinburgh Airport to GIP
UK airport operator BAA has agreed to sell Edinburgh Airport for £807.2m to US based infrastructure fund manager Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)....
Abu Dhabi International Airport Q1 traffic rises 21%
Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported a 21% rise in passenger traffic to about 3.4 million passengers in the first quarter of 2012 when compared...
Habtoor Leighton JV wins Jeddah airport contract
Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) in a joint venture with TAV and Al Rajhi has secured a SAR2.87bn ($765m) contract as part of the redevelopment of Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport in...
TSA orders 32 MDI explosives detection systems
Safran group’s security unit, Morpho Detection (MDI), has received an order from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for 32 CTX 9800 DSi explosives detection systems...
Quebec City airport implements SITA management solution
Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in Canada has begun implementing the SITA Airport Management Solution to improve passenger service....
Philippines to expand airport capacity
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is planning to modernise airports in the country to meet rising air traffic...
IAA orders additional explosives detection system (EDS) from Morpho
Israeli Airports Authority (IAA) has placed an order with Morpho Detection (MDI), a unit of Safran group, for additional 'System of Systems' (SoS) checked baggage explosives detection system to...
Warsaw Chopin Airport to deploy Airbus ELISE simulation system
Airbus has received a contract from Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland to provide its exact landing interference simulation environment (ELISE) consulting...
Airport baggage handling improved 20.3% in 2011: SITA
The delivery of checked baggage succesfully and on time improved by 20.3% in 2011 with 99.1% of checked baggage delivered promptly, according to a SITA...
ARINC to deliver passenger check-in systems to Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport
Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport in Poland has selected ARINC’s vMUSE Enterprise as its common-use passenger check-in and departure...
Cassidian to deliver a radio communication system to Hambantota Airport
Cassidian, the Defence & Security division of EADS has been chosen by China Harbour & Engineering Company (CHEC) of Sri Lanka to install a secure TETRA radio communication network at the...
Frankfurt Airport passenger traffic increases 3.5% in Q1
Fraport’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany recorded a 3.5% rise in its passenger traffic during the first quarter of this year to 12.2 million passengers, while its cargo traffic fell...
London Gatwick airport closed after Airbus emergency landing
Flights in and out of Gatwick Airport in London, UK, were suspended for nearly two hours on Monday after a Virgin A330 made an emergency landing when smoke was detected in the cabin....
Gatwick Airport reports passenger traffic rise
Gatwick Airport in the UK reported a 2.172 million or 6.9% rise in passenger traffic during the year ended in 31 March 2012 serving about 33.8 million passengers....
Washington Dulles begins testing boarding pass scanning system
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing new Credential Authentication Technology – Boarding Pass Scanning Systems (CAT-BPSS) to detect fake boarding passes...
Asia Pacific passenger traffic increases 7.7% in February: ACI
Airports in the Asia Pacific region reported a 7.7% rise in passenger traffic in February 2012 compared to 2011, according to the Airport Council International...
BroadWorks platform to power Telekom Slovenia's IP Centrex application
IP Centrex service will enable Telekom Slovenia to support integrated communications for multi-location...
BAA reports 4% rise in March passenger traffic
BAA, the UK's main airport operator, has reported a 4% rise in passenger traffic in March to 8.6 million passengers compared to last...
Delta Airlines breaks ground on new terminal at LaGuardia airport
Delta Airlines has broken ground on a $160m renovation and expansion project at LaGuardia airport in New York to link terminals C and...
India to invest $30bn in airport infrastructure in 10 years
India will invest $30bn in the country’s airport infrastructure during the next ten years as more airports are modernised and new airports are...
SITA to deliver queue management system to US airports
The US Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), have selected SITA’s queue management system to be deployed at the country’s airport checkpoints....
Vanderlande to deliver two baggage handling systems to Indonesian airports
Vanderlande has received contracts to deliver automated baggage handling systems to Sepinggan International Airport and Kuala Namu Airport in Indonesia....
Nigeria trials satellite air navigation system
Nigeria has completed a pilot test of new Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) as part of a program to migrate its air navigation from terrestrial to satellite-based air navigation. ...
OMA reports 7.4% rise in March passenger traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) has reported that the passenger traffic at its 13 airports rose 7.4% in March this year, when compared to the corresponding...
New scanners to end liquid ban in European airports
The ban on carrying liquids on planes could be lifted within a year in Europe as new scanners that can detect liquids, approved by the Department of Transport, could be installed in airports...
FAA begins NextGen initiative in Houston airspace
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun the NextGen programme’s Metroplex initiative to enhance the flow of air traffic into and out of major airports in Houston....
Alaska Airlines to trial satellite based airport landing system
Alaska Airlines is planning to deploy a new satellite technology which will allow an aircraft to glide smoothly from the cruising altitude to the runway without having to circle over the...
Asia-Pacific traffic rose 5.7% in 2011: ACI
Airports in the Asia Pacific region have recorded a 5.7% year on year rise in passenger traffic in 2011 to 1.43 billion passengers when compared to 2010, according to Airport Council...
International air traffic up 9.3% in February: IATA
International air passenger traffic rose by 9.3% in February 2012 compared to 2011, while freight traffic recorded a 5.1% growth during the period, according to the International Air...
Hitachi to deliver Change Management programme for UK NATS
Hitachi Consulting UK has completed the IT groundwork for the country's National Air Traffic Services’ (NATS) Change Management programme....
BAA unveils £100m redevelopment plan for Aberdeen airport
BAA, the UK's main airport operator, has unveiled a £100m redevelopment plan for Aberdeen Airport to be carried out over the next 30 years....
Atlanta airport set to unveil $1.4bn international terminal
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in US will unveil the new $1.4bn Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. International Terminal in May...
NAV CANADA expands surveillance over North Atlantic airspace
Canada's Civil Aviation Navigation provider NAV CANADA has extended its surveillance by an extra 1.3 million km² over the North Atlantic, which is the busiest oceanic airspace in the...
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Stansted airport baggage handlers to strike over pay cuts
Members of UK trade union GMB that are employed as baggage handlers at Stansted Airport are to go on three-day strike between Good Friday to Easter Monday over pay cuts of as much as £1,000 per...
Northrop Grumman delivers ATC system for NATO’s Kandahar Air Base
NATO Consultation, Command and Control (NATO C3) Agency has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman’s subsidiary, Park Air Systems to provide a second air traffic control (ATC) receiver site...
Global passenger traffic rises 4.9% in 2011: ACI
Global air passenger traffic increased by 4.9% in 2011 to 4931.2 million passengers according to a report by Airports Council...
Dubai International Airport reports 19% rise in February passenger traffic
Dubai International Airport (DXB) recorded a 19% rise in its passenger traffic to 4.5 million compared to 3.83 million reported in the corresponding month in 2011....
Los Angeles International Airport opens renovated terminal
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has completed a $238m renovation of Terminal 6, as part of a $4bn airport modernisation...
Kuwait plans $2.9bn tender for second terminal at KIA
The Kuwait government is preparing to launch an initial tender worth KWD 700-800m ($2.5-$2.9bn) for construction of a second terminal at Kuwait International Airport...
Smiths Detection to deliver security scanning systems to Doha Airport
Smiths Detection has received a €100m contract to provide the main security scanning systems at the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in...
Queen Alia International Airport reports 22% rise in February traffic
Airport International Group (AIG), the operator of Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan, has reported a 22% rise in passenger traffic in February 2012 to 425,000...
Chinese airports report rise in 2011 passenger traffic
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has reported a 10% rise in passenger traffic in 2011 to 620.5 million when compared to the previous...
ARINC, Ikusi deliver new check-in solutions to Lleida Airport in Spain
ARINC and Ikusi have delivered new remotely hosted check-in and departure systems to Spain’s Lleida-Alguaire Airport....
Changi Airport reports February traffic rise
Singapore Changi Airport has reported an 11.2% rise in its passenger traffic in February 2012 to about to 3.77 million passengers when compared to February...
Air transport supports 56 million jobs, contributes $2.2tn globally: Report
The aviation industry supports over 56 million jobs and generates about $2.2trillion in GDP globally according to a report by Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) and Oxford...
Hong Kong approves $17.5bn third runway at city airport
The Hong Kong government has approved a plan to build a HK$ 136.2bn ($17.5bn) third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)....
Melbourne airport unveils $1bn Southern Precinct project plan
Australia’s Melbourne Airport has unveiled a $1bn project to revamp the Southern Precinct which includes the construction of a new domestic terminal designed to handle up to 20 million...
TSA begins PreCheck operations at Washington, Chicago airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has launched the TSA PreCheck passenger pre-screening initiative at Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) Airport and Chicago...
FAA starts NextGen initiative in Northern California airspace
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a collaborative effort with aviation partners to improve air traffic control efficiency in Northern...
Thiruvananthapuram airport to deploy new ATC system
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala, India is trialing an automated air traffic control (ATC) system, which will be operated after securing approval from the Indian...
Mott MacDonald to supervise ICT system installations at Heathrow Terminal 2
British Airports Authority (BAA) has retained Mott MacDonald to provide project management and technology support for all the information and communications technology (ICT) systems for...
Smiths Detection unveils new X-ray air cargo inspection system
Smiths Detection has unveiled a dual-view X-ray inspection system for screening large cargo, pallets and freight items on both passenger and cargo planes....
ADP reports rise in February passenger traffic
French airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) has reported a 3% rise in its passenger traffic to 6 million passengers in February this year compared to the same month in...
India to become third largest aviation market by 2020: Report
India will be the world's third largest aviation market by 2020, according to a new report by CAPA, the Centre for Aviation and...
Suvarnabhumi International Airport deploys automated FOD detection system
Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) in Thailand has deployed X-Sight Systems’ FODetect automated foreign object debris detection system. ...
Finavia to implement COMSOFT WAM network
Finnish air navigation service provider and airport operator, Finavia, has ordered 39 Quadrant ADS-B sensors and 12 transmitters from COMSOFT to implement its Wide Area Multilateration...
Croatia shortlists preferred bidder for Zagreb airport concession
A consortium comprising of France based Bouygues and Aeroports De Paris and Croatia based Viadukt has been finalised as preferred bidder for a €324m concession of Croatia's Zagreb...
Smiths Detection to supply advanced scanners to Malaysian airports
Smiths Detection has received contracts from Malaysian Airports Holdings to provide advanced X-ray screening systems and explosives trace detectors to two major airports in...
BAA reports rise in February passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at airports operated by BAA increased 2.5% during February this year to 7.3 million compared to 7.1 million during the corresponding month in 2011....
Indonesia to build new airport in West Java
The Indonesian Transportation Ministry is planning to allocate money for Kertajati International Airport (BIK) in West Java, which is scheduled for operation in 2020 and will cost about IDR...
Aeroports de Paris acquires stake in Turkey's TAV
French airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) has acquired a 38% stake in Turkish operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding (TAVHL), which operates Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, for...
Woods Bagot to redesign Perth Airport terminals
Woods Bagot has been awarded a contract to redesign Perth Airport's domestic and international terminals in Australia as part of a three-year, A$700m project to boost passenger...
Indra to provide Mode S radar system to Chile
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Chile (DGAC) has awarded a contract to Indra to provide and implement a new radar system in...
Balfour Beatty wins Hong Kong airport development contract
Balfour Beatty's Hong Kong joint venture company Gammon Construction has secured a £507m contract for a midfield concourse development at Hong Kong International Airport...
Cassidian unveils airport surveillance radar
Cassidian unveiled the Airport Surveillance Radar, Next Generation (ASR-NG) system at the ATC Global exhibition in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
Saab Sensis to provide enhanced Aerobahn system at JFK International Airport
Saab Sensis has been selected by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) in the US to enhance the existing Aerobahn airport surface management system and improve departure...
SITA to upgrade air to ground radio network of AENA
SITA has been selected by Spanish air traffic controller Entidad Pública Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) to upgrade its air to ground radio network to comply with...
Raytheon unveils mobile air traffic control system
Raytheon has unveiled a new mobile air traffic control (MATC) system at the ATC Global Exhibition and Conference held in Amsterdam, Netherlands which offers critical air traffic services when...
Philippines to upgrade security system at 45 airports
The Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will invest PHP500m ($11.65m) to upgrade security equipment at 45 airports in the country....
Thailand International Airport to install Lockheed Martin WindTracer system
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) has selected Lockheed Martin’s WindTracer Doppler lidar system to be installed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand for its...
European airports report 3.2% rise in January passenger traffic
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has reported that European airports achieved a 3.2% rise in passenger traffic in January 2012 when compared to the same month in...
Changi Airport to build bigger terminal
Changi Airport Group (CAG) will close Changi Airport's budget terminal in September 2012 to replace it with a larger terminal to keep up with the growth in passenger...
Nausori Airport to undergo redevelopment
Airports Fiji Limited (AFL) is planning to start a $60m redevelopment project at Nausori International Airport in Fiji in...
Hong Kong airport unveils apron development plan
The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has unveiled a plan to invest HK$2.2bn ($283.6m) to construct 16 aircraft parking stands at the western end of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA),...
FAA embarks on NextGen air traffic control procedures in Charlotte, Atlanta airports
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has started a collaborate effort with airports in the Atlanta and Charlotte region to make air-traffic control more efficient, help airlines...
SITA, JDA, Intelex partner to offer integrated SMS solution for US airports
SITA, JDA and Intelex have come together to offer SITA Airport Safety Management, an integrated safety management system (SMS)...
Cavotec to provide ground support equipment to Kotoka International Airport
Cavotec has won an order to supply advanced ground support equipment for Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra,...
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Implant Sciences delivers QS-H150 explosives detectors to Chinese airport
Implant Sciences has delivered seven Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 portable explosives trace detectors to an unnamed airport in China....
Nanchang Changbei Airport deploys HID advanced access control solutions
Nanchang Changbei International Airport in China has selected HID’s networked access control solution, contactless smart cards, and readers to improve security at its new...
Dubai International airport reports rise in January passenger traffic
Dubai International Airport in the UAE has reported a 14% rise in its passenger traffic in January 2012 to 4.85 million up from 4.25 million last year, marking the largest increase in 14...
Muscat and Salalah airports report rise in passenger traffic
Muscat Airport and Salalah Airport in Oman have reported a dramatic rise in passenger traffic in January...
London Heathrow tops off Terminal 2
London Heathrow Airport has completed the structural work of its new Terminal 2, BAA announced today at a topping out ceremony....
China to build new airport in Beijing
The Chinese Government is planning to build a new international airport in the capital Beijing at $5bn investment, which is expected to become world's largest airport in terms of passenger...
French consortium to expand Zagreb airport
French consortium, Zagreb Airport International Company (ZAIC) has secured a concession contract from the Croatian Government to run and expand Zagreb...
Bellingham International Airport to start terminal expansion
Port of Bellingham has approved a $17m terminal expansion at Bellingham International Airport in Washington,...
Northrop EFAS completes site acceptance test at Prague Ruzyne International Airport
Northrop Grumman’s Europe based air traffic management subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has completed the site acceptance test (SAT) of its NOVA 9000 Electronic Flight Strip...
Land Bank to fund Clark airport expansion programme
Clark International Airport (CIAC) has signed a PHP1bn ($23.42m) loan facility with Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to expand the passenger terminal and other support infrastructure at the...
SRA wins $388m FAA ETASS contract
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded an engineering services contract to SRA International for its EnRoute Technical Assistance Support Services (ETASS)...
Philippines to move ahead with Ninoy Aquino International Airport expansion
The Philippine government is planning to increase passenger handling capacity at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) next year with the completion of a new terminal...
Changi airport reports 12% rise in passenger traffic in January
Changi International Airport in Singapore has reported a 12.1% rise in passenger traffic to 4.24 million in January 2012 compared to 3.79 million in January...
Hong Kong airport reports 12.5% rise in January passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in China registered a 12.5% rise in its passenger traffic to 4.9 million in January 2012 compared to the corresponding month in...
Westminster wins airport security contract in Africa
Westminster Group's aviation division has received a 15-year contract to provide complete airport ground security at the main international airport of an unnamed West African nation in a deal...
Newark Liberty International Airport to add two high-speed taxiways
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is planning to add two high-speed taxiways at Newark Liberty International Airport to reduce flight...
ENAV and SEA agree to implement A-CDM platform at Milan airports
Società Esercizi Aeroportuali (SEA), Milan airports operator and Italy's air navigation service provider ENAV have signed an agreement to implement a computer platform at Milan's airports...
Brisbane Airport to begin parallel runway project this year
Brisbane Airport (BAC) will begin the construction of its second runway from July 2012, under the $1.3bn New Parallel Runway (NPR)...
Boingo to provide Wi-Fi services at ten Portuguese airports
Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has won a contract from Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) to provide passengers with Wi-Fi Internet services at the ten largest airports in...
Ukraine ANSP implements CCAMS solution
Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise (UkSATSE), Ukraine's air navigation service provider (ANSP) has become the first ANSP in the world to implement the new centralised SSR...
EIB to fund Tanzania airport expansion programme
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €50m in long-term funding to Tanzania to carry out a revamp and expansion of five airports over the next 20...
Thales to design new ATC system for Malaga Airport
Thales has been awarded a contract by the Spanish public aviation body Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) to design and implement a multilateration & ADS-B ground surveillance...
TSA begins new screening programme at SLC airport
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun the new TSA PreCheck passenger pre-screening initiative at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to allow for faster security...
BAA airports report rise in passenger traffic
BAA has announced that its airports saw a 0.5% rise in passenger traffic in January 2012 compared to January 2011, serving 7.5 million...
Schiphol supports SITA airport hub wireless services at Amsterdam airport
Schiphol Telematics has installed a WiFi network at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport that connects to SITA airport hub wireless infrastructure to support the use of the company's e-Aircraft...
Spain’s Zaragoza Airport deploys Frequentis VCS backup system
A new IP-based backup system has been installed to support the voice communication system (VCS) at Zaragoza Airport in...
Frankfurt Airport reports 5.5% rise in passenger traffic
Fraport, the owner of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany reported a 5.5% rise in passenger traffic in January...
TSA to expand faster screening programme to further 28 US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will expand its PreCheck screening programme to a further 28 airports in the US in 2012 to allow for faster security...
SITA and AOptix partner to offer automated biometric systems
Air transport communications and information technology specialist SITA has partnered with AOptix Technologies to deploy automated biometric identity solutions at airports and borders to...
Atlanta airport reports rise in smartphone self-service users
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has reported that 75% of passengers used smartphone-based self-service options during the last 12 months, the highest percentage in the US....
AAI to deploy new air surveillance technology at 14 airports
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning to deploy a radar-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system at 14 airports to enhance air control across the...
NIIT deploys intelligent cargo handling system at Tan Son Nhat airport
India-based IT solutions provider, NIIT Technologies has deployed a new cargo operations intelligent system (COSYS) at Vietnam's Tan Son Nhat International...
Brazil awards three airport concessions for $14bn
The Brazilian Government has raised BRL24.5bn ($14bn) by awarding concessions to operate the country's Guarulhos, Viracopos and Brasília airports in a bid to speed up investments in the run up...
US approves $63bn for aviation programme
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill to pay $63bn for Federal Aviation Administration programmes up until 2015, which will speed up the transition of air traffic control based on...
Australian airports to get advanced body scanners
The Australian Government is planning to deploy new millimetre-wave body scanners across the country's international terminals from July 2012 under the A$200m Strengthening Aviation...
European airports report 7.3% rise in 2011 passenger traffic
Airport Council International (ACI) Europe has reported that European airports recorded a 7.3% rise in 2011 passenger traffic to over 100 million when compared to the previous...
TSA to install explosives detection systems at four US airports
Morpho Detection (MDI), Safran Group's security unit has won a $17m contract from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to supply its CTX 9800 DSi and CTX 9400 DSi...
ADAC receives approval for midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi airport
The Abu Dhabi Government has approved the construction of the new Midfield Terminal Complex (MTC) at Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA), UAE, which will serve as a primary gateway for...
SITA to provide passenger processing technology at San Diego airport
SITA has been awarded a multi-year contract by San Diego International Airport in the US to provide the passenger processing technology supporting the airport's $1bn Green Build...
Soekarno-Hatta Airport gets biometric ePassport immigration system
BIO-key International and Oakwell Engineering have deployed a biometric ePassport immigration system to modernise passenger security at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in...
Dubai airports report rise in 2011 cargo volume
Dubai Airports, the owner of Dubai International and the new Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport handled 2.3 million tonnes of cargo in...
Reveal CT-800 passenger scanner completes liquid detection test
Reveal Imaging, a Science Applications International (SAIC) subsidiary has completed testing on its new reveal dual-energy CT-800 scanner to screen and detect liquids contained inside...
DFS to deploy Frequentis Divos 3 log multimedia recorder in German ATMs
German based air navigation service provider (ANSP) Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) will deploy Frequentis DIVOS 3 log virtual server recording system at its area control centres (ACC) to...
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Malaysian airports report rise in passenger traffic in 2011
Malaysia's airports reported a 10.63% rise in passenger traffic to 65.3 million in 2011 compared to 59 million passengers reported in...
Airbus ProSky unveils new airport surface management system
Airbus Prosky, an Airbus subsidiary has unveiled a new airport surface management system (SMAN) that will provide airports with eco-efficient ground...
Crisplant to deploy PSI baggage handling control systems at Dusseldorf Airport
PSI Logistics, a subsidiary of PSI, has secured an order from Danish company Crisplant, a BEUMER Group subsidiary, to deliver its PSIairport/baggage handling system (BHS) as well as the...
US TSA to deploy advanced imaging units in 25 airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is planning to deploy advanced imaging technology (AIT) units equipped with the new automated target recognition (ATR) software to 25 airports...
Abu Dhabi International Airport reports 13.9% rise in passenger traffic in 2011
Abu Dhabi International Airport (ADIA) in the UAE reported a 13.9% increase in passenger traffic to 12.4 million in...
Three US companies win FAA EnRoute support contracts
US-based Human Solutions, SRA International and TASC have won the EnRoute Technical Assistance Support Services (ETASS) contracts from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rebuild the...
Aberdeen Airport reveals terminal expansion plan
British Airport Authority (BAA), operator of Aberdeen Airport in Scotland, is to spend £45m on a major revamp over the next ten years to enhance passenger facilities and...
Hong Kong reports 5.5% rise in passenger traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a 5.9% rise in passenger traffic to 53.9 million in...
Thales to supply air navigation systems to Mexico
Thales has been selected by Mexican air navigation service provider SENEAM to provide technology for its air navigation renovation programme....
Work starts on Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport runway expansion
Work has begun on a $791m South Runway Expansion project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida, US, in order to reduce flight delays and meet rising...
George Bush airport terminal redevelopment begins
Houston Airport System, in a joint venture with United Continental Holdings, has broken ground on the $160m phase I development of George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Texas,...
SITA unveils mobile NFC concept for smoother air travel
SITA Lab and its communications service partner Orange Business Services have unveiled a new check-in concept that uses near-field communication (NFC) chip inside smartphones to help...
Heathrow airport to build new terminal for London 2012 Games
The British Airports Authority (BAA), which operates Heathrow Airport, is to build a temporary terminal for departing athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in...
Jeju airport renovation to complete this year
The $284m renovation of Jeju International Airport in South Korea will finish this year....
US Airways to use Saab Sensis surface management system
US Airways has chosen Saab Sensis's Aerobahn airport surface management system for deployment at its three hub airports of Charlotte-Douglas, Philadelphia and Phoenix Sky Harbor...
UK Government considers Thames Estuary airport plan
The UK Government is to hold a formal consultation on the future of aviation in the country, including an assessment of plans to build a £50bn airport in the Thames Estuary instead of...
Mobile boarding passes prove popular at Frankfurt airport
Frankfurt International Airport in Germany has seen a 37% rise in passengers using mobile-boarding passes, according to a new survey by...
Salt Lake City airport to undergo $1.8bn renovation
Salt Lake City is to invest $1.8bn in completely rebuilding Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah, US, to address seismic risks and accommodate passenger...
PPL to upgrade Warsaw Chopin passenger terminal
Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL), which manages Warsaw Chopin International Airport in Poland, is to reconstruct the old part of the airport's main passenger terminal at a cost of zl300m...
London Luton Airport to expand capacity
The UK's London Luton Airport will increase its passenger capacity to 18 million passengers a year by 2020, a 57% increase....
UAE airports record 7.6% rise in air traffic during 2011
Air traffic at UAE airports increased by 7.6% year-on-year during 2011 to 683,389, according to the latest figures by the Sheikh Zayed Air Navigation (SZAN) Centre....
Passenger traffic rises at Budapest airport
Liszt Ferenc International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, reported a 8.9% rise in international passenger traffic during 2011 to 8,920,653, compared with 8.2 million passengers in 2010....
Beijing International Airport sees rise in smartphone users
The number of smartphone users at Beijing International Airport in Beijing, China, has doubled in the last 12 months, thanks to the growing popularity of the internet, kiosks and mobile...
Frankfurt Airport records December 12% traffic rise
Frankfurt Airport in Germany reported a 12.2% rise in passenger traffic to 4.35 million during December 2011, compared with the same month in...
Berlin Brandenburg Airport to use Arinc passenger handling systems
Arinc has secured a contract for the installation of passenger check-in and departure systems at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which is under construction in the German...
US FAA selects Saab for airport surface surveillance programme
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a contract to Saab Sensis, the US subsidiary of Saab, to provide technologies for the Airport Surface Surveillance Capability...
BAA reports rise in passenger traffic in 2011
Airports operator BAA has announced a 4.4% increase in passenger traffic at its six UK airports during 2011....
UK CAA calls for airport capacity expansion
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has called for an expansion of the country's airports, urging the government to draw up a long-term aviation policy that includes adding a runway in...
Soekarno-Hatta airport to undergo $1.2bn expansion
Airport management PT Angkasa Pura (AP) II, operator of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, has unveiled plans for a major...
GMB calls for third Heathrow runway
GMB, the UK union of airport workers has urged the government to consider building a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London and to link it to the recently approved high speed rail project...
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport reports 2011 traffic rise
Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA), also known as Clark International Airport, in the Philippines has reported a 19% rise in international passengers during 2011 to...
ICAO reports 5.1% rise in passenger traffic in 2011
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has reported that about 2.7 billion passengers travelled by air in 2011, a 5.1% rise in the air passenger traffic compared with the previous...
Tampa airport to renovate Airside F terminal
Tampa International Airport in Florida, US, is to renovate its Airside F terminal to accommodate growing passenger traffic and attract overseas...
Philippines airport to build new terminal
The Philippines Government is to construct a new terminal at Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines, so it can handle an...
Opening of Daniel Oduber Airport's new terminal rescheduled
The new terminal opening at Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, has been rescheduled to 12 January 2012, an official...
New Phuket terminal delayed
Construction of the new terminal at Phuket International Airport in Thailand will not be completed before 2015 under the airport's planned expansion, according to the airport's...
Saudi airports to use e-gate ID systems
Saudi Arabia is to install e-gate systems at all its airports to improve passenger throughput and increase border control...
Arabtec wins Dubai airport terminal 2 expansion contract
UAE-based Arabtec Construction has been awarded a AED561m ($152.7m) contract by Dubai Aviation City Corporation for the expansion of Dubai International...
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol traffic rises in 2011
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) has reported a 10.2% rise in passenger traffic to approximately 49.8 million in 2011, compared with 45.2 million in the previous...
Obama signs bill to speed up airport screening of military staff
US President Barack Obama has signed a law that will reduce security procedures for the military and their families at the country's airports within the next six months....
Ninoy Aquino terminal to undergo renovation
The Philippines Government has approved a PHP1.16bn ($26m) plan to renovate Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminal 1 (NAIA-1) in Manila,...
Hong Kong Airport to gain third runway
The Airport Authority of Hong Kong (AAHK) has supported the construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) after a three-month public consultation on the development plan....
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Singapore Changi Airport reports November traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi International Airport rose by 7.4% to about 3.89 million passengers in November 2011, compared with the same month in...
King Abdul Aziz airport upgrade 90% complete
The upgrade and modernisation projects at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah are 90% complete, according to an airport...
ARINC, Amor to offer automated wait time technology to North American airports
ARINC Managed Services (AMS) has signed a strategic agreement with UK based IT specialists Amor Group to offer Amor's BLIPTrack wait time solution to North American...
Kathmandu airport to use SITA AirportConnect solution
Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority has signed a seven-year agreement with SITA to install its AirportConnect Open at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to reduce check-in queues....
New terminal breaks ground at Maldives airport
The Malaysian Airports Authority (MAA) has begun building a new terminal at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, which is located at the eastern side of Hulhule' Island in the Republic of...
Saab Sensis to deploy WAM and PRM systems at Sydney airport
Saab Sensis has secured operational certification from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia to install wide area multilateration (WAM) and precision runway monitoring (PRM) systems...
TAA to expand Julius Nyerere International Airport
The Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) is to construct a third terminal at Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam....
Noi Bai airport installs SITA Departure Control Services
Northern Airports subsidiary Hanoi Ground Services is implementing SITA Departure Control Services to help handle passengers and airlines at Noi Bai International Airport in...
ERA to deliver A-SMGCS to Heydar Aliyev International Airport
ERA has won a contract to supply an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control system to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku,...
ARINC to upgrade Central Japan Airport check-in and departure systems
ARINC will upgrade its iMUSE check-in and departure systems at Central Japan International Airport Centrair...
TSA starts pre-screening passengers at McCarran International Airport
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started its TSA Pre intelligence driven and risk-based security initiative at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, US....
Newark Liberty International Airport to undergo $42m runway upgrade
The US Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a plan to invest $42m in resurfacing the runway of Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey,...
Ghana to create second international airport
Ghana is to finalise the financial arrangements for upgrading Tamale Airport in a bid to create the country's second international...
Saudi Arabia to expand King Khalid International Airport
Saudi Arabian officials have announced plans to expand the size of King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh three-fold over the next five...
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport sees rise in self-service check-ins
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, saw a 65% rise in passenger self service check-ins during the last twelve months, up from 36% surveyed in 2010, due to the...
Airport Technology launches major airports survey
To understand what our readers view as the most important business issues for 2012–2013, airport-technology.com is launching a major industry survey covering all its readers...
Thales to develop DSNA's future ATM system
Thales has signed a framework agreement and development contract with the French Air Navigation Service Provider (DSNA) for the development of the 4-FLIGHT programme....
Ibom Airport deploys bird deterring technology
The Akwa Ibom International Airport, Nigeria, has deployed a cordless land air wildlife system (CLAWS), an anti-bird and wildlife technology system intended for checking the increasing threat...
TSA urged to provide passenger advocate at US airports
Two lawmakers in New York have urged the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the US to provide a passenger advocate at the country's airports to act on complaints by passengers...
Atlantic City Airport to complete expansion project by May 2012
South Jersey Transportation Authority is expected to complete Atlantic City International Airport's $25m expansion project in May...
Chicago-Rockford to develop 20MW solar project
Rockford Solar Partners has received approval from the US Department of Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration to construct a commercial airport solar farm at Chicago-Rockford...
Melbourne Airport to embark on $300m expansion plan
Melbourne Airport is to create a new terminal 4 and upgrade motorway access in an expansion project estimated to cost...
BWI Airport receives renovation approval
Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland, US, has received approval for a $100m renovation project from the State Board of Public...
Delhi airport installs aerial fire-fighting equipment
Delhi International Airport Limited has installed new fire-fighting apparatus, the turntable...
Reno-Tahoe airport starts $40m renovations
Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada, US, has broken ground on the $40m, 17-month Gateway...
Bangalore reveals terminal 1 expansion details
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) will complete its Rs10bn ($193.66m) expansion of terminal 1 by the first quarter of...
Taiwan to launch passenger screening e-gates
Taiwan will launch automated immigration gates, known as e-gates, in January 2012 at three major...
UFIS-AS and DTP to provide multi-airport operational database system to ADAC
UFIS Airports Solutions (AS) and Dubai Technology Partners (DTP) have secured a contract from Abu Dhabi Airports Company to supply a multi-airport operational database and resource management...
San Francisco's terminal 2 wins LEED Gold certification
San Francisco International Airport's terminal 2 has secured LEED Gold certification from the US Green Business...
Sydney Airport plans to renovate international and domestic terminals
Sydney Airport in Australia has unveiled plans to divide its space into two airline alliance-based precincts which will combine international, domestic and regional services under a single roof...
FAA urges US airports to improve communications to prevent tarmac delays
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has urged the country's airports and airlines to improve communications during storms to prevent tarmac...
Work begins on Manchester airport’s new air traffic control tower
Construction firm Morgan Sindall has broken ground on the new £16m air traffic control tower at Manchester International Airport,...
Lufthansa Consulting to prepare ground-handling roadmap for Iraqi airports
Lufthansa Consulting has secured a contract from the Iraqi Ministry of Transport to evaluate the ground-handling requirements of Baghdad International Airport and the airports of Basra and...
SITA unveils web-based messaging platform for air transport industry
SITA has launched a web-based version of the messaging platform Sitatex Online, an easy-to-use and cost-effective mail service designed especially for air transport industry...
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Saab Sensis to support NextGen development
Saab Sensis is to provide its NextGen concepts and technologies to the Florida NextGen Test Bed (FTB) in Daytona Beach, Florida,...
Dubai Airport reports October traffic increase
Dubai International Airport in the UAE has handled 4.3 million passengers during October 2011 reporting an increase of 7.3% compared to 4.01 million passengers it handled during thee...
John Wayne Airport's terminal C revamp finishes
John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, US, has opened its renovated terminal C, which was upgraded as part of a $543m improvement...
AB Won Pat airport to install advanced imaging technology scanners
AB Won Pat International Airport in Guam, US, is to get two advanced imaging technology machines from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to screen passengers boarding...
Malaysia Airports Holdings to upgrade terminal 2 baggage system
Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) is to upgrade the baggage system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport's new terminal 2 with an investment of MYR100m...
Dubai CAA to use Nav Canada's air traffic control information technology
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority's engineering projects group has selected Nav Canada's NAVCANstrips technology to manage its critical air traffic control...
Pteris Global baggage handling system installed at Winnipeg airport
Pteris Global has deployed its baggage handling system at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport's new...
Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport to unveil new terminal in 2015
Aerodrom Ljubljana, operator of Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is to spend €70m on building a new terminal to cater for an expected increase in passenger traffic by May...
Paris-Orly Airport trials automated baggage drop-off system
Aeroports de Paris is trialling an automated baggage drop-off at Paris-Orly Airport, France, which can check in baggage in just 30...
Glidepath to replace Penang airport’s baggage-handling system
Malaysia's Penang International Airport has selected airport baggage handling and security systems provider Glidepath to expand its checked bag security...
Saudi Binladin secures funds for King Abdulaziz Airport expansion
The Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) has secured a SAR8.5bn ($2.27bn) financing facility from a consortium of banks led by the Gulf International Bank (GIB) for the expansion and development of...
Vanderlande to install baggage handling system at King Abdulaziz airport
Automated material handling systems developer Vanderlande Industries has secured a €125m contract to supply and install a baggage handling system at King Abdulaziz International Airport's...
Lekki-Epe International Airport to get $450m upgrade
The Lagos State Government has appointed Stanbic IBTC Bank as a financial adviser for the N71.64bn ($450m) first phase of the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport project....
Australia approves Perth Airport’s terminal 1 expansion
The Australian Government has approved a $500m project to expand terminal 1 at Perth International Airport, with construction to begin in early...
CHEC to upgrade Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport
The China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has secured a $138m design and construction contract from the Government of Guyana to expand Cheddi Jagan International Airport's terminal and...
Ninoy Aquino airport terminal renovation to start in January
The Philippines Government will start a PHP1.1bn ($25m) programme to revamp Ninoy Aquino International Airport's terminal 1 in January...
Gatwick Airport completes north terminal extension
The UK's Gatwick Airport has finished a £73m project to extend its north terminal as part of its goal of handling 20 million passengers a year by...
Northrop Grumman installs communications system at Maastricht airport
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, a European subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has delivered the first part of the air traffic management communications systems to Air Traffic Control...
FFT to install perimeter intrusion system in a Middle East airport
Future Fibre Technologies (FFT) has secured a multi-million dollar contract to install fibre optic, perimeter intrusion detection systems at a civilian airport in the Middle...
TIE-Ictas consortium wins $104m Bulgarian airports contract
Bulgarian-Turkish consortium TIE-Ictas has won a BGN150m ($104m) contract from Bulgarian airport concessionaire Fraport Twin Star Airport Management to build terminals in Varna and...
Thai airports record passenger traffic rise
Thailand's six main airports reported a 15.5% rise in passenger traffic to 66.3 million for the year ending in September 2011, compared with the corresponding period in...
University of Arkansas researchers develop runway anti-icing system
Researchers at the University of Arkansas in the US are developing an anti-icing system that will make airport runways safer and less expensive to maintain during...
US DOT issues first tarmac delay fine to American Eagle Airlines
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has fined American Eagle Airlines $900,000 for a lengthy tarmac delay at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on 29 May...
EU bans airport X-ray scanners over health concerns
The EU has banned airport scanners that use X-ray technology amid fears they could put travellers' health and safety at...
ADAC receives six bids to build Abu Dhabi terminal project
Abu Dhabi Airports Company has received six tenders for the construction of an AED11.7bn ($3.2bn) midfield terminal building at Abu Dhabi International Airport, as part of the airport's...
UK Met Office launches weather service system for airport operators
The UK Met Office has unveiled a new weather-based resource planning system, Weather Windows, to enable airports to plan tasks such as airport maintenance up to 15 days in...
Honeywell wins Heathrow's $21.7m terminal 2 contract
Honeywell has secured a $21.7m contract to provide Heathrow's new terminal 2 with an integrated fire safety, public address and voice alarm...
Raytheon to provide ATM system to Al Maktoum airport
Raytheon Company is to install its next-generation air traffic management system, AutoTrac III (AT3), at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai,...
Aeroports de Paris records October passenger traffic rise
Aeroports de Paris has reported a 2.2% rise in passenger traffic to 7.6 million during October 2011, compared with the corresponding month in...
Saab Sensis to provide ATM sensor system to Kyrgyz Republic
Saab Sensis Wide Area Multilateration has secured a contract from the US Air Force Electronic System Center to provide an air traffic control sensor solution that will modernise air...
Queen Alia airport to double passenger capacity
Jordan is to build a new terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in order to double its annual passenger...
Port Columbus Airport installs new inline baggage system
Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio, US, will complete a $35m in-line bag system by early December...
Infraero starts Rio de Janeiro airport runway expansion
Infraero has begun work on the runway expansion project at Rio de Janeiro/Galeao-Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in...
BAA records decline in October passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at BAA's six UK airports fell by 1.3% in October 2011, compared with the same month in...
Cassidian to install digital radio system at Berlin Brandenburg airport
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt, in Berlin, Germany, has selected Cassidian to extend its Tetrapol digital radio network to cover its outside...
Uzbekistan to use Implant Sciences explosives trace detectors
Implant Sciences has secured a contract from Uzbekistan to deploy its Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors at the country's...
SITA to install resource management system at Koltsovo airport
Koltsovo International Airport, Russia, is to install the SITA workbridge resource management system as part of its expansion...
Frankfurt October passenger traffic rises
Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, reported a 2.5% increase in passengers to 5.15 million for October 2011, compared with the corresponding month in...
John Wayne Airport to open Terminal C
John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, US, is to open its $543m terminal...
OMA records rise in October traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) has reported that passenger traffic at its 13 airports increased by 6.9% in October compared to the previous...
Zvartnots Airport operates new terminal
Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia has opened its newly built $320m terminal to the...
G&T installs baggage handling system at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport
G&T Conveyor Company has completed the installation of an inline baggage handling system in Terminal 1 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International...
World ATC equipment market to reach $3.9bn by 2017
The world air traffic control equipment market is projected to reach $3.9bn by the year 2017, according to a...
Springfield-Branson airport completes renovation
Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri, US, has completed a $149m...
Landmark seeks approval for Nepal’s second international airport
Landmark Worldwide has filed an application with the Nepalese Government to build the country's second international airport at Nijgadh, in the district of...
VC Bird airport to build new terminal
Antigua and Barbuda's VC Bird International Airport is to have a $47m terminal built, which will be funded by the Chinese...
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to be renovated
Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport in the US is to undergo a $100m renovation project to transform its central...
ACI reports September passenger traffic rise
The Airports Council International revealed a 4.8% rise in passenger traffic during September 2011 compared with the corresponding month in...
ImageWare, GCR to provide biometric identity systems to US airports
ImageWare Systems, a developer of biometric technology for security systems, is collaborating with GCR & Associates to provide secure biometric identity solutions to US...
NAATC to install NAVCANatm technology
The Netherlands Antilles Air Traffic Control (NAATC) is to implement NAVCAN air traffic management technology to manage critical flight data online for its daily...
US TSA to install AIT machines at US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revealed a plan to install millimetre wave advanced imaging technology (AIT) units at eight...
Air Traffic Control the Netherlands unveils runway incursion system
Air Traffic Control the Netherlands has unveiled the Runway Incursion Alerting System Schiphol, which will help prevent aircraft collisions and improve ground...
Philippines to fund Ninoy Aquino terminal renovation
The Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) has allocated PHP1bn ($23.34m) for the renovation of the unfinished portion of Ninoy Aquino International Airport's Terminal...
Carlyle to bid for Edinburgh Airport
A consortium led by US-based Carlyle Group is to bid for the acquisition of Edinburgh Airport in...
Basil Read to build airport on St Helena
The Government of St Helena has awarded a R2.7bn ($339.44m) contract to South Africa-based Basil Read to design, build, operate and transfer an airport on the remote island of St Helena in...
Philippines to complete Laguindingan airport by 2012
The Philippines has completed approximately 80% of the development of the Laguindingan International Airport project, which is expected to start operations during the second quarter of...
First Pacific may bid for Manila airport
First Pacific may bid for Manila International Airport as the Philippine Government looks to sell the facility to raise...
Los Angeles airport makes $1.6bn security improvements
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California, US, has invested $1.6bn in security improvements since 11 September 2001, according to a report by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio...
Vilnius Airport reports October passenger traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania rose to 168,200 in October 2011, a 53.7% increase compared with the same period last...
Foster + Partners unveils Thames airport plans
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to create a new £50bn international airport at the Thames Estuary in the...
Implant Sciences, TSL sign research agreement for detection technology
Implant Sciences has signed a cooperative R&D agreement with Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) to optimise its QS-B220 detection technology, which can deployed for airport...
Abu Dhabi airport terminal refurbishment completed
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has completed the refurbishment and upgrading works of terminal 1 of Abu Dhabi International Airport in the...
Peru’s passenger traffic increases
Peru's passenger traffic rose to 293,759 from January to September 2011, a 16.12% increase on the figure for the corresponding period in 2010, according to the country's Directorate General...
Nigeria to modernise airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is to invest N19bn ($117.29m) in modernising the country's...
Kansas City air passenger traffic rises
Passenger volumes at Kansas City International Airport (KCI) in Missouri, US, rose to 3,797,141 during the year to date, a 2.2% rise on the figure for the corresponding period in...
Guernsey Airport awards runway expansion project
Guernsey Airport has awarded a £55m runway contract to Lagan Construction as part of its redevelopment...
Kuala Lumpur baggage handling system almost complete
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia has completed 90% of the installation of a baggage handling system at KL...
Qatar to install more e-gates at Doha Airport
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is planning to install more e-gates at New Doha International Airport as part of a $15bn development which is expected to be operational in 2012....
Deripaska, Sberbank, Changi to form Russian airport JV
Russia-based Basic Element, OAO Sberbank and Singapore's Changi Airports International are planning to form a joint venture to manage airports in southern Russia....
Saskatoon Airport to double terminal size
The Saskatoon Airport Authority (SAA) in Canada has approved a $53m plan to double the size of the airport...
IATA reports September passenger traffic rise
Global passenger traffic rose by 5.6% during September 2011 compared to the corresponding month in 2010 and recorded a 4.6% year-on-year rise over August 2011, according to the International...
TAV-led consortium signs $1.5bn Medina airport contract
TAV Airports Holding, in a consortium with Al Rajhi Holding Group and Saudi Oger, has signed a $1.5bn deal with Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation to enhance the capacity...
Skanska, Moss to expand Greenville-Spartanburg airport
The Skanska USA and Moss & Associates joint venture has won a $80m contract to expand and renovate Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in South Carolina,...
NTA secures bank facilities for airport expansion projects
Northern Territory Airports (NTA), operator of Darwin International and Alice Springs airports, has secured a $350m bank facility from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, National...
Muscat airport records passenger traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport in Oman rose to 4,794,152 during the first nine months of 2011, a 14% rise on the figure for the corresponding period in...
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HITT to install guidance and controls at Azerbaijan and Norway airports
HITT has secured two orders, from Era and Oslo Lufthavn, to install systems at Azerbaijan's international airport and Oslo Gardermoen airport in...
Nashville Airport to open new rental car facility
The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has completed a $70m, 1.2 million ft² rental car facility at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee,...
BAA reports rise in passenger traffic
BAA, the operator of two London airports, has reported a 4.3% rise in passenger traffic to 66.7 million during the first nine months of 2011 compared with the corresponding period in...
Sabre to provide airport data intelligence solution to Airbus
Airbus has selected Sabre Airline Solutions' Sabre Airport Data Intelligence product to provide information on passenger traffic, schedules and fare...
Nav Canada to install surface surveillance system at Calgary airport
Air navigation service provider NAV CANADA has selected Saab Sensis' airport surface surveillance technology, Multilateration System, to be installed at Calgary International...
Traffic rises at Abu Dhabi airport
Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE, rose to 1,086,348 during September 2011, a 17.1% year-on-year increase, according to airport operator Abu Dhabi Airports Company....
Noblis secures ECSS contract from FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $350m Enterprise Communications Support Services contract to Noblis and Flatirons Solutions to transform the National Airspace System...
Triacta Construction to build Bauchi airport runway
The government of the Nigerian state of Bauchi has signed a N7.9bn ($50.25m) contract with Triacta Construction Company (TCC) to build a 3.4km runway at Bauchi International...
Iraq to carry out $50bn airport development projects
Iraq is to spend $50bn on airport development projects over the next few years to enhance the nation's airport...
SELEX Systems secures radar technology contract for Bristol Airport
SELEX Systems Integration has secured a contract to install its primary radar system, the ATCR 33 radar, to provide radar approach as part of the expansion of Bristol Airport,...
Northrop Grumman's real-time collaboration technology wins award
Northrop Grumman's European-based airport systems group has won an innovation award for airport real-time collaboration (ARC) technology at Inter Airport Europe 2011 in Munich,...
Changi airport reports September traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi International Airport rose by 12.5% to 3.82 million in September 2011 compared with September...
Fraport opens fourth runway at Frankfurt airport
Airport operator Fraport has opened a 2.8km fourth runway north-west of Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, built at a cost of...
Brazil to invest $4.24bn on airport renovations
The Brazilian Government is to spend R$7.5bn ($4.24bn) on revamping and modernising its airports ahead of the FIFA World Cup in...
Hong Kong airport records September traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport rose to 4.3 million in September 2011, an increase of 5.4% on the corresponding month in...
Muscat airport to install Kone people-mover systems
Muscat International Airport in Oman is to install 39 people-mover systems, called Autowalks, for the redevelopment of its passenger...
Thales to modernise six ATC centres in Africa
The Agency for Air Navigation Security in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) has selected Thales to modernise and harmonise its air traffic control centres in Senegal, Congo, Niger, Ivory Coast,...
FAA opens new ATC tower at Memphis airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration has unveiled a $72.6m air traffic control tower and radar approach control at Memphis International Airport,...
Construction begins on Xiamen Gaoqi airport’s new terminal
Building work has started on Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport's new CNY4.17bn ($653m) terminal in the city of Xiamen,...
Dublin airport reports September passenger traffic decline
Dublin International Airport in Ireland recorded 1.7 million passengers for September 2011, a 3% decline on the corresponding month for...
ARINC and Verizon to offer cloud-based solution to airports
ARINC has signed a five-year agreement with Verizon Communications to offer a new cloud-based solution to support passenger terminals....
Vanderlande installs baggage handling system at Sacramento airport
Vanderlande Industries has completed the installation of a baggage handling system at terminal B of Sacramento International Airport in California,...
Hong Kong terminal to install cargo management system
Hong Kong International Airport is to install a new cargo management system from 1 December 2011 at its Hactl SuperTerminal...
ThyssenKrupp to supply boarding systems to China and Colombia
ThyssenKrupp Elevator has won two contracts to supply passenger boarding bridges, escalators and moving walks to Kunming Changshui International Airport in China and Bogota Eldorado...
NIB funds Oslo Airport Gardermoen expansion
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has agreed to provide a €192m loan to expand Oslo Airport Gardermoen in...
Gatwick Airport installs AOptix iris recognition security solution
AOptix Technologies and Human Recognition Systems (HRS) have deployed the AOptix InSight VM iris recognition system into 34 automated e-gates at Gatwick Airport's south...
Jeppensen unveils web-based airport runway analysis service
Jeppesen, a unit of Boeing Flight Services, has introduced a new web-based runway analysis service to provide operators with flight-critical airport, runway and aircraft performance...
BAA to sell Edinburgh airport
UK airport operator BAA is to sell Edinburgh Airport in Scotland for £500m after the UK Competition Commission ordered it to sell either the Glasgow or Edinburgh...
Northrop Grumman enhances airport real-time collaboration portfolio
Northrop Grumman has enhanced its Airport Realtime Collaboration (ARC) portfolio by adding passenger flow forecasting and queue time management...
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport secures grant for new bag-handling systems
Broward County Aviation Department has secured a grant of $59m from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for a new in-line baggage system for terminals 2, 3 and 4 at...
FAA breaks ground on Cleveland Hopkins airport control tower
The US Federal Aviation Administration has broken ground on a $69m air traffic control tower and terminal radar approach control facility at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio,...
Searidge to install surface surveillance systems at Seattle-Tacoma
Searidge Technologies has secured a contract from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to install intelligent video platform IntelliDAR at Seattle Tacoma International Airport...
India to undergo country-wide radar integration project
The Airports Authority of India is to integrate radars located at various parts of the country as part of a plan to improve air...
Miami Airport to test new baggage handling system
Miami International Airport in Florida, US, is to test a $212m new baggage handling system, built by Siemens Mobility and...
Muscat airport starts passenger terminal project work
Muscat International Airport in Oman has started the construction of a new passenger terminal...
Eurocontrol installs Comsoft's ECG technology
Eurocontrol has replaced its AFTN / CIDIN system for the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) with Comsoft's European ATM Communication Gateway (ECG)...
Brazil sets minimum bids for airport concessions
The National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil has set minimum bids for the rights to renovate and operate three of the country's largest...
AOptix, Emaratech unveil Iris e-Gate system
Biometrics technology provider AOptix Technologies has formed a strategic partnership with Emaratech, a provider of smart and electronic border control gates at UAE airports, to provide iris...
Fraport records September passenger traffic rise
Fraport, operator of Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, recorded a 4% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to 5.3 million for September...
Spain delays airports privatisation bidding process
Spain has delayed the privatisation of Madrid and Barcelona airports by three months to allow more time for bidders to secure...
Avery Dennison to provide RFID baggage tags to McCarran airport
Avery Dennison and partner Print-O-Tape have won a three-year contract from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, US, to supply radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for its...
OMA records rise in September traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) reported a 10.2% increase in passenger traffic at its 13 airports during September 2011 compared with the corresponding month...
SITA opens air transport command centre in Singapore
SITA has launched a global command centre in Singapore for the proactive monitoring and management of its communication and IT solutions used by global airlines and airports in a bid to...
Aircraft tracking technology installed at Nnamdi Azikiwe airport
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has installed aircraft tracking technology at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nigeria, to provide real-time tracking of all aircraft in the...
BAA's UK airports record September traffic rise
Passenger traffic for BAA's six UK airports in September 2011 increased to 10.8 million, a rise of 1% compared with the corresponding month in...
SITA installs self-boarding gates at Vienna airport
Air transport IT provider SITA has secured a contract to install self-boarding gates at Vienna International Airport in Austria at the new Skylink...
Gatwick Airport opens south terminal security area
London's Gatwick Airport has opened a new £45m security area at its south terminal, which is expected to reduce queueing times by...
Tagsys, ICM Airport Technics to develop bag-drop systems
Tagsys and ICM Airport Technics have formed a alliance to produce and supply bag-drop systems for the aviation...
Perth airport unveils $1.25bn revamp plans
Perth International Airport has revealed $1.25bn redevelopment plans as part of a major revamp of the airport before...
Vienna airport records September passenger traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Vienna International Airport, Austria, increased by 7.7% year-on-year to stand at two million during September...
Denver airport to receive funds for runway and baggage system expansion
Denver International Airport in Colorado, US, has secured a $37m grant from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to rehabilitate its runway...
Inframerica to complete Brazil airport construction by 2013
Inframerica will complete the construction of the Sao Gonçalo do Amarante International Airport near Natal, Brazil, by December 2013 as the city gears up to host the FIFA World Cup...
Ferrovial to sell BAA stake to Alinda Capital
Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial has divested its stake in UK airport operator BAA by 5.88% to 49.99% to help reduce its...
Lyngsoe Systems to install new baggage system at Copenhagen airport
Lyngsoe Systems has secured a contract from Copenhagen International Airport in Denmark to provide its RFID solution to improve the airport's baggage...
Sacramento airport unveils new $1bn terminal
Sacramento International Airport in California, US, has opened its new $1bn Terminal B, which was designed by Corgan Associates in collaboration with Fentress...
NAMA boosts air safety at Aminu Kano Airport
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will install communication equipment at the northern sector of the new Aminu Kano Airport Tower under its N400m ($2.45m) VHF Radio Project and...
TSA to install advanced AIT imaging devices at US airports
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is to install millimetre wave advanced imaging technology (AIT) devices at 29 airports in the...
Sacramento airport deploys Bombardier automated people mover
Sacramento International Airport in California, US, has started using the Bombardier Innovia APM 100 automated people mover (APM)...
New Kuwait airport terminal design unveiled
Kuwait International Airport is to more than double its passenger capacity through a new terminal building, as part of the Gulf region's plans to spend $90bn on airport development by...
ACI Europe reports passenger traffic rise
Passenger traffic at European airports increased by 8.2% year-on-year during the first eight months of 2011, according to the Airports Council International (ACI)...
Boeing wins Greener Skies contract from FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a Greener Skies Initiative 2 contract to Boeing to maximise performance-based navigation capabilities across the...
TSA tests voluntary screening programme at US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has began testing a voluntary passenger pre-screening initiative at four US airports to enhance...
Denver airport begins south terminal construction
Denver International Airport in Colorado, US, has begun preparations for the construction of its $500m south terminal redevelopment...
Mexican airport operator reports September traffic rise
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste recorded an 18.4% increase in passenger traffic to 1.09 million in September 2011 compared with the same month last...
TSA to use L-3 ProVision screening systems at checkpoints
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has bought 300 ProVision ATD personnel screening systems, worth a total of $44.8m, from L-3 Communications for use at aviation...
FAA completes ASDE-X roll-out at 35 US airports
The FAA has completed the deployment of Model X (ASDE-X), airport surface detection equipment used to enhance runway safety, at 35 US...
Raytheon to upgrade Kyrgyz Republic ATM systems
Raytheon has secured a $24m contract to modernise air traffic management (ATM) systems throughout the Kyrgyz Republic, including the country's main international airport near capital...
ITT unveils flight tracking application for Alaska
ITT has launched a web-based data visualisation application, AlaskaVue, which enhances the safety and operational efficiency of Alaskan airspace through the real-time data of flight asset...
Nav Canada to install Searidge ATC at London International Airport
Nav Canada will install Searidge Technologies' ATC-Grade Video system at London International Airport, Ontario, Canada, to improve situational awareness for air traffic...
TSA to install new document assessment tool in US
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will buy 30 document-scanning systems, called Credential Authentication Technology - Boarding Pass Scanning Systems (CAT-BPSS), to...
Taiwan airport invites bids for new terminal
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has invited bids for the construction of a third terminal, which will cost TWD60bn...
Saab Sensis to install WAM system at Edinburgh Airport
Saab subsidiary Sensis has secured a contract from NATS to install its wide area multilateration (WAM) system for the location and identification of flights in the vicinity of Edinburgh Airport...
Iloilo airport to execute five-year infrastructure development plan
Iloilo International Airport has received PHP698m ($15.96m) from The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines for a five-year development plan that will enable the airport to upgrade...
Noblis to support FAA Air Traffic Control Communications Enterprise
Noblis has secured a $350m contract to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s Air Traffic Control Communications Enterprise as part of the FAA's Enterprise Communications...
Boeing and SELEX to collaborate on global ATM systems
Boeing and SELEX Systemi Integrati of Italy have signed a memorandum of collaboration to ensure the compatibility of global air traffic management (ATM)...
Airservices to upgrade Gold Coast Airport control tower
Airservices has secured a contract to modernise and upgrade the control tower at Gold Coast Airport in Australia as part of an air traffic control towers and systems modernisation programme...
Daifuku unveils new baggage handling system
Daifuku has launched its Baggage Tray System (BTS) to handle luggage at...
ESC upgrades Iraq air traffic control system
Electronic Systems Center (ESC) has delivered two new control tower systems and radar and ATC-tower simulators to Iraq to improve the country's air traffic control...
Mumbai airport to get new taxiway
Mumbai International Airport is to start construction work for a new taxiway for its secondary runway...
Quad-City airport’s new runway to open early
Quad-City International Airport in Illinois, US, will open its $34m runway on 15 October 2011, one month ahead of...
Kuwait airport to install Indra digital communications system
Indra has secured a contract from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Kuwait to install an advanced controller-pilot data link communication system at Kuwait International...
CIDCO to float tender for $2bn Navi Mumbai airport in December
The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) in India is to issue a request for qualification for the Rs100bn ($2bn) Navi Mumbai International Airport project in...
SITA to upgrade Kotoka airport’s baggage and passenger management system
SITA has secured a ten-year, $15m contract from Ghana Airports Company to upgrade the baggage and passenger check-in systems at Kotoka International Airport,...
September 2011
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Brazil seeks private investors to operate airports
The Brazilian Government is seeking private investors to modernise its crowded airports ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which the country will...
Hochtief in final stages to sell airport assets
German company Hochtief, which is majority-owned by Spanish company ACS, is in the final stages of negotiation to divest its airport assets over the coming...
Ferrovial, NATS and Saerco to manage Spanish airport control towers
Spanish airport operator Aena Aeropuertos has awarded a contract to Ferrovial, NATS Holdings and Saerco to manage the control towers of 13 airports in order to cut its costs by...
FAA to part-fund $6.4bn Philadelphia airport expansion
The US Federal Aviation Administration is to contribute $466.5m to the $6.4bn expansion of Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania,...
AOptix unveils new face recognition technology
AOptix Technologies has launched its biometric-based identity solution called InSight Duo e-gates to be used at airport security checkpoints to enhance aviation...
Domodedovo Airport reveals $3.9bn investment plan
Domodedovo Group, operator of Moscow Domodedovo International Airport in Russia, is to invest $3.9bn over the next ten years in expanding the airport's...
Airservices Australia to commission transportable radar
Airservices Australia's has commissioned its transportable radar to provide air traffic surveillance in Queensland,...
McCarran International Airport reports August traffic rise
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, US, increased to 3,632,969 for August 2011, a 4% rise on the figure it reported for the same month last...
US FAA approves TF Green airport expansion
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved an Improvement Program for TF Green International Airport at Rhode Island,...
Tanzania to expand three airports
Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) is planning to expand three medium size airports including Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika, Tabora in western Tanzania, and Bukoba on the western shores of Lake...
Ricochet to upgrade Newcastle airport recording system
Technology provider Ricochet, in collaboration with ATC systems supplier Copperchase, has secured a contract to upgrade the recording and replay system at Newcastle International Airport in the...
Passenger traffic rises at Muscat airport
Passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport for August 2011 rose to 4,242,645 passengers, a 13% increase on the figure reported for same month in...
Canada to expand runways
Canada is considering a plan to extend the country's airport runways to comply with the 1999 International Civil Aviation Organization's minimum 150m...
Dubai Airport reports August traffic increase
Dubai International Airport handled 4,019,230 passengers during August 2011, a 0.8% rise on the figure for the corresponding month in...
Global Infrastructure to bid for Spanish airports
Global Infrastructure Partners, which owns Gatwick and London City airports, has formed a partnership with the owner of Charles de Gaulle airport and insurer Allianz to bid for Spain's Madrid...
New Indonesian airport to open in October
Indonesia's air transport authorities will open Lombok International Airport (Bandara International Lombok), which is located in the province of West Nusa Tenggara, by 1 October...
Southwest Florida International Airport August traffic drops by 5%
Southwest Florida International Airport in Florida, US, handled 420,105 passengers during August 2011, a 5.5% year-on-year drop on the previous year, while its year-to-date passenger...
New York plans Stewart International Airport runway upgrade
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, US, is considering a $148m plan to rehabilitate the two runways at Stewart International...
Myrtle Beach Airport to install new baggage screening system
Myrtle Beach International Airport, which is located at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, has received a $6.2m grant from the US Transportation Security Authority for a new baggage screening...
Portugal seeks EIB loan for airport projects
Portugal's national airport company ANA is seeking a €90m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to part-fund improvement works at seven ANA-owned airports across the...
Unisys wins Chengdu airport modernisation contract
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport has selected Unisys's China subsidiary as a systems integrator to support the airport's expansion and modernisation project, which includes work on the...
Dublin Airport installs new autopass passenger security system
Ireland's Dublin International Airport has introduced Autopass, a new automated passenger screening system, at terminal...
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport begins Terminal E expansion project
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has started work on the expansion of terminal E to add 54,000ft2 of landside interior terminal space as part of its $1.9bn Terminal Renewal and...
Nashville airport completes new baggage system installation
Nashville International Airport in Tennessee, US, has completed the installation of an in-line explosive detection system for screening checked...
Airtel ATN launches new ATN test facility in Dublin
Airtel ATN, a communications software developer for the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN), has opened a test facility in Dublin, Ireland, in collaboration with ARINC. The ATN...
Encalso-Engevix-Kallas wins Manaus airport expansion contract
Brazilian consortium Encalso-Engevix-Kallas has secured a R$344m ($193m) contract from airport authority Infraero to expand Manaus International Airport in Amazonas, Brazil. The...
Jacobs Engineering to modify Dallas airport terminal
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas, US, has awarded a contract extension to Jacobs Engineering to modify the final design of passenger terminal A. Jacobs already provides...
Changi airport reports August traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Singapore's Changi International Airport rose to 3.86 million in August 2011, an increase of 11.2% on the corresponding period in 2010. So far in 2011, passenger...
Melbourne reports August traffic rise
Total passenger traffic for Melbourne International Airport in Australia stood at 2.2 million for August 2011. International passengers rose by 11.5% year-on-year to stand at 531,842...
Lubbock Airport receives federal grant for runway upgrade
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport in Texas, US, has received a grant of more than $26m from the US Federal Aviation Administration to complete the third phase of its...
Los Angeles to modernise Terminal 5
Los Angeles International Airport in California, US, is to spend $229m on upgrading its Terminal 5 to modernise facilities and improve customer service. The upgrade will be funded by...
Abbotsford International Airport completes $30m upgrade
Abbotsford International Airport in British Columbia, Canada, has completed a $30m upgrade to double the airport's passenger capacity. Improvements made to the terminal include the...
Senegal secures funding for new international airport
The Republic of Senegal has obtained €406m ($560m) in long-term financing from a group of banks for the construction of a new international airport. The new Aeroport International...
Heathrow Airport launches laser-guided travel pods at Terminal 5
The UK's Heathrow Airport has unveiled laser-guided driverless travel pods at the Terminal 5 car park following a year-long trial. The £30m driverless vehicles can carry up to four...
Hong Kong Airport reports rise in August traffic
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) rose to five million travellers in August 2011, an increase of 6.5% on the corresponding month in 2010. Flight movements went up...
Cochin Airport to construct new terminal
India's Cochin International Airport is seeking final clearance to build a new international terminal to expand its passenger-handling capacity. The terminal, which is expected to cost...
Memphis airport to undergo $52m upgrade
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority has approved $52m for new upgrade projects to be carried out at Memphis International Airport, Tennessee, US. The authority's nine contracts include a...
Sacramento International Airport names terminal launch date
Sacramento International Airport in California, US, will open its $1bn Terminal B on 6 October 2011. The new terminal will have 19 gates, six more than the 1960s-era terminal it replaces,...
Evans Consoles to provide ATC tower console solutions to FAA
Evans Consoles has secured a multi-year contract to provide customised air traffic control (ATC) tower console solutions to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The contract was...
Logan Airport to replace old baggage screening system
Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, US, is to replace its old baggage screening facility with a new $140m system so that it can process bags more efficiently. The project...
LPS awards contract for data recording system solution
Slovak IT company R-SYS and SkySoft-ATM have won a contract from air traffic services provider LPS to install new operational data recording system solution at its future area control centre...
US unveils $2bn airport infrastructure development plan
The US Government has unveiled a $450bn investment plan under American Jobs Act to improve employment and the economy, including $2bn for airport infrastructure projects. According to the...
Chicago Rockford Airport reports August traffic rise
Chicago Rockford International Airport in Illinois, US, has reported a 15.5% rise in passenger traffic to 11,997 passengers in August 2011 compared with the 11,593 it reported during same month...
Brazilian Court halts airport terminal construction in Sao Paulo
Brazil's federal court has ordered an immediate halt to the work on a new international terminal at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo because airport authority Infraero had awarded the contract...
APT SkiData to upgrade Edinburgh Airport car park system
Edinburgh International Airport has awarded a contract to APT SkiData to replace its car parking technology infrastructure to make parking faster and more efficient for passengers. The...
Fraport records rise in August passenger traffic
Fraport, operator of Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, recorded a 2.5% year-on-year increase in passenger traffic to 5.35 million for August 2011. During the first eight months of...
Face-reading lie detectors to be tested at UK airports
UK airports are to trial a new technology for lie detection based on passenger facial analysis recently shown by scientists at the universities of Bradford and Aberystwyth, UK. The...
SkySoft-ATM wins data recording system contract for German airport
SkySoft-ATM has secured a new ATC data recording contract from German air navigation service provider Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) to expand a new control room at Karlsruhe Airport in...
China starts construction of world's largest airport
The China Civil Airport Association has begun work on a new mega-airport in Daxing, Beijing. The airport will have nine runways, of which eight will be used for civilian purposes and one...
CAA approves controlled airspace for Norwich Airport
Norwich International Airport has received approval from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for its proposal to establish a controlled airspace structure to enhance air safety in the vicinity...
KAA releases tenders for new Jomo Kenyatta Airport terminal
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has issued tenders for the construction of a $500m terminal complex, Greenfield Terminal, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. More than...
BAA's UK airports report increase in August passenger traffic
Passenger traffic at BAA's six UK airports for August 2011 increased to 10.7 million passengers, a rise of 0.2% on the figure for the same month last year. Heathrow Airport reported a 0.7%...
Mexico's OMA reports August traffic decrease
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) reported a 1.5% drop in passenger traffic at its 13 airports for August 2011 compared with the corresponding month in...
Hainan Airlines, Vinci to bid for €1.5bn Hochtief airport portfolio
French construction company Vinci and China's Hainan Airlines are in a race to bid for Hochtief's €1.5bn portfolio of airport stakes. The assets include Hochtief's minority stakes...
Nigeria receives 15 bids for new international airport
Nigeria's airport authority has received bids from 15 national and international companies to construct an international airport in Bauchi. The 15 companies include Dantata Group of...
Lockheed Martin upgrades New York's air traffic control system
Lockheed Martin has delivered software to enable the use of GPS technology within the US's second busiest airspace, the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control, to help direct air traffic. ...
TAV opens new terminal at Alexander the Great Airport
TAV Airports has officially opened its new €110m passenger terminal building at Skopje Alexander the Great Airport in Macedonia following an expansion to enhance its annual capacity to...
Lockheed Martin unveils airport landing tool
Lockheed Martin has developed an automated tool for the safe separation of aircraft on the final approach to airports. The system, which will be deployed for the first time at...
Abu Dhabi Airport reports July traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi international Airport in the United Arab Emirates rose by 13.3% to stand at 1.2 million passengers in July 2011 compared with the same month in 2010. ...
US TSA orders 300 new scanners for US airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has ordered 300 millimetre wave advanced imaging technology machines, at a cost of $44.8m, to further strengthen security at its airports. ...
Islamabad Airport to be operational by 2014
The Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan will complete the new Islamabad International Airport by 2014. The new airport project, which is estimated to cost $400m, will comprise a...
Amadeus, SITA to develop baggage tracking solution
Travel IT company Amadeus has teamed up with airline technology company SITA to produce a system that will allow passengers to track their baggage, no matter where it is in the world, using...
Consortiums bid for Spanish airports
Seven consortiums are in the bidding process for stakes in two major airports in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain. The sales are expected to raise more than $7.1bn, which will be used to help...
ACI reports rise in July passenger traffic
Worldwide passenger traffic rose by 5% in July 2011 compared with the corresponding month in 2010, according to Airports Council International (ACI). In July 2011, international...
BridgeNet to provide RNP visualisation at Australian airports
US-based BridgeNet International, which specialises in airport environmental, airspace and procedure modelling, has won a three-year contract from Airservices Australia to use its VOLANS...
Frequentis to deliver new N-VCS system for FABEC programme
DSNA, the French air navigation service provider, and EUROCONTROL's Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) have awarded a contract to Frequentis to deliver a new N-VCS voice...
Rwanda seeks bids for airport project
The Rwandan Government is seeking bids to design, build, finance, maintain and operate Bugesera International Airport under a 25-year concession agreement. The airport will be located...
Lambert-St Louis International Airport reports July traffic rise
Passenger traffic at Lambert-St Louis International Airport in Missouri, US, rose by 4.1% to 1.2 million in July 2011 compared with the corresponding month in 2010. The number of...
Pteris to install baggage handling system at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport
Airport logistics system provider Pteris Global has won a $5m contract from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in China to install a baggage handling system at the airport's Terminal 3. ...
Antigua & Barbuda airport terminal project moves forward
The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has signed a deal with China to build a new airport terminal building at VC Bird International Airport. As part of the agreement, the Chinese...
Unisys to supply baggage system to Australian airports
The Board of Airline Representatives Australia has signed a two-year contract extension ending in 2016 with Unisys Australia to improve the security, reliability and accuracy of baggage handling...
FES to build new terminal at Bahamas Airport
FES Construction Company has secured a $27.3m contract to build the Marsh Harbour terminal at Leonard M Thompson International Airport, Abaco, Bahamas. FES will also construct an air...
Spanish airports attract major bidders
Spain-based Acciona and FCC are to bid for Spain's two largest airports as the country plans to divest €5.3bn of assets. In July 2011, the Spanish Government revealed its plans to...
Rockshore to install Airport-CDM technology at Rome airport
Rockshore has secured a contract from ADR Group to implement the Airport-CDM technology to improve the overall efficiency of operations at Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Italy. ...
Heathrow Airport trials new security body scanners
BAA, an operator of Heathrow Airport, is trialling new security body scanners that produce cartoon-like images of a passenger rather than a graphic image, which could mean the end of...
MIT study shows benefits of surface departure metering
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has released a detailed study of the fuel and carbon reduction benefits of surface departure metering at JFK International Airport, New York,...
Indian state starts bidding process for Navi Mumbai International Airport
The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra is preparing to award a contract for the construction of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) project. According to a request...
Kone secures Heathrow Terminal 2 extension contract
KONE has secured an order from Balfour Beatty to supply 40 elevators, 18 escalators and 12 autowalks to satellite building T2B at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 2, which will open to passengers...
Memphis Airport to install in-line baggage scanning system
Memphis International Airport, which is located in Shelby County, Tennessee, US, has approved a plan to implement a fully automated in-line baggage scanning system with...
Premium passenger traffic up 5.9% in July
Premium passengers rose by 5.9% for July 2011 while freight markets stagnated with a 0.4% demand decline over the previous year's levels, according to the International Air Transport Association. ...
Taiwan Taoyuan Airport implements self-service check-in kiosks
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has implemented SITA's common-use self-service (CUSS) kiosks to enable fast and efficient check-in at the airport, which handles about 20 million passengers...
Dublin Airport to test new full-body scanners
Dublin Airport is set to trial full-body security scanners, which will be delivered to the airport by the end of September 2011. During the 18-month trial the staff will be given an option...
Vietnam to build new international airport
The Vietnam Government is planning to build a new international airport on the island district of Van Don, north-eastern Quang Ninh Province. The 400-ha Van Don International Airport, which is...
Germany halts installation of airport body scanners
Germany has postponed a rollout of full-body scanners at its airports after two of the machines deployed for testing in Hamburg airport gave too many false readings. The scanners will not...
Siemens to install baggage handling system at Munich Airport
Siemens Mobility has won a €63m contract from the Terminal 2 Management Company, a joint venture between the Munich Airport and German Lufthansa, to install baggage handling systems at...
Austin-Bergstrom Airport reports H1 passenger rise
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, US, has reported a 6.5% increase in passenger traffic to 5,263,590 in the first six months of 2011, compared with the same period last...
Myanmar to privatise all domestic airports
Myanmar is planning to privatise all domestic airport management businesses to promote the civil aviation industry in the country. There are 69 airports in the country, out of which 32...
Thailand approves Suvarnabhumi Airport expansion plan
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has received a nod for the expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport from the government of Thailand including fast-track construction of a new domestic terminal. The...
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Auckland Airport unveils new terminal and runway plan
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has unveiled a plan to add a second runway and an integrated terminal. The airport is revising plans to combine its international and...
CEM installs CEM AC2000 security system at Budapest Airport
CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, has installed its CEM AC2000 security system to cover the new €200m terminal, named Sky Court, at the Budapest Airport, Hungary. This CEM...
Metron Aviation secures NextGen airspace management contract
Metron Aviation has secured a contract from NASA to support NextGen concepts and technology development project (CTD) for NextGen Airspace Management in the US. Under the contract,...
Birmingham seeks bids for runway extension
Birmingham City Council in the UK has sought bids for a £70m project, which includes the Birmingham Airport runway extension and associated road building. Birmingham Airport is planning...
Global airport airside services market to reach $42.8bn by 2017
The global market for airport airside services is estimated to reach over $42.8bn by the year 2017, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts. Airport airside services will...
Australia to roll out explosive detection systems at three airports
The Australian Government plans to install explosive trace detection (ETD) systems at Sydney Airport, Newcastle Airport and Cairns Airport. The government has allocated $2.6m to the...
Helsinki Airport to install new air traffic control system
Finavia, the managing body of Finland'a airports plans to install a new electronic air traffic control system called eSTRIP, at Helsinki International Airport. The new air traffic...
SAIC to install security system at San Diego Airport
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has secured a $20m contract from Turner PCL Flatiron to provide a security system to San Diego County Regional Airport Authority in the...
Darwin Airport gets revamp approval
The Australian Government has approved a A$60m ($62.5m) plan to expand terminal capacity at Darwin Airport. The expansion will increase the floor space by 55% or by 11,000m²...
Perth Airport's new domestic terminal work set to commence
Westralia Airports Corporation, the owner of Perth Airport in Australia, has been awarded A$120m ($125m) to build a new domestic terminal adjacent to the international terminal. ...
TSA installs new screening technology at Rochester Airport
The US Transportation Security Administration has installed new less-invasive passenger screening software, known as automated target recognition software, at Greater Rochester...
New international airport for Bucharest
Infra Group is currently inviting architects to design the proposed €200m new international airport in Bucharest, Romania. The new airport will be built on more than 255 hectares of...
Sydney Airport to begin eight-storey car park project
Sydney International Airport is planning to start construction on a $49m eight-storey car park at its international terminal this week to increase the number of undercover parking spaces. ...
McCarran Airport reports July traffic rise
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, US, rose by 4.9% to 3,692,055 passengers in July 2011 from the 3,518,217 it reported during the corresponding month in...
Infra-America consortium wins Brazil airport contract
Infra-America has won the concession to build and operate Sao Goncalo do Amarante International Airport near the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. Brazil's Civil Aeronautics Agency...
Ricochet to supply recorder to French airport
Ricochet has secured a contract from GTIE Air&Defense to supply a recorder for the French Civil Aviation (SNA-Nord), which is in charge of the operations and the equipment at airports in...
Fraport and Deutsche Bank joint bid for Hochtief Airport assets
German airport operator Fraport has made a joint bid with Deutsche Bank's infrastructure investment unit RREEF to buy a stake in Hochtief's airports business. The assets include minority...
Queen Alia Airport reports July traffic rise
Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan has reported a 5.2% increase in passenger numbers to 628,000 in July 2011, compared with 597,000 passengers during same month in 2010. Queen...
Sofia Airport gets new ATC tower
Construction company Glavbolgarstroy has secured a contract from the Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) for the preliminary design and construction of a new control tower at...
Logan Airport launches runway extension project
Logan International Airport has started a $65m runway extension project to extend the runway towards Boston Harbor. The project will extend the existing runway safety area by 400ft on a...
Jeppesen upgrades flight information database for Russian airspace
Jeppesen has added Ramenskoye (UUBW) airport data to its NavData flight information database for operators in Russia. With access to Russian domestic airspace and Ramenskoye data, the...
SNC-Lavalin to manage French airport from 2012
Airport operator SNC–Lavalin has secured a deal to manage Angoulême-Cognac Airport in France. The six-year contract, beginning 1 January 2012, awarded by the Syndicat Mixte...
Boston's Logan Airport trials behaviour detection security technique
Boston's Logan International Airport in the US has started the first chat screening technique in the country in a bid to spot suspicious behaviour among passengers. Under the new...
UAE's July air traffic rises
Air traffic movements in the UAE grew by 7.3% in July 2011 compared with the same month last year, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) monthly report. Total air...
IATA June premium traffic up 6.4%
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported the number of premium passengers rose 6.4% in June while economy traffic rose 4.8% compared with same period last year, despite...
GAP withdraws bid to operate São Gonçalo do Amarante in Brazil
Mexico-based airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico (GAP) has withdrawn from the bid to operate Brazil's São Gonçalo do Amarante International Airport. GAP said it will...
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport reports H1 passenger traffic rise
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US has reported a 3.72% increase in passenger traffic from 43,407,647 to 45,022,375 in the first six months of 2011, compared with...
Indonesia to inaugurate Lombok Airport in October
Indonesia will inaugurate the new Lombok International Airport on Lombok Island in West Nusa Tenggara on 1 October 2011. The airport has been developed at a cost of $73.1m and will be...
Virginia airports contribute $28.8bn to state economy
Virginia's 66 public-use airports contributed $28.8bn to the US state's economy last year, according to a report released by the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV). The "Virginia...
Logan Airport to test new behaviour-detection technique
Logan International Airport in Boston, US, is planning to test a new behaviour-detection security technique at its Terminal A over the period of next two months. Under the new...
12 bidders eye Puerto Rico airport project
The privatisation process for San Juan Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, has attracted 12 consortia. The airport forms the island's main...
Airport passenger screening systems market to reach $10bn in 2011
Global expenditure on the airport passenger screening systems market is expected to reach $10bn in 2011, according to a new report by Visiongain. The study revealed that security concerns...
Raleigh-Durham Airport Installs New Imaging Technology
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed new advanced imaging technology at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, which will be less intrusive to passengers'...
Boeing to Enhance Efficiency of Russian Airports
Boeing has signed an agreement to work with Russian airports to enhance efficiency and capacity. Under the agreement, Boeing will help the airports analyse and optimise their ground...
CSC Completes Traffic Flow Management Modernisation in the US
CSC has upgraded the US Federal Aviation Administration's Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) as part of FAA's preparation to deploy Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). ...
Myrtle Beach Airport Reports July Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina, US, rose by 10.5% to about 122,000 passengers in July 2011 compared with the corresponding month in 2010. Myrtle...
Airport-technology.com Launches Major Airports Survey
Airport-technology.com is launching a major airport industry survey, and we'd like to hear your opinions on the industry's most important sustainability issues for 2011-2012. Upon...
LAX Awards Security Fence Contract to Stronghold Engineering
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has awarded a contract to Stronghold Engineering to replace more than two miles of fence surrounding LAX along Imperial Highway and Aviation and...
Israel to Open New Airport
Israel is planning to open a $422m new international airport replacing the existing airports in Ovda and Eilat, in late-summer 2014 at Timna to boost tourism. The new airport will feature...
Charleston Airport Expansion Underway
Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, US, is set to upgrade a 26-year-old terminal, which will cost around $200m over the next four years. The project will include the extension...
Gatwick Airport to Resurface Main Runway
VolkerFitzpatrick has secured a contract to resurface Gatwick International Airport's 3.3km main runway in the UK as part of the airport's £1bn investment programme. The project will...
Rohde & Schwarz Delivers Radio Equipment to Colombia ATC
Rohde & Schwarz, the German radiocommunications specialist, has secured a civil aviation contract from Colombia's air traffic control (ATC) organisation AeroCivil for ATC applications. Under...
Vietnam Unveils New Airport Development Plan
The Vietnamese Government has unveiled plans to build an airport at Long Thanh in the southern province of Dong Nai for an initial investment of over $6.75bn. Under the 5,000ha airport...
BNDES to Fund Airport Investment in Brazil
Brazil's state development bank BNDES is expected to provide 70% of the funds required by airports, which the Brazilian Government is planning to privatise this year. Brazil is planning to...
Hong Kong Airport Reports Rise in July Traffic
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport increased by 5.7% to five million in July 2011 compared with the same month last year, driven by an increase in the number of visitors,...
Denver Airport to Track Aircraft through Satellite-Based System
Denver International Airport in the US is working on a new technology, which will track planes through a more precise satellite-based system instead of a radar-based system to increase safety...
Tampa Airport Installs New Imaging Technology
The US Transportation Security Administration has installed new imaging technology at Tampa International Airport to make the body scanners less intrusive and protect passengers' privacy. ...
Hamilton Airport to Get a Longer Runway
Hamilton International Airport in New Zealand has received an approval to extend its runway by 800m, lengthening it to nearly 3,000m. The runway, which will be extended over the next 15...
Abu Dhabi Airport Reports H1 Passenger Traffic Rise
Abu Dhabi International Airport has reported a 11.7% increase in passenger traffic to 5,742,283 passengers in the first six months of 2011, compared with the same period last year. ...
HNA Bids for Hochtief's Airport Assets
China-based HNA Group, the parent of Hainan Airlines Company, has unveiled plans to bid for Hochtief's airport business, which it values at more than $1.43bn. The airport assets...
United Airlines and Houston City Sign $1bn Airport Development Deal
United Airlines and the city of Houston in the US have signed a $1bn deal to redevelop George Bush Intercontinental Airport's Terminal B. Under the deal, United Airlines will invest $686m...
Tulsa Airport Installs New Screening Software
US federal security has installed new passenger screening software, named automated target recognition software, at Tulsa International Airport. Under the TSA's new...
GACA Opens Saudi Airport's New International Terminal
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has opened a newly established international terminal at Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah, which can handle 35...
Latvia to Renovate Riga Airport
Riga International Airport in Latvia is planning to invest $134m to improve conditions on the land and air side in a bid to boost capacity and raise safety standards. The project, part...
Sydney Airport Completes Runway Resurfacing
Sydney International Airport has completed a $26m runway surfacing project and is currently carrying out a $25m project to install stop-bar lights. The resurfacing was part of a safety...
Frankfurt Airport Selects Smiths' Advanced X-Ray Scanners
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in Germany has selected Smiths Detection to provide about 50 Advanced Threat Identification X-ray (aTiX) systems, a liquid explosive detection system, for...
Brazil to Invite Tenders for Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport Expansion
Brazil's national airport authority Infraero is planning to invite bids for expansion work at Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport in the Vitoria state capital Espirito Santo in the first half of 2012....
Canada Awards $2bn Airport Screening Services Contracts
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) has awarded $2bn worth of contracts for security screening services at Canadian airports for the next five years. Garda Security...
TAV-Led Consortium Wins $1.5bn Madina Airport Deal
A consortium led by TAV Airports Holding has won the $1.5bn contract to build and operate Medina International Airport in Saudi Arabia on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis. Under...
TSA Implements New Screening Technology at Denver Airport
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has unveiled new security checkpoint machines at Denver International Airport, which will generate a genderless image, obscuring the details of...
London Luton Airport Reports July Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at London Luton International Airport rose by 9% to about one million passengers in July 2011 compared with the corresponding month in 2010 with the addition of new...
GMR Keen to Manage Spanish Airports
Indian-based GMR group is planning to place bids for the development of two Spanish airports: Madrid Barajas International Airport and Barcelona's El Prat International Airport. The...
Thales Upgrades Larnaca Airport Radars
Thales has completed the modernisation of the terminal area radar system at Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus, which will help the Department of Civil Aviation handle increased air traffic...
Fraport Q2 Profit Soars
Fraport, the operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has reported a 22% increase in profit during the second quarter of 2011 over the last year, boosted by an increase in passenger...
Philippines Plans New Terminal at Diosdado Macapagal Airport
The Philippines is planning to build a new terminal at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport at Clark, Pampanga. The bidding for the P8bn ($189.04m) terminal is expected to be held...
Leeds Bradford Airport Submits New Expansion Plan
Leeds Bradford International Airport in West Yorkshire, UK, has submitted an amended expansion plan to Leeds City Council, which was originally approved in 2009. Leeds Bradford Airport's...
Max Boegl Secures Varna Airport's Runway Rehabilitation Project
Varna International Airport's concessionaire Fraport Twin Star Airport Management has signed a contract with German construction company Max Boegl Bauunternehmung for a runway overhaul at...
Japan Funds Vietnam Wattay Airport Expansion
The government of Japan has extended $23.4m to Vietnam to fund the expansion of Wattay International Airport in Vientiane. The project includes the expansion of the aircraft parking apron,...
Rapiscan Secures Airport Service and Maintenance Contract
Rapiscan Systems has secured a contract from an unnamed Asian airport to provide service and maintenance to its checkpoint screening and hold baggage inspection systems. The $4m system...
Changi Airport to Enhance Perimeter Security with Fibre-Optic Sensors
ST Electronics has secured a contract to implement a Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) based on a Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) sensor for Changi International Airport’s perimeter fence...
Fly4D to Research Air Traffic Management in Europe
Eurocontrol, under the SESAR programme, has awarded a contract to the Fly4D consortium to research the future of air traffic management in Europe. SESAR is a joint undertaking by the...
Logan Airport to Implement Israeli-Style Behavior Screening
Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, US, is planning to implement Israeli-style airport screening procedures, named screening passengers by observation techniques (SPOT),...
Foster + Partners to Unveil Thames Airport Plan
Architects Foster + Partners and infrastructure consultant Halcrow are working on a new plan for a £50bn Thames Airport in London, UK. The airport project, which spans the next 50 years,...
Brazil Receives Bids for Eduardo Gomes Airport Terminal Project
Brazil's federal airport authority Infraero has received 12 bids for a $245m project to expand the passenger terminal at Eduardo Gomes International Airport in the Amazonas state capital Manaus. ...
Canberra Airport Launches Terminal Expansion
Canberra International Airport has launched a A$420m ($457m) infrastructure programme under its Airvolution project. The project will upgrade the airport to allow Australian visa holders to...
Sydney Airport Trials New Security Scanners
A full-body scanner has been unveiled at Sydney Airport as part of a trial of the equipment, which will run until 19 August 2011. A similar trial will also be conducted at Melbourne Airport...
Ghana to Expand Kotoka Airport
Ghana has unveiled a $50m master plan to expand airports in the country over the next 20 years. The expansion plan involves upgrading security equipment and facilities and increase the...
Thailand Unveils Suvarnabhumi Airport's $5.47bn Plan
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has approved a $5.47bn plan to expand Suvarnabhumi International Airport, which will allow the airport to handle 103 million passengers per year by 2024. The...
Peru's Jorge Chavez Airport Gears Up for International Airport Status
Peruvian airport concessionaire Lima Airport Partners (LAP) is planning to complete technical requirements in October 2011, which will help Lima's Jorge Chavez Airport obtain international...
Indianapolis Airport Installs New Privacy-Protecting Scanners
Indianapolis International Airport has installed new airport scanning software, which reveals weapons without revealing everything else about the passenger. The new software...
German Police Reject Body Scanners at Hamburg Airport
Germany police have rejected a trial to use body scanners at Hamburg International Airport. The police said the scanners are too sensitive and set off unnecessary alarms in seven out of...
Lockheed to Provide US Passenger Security Systems
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Lockheed Martin two orders worth $72m to help the agency integrate and deploy new passenger screening and security equipment...
Jorge Chavez Second Runway Work to Start in 2012
The construction work of the second runway at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peruvian capital Lima, estimated to cost $1bn, will commence in a year. Lima Airport Partners...
Guernsey Airport Runway Budget Approved
The UK's Guernsey Airport runway redevelopment project has moved forward with the States of Guernsey approving the budget proposal for the £80m project. The proposal by the Public...
US Grants Funds for Kyrgyzstan Airport Modernisation
The US has granted $30m to Kyrgyzstan for the modernisation of Manas International Airport in the capital Bishkek. The airport upgrade project includes installation of new equipment for...
FAA Seeks Contractors for NextGen DataLink Service
The US FAA has sought bids for data communications services under the agency's Data Comm project, leading to the next-generation air transportation system (NextGen). Under the NextGen...
Shenzhen Airport Opens Second Runway
China's Shenzhen International Airport has opened a second runway worth about CNY20bn ($3bn). The new 3.8km runway will allow an additional six flights per hour compared with the existing...
South Korea to Resume East Sea Island Airport Project
South Korea has unveiled plans to resume a stalled project to build an airport on Ulleung Island in the East Sea. The South Korea Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs will prepare...
Traffic Rises at a Slower Pace in June According to IATA
Passenger traffic was up 4.4% in June 2011, while freight demand was 3% lower, according to results by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Passenger travel remains an...
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FAA Halt Airport Modernisation Projects in US
The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has been ordered to cease work on airport modernisation projects around the country after US Congress failed to pass legislation. Dozens of...
Dubai Airport Reports H1 Passenger Traffic Rise
Dubai International Airport has reported a 8.9% increase in passenger traffic to 24.6 million in the first six months of 2011, compared with the same period last year. Passenger traffic at...
Munich Airport's Third Runway Gets Regulatory Approval
Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, has received regulatory approval by a key regional authority to build a third runway at a cost of around $1.4bn. Munich Airport operating...
TeraHertz Scanners Tested at Australian Airports
Sydney and Melbourne airports have tested a new type of security scanner, which senses waves emitted by people and objects and is capable of detecting metals, plastics, ceramics, liquids, gels...
Indonesia Starts $1.36bn Soekarno-Hatta Airport Expansion
Indonesian State-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II is planning to initiate $1.36bn Soekarno-Hatta International Airport expansion in Jakarta. Under the first stage, Angkasa Pura II...
Vilnius Airport to Install Indra's Multilateration System
Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania has selected Indra to install a multilateration system to control aircraft on runways and other areas of the airport. Indra's multilateration...
Philippines City Seeks Funds for Airport Expansion
The City Council of Puerto Princesa in the Philippines has passed a resolution seeking national government support for its $97.78m Puerto Princesa International Airport Terminal expansion. ...
Harris to Improve Alaska Air Transportation System
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded an $85m contract to Harris to shape the air transportation system in Alaska, US. Harris, under the Alaskan Satellite...
Hong Kong Airport Reports H1 Passenger Traffic Rise
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported a 5.7% increase in passenger traffic to 25.8 million passengers and a 12.1% increase in air traffic movements to 162,485 flights during the...
Israel to Build New International Airport
Israel's cabinet has approved construction plans for a new international airport at Timna, Israel. The project is expected to cost $471m and construction is expected to be completed in...
Lambert St Louis Airport Moves Ahead with Renovation Project
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is moving ahead with its renovation of a new security checkpoint for the B and D concourses in Terminal 1. The checkpoint will be relocated deeper...
Taoyuan Airport to Build High-Tech Fence
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is planning to enhance its security around the airport by installing a high-tech fence along the airport border. The high-tech fence is estimated to...
AAI to Implement GBAS for Flight Navigation
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has initiated the process of implementing a ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) for flight navigation to upgrade air traffic management in the country...
Heathrow to Introduce New Facial Recognition Scanners
Heathrow International Airport in London is planning to introduce new facial recognition systems in terminals 1 and 5 from September 2011. The systems will scan the passenger's face when...
Muscat Airport June Passenger Traffic Soars
Passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport rose by 14% to 3,114,452 passengers in June 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. Muscat Airport has reported an 11% increase in number...
Logan Teleflex Secures Baggage Handling Contract in Egypt
Logan Teleflex France has secured a contract from Eqypt's Hurghada International Airport to deliver an arrivals and departures baggage handling system. The contract has been awarded to...
TSA Introduces New Scanner Software
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has debuted new scanner software to enhance privacy by eliminating passenger-specific images. TSA will install the new software on...
Infraero to Initiate Fortaleza Airport Expansion Project
Semace, the environmental authority for the Brazilian state of Ceara, has awarded development rights to Infraero, the country's national airport authority, to initiate a $224m project to expand...
GMR Inks Sister Airport Deal with Incheon
GMR Airports Holding, which operates India's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), and South Korea's Incheon International Airport (IIAC) have signed a sister airport agreement to...
Jorge Chavez Airport Expansion to Begin in Early 2012
Expansion work at Peruvian capital Lima's Jorge Chávez International Airport will begin in early 2012. The work will involve building a second passenger terminal and adding a new...
ITT to Enhance Noise Monitoring at Dulles Airport
ITT Corporation will provide flight operations data feed for noise monitoring and flight tracking systems for the Dulles International Airport, under a new contract. As per the contract...
New Radar Boost for Adelaide Airport
Adelaide Airport Authorities, Australia, has said that its new $8m radar equipment at Adelaide Airport allows better monitoring of flights in all weather and at greater distances. The new...
Hill International Set to Issue Bahrain Airport Expansion Tender
Bahrain International Airport has revealed that Hill International is planning to issue a tender for the $11.6m expansion project for the airport at the beginning of 2012. The scheme...
MAp Airports Inks Asset Swap Deal with OTTP
MAp Airports has signed an asset swap agreement with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTTP) to acquire OTTP's stake in Sydney Airport and to divest its stake in Brussels and...
Accenture to Speed Up Immigration Process at Schiphol Airport
The Netherlands' Ministry of Internal Affairs has selected Accenture to design and deliver automated border control systems at Schiphol International Airport in Amsterdam. The new systems,...
CANSO Launches Pilot Project for Traffic Management
The Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) has launched a pilot project to improve air traffic management between Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok and Changi...
Helsinki Airport Reports H1 Passenger Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at Helsinki International Airport in Vantaa, Finland, increased by 18% in the first six months of 2011 compared with the same period last year. Helsinki International...
British Firm Initiates Muscat Airport's Redevelopment Project
British consultant TPS has started the redevelopment of Muscat International Airport, Oman, which will soon operate a 100m high air traffic control tower. Located to the south of the...
Sacramento Airport's $1bn Terminal to Debut in October
Sacramento International Airport has announced that its $1.03bn Central Terminal B will officially open on 6 October 2011. The new facility, replacing the ageing Terminal B, has been designed...
Los Angeles Airport to Install Baggage Screening Systems
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is planning to install inline checked baggage inspection systems in Terminals 7 and 8 at the airport. The Los Angeles Board of Airport...
Future Airport Awards Voting to Close on Friday
Friday will be your last chance to vote in this year's Future Airport Awards. We have already had an overwhelming response from the readers of Future Airport and www.airport-technology.com, but...
Micro Nav Upgrades John Lennon Airport Radar Simulator
Air traffic control simulation company Micro Nav has upgraded the BEST radar simulator at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the UK. Liverpool John Lennon Airport's upgrade has brought...
Singapore Changi Airport Reports June Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at Singapore Changi International Airport rose by 10.8% to about 4 million passengers in June 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. For the first half of 2011,...
GAO Says Overhaul of US Airport Bomb Screening is Needed
The explosives-screening equipment at many of the 462 US airports uses detection criteria more than a decade old, and machines being installed now will require upgrading to meet the...
Daytona Airport Reports Increase in June Passenger Traffic
Passenger traffic at Daytona Beach International Airport in Volusia County, Florida, US, increased by 14% in June 2011 compared with June 2010. During the month, 44,687 passengers flew in or...
Mozambique Airport Work to Meet September 2012 Deadline
Maputo International Airport, Mozambique, has said that despite a delay in the construction of a new domestic terminal in the airport, they are set to meet the deadline of September...
Phuket Airport to Get New ATC Centres
Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI) has secured a $132.68m contract to introduce new air traffic control (ATC) centres at Phuket International Airport and throughout Thailand. The...
King Abdulaziz Airport to Expand Capacity
King Abdulaziz International Airport forecasts passenger numbers rising four times to 80 million by 2035 and plans to expand capacity to cater for an increase in demand. At present,...
Myrtle Beach Airport Reports Rise in June Traffic
Myrtle Beach International Airport, in South Carolina, US, has reported a 22% increase in passenger traffic in June 2011 compared to the corresponding month in 2010. The airport reported...
India to Complete Kannur Airport by 2014
The first stage of Kannur International Airport in Kerala, India will be completed by 2014. The airport project is estimated to cost about INR11.3bn ($251.6m) and will be located close...
UK Unveils Edinburgh Airport Development Plan
The UK has unveiled a plan to invest £300m to transform the area surrounding Edinburgh International Airport into a global centre for transport and international business. The £300m...
Indra Installs New ATC Centre in Jose Chavez Airport
IT firm Indra has installed a new air traffic control centre at Jose Chavez International Airport, Lima, Peru, which will manage air traffic across the country. The new centre will be...
Frankfurt Airport Reports H1 Passenger Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany increased by 8.3% in the first six months of 2011 over the same period last year. Frankfurt Airport handled more than 26.5...
Delhi Airport Invites Bids for New ATC Project
Delhi International Airport (DIAL) has invited bids for the construction of the new Air Traffic Control (ATC) complex and tower in Delhi airport. Expected to cost INR3.5bn ($77.7m), the new...
Nashville Airport Completes Second Terminal Phase
Nashville International Airport (BNA) has completed the $60m second phase of its terminal renovation project, which includes the renovation of baggage claim and enlargement of its ticket...
Mexico’s OMA Reports Moderate Rise in June Traffic
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) has reported a 0.7% increase in passenger traffic at its 13 airports in June 2011 compared with the corresponding month in 2010....
Ten Firms Secure £1.2bn Gatwick Airport Improvement Project
Ten firms have secured a £1.2bn framework contract from Gatwick Airport for upgrades and improvement works over the next four years. The works include major projects such as upgrading...
Long Beach Airport to Open New Parking Structure
Long Beach Airport, Los Angeles, US, is to open its new $58m five-storey onsite parking structure called Parking Garage B this week. ARB, a contractor for the project, began work in...
Gary/Chicago Airport to Prepare Plan for Runway Expansion
The Gary/Chicago International Airport authority is planning to prepare a new master plan for the $153m expansion at the airport. The authority is in negotiations with international...
BAA Airports Report Increase in June Passenger Traffic
Passenger traffic at BAA's six UK airports increased by 4.4% to 9.9 million passengers in June 2011 compared with the same month last year. Heathrow airport reported a 6.3% rise in...
Los Angeles Airport Approves Funds for Bagagge Screening Systems
Los Angeles International Airport in California, US, has approved funds worth $40m to United Airlines to deploy new checked baggage screening systems inside Terminals 7 and 8 at the...
Harare Airport to Expand Runway
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has announced it is constructing Africa's longest airport runway in Harare International airport at a cost of $30m. The runway will be 5km...
Sacramento Airport's $1.1b Terminal B to Open Early
Sacramento International Airport is expecting to open the Central Terminal B complex in the autumn of 2011, months ahead of its planned 2012 deadline. The project, started in 2008, will...
LFV to Redesign Tallinn Terminal
Estonian Air Navigation Services has selected Swedish LFV Aviation Consulting, a subsidiary of ANSP consultancy, to redesign the terminal airspace in Tallinn. Under the deal, LFV will...
AMS Secures Parking Technology Contract from Washington Dulles Airport
ARINC Managed Services (AMS) has secured an extension of its service contract to maintain the parking revenue control systems (PRCS) and related technology at Washington Dulles...
Global Passenger Traffic Climbs in May
Global passenger traffic at airports grew by 6.6% in May this year, according to figures from the Airports Council International (ACI). ACI has attributed the rise to the strong...
NY Airports Consider Expansion Plans
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the group managing New York's airports, is considering plans to expand the capacity at Newark Liberty International Airport, JFK...
Queen Alia International Airport to Get a New Hangar
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has signed a deal with Spanish Aertec and Jordanian company Consolidated Consultants to supervise the engineering and environment design of the hangar to be built at Queen...
Lynden Pindling International Airport Expansion Underway
The Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) of Bahamas has to date awarded contracts worth $32m to local businesses for work on Lynden Pindling International Airport's (LPIA) new...
USDOT Funds O'Hare Airport Runway Expansion
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $50m grant to Chicago O'Hare International Airport for runway construction. The funding is part of a $1.17bn agreement signed in March...
Vilnius Airport Reports June Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at Vilnius International Airport (VIA) rose by 24.5% to about 186,100 passengers in June 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. In June, 16 airlines operated 2,599...
Dubai Approves $7.8bn for Airport Expansion
Dubai has approved a $7.8bn plan to expand the Dubai International Airport as it seeks to become world's busiest airport. The expansion will boost passenger capacity to 75 million by 2012...
Ultra Electronics Secures Oman Airport IT Contract
Ultra Electronics has secured an airport IT and systems integration contract worth £207m from the Sultanate of Oman for the new terminals at Muscat and Salalah airports. Under the...
LAX to Initiate $4bn Terminal Expansion
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is planning to spend $4bn to upgrade utilities, expand taxiways for wide-bodied aircraft already in service, and make modernisation improvements to...
Viracopos Airport to Expand Logistics Complex
Infraero, Brazil's national airport authority, has invited the first tender for its $99.7m initiative to expand the logistics complex at Viracopos International Airport in Sao Paulo...
Gatwick Airport Awards £1.2bn Upgrade Contract to Morgan Sindall
Gatwick International Airport has awarded a £1.2bn contract to Morgan Sindall to carry out improvements at the airport. The project includes the upgrade of terminal facilities, new...
Calgary Airport to Begin Tunnel Construction
Calgary Airport Authority and City of Calgary have signed a deal to begin construction on airport tunnel, which will be done in three stages at an investment of $400m. The first stage...
Calgary Airport Breaks Ground on a Logistics Park
The Calgary Airport Authority in Canada has broken ground on the second phase of a cargo and business park on the western side of the Calgary International Airport. The 330-acre second...
Australian Airports to Use Internal Body Scanners
The Australian Government has passed an amendment to the Customs Act 1901, which allows internal body scanners to be used in airports to identify couriers carrying illicit drugs internally, as...
Valley Forge Develops Photo-Nuclear Detection System
Valley Forge Composite Technologies has developed the THOR-LVX photo-nuclear detection system, which can detect explosives in airline baggage and cargo containers. THOR-LVX is a...
Quovadis to Develop PBN Network in 11 Philippine Airports
Airbus' Flight Operations Services company Quovadis is planning to develop a full performance-based navigation (PBN) network at 11 Philippine airports, in cooperation with the French Civil...
Guris Holding to Upgrade Lusaka Airport
Turkish firm Guris Holding has secured a contract from the Republic of Zambia to re-design the Lusaka International Airport. The re-modeling will be done in three areas including...
Construction of Mattala Main Runway Completed
The construction of the runway of second international airport at Mattala in the Hambantota District of Sri Lanka has been completed. The project includes a runway 4,000m long and 75m...
IATA Reports Soar in May Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a 6.8% increase in passenger traffic in May 2011, compared with the corresponding month in 2010 and 4% higher than the beginning...
Darwin Airport Launches Face Recognition Technology
Darwin Airport has launched SmartGate counters, a face-recognition technology that uses electronic information embedded in e-passports and face-recognition technology to perform customs...
Harris Secures FAA Contract
Harris Corporation has secured a follow-on contract worth $56.7m for a period of three years and six months from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Under the contract, Harris...
Toronto Airport Deploys Newton Security's T-DAR System
Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada has installed a tailgate detection alarm and recording (T-DAR) piggybacking and tailgating detection and prevention system to improve...
Saab to Buy Sensis for $155m
Swedish defence and security company Saab has agreed to acquire the US company Sensis Corporation, a provider of air traffic management (ATM) solutions, to enhance its North American presence...
Heathrow Landing Delays Waste 190t of Fuel a Day
More than half (60%) of arrivals at Heathrow Airport are caught up in holding patterns above London, wasting fuel worth £119,000 per day. Figures compiled by UK air traffic control service...
Travellers Give up Flying Due to Airport Stress
According to new findings from life assistance company CPP, four million travellers find airports so stressful that they have given up flying. Over a third of people in the UK who have flown...
Tulsa Airport Runway to Reopen
Tulsa International Airport has reopened the 10,000ft main north-south runway after 60 days of construction on the runway's south 1,300ft section. The $7.7m first phase of construction is...
Future Airport Awards Voting Set to Open
Voting for the Future Airport Awards is set to open next week, celebrating the best and the brightest in the aviation industry. This is your chance to champion the greatest achievements...
Egis Avia, DSNA Partner to Develop Collaborative Decision Making Solution
The French air navigation services provider DSNA and civil aviation consultancy and engineering company Egis Avia have entered into a partnership to develop an airport collaborative decision...
Ricochet to Install Dual Recording System at Punta Cana Airport
Ricochet has secured a contract through its partner MAGYCORP SRL for installation of recording system at Punta Cana International Airport in the Dominican Republic. The system will record...
San Miguel to Invest in Caticlan Airport Redevelopment
San Miguel Corporation subsidiary Trans Aire Development Holdings has unveiled plans to spend around $300m for the redevelopment of Godofredo P Ramos Airport, also known as Caticlan...
FAA Approves TF Green Airport Expansion Final EIS
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved an environmental plan for the proposed extension of main runway and other safety improvements at the T.F. Green International Airport...
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Bahrain Airport to Expand Capacity
Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) has signed a deal with engineering and design company Dar Al Handasah to enhance the capacity of Bahrain International Airport by 50% over the next four years. ...
Cambridge Consultants to Solve Wind Farm Radar Interference
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (GPA) in Scotland has selected Cambridge Consultants to provide the first stage in a radar mitigation system design to solve the problem of interference by wind...
China’s Kunming to Install Intelligent Baggage Transfer System
Kunming International Airport in China has awarded a £14m contract to Logan KSEC to install its intelligent destination coded vehicle (iDCV) baggage transit system. The system will help...
Implant Sciences to Test Quantum Sniffer Explosive Detector
Implant Sciences Corporation has signed agreements with key end-user sites to test its new Quantum Sniffer QS-B220 bench-top explosives and narcotics trace detector at airports in the US, Asia...
Auckland Airport Reports May Traffic Rise
Auckland Airport in New Zealand has reported a 9.2% increase in international passenger traffic in May 2011 to 595,000, compared with the corresponding month in 2010. Passenger traffic...
Oman Civil Aviation Deploys Era Multilateration Surveillance Solutions
The Oman Civil Aviation Authority will deploy two multilateration surveillance solutions (MSS) from Era, a subsidiary of SRA International. The MSS is a scalable and reconfigurable...
India Approves ATC Services Separation from Airport Operation
The Indian Government has given its approval to separate the air traffic control (ATC) services from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), allowing the authority to focus on its core function...
Kenya Floats Tender for Jomo Kenyatta Airport Terminal Project
Kenya Airports Authority has floated a tender to design and build a new terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in capital Nairobi. The successful contractor will be...
Ecuador's Quito Airport Construction Moves Ahead
The construction of the new $683m Quito International Airport in Ecuador is 78% complete, with scheduled completion by April 2012. Commercial operations will commence in October 2012,...
AoT Plans Domestic Suvarnabhumi Terminal
Airport operator Airports of Thailand (AoT) has proposed to build a new terminal for domestic flights at Suvarnabhumi International Airport to address the problem of overcrowding. The AoT...
UK University Develops Bomb-Proof Bag for Aircraft Luggage
Researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK, working within University spinout company Blastech, have developed a bag that protects planes from bombs in passenger luggage. The...
European ANSP Enter Unique Cooperation
The European air navigation service providers (ANSP) have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to deliver the next generation of European air traffic management system. The MoC...
Heathrow Airport Installs SALTO Access Control Solution
British Airways has deployed SALTO's XS4 solution, an access control solution at Terminal 5, which will provide advanced security management at the airport terminal. The system...
Selex Sistemi Integrati to Upgrade Air Traffic Management System in Malta
Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS) has signed a contract with SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a unit of Italian company Finmeccanica to upgrade the air traffic management system in Malta. Under...
Mauritius Airport Installs Morpho's Baggage Handling System
Mauritius International Airport has selected Morpho Detection's CTX explosives detection system (EDS) - CTX 5800 - to be installed with the airport’s new baggage handling system. ...
Singapore Changi Airport Reports Rise in May Traffic
Singapore Changi Airport has reported 11.3% increase in passenger traffic to 3.77 million during May 2011 compared to the corresponding month in 2010. Aircraft movements at the airport went...
Europe Starts Air Traffic Communication Overhaul
In a bid to overhaul air traffic communication across Europe, a team of researchers have been working on restructuring the region's traffic control systems, the EU revealed. ...
MAp in Talks with OTPP on Airport Asset Swap
Australian airport operator MAp Group has revealed that it has been in talks with Canadian Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) about exchanging its stakes in Brussels and Copenhagen airports...
NATS to Enhance Voice Communication at Scottish Airports
NATS has signed a contract with airport operator Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) to deliver and install voice communication control systems for Inverness, Sumburgh and Kirkwall...
Tunisia Selects Thales Air Navigation Technology
The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) has chosen Thales to provide technology for its civil air navigation systems. The Thales VHF omnidirectional radio range (VOR)...
Terma Unveils Air Surveillance System
Danish Terma has introduced a new radar system addressing the concerns about air safety in proximity of wind farms. The SCANTER 4002 air surveillance system offers inter-turbine visibility...
Chinese Airport to Apply GE Navigation Performance System
Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, in the Sichuan province of China, has announced that it will deploy a required navigation performance (RNP) programme from GE Aviation, marking the...
Thales ATM System Powers Abu Dhabi Airport
Airport operator Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC) has deployed a new air traffic management (ATM) system delivered by Thales at the new air traffic control (ATC) tower of Abu Dhabi International...
Raytheon to Deliver Radar Systems to Romania
UK-based Raytheon has been selected to supply Mode S Monopulse secondary surveillance radar (MSSR) systems to the Romanian air traffic services administration (ROMATSA). Under the deal,...
Hong Kong Airport Reports Rise in May Traffic
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport increased by 5.6% to 4.3 million travellers in May 2011. Flight movements went up by 9.8% to 27,845, while cargo volumes decreased 9.9%...
Spain to Privatise Two Airports
The Spanish Government has selected the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to coordinate the privatisation of the country's airports, Madrid's Barajas and Barcelona's El Prat airports, together with...
Dubai Airport Invites Bidders for Expansion Project
The Dubai Aviation City Corporation (DACC) has sought bids from contractors for the third phase of the Dubai International Airport expansion project in the UAE. The project includes...
Ash Cloud Clears Australian Flights and Moves to NZ
The ash cloud from the Chilean volcano that has caused flight chaos across Australia is expected to clear the mainland in the early afternoon but is moving eastwards and may linger over...
Damaged A380 Withdraws as Airbus Momentum Continues
The Airbus A380 damaged at the Paris Air Show on Monday will take no further part in demonstrations and has been withdrawn from the show. The model of the world's largest jetliner clipped...
Fewer Delays at UK Airports in 2011
About 82% of the ten UK airport's flights monitored by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) were on time during the first three months of this year - 8% higher than in the first quarter of...
Moscow Domodedovo Records Passenger Traffic in May
Passenger traffic at Russia's Moscow Domodedovo International Airport rose by 24% to about 2,265,000 passengers in May 2011, compared with the same period in 2010. Domestic passenger...
Europe Needs to Modernise Air Traffic Management
Annual savings of billions of euros and major environmental improvements are in danger of being lost if EU countries fail to improve their air traffic management (ATM) systems, claims the...
Odessa Forms JV to Reconstruct City Airport
Odessa city council in Ukraine has announced the creation of the joint venture (JV) company Odessa International Airport for the planned $250m reconstruction. The share of the city council...
ARINC to Deliver Wide-Area Network to 14 Airports
ARINC has signed an agreement with the three Chinese airlines: China Southern, Hainan Airlines, and China Eastern, to deliver its AviNet Airport wide-area network service to 14 airports across...
Bangladesh Names New Locations for Bangabandhu Airport
The Bangladesh Government has selected three locations for the construction of the new $7.2bn Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport in Dhaka, in a move to finalise a suitable site for...
Kyrgyzstan to Start Issyk-Kul Construction in 2012
Kyrgyzstan has announced that it will start the $80m construction of the new Issyk-Kul international airport in 2012. The government has already invested $18m and requires another...
Indra Seals First Radar Systems Deal in Brazil
Indra has entered a $4m agreement with the Brazilian Airspace Control System Implementation Commission (CISCEA) to deliver two portable radar systems to back up the country's civil air...
US Passengers Paid $5.7bn in Airline Fees Last Year
US airline passengers have shelled out almost $5.7bn in baggage and reservation change fees in 2010, according to new data released by the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of...
BAA Airports Reports Record Traffic in May
Passenger traffic at BAA's six UK airports increased by 9.2% to 9.3 million passengers in May 2011, with the late Easter holidays and Royal Wedding leading to more passengers at the beginning...
SMATSA Concludes Air Traffic Management Upgrade
Serbia and Montenegro's common air navigation service provider SMATSA, has completed its future air traffic management modernisation and upgrade system (FAMUS) project and launched a new...
Fraport Expands Airport Surveillance with Sensis
Germany's Frankfurt International Airport operator Fraport has selected Sensis to expand and upgrade its multilateration surface system, to ensure precise surveillance of the entire airport...
Malaysia's Penang Airport Expansion to be Complete in October
Malaysia Airports Holdings has announced that the upgrading work at the arrival and departure zones of Penang International Airport is 42% complete and will be completed by October this...
Kenya to Issue Tenders for Airport Runway by December
Kenya will issue tenders for the construction of a second runway at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by December 2011. The $500m second runway will be part of the...
Vilnius Airport Less Dependent on Weather
A runway of Lithuania's Vilnius International Airport (VIA) has been granted precision approach category II (CAT II) by the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA), making the landing process...
Nixalite Technology Deters Birds from Airfields
US-based Nixalite has launched the long range acoustic devices (LRAD), which generate long range beams of sound waves to deter pest birds and wildlife up to 1.75ml away from airports airfields. ...
Vienna Airport to Install Cassidian Airspace Surveillance System
The Austrian civil air traffic control organisation Austro Control has signed a contract with Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, to install its airspace surveillance system...
European Passenger Traffic on the Rise
Passenger traffic at European airports increased by 27.1% during April 2011 year-on-year, according to new figures by the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. The overall...
Chile Ash Cloud Hits Air Traffic in South America and Australia
An ash cloud from a volcano in Chile has delayed flights in South America and Australia, leaving thousands of travellers across the region stranded. Argentina's Buenos Aires airports...
Hungary to Sell Last Stake in Budapest Airport
Hungary has authorised the disposal of its remaining 25% stake in Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport operator, Budapest Airport, to a consortium of other shareholders led by Germany's Hochtief. ...
Philadelphia Airport Deploys New Baggage Screening System
The Philadelphia International Airport in the US has purchased a suspect luggage containment vessel (SLCV) from US-based NABCO, which will help strengthen the airport's defence capabilities...
European Air Traffic Safety has Improved, Survey Reveals
Air traffic safety has continued to improve in Europe over the last 12 months, according to a EUROCONTROL survey carried out in 53 countries, including the Maastricht Upper Area Control...
Cassidian Improves Performance of Air Traffic Control Radars
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has developed a technology to largely eliminate interference to air traffic control radars caused by wind turbines. The company said...
Vietnam Deploys Comsoft Aeronautical Information System
Vietnam Air Traffic Management (VATM) has concluded the final acceptance of Comsoft's fully automated AIS / AIM solution, following the successful completion of extensive tests and trials...
Boingo Delivers Managed Wi-Fi Services for Suvarnabhumi Airport
Boingo Wireless has launched managed Wi-Fi services at Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) in Thailand through an agreement with Milcom Systems company WLANnet. Under...
IATA Unveils Biometric Checkpoint of the Future
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled the first mock-up of a 'Checkpoint of the Future', designed to enhance security while reducing queues and intrusive searches...
Germany Launches Initiative to Promote Biofuel Use in Aviation
Several German research institutions and aviation stake holders have joined together to form the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (AIREG) to push for the widespread...
Doha Airport to Open New Departure Terminal by Month End
Qatar's Doha International Airport (DIA) is preparing to open its new Terminal B for over 30 foreign airlines before the end of this month, ahead of summer holiday rush. The airport notes...
Darwin Airport Unveils Revised Terminal Expansion Plan
Australia's Darwin International Airport has revised its proposed terminal expansion project and has released its 'Minor Variation to Approved Major Development Plan (MDP)', which is...
Manchester Airport to Upgrade Luggage Screening System
Manchester International Airport in the UK is planning to introduce new high-speed passenger luggage screening x-ray technology, developed by Rapiscan Systems. Real Time Tomography (RTT)...
Albanian Airport to Deploy Avibit's Tower Information System
The Albanian National Air Traffic Agency (ANTA) has awarded a contract to AviBit and TCN for the installation of an integrated tower information system, INFOMAX, for a new air traffic control...
Phuket Airport Expansion to Begin by Year End
The expansion of Phuket International Airport in Thailand is expected to commence by the end of this year, following approval by the government last year. The THB5.7bn ($187.9m) project...
Oman's Duqm Airport Work Set to Commence
Construction of the Al Duqm International Airport in Oman is set to commence soon as Package 2 of the project is in the final stage, and will be completed by the end of this month. The...
Edmonton Airport Expansion Running Ahead of Schedule
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) in Canada is expected to complete a massive terminal one month ahead of schedule, with the first phase scheduled to open in early 2012. The project,...
Comsoft Upgrades Serbian Air Traffic Management
Germany's Comsoft has finalised the installation of a future ATM modernisation and upgrade system (FAMUS) in Belgrade, Serbia, and has supplied various air traffic management (ATM) components...
Global Passenger Traffic Rose in April
Global passenger traffic witnessed an 11% rise in April led by a surge in international passenger traffic in Europe, according to figures released by the Airports Council International...
Heathrow Airport Opens New Satellite Terminal
Heathrow Airport has expanded Terminal 5 with a new £340m third section of the terminal, now open to British Airways customers. The new satellite terminal, known as T5 C, provides...
Dubai's Aviation Sector will Take-Off by 2020
The aviation sector is expected to contribute $44.5bn by 2020, up from the current $22bn, according to a new report by Dubai Airports. According to the report Explaining Dubai's Aviation...
Nav Canada Introduces New Air Traffic Control Technology
Operator of Canada's civil air navigation services, Nav Canada, is set to introduce a major advance in oceanic air traffic control technology, which will control the country's civilian airspace...
Ghana Raises Funds for Kotoka Airport Rehabilitation
The Ghanaian Government has raised $50.9m for the third phase of the Kotoka International Airport rehabilitation project. The project includes reconstruction of taxiway and main passenger...
Durham Tees Valley Airport Awards Recording Contract
Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) in Darlington, UK, has awarded a contract to Precision Applications to supply and install a Veristore recording system at the airport. The company said that...
Lithuania's Vilnius Airport Records Bumper May Traffic
Pasenger traffic at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania rose by 31% to 175,500 in May 2011, compared with the previous month. The number of passengers on regular flights...
Norway's Avinor Deploys New GPS to Monitor Airspace
Norwegian airport network and air navigation service provider Avinor has employed new global positioning system (GPS) technology, developed by American company Sensis Corporation, to...
Azerbaijan to Overhaul Baku International Airport
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) has unveiled plans to reconstruct Baku International Airport, also known as Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Azerbaijan. Reconstruction work on the airport...
Cavotec to Deliver Ground Support Equipment at Dubai Airport
New Zealand-based airport systems integrator Cavotec has won contract from ALEC to supply and supervise the installation and commission of advanced ground support equipment for a new Concourse 3...
FABEC Partners Join for Voice Communications System
Eurocontrol's Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) in the Netherlands and the French Direction des services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA) have entered into a deal with...
Airport Authority Hong Kong Consults Public on Third Runway
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) has launched a public consultation on plans to build a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) that may cost around HKD$86.2bn ($11bn). ...
Airservices Australia to Trial ATM Tower Technology
Swedish company Saab and the government-owned traffic controller Airservices Australia have entered into a deal to commence a trial of remotely-operated air traffic control tower technology...
India's Chhatrapati Airport Opens Renovated Runway
Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd has completed the reconstruction of primary runway 09/27 at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India. The renovation, carried out as...
Nice Airport to Deploy Surface Movement Radars
Nice International Airport in France has awarded a contract to Denmark-based Terma to deliver its SCANTER 2001 surface movement radar system. The SCANTER radar will form part of the...
Kenya Plans Private Partnership for Jomo Kenyatta Airport Expansion
Kenya Airports Authority is looking to enter into a public-private partnership to fund a new $500m terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The organisation said that the upgrade...
Abu Dhabi Airport Posts Rise in April Traffic
Airport operator Abu Dhabi Airports Company has reported a 15% increase in passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE to 996,000 during April 2011. Cargo volumes at...
Russia's Moscow Domodedovo Airport Postpones London IPO
DME, a holding company of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, has postponed its plans to issue an initial public offering in London worth $1.5bn. The decision comes as the company is unsatisfied...
Ireland Airports Deploy New Air Traffic Management System
A new air traffic management system has gone into operation at Shannon and Dublin international airports in Ireland. The new system equips air traffic controllers with improved...
Guernsey Airport Runway Improvement Moves Forward
A project to improve the runway at Guernsey Airport runway has moved forward with Public Services Department of Guernsey, UK, submitting plans for the £81m project. The department...
European Airports Could Handle More Passengers with Efficient Slots
An additional 28 million passengers could be accommodated each year at Europe's airports by reviewing European rules on allocating slots for landing and take-off, according to a new study by...
Auckland Airport Traffic Up in April
Passenger traffic at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand rose by 6.8% to 649,397 in April 2011 compared with the previous month. Domestic passenger figures for the month...
Gulf Countries to Invest $90bn in Airport Projects
The Gulf Cooperation Council countries have allocated about $90bn for airport development over the next few years. The total funds earmarked for the development of Dubai World...
Macedonia to Open Alexander the Great Airport Terminal in September
Macedonia is planning to open a new passenger terminal at the Skopje Alexander the Great Airport in the capital Skopje on 8 September this year. The new terminal will be 10 times the size...
BCS to Provide Baggage-Handling System to Honolulu Airport
New Zealand-based technology company BCS Group has won a contract to provide baggage-handling systems at Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, US. The contract was part of a $61m project...
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Columbus Authority to Improve Airports
Airport operator Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) has unveiled plans to spend more than $117m this year for improvement and expansion projects at Port Columbus, Rickenbacker and...
Sri Lankan Airport Installs Secure TETRA Radio Network
Airport & Aviation Services (AASL) of Sri Lanka has chosen Cassidian, an EADS unit, to equip Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo with a secure TETRA radio communication network. ...
Tav Construction Halts Airport Terminal Work in Libya
Turkey-based Tav Construction has halted airport construction projects worth € 2bn ($3.2bn) in Libya due to civil unrest in the country. The construction of new Tripoli...
Mott MacDonald to Master Plan Maldives Airport
The UK's Mott MacDonald has been appointed by GADL International to provide master planning and detailed engineering design services for the $368m expansion and modernisation of Male...
LAX Deploys NICE Situation Management System
Airport operator Los Angeles World Airports has implemented an open platform situation management offering, NICE Situator, supplied by NICE Systems at its new consolidated airport...
Dayton Airport Traffic Down in April
Dayton International Airport in Ohio, US, has reported a 6% drop in passenger traffic for April 2011. Boardings at the airport dipped to 102,010 compared with 108,545 a year earlier;...
Saudi Arabia Begins King Abdul Aziz Airport Development
The Saudi Bin Laden Group has started improvement works on King Abdul Aziz International Airport, which is expected to increase the airport's capacity to 30 million passengers a year, with...
Gary / Chicago Airport Expansion Work Begins
Work has begun on a $153m expansion of Gary / Chicago International Airport in Indiana, US. The long-awaited project involves the expansion of the airport's main runway to 8,900ft from...
European Airports Restart Normal Operations as Ash Cloud Disperses
European flights are operating as normal after volcanic ash from an Icelandic volcano, which had threatened to cause widespread cancellations, dispersed. According to Eurocontrol,...
Houston Airport Unveils $1bn Terminal Revamp
Airport operator Houston Airport System (HAS) and United Continental Holdings Airline (UAL) are teaming up to invest $1bn for a overhaul of Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport...
FAA Extends Information Technology Deal with GTSI
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US has awarded a contract to GTSI to provide information technology under the strategic acquisition of various equipment and supplies...
Changi Airport Reports April Traffic Growth
Passenger traffic at Changi International Airport in Singapore reported 13.7% growth to 3.73 million for the month of April 2011. The growth in passenger traffic was in line with a...
Bangalore Airport Terminal Expansion Begins in June
Bangalore International Airport in Karnataka, India, has revealed that the expansion of the passenger terminal building will commence from next month. India-based Larsen & Toubro have...
ARINC Upgrades Passenger Processing at Philippines Airport
ARINC Incorporated has deployed its vMUSETM common-use passenger check-in technology at Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila, Philippines. The system supports...
Dubai Plans Al Maktoum Airport Expansion by 2020
Dubai is looking to open the passenger terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport by 2020, which will be capable of handing an expected passenger capacity of around 120-150 million per...
German Airports Reopen After Ash Cloud Dissipates
Airports in northern Germany have started to reopen as ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano eruption dissipates. Germany's air traffic control agency DFS said that Bremen airport...
Hong Kong Airport April Passenger Traffic Rises
Passenger traffic at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported an 8.5% increase to 4.5 million in April 2011. Flight movements have increased by 12.1% to 27,685 while cargo...
Volcanic Ash Cloud Grounds European Flights
Thousands of passengers in Northern Europe face over 250 flight cancellations on Tuesday morning due to the drifting ash cloud from the Icelandic volcanic eruption. US President Barack Obama...
Dubai April Passenger Traffic Rebounds
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport in the UAE witnessed a 13.2% increase in April 2011 to 4.23 million, compared with 3.74 million recorded during the same month last year. ...
Palm Springs ATC Tower Work Moves Ahead
The construction work of a new air traffic control tower (ATC) at the Palm Springs International Airport in California, US, is 39% complete and will be finished by 2013. The new 150ft...
Pakistan Halts Gwadar Airport Project
Construction work at the New Gwadar International Airport (NGIA) in Balochistan, Pakistan, has come to a halt due to security concerns and won't be completed this year, according to a...
Melbourne Airport Reports Passenger Rise in April
Melbourne International Airport in Australia has reported a 20.4% increase in passenger traffic to 535,143 for April 2011. The airport attributes the increase in numbers to the extended...
Zvartnots Airport Sees Passenger Traffic Rise
Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, has reported more than 403,000 passengers in the first four months of this year compared with 365,800 in the same period last year. ...
Croatia Extends Deadline for Zagreb Airport Tender
Croatia's Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure has extended the deadline for bids for the construction of a second terminal at the Zagreb International Airport to the end of June. ...
BridgeNet Debuts Flight and Airspace Simulation Software
US-based Acoustical engineering and consulting firm BridgeNet International has launched its VOLANS software, an offering of its web-based 3D software that can address airspace issues for...
Study Finds Atlanta's Second Airport Un-Feasible
A study conducted by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport officials found that there is no feasible site anywhere in metro Atlanta to build a second commercial...
Thales Opens Global Air Traffic Management Research Centre
Thales Australia has opened a new air traffic management research and development centre in Melbourne, Australia. The centre will play a key role in developing next-generation air...
Tulsa Airport Sees Drop in Passenger Traffic
Tulsa International Airport has reported a 6.7% drop in passenger traffic to 211,058 in April this year, the largest year-over-year decline since February's snowstorms caused a 10.33% decrease...
Zvartnots Airport to Open New Terminal by September
Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, plans to open a new terminal in August-September this year. The airport operator Armenian International Airports has already secured...
Russia's DME Plans London IPO
The holding company for Russia's Moscow Domodedovo Airport, DME, has unveiled plans to sell shares in an initial public offering (IPO) in London. DME intends to sell the shares to...
Greek Airports See Increase in Passenger Arrivals
Greek airports have recorded a 5.6% increase in international arrivals during the January-April period this year, according to the latest figures. Data from 13 airports by the Association...
Tucson Airport Begins Update of Master Plan
The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) has launched an update to the master plan of the Tucson International Airport (TIA) in Arizona, US. It looks out 20 years into the future and provides...
India Approves Navi Mumbai Airport Draft Plan
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) of Maharashtra, India, has received final approval for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport's draft master plan from the...
Austrian Airspace to Adopt Sensis Wide-Area Multilateration System
The air navigation service provider for Austria, Austro Control, has selected Sensis Corporation to deploy a wide-area multilateration (WAM) system, to provide terminal and en route surveillance...
Prishtina Airport to Begin Terminal Construction
Prishtina International Airport in Kosovo will begin construction work on a new terminal by the end of this month. The project will be carried out by Turkish-French consortium, Limak Holding...
FAA approves AeroMetric Electronic Layout Plan at Valley Airport
Geospatial solutions and GIS mapping company AeroMetric has revealed that it has completed electronic airport layout plan (eALP) compliant mapping on the Valley International Airport project...
Lanseria Airport Unveils New Runway Plans
Lanseria International Airport in South Africa has unveiled plans to invest about ZAR150m ($21.5m) on a new runway project to increase capacity at the airport. Plans for the runway are yet...
UAE Air Traffic Movements Rise in April
Air traffic movements in the UAE grew 6.7% to 55,842 in April this year, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of UAE. Among the UAE airports, Dubai ranked first with...
Fraport Sees Passenger Traffic Rise in April
Germany's Fraport, the operator of the Frankfurt International Airport, has said that passenger traffic at its five majority-owned airports increased by 33% to a total of 7.2 million in April...
Rwanda to Upgrade Kigali Airport
The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced plans to upgrade parts of the Kigali International Airport (KIA). The $14m project involves building more airport facilities...
Ghana Unveils Tamale Airport Upgrade Plan
The Ghana Airport Company (GACL) has revealed that Tamale Airport will soon be upgraded into an international airport. The project is estimated to cost about $150m and would be carried out...
Birmingham Airport Opens New Terminal
Birmingham Airport in the UK has opened a new renovated terminal as part of a £100m redevelopment plan. The £13m terminal redevelopment project has merged with the airport's two terminals...
Estonia Advances Aeronautical Information Management with Comsoft
The Estonian Air Navigation Service (EANS) has completed the commissioning of its central aeronautical information management (AIM) database, which is now fully compliant with the...
European Airports Report Passenger Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at European airports increased by 5.4% in the first quarter of 2011 according to figures from the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. Freight traffic increased...
India Commissions First AHMS Link to Singapore
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has inaugurated an air traffic message handling system (AMHS) at Mumbai International Airport and at the same time, implemented India's first operational AMHS...
New Flight Paths at Airports Increase Airline Efficiency
Airlines could save at least $65.6m every year while slashing carbon emissions and cutting flight times by implementing new flight paths at 46 mid-size airports across the US, according to a...
BAA's Airports Report Rise in April Passenger Traffic
BAA's six UK airports handled 9.1 million passengers in April this year, an increase of 31.1% compared with the same month last year. Heathrow Airport handled 5.8 million passengers...
French Airport Deploys First Pan-European Satellite Navigation System
Pau Pyrénées International Airport in France has deployed the new European geostationary navigation overlay system (EGNOS) Safety-of-Life service, which will guide landing aircraft...
St Kitts and Nevis Deploy Baggage X-ray Machine
Nevis's Vance W. Amory International Airport in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has deployed an advanced hold baggage x-ray machine. The airport notes the new machine is the...
Dallas Airport Commences $1.9bn Terminal Renewal
Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Texas, US has launched the first phase of its $1.9bn terminal renewal project, a seven-year renovation of the airport's four original terminals. ...
Indonesia to Allocate Funds for Airport Upgrades
Indonesia's state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II is looking to invest $2.8bn this year to improve the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang. Out of the total...
Bulgaria to Appoint Sofia Airport Concession Consultant
The Bulgarian Government is considering appointing a consultant to advise it on the proposed Sofia International Airport concession plan. The consultant will deliver a business model for...
Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport to Complete ATC Tower by Year End
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, is building a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at the airport, which is expected to be complete by the end of this year. Around...
Croatia Receives Bids for Zagreb Airport Terminal Work
Croatia has received ten bids to build a second terminal at Zagreb International Airport. The bids have been received from consortiums including Turkish airport operator TAV Airports...
Christchurch Airport Completes Terminal Renovations
Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand has completed the first phase of its terminal renovation project. The first phase of the project, completed in 18 months, involves...
Nigeria to Allocate Funds for New Lekki Airport
The Lagos State Government in Nigeria is looking to allocate N102bn ($650m) for the proposed Lekki International Airport. The airport will be located on the Lagos-Epe expressway, and...
Indian State to Draft Airport Development Plan
The Maharashtra Government in India will complete a draft master plan for the development of airports in the state within two weeks. The Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC)...
Austin-Bergstrom Airport Reports Rise in Passenger Traffic
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, US, reported a 9% increase in passenger traffic to 801,553 during March 2011. Of the total traffic, aircraft arrivals and departures were up...
US Unveils Automated Baggage Screening System
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the US has launched a new in-line baggage screening system at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio. The new automated...
Seven European Countries Sign Single European Sky Deal
Seven European countries signed an agreement to unify their national airspaces, intending to reduce costs and bureaucracy and boost air traffic efficiency. Austria, Bosnia &...
Global Passenger Traffic Rises in Q1 2011
Global passenger traffic saw an increase of 4% in the first quarter of 2011 and rose by 2% in March this year, according to new global traffic statistics from the Airports Council...
Dubai Airport Invites Tenders for Terminal Expansion
The Dubai Department of Civil Aviation in the UAE has invited tenders from construction companies for the Dubai International Airport's Terminal 2 expansion project. The new terminal...
Winnipeg Airport to Open a New Terminal in October
Winnipeg Airports Authority in Canada has revealed that the new terminal at Winnipeg James A. Richardson International Airport will be opened on 30 October this year, a year behind the schedule. ...
Brazil to Invite Tenders for Hercílio Luz Airport Expansion
Brazil's national airport authority Infraero has unveiled it is planning to issue five tenders worth BRL294m ($182m) for the expansion of Hercílio Luz international airport...
Malta Airport Reports Record Rise in Passenger Traffic
Malta International Airport has reported a 25.3% increase in passenger traffic to 300,123 in April 2011, the highest number ever registered this month. The airport attributes the rise in...
Nigeria Approves Funds for Airport Upgrade
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Nigeria has ratified contracts for the upgrade of civil aviation infrastructure, including the upgrade as well as the reconstruction of terminal buildings...
Spectrum Interactive to Provide Wifi and Internet Access in UK Airports
London Luton International Airport in the UK and Cardiff International Airport in Wales, have selected Spectrum Interactive to offer wireless internet access for passengers using mobile devices...
Queen Alia Airport Sees Q1 Traffic Rise
Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan has reported a 2.4% increase in passenger numbers to 1,124,035 in the first quarter of this year, compared with 1,097,400 last year, according...
Airports Should Adopt Technology to Improve Services
A new report by Amadeus suggests that in order to increase air passengers, airlines and airport operators need to adopt and implement emerging technologies to improve the experience of...
FAA Awards Security Systems Maintenance Contract
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US has awarded a five-year, $38m contract to Honeywell to maintain security systems at more than 1,000 locations in the agency's air...
Airservices to Upgrade Radar Facility in Australia
The national air traffic control service provider Airservices Australia has begun site preparation work for a temporary radar facility at Machans Beach, north of Cairns. The radar will...
International Air Traffic Falls in March
International air passenger traffic has slowed in March to 3.8% from the 5.8% recorded in February, according to new results. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) noted that...
Pudong Airport to Add Two Runways
The Shanghai Airport Authority in China has unveiled plans to build a fourth and fifth runway at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai. The new runways will be initially used for the...
Dubai Expects to Handle 100 Million Passengers by 2020
UAE's airport operator Dubai Airports expects passenger volume to grow at 7.2% over the next ten years and passenger numbers to reach 98.5 million per year by 2020, compared with 47.2 million...
Brisbane Airport Opens Upgraded Terminal
Brisbane International Airport in Queensland, Australia, has expanded and opened its new common user satellite terminal. The common user satellite (CUS) expansion increased the number...
ARINC Upgrades Passenger Processing Service for Airports
US-based ARINC Incorporated has extended its cloud-based vMUSE Enterprise common-use passenger processing service for airports by leveraging a new platform using IATA Common Use...
Basra Airport Set for Renovation
Basra International Airport in Iraq is set to undergo major expansion and renovation this year. The $65m expansion project includes renovation of the passenger terminal, repairing the...
UAE and Uruguay Reach Open Skies Deal
The United Arab Emirates has signed an open skies air services agreement with the directorate general of Civil Aviation of Uruguay. Under the agreement, any number of designated airlines of...
Comsoft Upgrades Aeronautical Information System in Bosnia
The Federal Directorate of Civil Aviation (FEDCAD) of Bosnia and Herzegovina has upgraded its existing aeronautical messaging and information services infrastructure (AFTN) using a Comsoft system....
Peoria Airport Opens New Terminal
The Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria (MAAP) has opened a new terminal at the General Wayne A Downing Peoria International Airport in Illinois, US. The new 125,000ft² terminal,...
Kuala Lumpur Airport to Open New Terminal in 2012
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) has revealed that the new permanent low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT), KLIA 2, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will be complete and open...
LAWA Implements Noise-Monitoring System
US airport operator, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has acquired a new airport noise-monitoring system in a bid to minimise the noise impact of its operations on communities surrounding...
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Chicago Raises Money for O'Hare Expansion
Chicago has started a $1.1bn bond sale this week to finance the expansion of O'Hare International Airport in the US, about a month after the region's two carriers dismissed their lawsuit...
Phillipines Laguindingan Airport to Open in January 2012
Construction on the Laguindingan Airport Development Project (LADP) in the Philippines is expected to be complete and open to passengers by January next year. The PHP7.85bn ($181m)...
EU Insists on Simultaneous Lifting of Liquids Ban
The EU has insisted that all European airports must simultaneously meet the April 2013 deadline for lifting the ban on carrying liquids on to aeroplanes. The warning comes after UK refused...
Thailand to Begin Phuket Airport Expansion
Construction work on the Phuket International Airport expansion project in Thailand is expected to commence in November this year. Initially, work is expected to commence on the runway...
Vietnam Approves Plan for New Long Thanh Airport
The ministry of transport in Vietnam has approved a general plan for the Long Thanh International Airport (LTIA) project in Dong Nai Province. Japan Airport Consulting Company has prepared...
Chad Awards Airport Contract to Chinese Firm
The Government of Chad has signed a $1bn deal with China CAMC Engineering Company for the construction of a new international airport about 40km off the capital N'Djamena. The airport...
Mumbai Airport to Trial Air Traffic Control System
Mumbai International Airport in India will trial a new air traffic control system called Auto Track Three from May this year. The system, an upgraded version of Autotrack II, developed...
Washington Airports Authority Proposes Partnership Agreements
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) in the US is considering sister airport partnership agreements with airports in Europe and Africa. The authority has proposed pursuing...
The US, UK and Saudi Arabia Sign Open Skies Agreement
The US, the UK and Saudi Arabia have signed an open sky agreement, which will liberalise their bilateral aviation relationship. The agreement will eliminate government interference in...
Ohio Unveils Expansion Plan for Cleveland Hopkins Airport
The US state of Ohio has unveiled a $1.6bn master plan to expand Cleveland Hopkins International Airport over the next 24 years. The plan includes modernisation of the main terminal,...
EU Explores Implementation of Single European Sky Legislation
Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovenia are participating in a study that aims to identify solutions to implement the Single European Sky II (SES II) legislation. The legislation...
US Strengthens Airline Passenger Protection Rules
The US Department of Transportation has unveiled new measures to protect airline passengers and offer better consumer protection for air travel. The new rules will require airlines to...
Idaho Airport Cost to Rise
A new report submitted to the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority in Idaho, US, has estimated that the cost of building an airport in central Idaho at the preferred site will be nearly...
Hong Kong Airport Reports Rise in Passenger Traffic
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported a 1.8% increase in passenger traffic to 4.2 million in March 2011. The airport has recorded a 15.5% rise in flight movements to 28,140,...
China Plans New Airports in Five Years
China is looking to build 55 new airports in the next five years in a bid to increase its total number to 230 from 175 airports. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) notes that...
CAA Considers Airborne Navigation in UK and Ireland Airports
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published proposed policy guidance on performance-based navigation (PBN) in UK and Irish airspace. The new system developed by the International...
Edmonton Airport Unveils 25-Year Development Plan
Edmonton International Airport in Alberta, Canada, has unveiled a draft master plan to double capacity from the six million passengers it handles each year by 2035. The draft development...
Abu Dhabi Airport Reports Q1 Traffic Rise
Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE has reported a 9.4% increase in passenger numbers to more than 2.8 million in the first quarter of this year, according to its operator Abu Dhabi...
Heathrow to Deal With Ice Using Geothermal Technology
The BAA is considering a project to use geothermal technology to deal with ice at Heathrow International Airport in London, UK. BAA is exploring the technology after the airport was crippled...
Palestinian Authority Plans New Airport in Jerusalem
The Palestinian Authority is planning to build an international airport near Jerusalem over the next three years. The $340m airport will be built in an area between Jerusalem and Jericho...
Lambert Airport Begins Terminal Renovation work
Lambert-St.Louis International Airport in Missouri, US, has begun work on Terminal 1 renovations. The terminal requires 1,000 linear feet of construction walls in the ticketing hall,...
Berlin Airports Reports Passenger Traffic Rise
German airport authority Berlin Airports has revealed that passenger traffic at Tegel and Schoenefeld airports increased by 6.4% to over 22 million passengers in 2010. Berlin Airports...
Brazil's Airports Unlikely to be Ready for World Cup 2014
The renovation of Brazil's airports is unlikely to be completed in time for the World Cup in 2014, unless there are changes in the investment plans made by Brazil's airport authority, according...
Sri Lanka Begins Construction at Maththala Airport Terminal
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that work on the construction of a passenger terminal at Maththala International Airport project in Hambanthota is successfully underway and...
European Commission to Review Air Passenger Rights
The European Commission has unveiled a series of measures to clarify and strengthen the enforcement of passenger rights legislation following the 2010 volcanic ash crisis and record snow...
IndigoVision Deploys IP Video System at Delhi Airport
Delhi International Airport (DIAL) in India has upgraded its security system by installing an IP-based 3700+ camera surveillance system at the new Terminal 3. The new system, developed...
UAE’s Air Traffic Movements Rises
Total air movements in the UAE airspace recorded a 9% increase during the first quarter of this year, according to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Air movements in the...
Capgemini led Consortium Wins BAA IT Outsourcing Deal
A consortium led by Capgemini UK has won a €120m ($173.6m) outsourcing deal to provide core IT services to all BAA's six airports in the UK, including London Heathrow. Other members in...
Aerospace Authorities Engage Volcanic Ash Cloud Readiness Test
One year after the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano, more than 70 airlines, in cooperation with airport and aerospace authorities, have taken part in a simulation to ascertain...
FAA Drops Barbados Air Safety Rating
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has assigned Barbados an International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Category 2 rating. The rating implies...
Frankfurt Airport Reports Rise in Passenger Traffic
Frankfurt International Airport in Germany has reported a 3.7% increase in passenger numbers to 11.8 million in the first quarter of this year. The airport also saw a 3.5% rise in...
Russian Partnership to Develop Electronic Air Accident Prevention System
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has teamed up with Russia's Ulyanovsk State University on a project to develop an electronic system to support the prevention of air accidents. The project is...
BAA Airports Report Moderate Passenger Growth
BAA's six airports reported a moderate traffic increase of 0.9%, handling 8.3 million passengers in March 2011 with London's Heathrow Airport reporting a 2.3% rise in passenger traffic. ...
FAA Opens New Air Traffic Control System Command Centre
The Federal Aviation Administration in US has announced that the new David J Hurley Air Traffic Control System Command Centre in Warrenton, Virginia, is fully operational. The Command...
LMW Completes Feasibility Study for Nepal's New Airport
South Korea-based LandMark Worldwide (LMW) has completed a $3.5m feasibility study for a proposed second international airport (SIA) in Nepal and submitted it to the Ministry of Tourism and...
TAV Airports Renovates Ohrid Airport in Macedonia
TAV Airports Holding has completed the renovation of Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle International Airport in Macedonia. The works at Ohrid involve construction of a new VIP facility,...
Quad City Airport Commences Runway Reconstruction Work
Concrete Structures has begun the second phase of a $34m three-year runway reconstruction project to rebuild the 10,000-feet-long Runway 9/27 at the Quad City International Airport in Illinois,...
Budapest Airport Reports Increased Passenger Traffic
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Hungary has reported an 8.9% increase in passenger numbers to 637,000 during March 2011. The growth in passenger numbers recorded in the...
FAA Approves New ATC Tower at Piedmont Triad Airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration has approved plans to build a new air traffic control tower at Piedmont Triad International Airport in the state of North Carolina. The taller and...
Brazil to Invite Tender for Manaus Airport Expansion
Brazil's national airport authority Infraero has unveiled plans to issue tenders for the renovation and expansion of Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus by the end of May 2011. ...
SITA Launches Community Cloud for Air Transport
Air transport IT specialist SITA has launched a programme to build a community cloud for the air transport industry (ATI) in a bid to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. The ATI...
Perth Airport Shortlists Five Bidders for Terminal Project
Westralia Airports Corporation, the owner of Perth International Airport in Redcliffe in Western Australia, has shortlisted five companies to bid for a new terminal project. The terminal...
Passenger Traffic Climbs at Munich Airport
Munich Airport in Germany has recorded a 12% rise in passengers, registering 8 million in the first three months of this year. The airport also reported a 10% rise in total aircraft...
MDA to Deliver IPDS System to FAA
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded follow-on contracts to Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to further upgrade its instrument procedure development...
Bulgaria to Invite Tenders for Sofia and Plovdiv Airports
Bulgaria has received cabinet approval to launch a tender to award the Sofia International Airport and Plovdiv International Airport on a 35-year concession. The country is seeking...
San Francisco Airport Opens Renovated Terminal
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in California, US, has opened the remodelled Terminal 2 (T2), built by recycling 90% of the original building. The 60,000m² terminal, developed...
Raytheon to Upgrade FAA Terminal Air Traffic Control System
Raytheon Company has secured a $177m contract from the Federal Aviation Administration in the US to continue deployment of the standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS). STARS...
Snc-Lavalin Wins Mayotte Dzaoudzi Airport Terminal Contract
SNC-Lavalin has won a $62m contract from the French Government to build a terminal at Mayotte Dzaoudzi Airport in Mayotte, a French island in the Indian Ocean. The contract includes an...
Mozambique to Build a New Airport at Nacala
Mozambique is planning to transform a military air base in Nacala, in the north of the country, into a civilian international airport. Brazilian company Odebrecht will begin work on the...
European Airports Report Passenger Traffic Rise
Passenger traffic at European airports grew by 5.3% in February 2011 compared with the corresponding period in 2010, according to the latest figures from the Airports Council International...
LAWA and Alaska Airlines Sign Terminal Renovation Deal
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and Alaska Airlines have signed a $271m deal for the renovation of Terminal 6 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US. The renovation is part of...
Logan Secures Baggage Handling Contract at Casablanca Airport
Logan Teleflex has won a baggage handling system contract for Casablanca - Mohammed V International - Airport in Morocco. The €12.6m ($18m) design-build contract was awarded by the...
GVK to Buy Mumbai Airport Stake
GVK Airport Holdings has entered into an agreement with Mauritius-based Bid Services Division to buy a 13.5% in Mumbai International Airport in India for $230m. The equity shareholding of GVK...
US Passes NextGen Equipage Fund Bill
The US House of Representatives has passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011. The bill includes an amendment authorising a public-private...
Paraguay Approves Silvio Pettirossi Airport Concession Bill
Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies has approved a bill for the concession of Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asunción, Paraguay. The approval will allow the government to award...
Vietnam to Open New Terminal at Da Nang Airport
A new terminal at the Da Nang International Airport in Vietnam is expected to be operational by May 2011. The new terminal will cost about $64.5m and will have a total floor area...
Navi Mumbai Airport Receives Strong Interest from Global Players
The Navi Mumbai International Airport project in India has received interest from international airport operators, including Changi Airport and Aeroports De Paris, who hope to become a...
Nice Airport Unveils Development Plans
The Nice International Airport (Nice Côte d'Azur Airport) in France will invest €58m ($82m) in construction projects this year. The plans include the development of six large...
US Authority Opens Brunswick Executive Airport
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has opened the Brunswick Executive Airport in Maine, US. The airport has two runways measuring over 2,000m and more than 60,000m² of...
ATC Tower Begins Operations at London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport in the UK has announced that its new air traffic control (ATC) tower is now fully operational. The 32m-high tower is equipped with advanced technology and will...
CAA Extends Price Controls at UK Airports
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has extended the current price controls at Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport by one year. The move will provide an opportunity for the next...
Birmingham Airport to Build New ATC Tower
Birmingham Airport is planning to build a new air traffic control tower at a cost of £10m. The new 115ft tower will be built on a 33ft high hill towards the western side of the airport and...
LF Wade Airport Unveils New GPS Technology
The LF Wade International Airport has installed a new Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to create safer and fuel-efficient landing approaches for aircraft arriving in Bermuda. ...
Global Passenger Traffic Climbs by 4%
Global passenger traffic at airports grew by almost 4% in February, with international traffic up by 4.5% and domestic by 3.4%, according to the latest PaxFlash figures from the Airports...
LA Airport Deploys Siemens Baggage Inspection System
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in California, US, has deployed the Siemens apron baggage screening (SABS) solution at Terminal 5 for Delta Air Lines. The Siemens system offers...
Limak Construction JV Secures Cairo Airport Contract
A joint venture led by Turkish company Limak Construction has won a $387m contract for the renovation of Cairo International Airport in Egypt. The contract is to enhance the capacity of...
Macquarie SBI Infra Invests in Indian Airports
The Macquarie State Bank of India has invested $200m in GMR Airports Holding, a unit of GMR Infrastructure, which runs Delhi and Hyderabad airports in India and Turkey. The investment was...
AviBit Wins Supply Contract for Berlin Airport
The German Air Traffic Control agency, Deutsche Flugsicherung, has awarded a contract to AviBit Air Traffic Solutions to deliver its third AceMax (A-SMGCS) in the new Berlin...
Newark Liberty Airport Set for Upgrade Ahead of 2014 Super Bowl
The Port Authorities of New York and New Jersey in the US have entered into a deal with Signature Flight Support Corporation to invest $11m in a new private jet terminal and ramp renovations...
Middle East Unrest Hits Air Traffic
The political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa during February is estimated to have cut international air traffic by 1%, according to new figures. The International Air...
Airport-technology.com Launches Major Airports Survey
Future Airport is launching a major global airports industry survey, and we'd like to hear your opinions on the most important business issues for 2011-12. Participants will receive a copy...
HungaroControl Begins Work on New ATC Centre
The Hungarian Air Navigation Service provider HungaroControl has begun work on a new air traffic control centre in Budapest. The control centre is estimated to cost more than €40m...
AA Hong Kong and Chicago O'Hare Sign Cooperation Agreement
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has entered into an agreement with the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), establishing Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and O'Hare International Airport...
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NCR Launches Self-Check-In Services
Global IT and communications company NCR has launched a new line of products and services to help speed up the check-in process and streamline passenger flows at airports. The...
Airport Body Scanners Pose No Risk, Study Reveals
The radiation doses emitted by full-body airport scanners used at US airports do not pose health risks, even among frequent flyers, according to a new study by the University of California. ...
Copenhagen Airport Launches iPhone App
Denmark's Copenhagen International Airport will introduce a new iPhone application in the coming weeks, incorporating a new, innovative augmented reality technology that will serve as a...
Punctuality Rate Drops at UK Airports
Nearly 32% of scheduled flights at the ten UK airports monitored by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) were late during October-December 2010, compared with 24% in the same period in...
Russia to Divest Moscow Airport
Russia has announced plans to merge Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo Airports in Moscow with the aim of selling its stakes as part of the country's privatisation programme. The Russian Government...
Dallas Airport Extends Contract with NICE Systems
Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in Texas, US, has extended its contract with intent-based applications provider NICE Systems to deploy a IP video surveillance system and the...
Sudan Secures AFESD Loan for Khartoum Airport
Sudan has secured a $175m concessional loan from the Kuwait-based Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) for the construction of the new Khartoum International Airport. The...
Indian Airports to Implement New Ground Handling Policy in April
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has asked all airport operators in the country to prepare for the new ground-handling policy to be implemented on 1 April 2011 in a bid to enhance safety...
Complex Airport Designs to Disappear, Says IATA Expert
Elaborate airport designs will soon disappear as facility operators continue to favour substance over style, an International Air Transport Association (IATA) official has said. Speaking...
Penang Airport in Malaysia Reports Increased Passenger Traffic
Penang International Airport in Malaysia has reported the highest growth rate among airports in Malaysia in 2010, with a 25% increase in passenger traffic, serving 4.1 million passengers...
Airports Still Operate with Unreliable Security Methods
Airports will fail to prevent terrorism attacks if they continue to use traditional security models focused on response methods, an aviation expert has stressed. "The previous strategy...
Tulsa Airport to Commence Runway Reconstruction Work
Sherwood Construction will commence work on phase one of the 10,000ft main north-south runway reconstruction project at the Tulsa International Airport in Oklahoma, US, next week. The...
Fire Derogates Flight Operation at Miami Airport
About 80 flights were cancelled and 65 other flights delayed after a fire destroyed the main pumping system at Miami Airport's fuel farm, disrupting the fuelling of jets at the airport. ...
Dubai Airport Reports Passenger Traffic Rise
Dubai International Airport in the UAE has reported a 5.2% increase in year-on-year passenger traffic to 3.83 million in February, compared with 3.64 million in the same month of the previous...
Era Deploys Surveillance System at Madrid Airport
SRA International subsidiary Era has revealed that its surface surveillance system for the Spanish state department is now fully operational at the Madrid-Barajas International Airport in Spain. ...
US Senator Pushes Testing ID Scan Technology at Buffalo Airport
US Senator Charles E. Schumer is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to test new airport security technology in Buffalo-Niagara International Airport that would prevent...
UK Government Proposes APD Freeze
The UK Government has announced a freeze on the controversial air passenger duty (APD) until 2012. Air Passenger Duty is a tax which is charged of passengers who are flying from a UK airport...
BAA Plans Heathrow Investment to Deal with Snow Problem
UK airport operator BAA has revealed a plan to invest £50m at Heathrow to avoid a repeat of December's snow problem, which led to cancellation of 4,000 flights. The investment follows a...
Brisbane Airport Raises Funds to Repay Debt
Brisbane Airport Corporation in Queensland, Australia has raised AUD$600m ($612.5m) to repay bank debt and fund capital expenditure as well as working capital over the next 18 months. ...
Munich Airport Records Passenger Rise
Passenger numbers at Germany's Munich Airport increased 15.5% to 2.5 million during February 2011 compared with the same month in 2010. International passenger volumes saw a rise of 15.6%...
Iberia Carries Out Flight Tests Under DORIS Programme
Spain's Iberia Airlines has carried out its first flight tests as part of the dynamic optimisation of the route in flight (DORIS) programme. DORIS aims to optimise routes between Europe...
Lehigh Valley Airport Posts 20% Passenger Rise
Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, US, recorded a 20% rise in passenger traffic to 58,981 passengers in February this year, compared with 49,282 passengers in February...
Copenhagen Airport to Track Passengers with Wi-Fi Devices
Copenhagen International Airport in Denmark is working with aviation technology company SITA to develop a system that can track the movement of passengers carrying Wi-Fi devices through airports. ...
Oman Awards Airports Projects
The Ministry of Transport and Communications in Oman has awarded contracts worth $2.16bn for airport and road projects. The contracts involve the construction of a $1.7bn new terminal and...
BAA Awards IT Services Contract to Capgemini
Airport operator BAA is outsourcing its IT services to a consortium led by Capgemini under a £100m five-year contract. The other members in the consortium include SITA, Atkins, Computacenter...
FAA Unveils Five-Year Safety Plan
The FAA has unveiled a safety plan to reduce the number of fatal accidents in general aviation by 10% per 100,000 flight hours over the ten-year period from 2009-2018. FAA has revealed...
Northrop Grumman Delivers ATM System for Jersey Airport
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has delivered radar data processing displays and electronic flight strip (EFS) capabilities for a new control centre at Jersey Airport in the UK. ...
Munich Airport to Introduce New Summer Timetable
Germany's Munich International Airport will introduce a new summer timetable, which will feature flights to 223 destinations in 68 countries around the world, including 20 German cities,...
Budapest Airport Inaugurates New Terminal Building
A new terminal building has opened at the Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary. The new five-storey, 24,000m² terminal building, named Sky Court was built at a cost...
Mumbai Airport to Trial New Air Traffic System
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) in India, will conduct trials on a new next generation air traffic management system, following approval by the Airport Authority of India (AAI). ...
Auckland Airport Cancels Queenstown Stake Purchase
Auckland International Airport has decided not to increase its shareholding in Queenstown Airport this year. In July last year, Auckland Airport invested $28m into Queenstown Airport and had...
Brussels Airport Unveils Investment Plan
Brussels International Airport in Belgium has earmarked a €460m budget for development plans between 2011 to 2016. The plans include building a new Pier A West, an above-ground link...
US Passenger Revenue Up in February
Passenger revenue in the US rose 13% in February 2011 compared with the same month last year, according to a report by the industry trade organisation for the US airlines, the Air...
FAA Issues Interim Policy on Access to Residential Properties
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US has issued an interim policy on residential access through-the-fence (RTTF) agreements at federally funded airports. The RTTF...
Argentinean Airports Resume Operations after Communication Failure
Argentina has resumed flight services at three major airports in Buenos Aires after restoring a failed communications system at the control tower yesterday, the country's National Civil...
St. Louis Airport to Begin Terminal Renovation
St. Louis International Airport in Missouri, US, will launch construction projects in April 2011 to renovate Terminal 1. The work will initially include erecting construction walls...
Moscow Domodedovo Airport Receives IATA Certificate
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport in Russia has been awarded the International Air Transport Association (IATA) safety audit for ground operations (ISAGO), following the successful...
International Traffic Climbs in Thai Airports
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has reported a 11.26% rise in international passengers to 3.7 million during February 2011. The Thailand-based company has revealed that the total number of...
US Travel Association Suggests Measures to Improve Airport Screening
The US Travel Association and a panel of travel and security experts have suggested various measures to improve security at America's airports and reduce the burden for travellers. The...
O’Hare Airport Expansion Moves Forward
United Continental Holdings and American Airlines parent AMR have reached an agreement with Chicago for a $1.17bn plan to expand O'Hare International Airport. As part of the deal, the...
Brunei Airport to Deploy Hazard Alert System
The Department of Civil Aviation in Brunei has signed a consultancy service agreement with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, US, to implement a low-level windshear alert...
Atlanta Remains World’s Largest Airport
Atlanta continues to be the world's largest airport in 2010 in terms of passenger traffic, followed by Beijing International Airport in China and Chicago O'Hare International Airport, US,...
UAE Air Traffic Movements Increase
Air traffic movements in the UAE increased by 7.6% in February 2011 compared with the same month last year, according to the figures released by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority. ...
CANSO to Support ATM Environment Performance Initiative
The Netherlands-based civil air navigation services organisation CANSO will support a global approach to calculate fuel and CO2 savings from air traffic management (ATM) operational improvements. ...
Arab Bank Group Funds Muscat Airport Development
Arab Bank Group has provided a loan of $410m to a consortium of three international contractors to facilitate executing phase three of Muscat International Airport in Oman. Oman Arab...
Avinor to Deploy Arrival Route System in Norwegian Airspace
Air navigation services provider Avinor is planning to deploy its new arrival route system Point Merge System (PMS) in eastern Norway next month. PMS allows both the pilots and the air...
US Airport Secures Approval for Flights to Cuba
The US Government gave approval to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, US, to offer charter flights to Cuba. Charter provider Airline Brokers is planning to deploy...
Greece to Raise Revenues at Airports
Greece is looking to appoint advisers this week to increase revenues from Athens International Airport and Hellinikon International airport. The government aims to raise €200m to...
Kuwait Awards Airport Contracts
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in Kuwait will sign two contracts worth $47m for the development of Kuwait International Airport. The first KWD10.2m ($36.6m) contract, to...
Manchester Airport Seeks Bids for ATC Tower
Manchester International Airport in Greater Manchester, UK, has sought bids for the construction of a 60m-long air traffic control tower. The project, worth about £20m, will replace the...
Japanese Airports Begin Efforts to Resume Operations
Several airports in Japan, which halted operations after the country was hit by a devastating earthquake last week, have begun efforts to return to normal. Work is underway to assess damage and...
Eurocontrol Implements New Direct Routes in Airspace
Eurocontrol has implemented 142 new direct routes to be taken by the airspace industry. These new routes, controlled by the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC), are expected to save...
BAA Airports Report Steady Growth in February
BAA's UK airports have posted steady year-on-year passenger traffic year-on-year in February 2011, but long-haul numbers were buoyed by strong Indian traffic in particular. Together,...
South Korea to Privatise Cheongju Airport
The South Korean Government has unveiled plans to complete the privatisation of the loss-making Cheongju International Airport by the end of June, in a bid to help improve its business by...
Lend Lease to Upgrade JFK Airport Terminal
Lend Lease has won a $170m contract to renovate and expand Delta Air Lines' Terminal 4 (T4) Headhouse at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK/IAT) in New York, US. The project forms...
European ANSP Sign Deal to Improve Combined Airspace
The air navigation service providers (ANSP) of the Ireland / UK and Denmark / Sweden functional airspace blocks have entered into an agreement to improve operational efficiency in line with...
Metron to Work on SESAR Programme
Metron Aviation has been selected by Thales to perform research and development work on the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme in Europe. SESAR is the European programme for...
Lynden Airport to Commence Redevelopment Work
The second phase of redevelopment work will soon begin at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in the Bahamas. The $138.3m phase will involve demolition of the existing US...
IATA Outlines Agenda to Improve Air Cargo Competitiveness
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has outlined a four-point agenda for the air cargo value chain to improve its competitiveness. Speaking at the World Cargo Symposium...
Sendai and Tokyo Airports Hit by Japan Earthquake
Sendai Airport, on Japan's eastern coast, has been flooded by a 10m tsunami, following a 8.9 magnitude Japanese earthquake in the Pacific just 150km east of the city. The Sendai...
Denver Airport Employs Sensis Surface Management System
Denver International Airport (DEN) in Colorado, US, will install a new airport surface management system developed by Sensis Corporation. The system Aerobahn combines airside...
Brazilian Airport Deploys Honeywell Smartpath System
Honeywell has installed the new SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) at the Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The installation...
Heathrow Airport Reopens Terminal After Security Alert
A security alert that caused the partial evacuation of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, on 11 March, has now been resolved. A small section of the departures area had been...
US Airport Secures Approval to Run Flights to Cuba
Tampa International Airport in the US state of Florida has received approval from the US Customs and Border Protection to begin direct flights to and from Cuba. The approval comes after the...
Woods Bagot Wins Airport Project in Azerbaijan
Architecture and design firms Woods Bagot, together with Buro Happold, have secured a contract to rebuild and extend the principal facilities across the Heydar Aliyev International Airport in...
US Airport to Develop New ATC Tower
US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has backed a proposal for a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in the state of North Carolina. ...
Saudi Arabia Moving Ahead with New Airports Plan
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has completed preliminary designs for the construction of various international airports across the country. The authority...
Dubai Airport Opening Delayed Until 2012
The opening of a passenger terminal at the new Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, UAE, will be further delayed to 2012. The $34bn facility is touted to become the world’s largest...
Malta Airport Records Passenger Traffic Rise
Passenger movements at Malta International Airport for the month of February reached 174,877, an increase of 17.8%, compared with the same month last year. Aircraft movements saw an 18.6%...
Precision Applications Secure Supply Contract for UK Airport
Precision Applications has secured a contract to supply and install a Veristore recording system at the Norwich International Airport in Norfolk, UK. The Veristore system records...
Thai Airports to Build Private Jet Terminals
Airports of Thailand (AoT) has unveiled plans to build private jet terminals at the Chiang Mai International Airport and the Phuket International Airport in Thailand. The proposed...
Chicago Airport Reports Rise in Errors by Air Traffic Controllers
Mistakes are increasing among air traffic controllers at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, US, with 17 errors recorded over the most recent one-year period, up from six errors reported...
Era to Deliver Vehicle Tracking Units for Finland Airport
SRA International subsidiary Era has been selected by Finland's air navigation service provider (ANSP), Finavia, to supply 135 Squid vehicle tracking units at the Helsinki Airport in...
India Issues Tariff Guidelines for Airport Operators
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) of India has issued guidelines specifying terms and conditions to determine tariffs for aeronautical services provided by the airport operators. ...
Carry-On Baggage Increases Security Cost in US
An increase in luggage fees has led to a rise in security costs in the US according to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The rise in fees has prompted many passengers to hold...
Northrop Grumman to Deliver Air Traffic Surveillance System for Greek Airport
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will supply its advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) to Thessaloniki International Airport in Greece. The contract has been...
IATA General Meeting to Focus on Rising Fuel Prices
The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) annual general meeting (AGM) will focus on the impact of rising fuel prices on the industry's profitability. Some 800 global...
GVK Airport to Increase Stake in Mumbai Airport
GVK Airport Holdings (GVK) has entered into an agreement with Bid Services Division (BSDM) to acquire an additional 13.5% stake for $230m in Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), India. ...
Frequentis to Install Message Handling System at Albanian Airport
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to Frequentis to implement the smartMessenger aeronautical message handling system (AMHS) at the Mother Teresa International Airport in Tirana,...
Bomb Scare Disrupts Flights at Malaysian Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia closed both its runways on Wednesday 2 March, following a bomb scare. The closure led to the delay of 90 international flights. ...
Oman Secures Funds for Airport Terminal Development
The Omani Government has approved $1.83bn to fund the construction of the proposed passenger terminal at Muscat International Airport. The contract has been awarded to a consortium of...
Kota Kinabalu Airport in Malaysia to Become Aviation Hub
Malaysia has revealed plans to promote the Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah as its second aviation hub, following Japan's open skies arrangement with the country. The...
LAWA Receives Bids for Ontario Airport Management
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has said that ten private firms have submitted bids for managing the Los Angeles / Ontario International Airport in Ontario, Canada. The responses came...
Tender Issued for Terminal Building in Abu Dhabi
Airport operator Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has released a tender for a contractor to build the $5.4bn midfield terminal building (MTB) at the Abu Dhabi International Airport in the...
Indian Airports to Receive Security Upgrades
The Indian ministry of civil aviation unveiled plans to invest INR6bn ($132.9m) to upgrade security infrastructure across airports under the Airports Authority of India (AAI) jurisdiction. ...
IATA Reports Strong Growth in January Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that international scheduled traffic rose 8.2% and air freight increased 9.1% in January 2011, compared to the same period last...
Nepali Airport Construction Gets Delayed
The construction of a new international airport in Nijgadh, Nepal is facing a setback, following the delayed submission of Landmark Worldwide Company's (LMW) feasibility report on the...
EU to Sign Civil Aviation Research Agreement with US
EU will sign an agreement with the US tomorrow, to promote civil aviation research and development activities on next generation air traffic management (ATM) programmes. The agreement...
EU Forms Airspace Regulation
EU member states have adopted a regulation for the smooth formation of functional airspace blocks (FAB) by December 2012. The regulation will allow comparative assessment of different FABs...
Japan Signs Open Sky Agreement with Malaysia
The Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry has signed an open sky agreement with Malaysian aviation authorities. Under the agreement, flight services between Malaysia...
NAMA to Upgrade ATC Towers in Nigeria
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will replace the old air traffic control consul with advanced very high frequency (VHF) radio at 13 air traffic control towers at airports in...
Bird-Hit Flight Makes Emergency Landing at US Airport
A Continental Airlines flight carrying 44 passengers made an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in the US, following a bird strike shortly after take-off. ...
Al Maktoum Airport Begins Passenger Operation
Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai has begun passenger operations eight months after cargo operations commenced. Initially, the airport will be able to receive helicopter and...
Argyle Airport to Open in 2013
The new Argyle International Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, located in the Caribbean Sea, has unveiled plans to commence flight operations in 2013. Once fully operational, the...
Canadian Airport Receives Fund for Upgrade
Abbotsford International Airport in Canada has received additional funding to undertake more upgrades of its infrastructure. The airport will receive C$10m ($10.2m) to upgrade its...
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China Unveils Airport Development Plan
China has unveiled plans to build 45 new airports over the next five years in the country, as part of an airport expansion programme. Under the new programme, the nation is expected to have...
Union Threatens Strike Action at Spanish Airports
A group of labour unions in Spain threatened to call a strike at all airports in the country during April and May over the government's decision to partly privatise civil aviation...
SESAR Begins First Validation Exercise
SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) has begun the first two validation exercises in the framework of the SESAR Release 2011. The first SESAR Release will present to the aviation...
IATA Urges Japan to Strengthen Aviation Sector
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the Japanese Government to establish aviation policies that will strengthen the sector. IATA director general and CEO...
Western Aircraft Accident Rate Lowest in History, Says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said the global accident rate of Western-built jet aircraft was 0.61 in 2010, which is the lowest in aviation history. IATA said the...
Malaysia Airports to Manage Chinese Airport
Malaysia Airports Consultancy Services has signed a joint cooperation agreement with Nagamas Enterprise to manage the Yongzhou Lingling Airport in China. Under the agreement, the companies...
UK Airlines Cancels Flights to Libya
British Airways (BA) and British Midland International (BMI) have cancelled their flight operations from Heathrow Airport in the UK to Tripoli in Libya due to the ongoing crisis in the...
Frequentis Implements AMHS System in Denmark
Frequentis has implemented smartMessenger aeronautical message handling system (AMHS) at Naviair facilities in Denmark, as mandated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ...
Auckland Airport to Trial Body Scanners
Auckland Airport in New Zealand is set to trial new body-imaging technology in an effort to indentify drug smugglers. The scanners will use passive millimetre-wave technology to detect...
Canadian Airport to Extend Runway
Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada, will extend its runway at a cost of a C$28m ($28.3m) to increase its cargo handling capacity. The airport's main runway will...
Denmark ATC Centres to Receive Voice Communication Systems
Denmark's air navigation service provider, Naviair, has awarded a contract to Schmid Telecom for the installation of 5 Voice Communication Systems (VCS). Under the contract, Schmid will...
BAA Reports Rise in 2010 Earnings
BAA said its earnings in 2010 increased significantly despite disruption caused by volcanic ash, strikes and heavy snow. The airport operator reported a 9% rise in underlying earnings to...
HKIA Records Double Digit Traffic Growth
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recorded a 10.0% rise in passenger traffic to 4.3 million and a 10.8% rise in cargo traffic to 333,000t in January 2011, compared with the same period...
Mozambique Begins Second Phase of Airport Expansion
Maputo International Airport in Mozambique has begun the second phase of airport expansion at a cost of $36m. Under the project, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group (AFECC) will...
London City Airport to Vote for Strike
Ground staff at London City Airport in the UK will be balloted for strike action after talks over pay and working conditions failed between the GMB union and the airport operator. The talks...
Christchurch Airport Resumes Full Operations After Earthquake
Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand has resumed international and domestic flights today, after a 24-hour suspension following a devastating earthquake yesterday. The airport...
Increased APD to Reduce Passengers at Scottish Airports
A new report has said that an increase in air passenger duty (APD) tax in November could discourage one million passengers from flying from Scottish airports over the next three years. ...
Libya Runways Destroyed in Violent Protests
Runways at Libya's Benghazi Airport have been destroyed in violence spurred on by anti-government protests. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told a news conference in Cairo...
BAA Loses Court Battle Over Airport Sale
BAA has lost its appeal to keep two of its airports and will be forced to sell them. The competition commission have requested BAA to sell two more airports, Stansted in London and one...
Massport Approves $1bn Improvement Programme
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) in the US has approved a $1bn capital investment programme to finance 371 projects over the next five years. Logan International Airport will...
New Doha Airport to Open in December
The New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in Qatar is 80% complete and will open on 18 December this year. It will be equipped with two parallel runways, one measuring 4,850m and the...
Delta Air Cancels 700 Flights at Minneapolis Airport
Delta Air Lines has cancelled 700 flights at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport in Minnesota, US, due to a heavy a winter storm blowing across the region. Airport spokeswoman...
Poland Requested to Apply EU Security Standards at Airports
The European Commission has requested the Polish government to apply European Union legislation on aviation security. The regulatory body said Poland has not applied the common standards...
Changi Airport Traffic Grows in January
Changi International Airport in Singapore recorded an 11.9% rise in passenger traffic in January 2011 to 3.79 million, compared with the same month in 2010. Low-cost carrier traffic rose...
CHEC Wins Airport Development Contract in Sudan
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) has received a $1.2bn contract to develop a new international airport in Khartoum, Sudan. Under the contract, the Chinese firm will construct a...
London City Airport Staff to Vote for Strike
Ground staff at London City Airport in the UK will vote to take strike action in a dispute over pay and working conditions with the airport operator. The GMB union said the meeting will be...
IATA Calls for a Third Runway at HKIA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged aviation authorities in China to consider developing a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). IATA director...
Dense Fog Disrupts 80 Flights at Indian Airport
Dense fog at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in India has affected the movement of nearly 200 flights, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded yesterday. IGI had to delay the...
IATA Predicts 3.3bn Air Passengers by 2014
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) predicts that air passengers will rise by 800 million from 2.5 billion in 2009 to 3.3 billion by 2014. IATA also said, in its...
Philippine Airport to Issue Tender for Cargo Terminal
The Philippines Government will issue a tender for the construction a new international cargo terminal (ICT) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), following recommendation by Ernst...
Chinese Airport to Open Second Terminal
Taipei International (Songshan) Airport in China will open its second terminal in March, following the completion of renovation works which began in October last year. The renovated...
Comsoft to Update Eurocontrol eAIP Toolbox
EUROCONTROL has awarded a contract to Comsoft to update its eAIP (Electronic Aeronautical Information Publication) production toolbox in line with the latest eAIP Specification. Under...
Saudi Binladin Group Begins Construction at Saudi Airport
The Saudi Binladin Group has began renovation work on the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to increase its passenger handling capacity. The $4bn first phase...
Plane Crash Kills 14 in Honduras
A Let L-410 Turbolet of Central American Airlines has crashed near Tegucigalpa in Honduras, killing all 14 people onboard. The plane, which was carrying two pilots and 12 passengers, was due...
Birds Disrupt Planes at Philippines Airport
Airlines operating at Manila International Airport in the Philippines have complained about an increase in bird strikes at the facility. Head of the airport's ground operations safety...
Canadian Airport to Study Passenger Behaviour
Vancouver International Airport in Canada is conducting a pilot project at the passenger-screening checkpoint to monitor passenger behaviour and detect potential terrorists. Under the...
BAA Sees Year-On-Year Traffic Figures Increase
BAA has reported a 3.8% rise in passenger traffic in January 2011 to 7.5 million, compared with the same period in 2010. Domestic traffic increased by 8.3%, European scheduled traffic rose...
San Francisco Airport to Open Renovated Terminal
San Francisco International Airport in California, US, will open its renovated Terminal 2 (T2) in April, following the completion of a $383m project. The 640,000ft² terminal will have...
BCAS Calls for Indian Airports to Increase Security
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has asked operators of Indian airports to immediately increase security, following the terror attack at Domodedovo Airport in Russia in January. ...
Dublin Airport Receives Antenna System
Tyco Electronics has deployed its InterReach Fusion Distributed Antenna System (DAS) at Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport, Ireland, to provide wireless services. The InterReach Fusion system...
Precision Applications to Deliver ATC Recording System at Manchester Airport
Precision Applications has been awarded a contract to supply replacement air traffic control (ATC) record and replay equipment at Manchester Airport in the UK. The new recording system,...
Thales to Supply Radars for Belarus Airports
Thales has received a contract from Belaeronavigatsia to supply three radar stations for Grodno Airport, Mogilev Airport and Minsk-2 Airport in Belarus. Under the contract, Thales will...
IATA calls for UK to Improve Global Competitiveness in Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the British Government to improve its global competitiveness in air transport sector. IATA director general and CEO...
Investigation Launched for Cork Airport Plane Crash
The American National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be one of six investigation teams to probe the cause of the Manx2 plane crash at Cork Airport in the Republic of Ireland, which...
Expansion Project to Begin at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport
The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) will begin an environmental review for the first two phases of an expansion project at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in the US. ...
Polish Airport Privatisation Planned
The operator of John Paul II International Airport Krakow-Balice in Poland has unveiled plans to privatise the airport this year, by selling a 30% stake to private investors. The stake...
BAA Awards Framework Contract to Jacobs
BAA has awarded a framework contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to provide design engineering consultancy services across all six of its international airports in England and Scotland until 2015....
CEM Upgrades Security Management System at HKIA
CEM Systems has received a contract to upgrade the CEM AC2000 security management system at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Under the $2m upgrade, PicoPass technology will be...
Irish Airport Closes after Commuter Plane Crash
Cork Airport in the Republic of Ireland has closed after a commuter plane crash-landed there just before 10am GMT. Eight people are believed to be dead. The Manx2 commuter flight was en route...
CAA to Extend Current Price Controls at UK Airport
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has begun a consultation on its proposals to extend the current price controls at Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport by one year. This will provide...
Munich Airport Achieves New Passenger and Cargo Record
Munich Airport in Germany has achieved a new passenger record in 2010 by handling 35 million passengers, an increase of 6% compared with the same period in 2009. The airport has also set...
TSA Trials New Screening Device at US Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has tested new security screening software, which produces generic images at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia,...
Strike Leads to Cancelled Flights at Pakistani Airports
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was forced to cancel 60 international and domestic flights from Jinnah International Airport and Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Pakistan, due to...
Northrop Delivers Runway Light Control System at French Airport
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has received a contract to provide a runway status light (RWSL) control system for Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. An automated system, the...
DHS Awards Contract to Develop Magnetic Resonance Scanner
The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has awarded a contract to Defense Capital Advisers to develop a magnetic resonance scanner for airports. The...
US and Saudi Discuss Aviation Security Cooperation Measures
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia held a meeting with the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to strengthen security measures at the country's...
Sensis to Design NextGen Airspace Procedures
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a contract to Sensis Corporation for the aeronautics research mission directorate (ARMD) super-density operations...
Northrop Launches Airport Decision Making Tool
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has launched airport real-time collaboration (ARC) technology for the implementation of collaborative decision making solutions in airport operations. The...
Sydney Airport Opposes ACCC Review System
Sydney Airport in Australia has opposed the methods used by The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to examine Australian airports, following the release of two...
UK Airlines Oppose NATS Sale
A consortium of airlines in the UK have opposed the government's decision to reduce its stake in the country's air-traffic control system NATS by 25%. The UK Government is considering...
BAA to Receive Overdue Airport Fees from Virgin Atlantic
BAA will receive overdue landing and parking fees from Virgin Atlantic, which it reluctantly agreed to pay after the airport operator said it would take legal action to recover the cash. ...
Asur Plans to Bid for Brazilian Airport
Mexican airport operator Asur has unveiled plans to bid for the Natal International Airport in Natal, Brazil. The increase in passenger traffic during the global event is one of the...
Hong Kong Airport Considers Plans for Third Runway
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK), is finalising a development plan for construction of a third runway at Hong Kong International Airport in China. Hong Kong Civil Aviation...
Costain Wins Airport Infrastructure Upgrade Contracts in UK
Costain has received two contracts worth £50m ($80.6m) for infrastructure upgrade works at two airports in the UK. The company will deliver the contract for the BAA, which is the...
Massport to Purchase Electric Buses
Airport operator Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has unveiled plans to purchase 60 electric buses, which will be used at the Logan International Airport in Boston, US. The...
Delhi Airport's Terminal 1D to Remain Open
The airport operator of Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport in West Delhi, India, has unveiled plans to continue operations at its old terminal (1D). The operator Delhi...
NAC Invests Funds for Airport Expansion
The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has invested NAD$1.2bn ($167.6m) to develop airports across the nation, as part of an infrastructure upgrade programme. The Hosea Kutako...
CFC Rejects Asur Bid for Mexican Airport Tender
Mexico's antitrust commission CFC has rejected airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste's (Asur) bid to participate in the tender for a new airport in Riviera Maya in the Caribbean. ...
Manchester Airport to Get New ATC Tower
Manchester Airport in the UK will construct a new multi-million pound air traffic control (ATC) tower, which is set to be complete in 2013. The 60m tower will be located adjacent to the...
Queensland Airports Affected by Cyclone Yasi
The Cairns International Airport in Queensland, Australia, has been reopened after all operations were closed on 2 February in anticipation of Cyclone Yasi. Airlines expect to resume...
UAE Adds More Flights to France
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the French Civil Aviation Authority, which will increase the number of flights operating...
Henri Coanda Airport Receives $140m Loan for Expansion
Airport operator Bucharest National Airports Company has received a €100m ($140m) loan to fund expansion at Henri Coanda International Airport in Otopeni, Romania. The loan has been...
Celebi Holdings to Invest $100m in Two Indian Airports
Celebi Holdings, a Turkish firm, will invest $100m in ground handling and equipment at Delhi and Mumbai airports in India by 2015. Celebi Holdings has already spent $35m on construction...
San Diego Airport Expansion to be Complete in 2012
The proposed $1bn expansion at the San Diego International Airport in California, US, will be complete in 2012, airport officials have announced. The airport's Terminal 2 West project, which...
Indian Airport to Install CCTV Along Access Road
The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Delhi, India, will soon install CCTV cameras along the 1.3km northern access road, as part of a security upgrade programme at the facility. ...
Jamaica Aviation Authority to Investigate Runway Defect
The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority has begun a preliminary investigation into an incident at the Ian Fleming International Airport, in which an aircraft's wheel fell into a hole on the...
New Study Outlines Major Overhaul for JFK and Newark
The John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, both in the US, need to be reconfigured to accommodate future passenger growth in the next three...
Michigan's Bishop Airport to Start $16.8m Expansion
Construction of the $16.8m expansion at Bishop International Airport in Michigan, US, will begin in the next few months, according to airport officials. The work will involve doubling the...
Dubai Reports Throughput Rise for 2010
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport, UAE, rose 15% to 47.2 million passengers in 2010, while cargo traffic rose 17.7% to 2.3 million tons. The results were attributed to...
Bird Strike Causes Emergency Landing at NZ Airport
An Air New Zealand 737-300 aircraft, carrying 115 passengers, landed safely at Dunedin International Airport in New Zealand following a bird strike shortly after take-off. A full emergency...
Canadian Airport to Begin Rail Link Electrification Study
The Canadian province of Ontario will launch an environmental assessment study to electrify the air-rail link between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Toronto Union Station. ...
January 2011
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Ash Cloud Cancels Flights to Bali
Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali faced flight cancellations last week after ash from the Tengger Caldera volcano in the East Java Province spread into busy airspace to a height of 5.5km. ...
Hong Kong Airport Unveils Midfield Development Plan
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has unveiled plans for phase one of its midfield development project at the Hong Kong International Airport in China. The proposed $7bn phase 1 development...
Los Angeles Airport Cargo Volume Rises in 2010
Cargo tonnage at the Los Angeles International Airport in California, US, rose by 15.8% to 1.9 million up from 1.6 million in 2009. The airport also saw a 4.5% rise in overall passenger...
Snow Causes Flight Cancellations at Philadelphia Airport
About 477 flights were cancelled and around 1,500 passengers were stranded at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania, US, last week due to a snow storm in the state. Lupica said...
Philippine Airport Tightens Media Access
Media personnel will not be allowed entry into the terminal areas at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport's (NAIA) in the Philippines from next month, as part of the facility's security...
Cargo Traffic Rises at Taoyuan Airport
Cargo volumes at Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport rose to 1.77 million tons last year, up 30.1% from 2009. Taiwan's Minister of Transportation and Communications Mao Chih-Kuo said...
Newcastle Airport to Use Radar Blanking Technology
Newcastle International Airport in England has launched a radar blanking strategy, which will allow a number of potential wind farm schemes to go ahead without disruption to the airport’s...
Doha International to Handle 800 Flights Daily
The Doha International Airport in the Qatar will handle over 800 flights and 135,000 passengers on a daily basis, once it starts operations, the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority has...
Slovakia Government to Lease Bratislava Airport
The Slovakian Transportation Ministry plans to lease Bratislava Airport for 20 to 30 years. The draft proposal is to be discussed by the Slovakian Government next month. Based on...
Sharjah Airport Records Rise in Passenger Traffic
The Sharjah International Airport (SIA) in the UAE recorded double-digit growth in passenger traffic and a significant growth in freight volume last year, it has been announced. The...
GVKPIL to Develop New Airports in Indonesia
India's GVK Power and Infrastructure (GVKPIL) has signed two agreements with the Government of Indonesia to develop greenfield international airports in North Bali and Yogyakarta, Java. ...
Investigation into EIKN Bird Strike Concluded
The Air Accident Investigation Unit has concluded its inquiry into a bird-strike incident at Ireland West Airport (EIKN) in 2009. A Boeing 737 on route to Manchester at the time,...
Frequentis to Supply VCS for Moroccan ATC
Frequentis has received a contract to supply a new voice communication system (VCS) for the Ouarzazate ATC tower in Morocco. The contract has been awarded by the Moroccan Société...
JICA to Provide Funds for Philippine Airport
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a loan to finance new facilities at the new Panglao Bohol International Airport in the Philippines. The loan, the value of which...
LaGuardia Airport Receives ATC Tower
The LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York, US, will receive a new air traffic control tower, which has been built at a cost of $100m by the Federal Aviation Administration. The tower 233ft...
Jordanian Airport Registers Strong Growth
The Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan registered strong overall growth in all areas in 2010, with passenger traffic reaching an all-time high of 5.4 million, a 13.7% increase...
Moscow Airport Bomb Kills 35
The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blamed lax security for the suicide bomb attack that took place at arrivals hall of the Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Russia, which killed at least...
ACI Europe Opposes Liquid Detection Technology
ACI Europe board has said the existing technology for detecting liquid explosives is "unfit for purpose" during a meeting with the EU Commissioner in Brussels, Belgium. While airport...
IATA Outlines Aviation Strategy for Canada
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the Canadian Government to improve its global competitiveness in air transport travel and tourism. During a speech to the...
Abu Dhabi Airport Records Passenger Traffic Rise
Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE, recorded a 12.2% year-on-year rise in passenger traffic to 11 million passengers in 2010. The airport also saw a 10% rise in aircraft movement numbers,...
French Airports Report Decline in December Traffic
French Airport operator Aeroports de Paris has reported a 1.4% fall in passenger traffic in December 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, due to heavy snowfall over France and...
FAA Reports Rise in Laser Events at US Airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that reports of lasers pointed at aircraft in airports across the US have doubled to 2,800 in 2010, compared with the previous year. ...
EU Discusses Measures to Prevent Airport Closure in Winter
European Commission vice-president for transport, Siim Kallas, has held a meeting with CEOs from major European airports to discuss how to prevent airport closures during heavy snow fall. In...
Changi Airport Records 42 Million Passengers in 2010
Changi Airport in Singapore has recorded a movement of 42 million passengers in 2010, an increase of 13% compared with 2009. Passenger figures in 2010 surpassed the previous annual record...
Airlines File Lawsuit Opposing Airport Expansion in US
United and American Airlines have filed a lawsuit seeking to block additional financing for the second phase expansion of Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the US. The airlines stated in...
Heavy Snow Closes Airports in China
Heavy snowfall in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan and Anhui provinces in China has disrupted flight movement and forced airports to close temporarily. Nearly 100 international and domestic flights...
AAI to Automate ATC Centre at Indian Airport
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is to automate its air traffic control (ATC) centre at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) in the state of Gujarat, India. The...
Scottish Airport Cancels Second Runway Plan
Edinburgh Airport in Scotland has said it will not consider development of a second runway for another 20 years. The move came as the airport unveiled its draft master plan, which lays...
Changi Airport to Develop New Cargo Facility
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has signed a land lease agreement with HSBC Institutional Trust Services for the development of an air cargo express (ACE) hub at Changi Airport in Singapore. ...
IATA Highlights Priority Areas for Vietnam Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has identified three areas of focus for the Vietnamese aviation industry to increase competiveness. IATA director general and CEO...
Vanderlande Develops Smart Baggage Handling System
UK-based Vanderlande Industries has developed an energy-efficient baggage conveyor system called Greenveyor, which is expected to help airports reduce their carbon footprint by 50%. ...
Saudi Arabia to Award Madinah Airport Construction Contract in February
Saudi Arabia will award the main construction contract to develop Prince Mohammad Bin AbdulAziz International Airport in Madinah by the end of February. Executives at International...
UAE and Mauritania Sign Air Services Agreement
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to enhance air transport cooperation between the two countries. The...
IATA Wins Court Battle on PaxIS Product
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has won a legal battle in its dispute with Sabre over PaxIS products. In 2006, Sabre filed a lawsuit against IATA alleging breach of...
GMR and GVK to Bid for Indonesian Airport Modernisation
GMR and GVK groups are planning to bid for the modernisation of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. Both the companies are currently conducting feasibility studies and...
Frankfurt Airport Reports 2010 Traffic Figures
Airport operator Fraport said that passenger traffic increased 4.1% to 53 million in 2010 at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany, compared with the same period in 2009. FRA achieved a new...
IATA and Stanford University Launches Aviation Certificate Programme
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Stanford Center of Professional Development at Stanford University, US, will jointly launch a distance-learning aviation...
Yemen Set to Lift Cargo Ban
The EU may lift a ban on air cargo from Yemen to some EU countries now the Middle East country has adopted additional security measures. The additional security measures include a full...
HKIA Experiences Record Traffic in 2010
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recorded a 10.3% increase in passenger traffic to 50.9 million, a 23.4% rise in cargo to 4.1 million tons and a 9.7% rise in air traffic movements...
Frequentis Wins Supply Contract for Austrian ATCs
Austro Control, the Austrian air navigation service controller, has awarded a contract to Frequentis to supply advanced voice recording systems for air traffic control sites in the region. ...
Airport Expansion to Begin in Canada
The city of Hamilton has approved a proposal to request the federal and provincial governments to fund the $38m project to expand Hamilton International Airport in Canada. The funding...
SITA Wins Brazilian Air Traffic Communications System Contract
The Brazilian Department of Airspace Control (DECEA) has awarded a contract to SITA to upgrade Brazil's entire network infrastructure dedicated to air-ground VHF Data Link (VDL)...
Copenhagen Airport Records Increase in Passenger Traffic
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark has reported a 9.1% increase in passenger traffic to 21.5 million in 2010, compared with 2009. In December 2010, the total number of passengers at...
Ricochet to Supply Advanced Recording Systems for Turkish ATC Sites
Ricochet has signed a contract with Selex Sistemi Integrati for the installation of advanced recording systems for seven air traffic control (ATC) sites in Turkey. The recording systems will...
China to Begin Second Beijing Airport Construction by End of 2011
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) chief Li Jiaxiang has said construction of a second airport in Beijing will begin by the end of 2011. The proposed airport, construction of...
Ferrovial and NATS Consider Joint Bid for Spanish Air Traffic Control Services
Ferrovial and NATS are considering a joint bid for air traffic control services in Spain. Spain's Infrastructure Ministry is could privatise air traffic control at the airports of...
Nav Canada Undertakes Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Project
Canadian air navigation service provider Nav Canada has begun a new project to reduce aviation-related greenhouse gas emissions through safe and more efficient air traffic management. The...
Bad Weather Leads to Decline in BAA Traffic
BAA has reported that passenger traffic fell 10.9% to 7.2 million in December 2010, compared to the previous year, caused by significant flight disruption across Europe as a result of...
German Airport to Deploy Era Surveillance System
SRA International subsidiary Era has received a contract from Deutsche Flugsicherung to deploy a multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast system at...
Indian Airport Selects NATS to Increase Capacity
Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has selected UK-based NATS to recommend ways to increase flight handling capacity at its Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in India. NATS...
New Jordan Airport Terminal Opening Delayed
The opening of the new passenger terminal at the Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan has been delayed from February to June 2012 due to operational and safety issues. The Ministry...
UK Warns Air Transport Sector of Possible Terrorist Attack
The UK Government has issued an alert to its air transport sector concerning a possible Al Qaeda attack. The BBC said that it has obtained a letter from the Department of Transport addressed...
Lufthansa and Virgin Urge Heathrow Airport to Compensate
German airline Lufthansa has joined Virgin Atlantic in urging Heathrow Airport in the UK to compensate airlines hit by the flight disruption at the airport due to heavy snow on 18 December 2010. ...
Snow Storm Forces 7,700 Flight Cancellations in US
The total number of flight cancellations in various US airports is going to rise to 7,700 from the 6,000 recorded on Monday 10 January due to snow storms in the southern and northeastern states...
Beijing Airport Reports Traffic Growth
Beijing Capital International Airport in China has recorded a 13.1% rise in passenger traffic to 73.9 million in 2010. The airport recorded an 11.3% increase in passenger traffic to 5.96...
Saudi Arabia Begins Airport Upgrade
Saudi Arabia has begun construction work at King Abdul Aziz International Airport that will see passenger capacity increased to 35 million a year. The upgrade, scheduled for completion...
Denver International Posts Record Traffic in November
Denver International Airport in the US has recorded an 8% increase in passenger traffic in November 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. The increase, from 3,727,828 to 4,024,492,...
Magnetic North Pole Shift Leads to US Airport Runway Closure
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that Tampa International Airport in the US has closed its primary runway until 13 January to change taxiway signs due to the gradual shift of...
UK Airport to Trial Hydrogen Fuel Technology
London Stansted Airport in the UK will test a new hydrogen refuelling system (HFuel) and two specially adapted vehicles to reduce carbon emissions and power airport vehicles. The trial will...
Manchester Airport to Receive Funding for Infrastructure Upgrade
Manchester Airport in the UK has signed a £280m ($435m) refinancing agreement with a syndicate of seven banks to upgrade its infrastructure. The funds will refinance Manchester Airports...
Iran Plane Crash Kills 72 Passengers
A plane carrying 105 passengers crashed in northwest Iran yesterday, killing 72 passengers, including 12 crew members. The IranAir Boeing 727, which took off from Mehrabad International...
ACI Records Rise in November Passenger Traffic
Airports Council International has announced that total passenger traffic among airports participating in its PaxFlash and FreightFlash monthly traffic report increased by 6.9% in November...
Florida Airport Proposes Runway Extension
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, US, has proposed a $790m project to extend its south runway. Airport director Kent George said the new runway will be 8,000ft...
Sita Trials GateLink at French Airport
Sita has begun an operational trial of the Aircom IP GateLink service for aircraft such as the Airbus A380, Boeing 787 and Boeing 777 at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in France. GateLink...
Flood Affected Rockhampton Airport Suspends Domestic Flights
Rockhampton Airport in Queensland, Australia, ceased all domestic flight operations on 1 January 2011 due to severe flooding, which began on 24 December 2010. The Bureau of Meteorology said...
Denver International to Cut Cost of Terminal Redevelopment Plan
Denver International Airport in Colorado, US, could reduce the $650m cost of its South Terminal redevelopment plan by up to $150m as a cost-saving measure. The redevelopment, designed...
Jamaica to Open New International Airport
The Jamaican Government will begin flight operations at the new Ian Fleming International Airport on 12 January 2011. The airport, formerly known as Boscobel Aerodrome, has been upgraded...
Airbus Signs ATM Agreement in China
Airbus has signed an agreement to assist the China's Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) to implement new air traffic management (ATM) technologies and practices under the Civil...
Sydney Airport Expands Use of Biometric Technology
Sydney Airport in Australia has expanded its use of facial recognition technology to speed up the identification of international passengers. The airport has opened four new kiosks and...
FAA Approves $5.2bn Philadelphia Airport Expansion
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a $5.2bn project to expand Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania, US. One runway will be extended 2,000ft and another...
GLP to Acquire Interest in Chinese Airport Logistic Firm
Global Logistic Properties (GLP) is to acquire a 53% stake in Airport City Development Company in China, at a cost of 2.48bn yuan ($374m). GLP will acquire the stake from Prosper...
Indra to Modernise Chinese ATC Centres
Indra will implement its air traffic management systems in air traffic control (ATC) centres in Xian and Chengdu for the Air Traffic Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of...
Third Phase of Incheon Airport Expansion Planned
The South Korean Government plans to invest KRW1.8tn ($1.6bn) in the third phase expansion of Incheon International Airport from 2011 to 2015. The Ministry of Land, Transport and...
India to Issue Licences to Air Traffic Controllers
The Indian Government will soon provide licences to air traffic controllers in an effort to improve air safety in the country. The government will grant certification to air traffic...
Nigeria to Begin Satellite-Based Navigation from March
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) will switch from terrestrial to satellite-based navigation from March 2011, as part of an effort to improve air safety in the country. The...
Ethiopian Airport to Move Regional Flights to Terminal 1
Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia will move regional flights to Terminal 1, which was formerly used as a domestic terminal by Ethiopian Airlines. Airport general manager...
IATA Records Slower Traffic Growth in November
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that international year-on-year passenger traffic rose by 8.2% in November 2010, while freight traffic increased by 5.4%. ...
AAI Considers Shifting Small Aircraft Movement
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is considering shifting small aircraft movement from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) to Juhu Airport in order to decongest aircraft movement...
Vietnam Unveils New International Airport
The Vietnamese Government has unveiled the new Can Tho International Airport, built at a cost of $150m to serve the Cuu Long Mekong delta. The airport, upgraded from a small regional...
Yemen and UAE Sign Aviation Cooperation Agreement
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed an agreement with Yemen to increase flights between the two countries. The agreement will add four additional weekly flights by Dubai carriers to...
December 2010
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Indra to Install GNSS Monitoring System in Germany
Indra will implement a station network to measure Global Navigations Satellite Systems (GNSS) signals in Germany for effective air traffic management. German air navigation services...
Indonesia to Tender First Phase of Airport Expansion
Indonesian Airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I said it will soon organise a tender for the first phase of the Ngurah Rai International Airport expansion project. The expansion, which is...
DFW Airport Opens Aviation Facility
Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport in the US has begun corporate aircraft operations at its new corporate aviation facility. The 8,500ft² facility will accommodate around 70 to...
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Romanian Airport to Receive Surface Movement Radar
Bucharest Otopeni International Airport in Romania has awarded a contract to Terma to provide a new Scanter 5502 redundant solid state surface movement radar (SMR). Under the contract,...
Heathrow Airport Reopens Runway
Heathrow Airport in the UK reopened its southern runway on Tuesday 21 December, after four days of closure due to heavy snow. Nearly 700 flights were cancelled on 21 December alone,...
Australian Airport Master Plan Approved
The Australian Government has approved the Darwin International Airport master plan to increase passenger capacity. The master plan will include a major redevelopment of the passenger...
IBM Deploys Smart IT System at Indian Airport
IBM has deployed a common integrated decision system (IDS) at GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) in India. IBM will also build a data warehouse to collect and analyse historic and...
Zurich Airport Receives Improved De-Icing Prognosis System
Zurich Airport in Switzerland has received an improved de-icing prognosis system from Delair to predict the scope and duration of aircraft de-icing in winter. The de-icing system is powered...
HKIA Posts Strong Passenger Traffic in November
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recorded an 8.1% rise in passenger traffic to 4.1 million and a 7.1% rise in cargo traffic to 368,000t in November 2010, compared with the same period...
Serco, GIP, Lockheed May Bid for NATS Stake
Serco, Global Infrastructure Partners and Lockheed Martin may bid for the UK Government's stake in National Air Traffic Services (NATS). An official decision will be taken within three...
Systems Interface to Install ATC Systems at Georgian Airport
Sakaeronavigatsia has awarded a contract to Systems Interface to supply and install two Marker Beacon Systems at Tbilisi International Airport and a non-directional beacon system at Mestia...
Airservices Installs Terminal Area Radar at Darwin Airport
Airservices has installed a secondary terminal area radar near Darwin International Airport in Australia to provide improved air traffic surveillance around the city. The radar, which has...
New Automated Baggage Handling System for KLIA
BCS has received a contract to provide automated baggage handling systems for Kuala Lumpur International Airport's (KLIA) new KLIA2 low-cost carrier terminal in Malaysia. Under the...
Indian Airport Awaits DGCA Approval to Begin Radar Operations
The new surface movement radar (SMR) at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in India will begin operations once it receives approval from the Directorate General of Civil...
Ubitech Wins AMHS Implementation Contract in Sri Lanka
The Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka (AASL) has awarded a contract to Ubitech for the implementation of an aeronautical message handling system (AMHS) in the country. Under the...
Cambodia Awards New Airport Project Contract
South Korean property developer NSRIA has received a contract to build a new $1bn international airport in Cambodia to serve passengers coming to visit Angkor temples. Under the contract,...
IATA Implements 2D Barcoded Boarding Passes
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that airlines across the world have completed 100% implementation of 2D barcoded boarding passes (BCBP). BCBP is...
Changi Airport Reports Record Passenger Traffic
Changi Airport in Singapore has broken its yearly record by handling 40 million passenger movements in 2010. From January to November 2010, the airport handled 38 million passengers,...
EU and Jordan Sign Aviation Agreement
The EU and Jordan have signed a comprehensive air services agreement to establish a Euro Mediterranean Aviation Area based on common rules and a liberalisation of the air markets. Jordan...
Flight Disruption Continues at European Airports
Heavy snow disrupted flight operations at various airports in Europe on 18 and 19 December, affecting the travel plans of thousands of passengers. Stansted Airport in UK closed its runway...
Frequentis Upgrades Chile ATC Tower
Frequentis has modernised the air traffic control (ATC) tower in Antofagasta, Chile, with a voice communication control system under a contract from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation...
IATA Unveils Airport Security Tunnel Plan
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled a security tunnel plan intended to replace lengthy and intrusive passenger security checks at airports. Under the...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Frankfurt Airport
Airport operator Fraport said that Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany has recorded a 6% rise in passenger traffic to 4.1 million in November 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. ...
BAA Urges UK Government to Cut APD
BAA has requested that the UK Government cut aviation tax after the Irish Finance Minister announced a 70% reduction to air passenger duty (APD). Heathrow policy director Nigel Milton said...
Armenian Airport Reports Traffic Figures
Zvartnots International Airport in Armenia handled around 1.48 million passengers and 7,800t of cargo in the first eleven months of 2010. The airport handled 761,900 arriving passengers...
IATA Launches EasyDGR
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched EasyDGR, an online integrated solution for shipping dangerous goods by air, in compliance with industry regulations. ...
CRBC Wins Ethiopian Airport Expansion Contract
China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) Addis Engineering has received a contract from Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to expand the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa,...
Sensis WAM System Certified for North Sea ATC Operations
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has certified the use of Sensis Corporation's wide area multilateration (WAM) system for air traffic control (ATC) in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. ...
Doha Airport to Open New Arrivals Terminal
Doha International Airport (DIA) in Qatar will soon open its new arrivals terminal to increase passenger capacity. The Doha arrivals terminal is part of DIA's multi-million-dollar...
IDB Fund to Modernise Colombian Airport
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan of $165m to modernise and expand El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia. The fund will be used to construct a...
BAA Reports November Traffic
BAA's six UK airports handled 7.9 million passengers during November, an increase of 1% compared to the same period in 2009. Heathrow Airport in London saw a 4.3% rise in passenger traffic...
Barbados Airport Deploys High-Tech Security Scanner
Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) in Barbados has increased its security with the deployment of an advanced scanning system. The Ionscan 500 DT simultaneous explosives and...
NLR Develops First Instrument Landing System Tower
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR), along with Europoles and Select Engineering Services, has developed and tested the first frangible composite Instrument Landing System (ILS) airport tower....
Sri Lanka to Begin Phase 2 of Airport Expansion
The Sri Lankan Government will begin the second phase of construction of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) expansion project in 2012 to increase the capacity of airport...
Storms Force Cancellation of Flights Across US Mid-West
Heavy snowstorms across the upper mid-west region of the US caused the cancellation of flights on 12 December. The Chicago Department of Aviation said about 1,200 flights out of Chicago...
Indra to Upgrade Eurocontrol's ATC Height Monitoring Systems
Eurocontrol has awarded a contract to Indra to upgrade all three of its European height monitoring units (HMUs). The new system is to be installed in three sites: Nattenheim in Germany,...
Canadian Airport Expansion on Schedule
Abbotsford International Airport in Canada is progressing with its expansion programme, with many upgrades ready to help the airport handle the higher demand of the Christmas period. ...
US Airport to Begin Facility Expansion
Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, US, will soon begin construction of a new Federal Inspection Station, as part of a facilities expansion programme. The new...
Japan to Revise Airport Security Screening Regulation
The Japanese Government will revise airport security screening guidelines by the end of December, before introducing full-body scanners at airports in the country. The new guidelines...
Global Passenger Traffic Rises in October
Airports Council International (ACI) said global passenger demand among its member airports increased 7.7% in October 2010 compared to the same period last year. International traffic rose...
US and Brazil to Sign Open Skies Agreement
The US and Brazilian Governments are preparing to sign an open-skies aviation agreement to remove restrictions on the number of flights to Brazil by October 2015. The proposed agreement...
Dubai Airport Opening Could Be Delayed
Dubai Airports said it may delay the opening of Al-Maktoum International Airport by several months to review the project's progress. Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said the company...
Jacobs Wins FAA Contract to Design EnRoute Facilities
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a basic ordering agreement worth $271m to provide design-build services at EnRoute Facilities for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the US. ...
NICE Systems Installs Situation Management Solution at US Airport
NICE Systems has installed its situation management system, NICE Situator, at the new Security Operations Center in Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana, US. ...
UFIS-AS to Upgrade Thai Airport Flight Information System
The Airports of Thailand Public Company has awarded a contract to UFIS Airport Solutions to upgrade the flight information management system (FIMS) at Suvarnabhumi International Airport...
IATA Praises EU's Single European Sky Progress
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has praised the European Commission for signing a treaty to form the functional airspace block (FAB) for Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg,...
Ethiopian Airport to Expand
Ethiopian Airports Enterprise has unveiled plans to begin an ETB460m ($27.9m) expansion project at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The facilities expansion project...
Sensis to Analyse NASA NextGen Airportal Technologies
The Sensis Corporation has received a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to perform an analysis of select NASA concepts and technologies (C&Ts) for the...
Indian Airport to Install ATC Radar
Cochin International Airport (CIAL) in the Indian state of Kerala will install an advanced air traffic control (ATC) radar over the next three months to improve the operation of aircraft. ...
Frequentis Receives ATM Contract in Brazil
Communications provider Frequentis has received a contract from Brazil's Air Navigation Management Centre (CGNA) to deliver two air traffic management conference control centre systems (ATM...
UK to Lift Liquid Ban from April
The UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said the country's ban on liquids in hand luggage will begin to be phased out from April 2011. The move comes after protests from passengers...
EU and Georgia Sign Common Aviation Agreement
The EU and Georgia have signed a comprehensive air services agreement to establish a common aviation area based on EU Transport Council rules. The agreement will allow Georgia to become a...
Nigeria to Reopen Airport After Runway Upgrade
The Nigerian Government will re-open the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu for daylight visual flight operations from 16 December, following the completion of a runway upgrade. ...
Philippines Airport to End Flight Delays with New ATC System
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippines plans to install an advanced management system to control air traffic. The air traffic flow management simulator (ATFMS)...
Single European Sky Gets Boost with FABEC Agreement
Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland have signed an agreement to create the Functional Airspace Block Europe Central (FABEC), a key step to achieve the...
NAD Secures $165m for Airport Redevelopment
Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) has secured $165m to finance the second stage of redevelopment at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in the Bahamas. The $409.5m second...
DHS Achieves Major Aviation Security Milestone
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that all passengers on flights within or bound for the US are being checked against government watch lists, fulfilling a 9/11...
Boeing, IBM Completes Pilot Study on Air Traffic Management
Boeing and IBM have completed a pilot research project to demonstrate how officials from multiple organisations can have more timely, consistent and complete information to resolve...
Security Lapse at Manchester Airport, Says Report
The UK Border Agency's (UKBA) independent chief inspector John Vine has said that passengers arriving at Manchester Airport could easily exit the premises without passing through customs...
Mexico Achieves FAA Category 1 Rating
The Mexican civil aviation authority has achieved a category 1 rating from the Federal Aviation Administration for complying with the International Civil Aviation Organisation safety...
Bellingham Airport in US to Introduce Full-Body Scanning in 2011
Bellingham International Airport (BLI) in the US plans to install full-body scanning equipment for passenger screening early next year. Port of Bellingham Aviation director Art Choat said...
Finnish Strike Disrupts Flight Schedules
A strike called by Finnish cabin crews and heavy snow has affected flights across many major European airports. Around 110 Finnair flights were grounded on 30 November due to a cabin...
Sri Lankan Airport Project to Complete in 2012
The first phase of the Maththala International Airport project in Sri Lanka will cost $190m and the entire construction will be complete in 2012. The airport will include a 3,500m runway with...
Romania, Slovenia and Malta Launch e-Freight Initiative
The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) e-freight standard has been implemented in Romania, Slovenia and Malta, it has been announced. E-freight for imports and exports went...
EU Proposes Air Cargo Security Plan
European Commission vice president Siim Kallas has recommended new air cargo security measures as part of the European Union's (EU) proposals for aviation security. The Commission will...
Snowfall Causes European Flight Chaos
Heavy snowfall has caused major airport disruption across Europe. Geneva International Airport in Switzerland re-opened on 2 December at 0600 (0500 GMT) after a 36-hour closure, while...
Scottish Airport Runway Extension Receives Final Approval
Aberdeen Airport in Scotland has received final approval from the local city council to begin the extension of its main runway. The £10m ($15.5m) project will involve work on foundations...
NZ Airports Post Traffic Growth in October
Auckland Airport in New Zealand recorded a 3.8% rise in total international passengers to 661,384 and a 2.9% rise in domestic traffic in October 2010, compared with the same period in 2009,...
Japan to Fund Air Navigation Project in Vietnam
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) will fund a five-year project to implement a satellite-based communication and navigation system in Vietnam for safer air traffic...
ICAO Proposes Air Cargo Security Amendments
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is proposing tighter cargo inspections of outbound shipments to counter potential mail-bomb attempts by terrorist organisation al-Qaeda. ...
Ferrovial to Begin BAA Sale
Ferrovial has hired Goldman Sachs and HSBC to sell a 10% stake in British Airports Authority (BAA) by next week, as it plans to reduce its €24.5bn ($32bn) debt. Ferrovial owns a 55.9%...
Egyptian Airport to Import Cargo Inspection Equipment
The Egyptian Government is planning to import new rapid inspection equipment for export cargo going through Cairo International Airport. Egyptian exporters have complained that...
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Oman to Deploy Advanced Air Traffic Management System
Oman has awarded an OMR44.85m ($105.7m) contract to Indra for the development and installation of an advanced air traffic management system (ATMS) for Muscat International Airport and...
Fog Halts Flights at Chinese Airport
Heavy fog at the Urumqi International Airport in China impaired airport operations and stranded nearly 10,000 passengers on 28 November. The fog led to the cancellation or delay of nearly...
AviBit to Provide A-SMGCS for Romanian Airport
The Romanian Air Traffic Service Administration has awarded a contract to AviBit for the installation of an integrated advanced surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) at...
Consortium Begins Construction of New Terminal in Russia
A consortium comprising Fraport and Northern Capital Gateway has begun the construction of a new international passenger terminal at St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport in Russia. The first...
Cargo Plane Crashes in Pakistan
A Russian-made Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crashed in the city of Karachi, Pakistan, on 28 November, killing all eight crew members and at least three people on the ground. The aircraft...
GMR Group Takes Over Maldives Airport Operation
GMR Male International Airport (GMIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), has taken over operations at Malé International Airport in Maldives. A consortium led by GIL...
Canada Relaxes Pat-Down Methods at Airports
Canadian Transport Minister Chuck Strahl has said that the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority will not implement aggressive pat-down searches at the country's airports. Strahl said...
Australia Unveils Perth Airport Redevelopment Plan
The Westralia Airports Corporation will invest A$500m ($489m) to redevelop Perth Airport in Australia over the next three years, as part of its capacity expansion programme. The first stage...
Global Air Transport Still Improving on 2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that international passenger traffic increased 10.1%, while freight traffic increased 14.4% in October, compared with the same period...
Bosnia to Control Airspace by End of 2012
The civil aviation authority in Bosnia will take full control of the country's airspace by the end of 2012, after testing of an air traffic management system (ATMS) is complete this year. ...
G&T Wins Baggage Handling Contract at US Airport
G&T Conveyor Company has received a contract to develop the new remote in-line baggage screening facility at Orlando International Airport in Florida, US. The automated in-line screening...
US, Malta Signs Airport Security Agreement
The US Government has signed an agreement with the Maltese Government to deploy two explosives detection scanners at the Malta International Airport (MIA) in Malta. The US Transportation...
Australia to Trial Advanced Liquid Scanners at Airports
The Australian Government has begun a two-week trial of advanced explosive detection technology at Melbourne Airport's domestic terminal. The scanner will also be trialled at Sydney Airport...
TSA Urges Passengers to Cooperate with New Security Measures
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has urged passengers to cooperate with new security measures at a news conference at Tampa International Airport in the US. The TSA move...
India to Begin New Airport Project
The Indian Government plans to begin the tendering process for building a second international airport in the city of Mumbai. The INR87bn ($1.9bn) Navi Mumbai International Airport will...
Aircraft Movement Rises in UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority said that air traffic movements in the UAE increased 9.11% in October, compared with the same month in 2009. The...
New Mozambique Airport to Offer Tender by 2011
Mozambique's state run airports company, Aeroportos de Moçambique, is considering offering a tender in 2011 to build an international airport in Pemba. The new airport, to be built at...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Copenhagen Airport in October
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark recorded a 13.4% rise in passenger traffic to 2.05 million in October. International traffic rose 13.6% and domestic traffic rose 16.9%, while transfer...
Indian State to Build Fourth International Airport
A new international airport is planned for Kannur in the Indian state of Kerala. Kannur International Airport (KIAL) will build the INR10bn ($216m) airport under a private-public initiative. ...
US Airport Unveils New Baggage Screening System
Portland International Airport in the US has introduced a new in-line baggage screening system to detect bombs. The screening area will be an automated assembly of two miles of conveyor...
ATC Strike to Affect Flights in Portugal
A 24-hour strike called by air traffic controllers is going to affect air travel in Portugal on 24 November. Ryanair has cancelled over 60 flights, while the national airline TAP Portugal...
Unified Finnish Area Control Centre Launched
The new unified Area Control Centre Finland (ACCF) has been launched in Aitovuori, Tampere, for the management of regional air navigation services in Finland. Prior to this launch, the...
BAA Receives Additional Time to Sell Airports
The Competition Commission (CC) in the UK has said it will accept representations on BAA's airports and consider offering the company additional time to sell its airports. In March 2009,...
Frequentis and Skyguide Complete Swiss VISTA Programme
Skyguide, the Swiss air navigation service provider, and Frequentis have successfully completed the Voice Integrated Switches for Air Traffic Control (VISTA) programme for air traffic...
New Terminal Opens at Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport in Ireland has opened its new €600m ($820m) Terminal 2 (T2), which can accommodate up to 15 million passengers. The three-storey 75,000m² facility will include...
Indonesia Airport Upgrade Begins
Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, has begun the renovation and expansion of its domestic and international terminals. The international terminal will be expanded...
US Airport to Renovate Old Terminal
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in the US is planning to renovate its ageing Terminal 1 at a cost of $60m. The upgrade will include consolidating the multiple ticket lobbies,...
Fraport Considers Airport Investments
German airport operator Fraport is considering investing in Athens International Airport in Greece and some British airports, as part of a strategy to expand its market portfolio. Fraport...
IATA Highlights Priorities for Latin American Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged Latin American governments to improve aviation sectors by addressing regional safety challenges, rising taxes and...
New ATC Tower Construction Begins at Australian Airport
Construction of a new combined air traffic control (ATC) tower and fire station has begun at Broome International Airport in Australia. The A$20m ($19.6m) four-storey tower will be equipped...
EASA and SESAR Sign Cooperation Agreement
The European public-private partnership SESAR Joint Undertaking has signed a cooperation agreement with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to secure EASA's support for the implementation...
Comsoft AMHS System Starts Operation in Brussels
Comsoft's Innovative System for Automated Aeronautical Communication (ISAAC) is ready for operational use at the Brussels International Airport in Belgium. ISAAC, an aeronautical...
KBR Wins US Airport Management Contract
KBR has received a contract to provide programme and construction management services for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in the US as part of a $1.7bn development programme. KBR,...
Sydney Doesn't Need Second Airport, According to AAA
The Australian Airports Association (AAA) has said that the aviation capacity requirements of the Sydney region can be met without investing in a second major airport. The AAA said...
Maldives Airport Launches Passport Recognition Lab
Male International Airport in the Maldives has introduced an advanced forensic document laboratory to enhance the detection of fake passports to curtail illegal entry into the country. The...
Manchester Airport Begins Biometric Trial
Manchester Airport in the UK has begun a two-week trial of biometric technology to scan the irises of passengers, as part of an effort to improve security. Developed by Human...
US Airport Awards Facility Upgrade Contract
A Clark/McCarthy joint venture has received a $271.5m contract to construct a replacement central utility plant (CUP) at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US. Under...
Germany Lifts Ban on Passenger Flights from Yemen
The German Government has lifted the suspension of passenger flights from Yemen but has decided to continue the ban on air cargo from entering the country. The decision comes after a...
Rwanda to Build New International Airport by 2015
The Rwandan Government is planning to build a new international airport by 2015 to reduce pressure on the existing Kigali International Airport. Bugesera International Airport, to be...
Australia and Indonesia to Exchange ADS-B Flight Data
Airservices Australia and the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have signed an agreement to exchange enhanced flight data for aircraft travelling between the two countries. ...
HKIA Records Rise in Passenger and Cargo Volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recorded an 11.9% rise in passenger traffic to 4.4 million and a 15.5% rise in cargo volume to 373,000t in October 2010, compared with the same period...
Binladin Group Wins Saudi Airport Terminal Contract
The Saudi Binladin Group has received a SAR27.1bn ($7.2bn) contract to build a new terminal and associated infrastructure at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia. ...
GE to Develop Navigation Network for South American Airports
GE has signed an agreement with LAN Airlines to develop an optimised navigation network at Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport, and four other airports in Peru, Chile and Ecuador. ...
Colombian Airport Launches e-Freight Initiative
Bogota El Dorado International Airport in Colombia has implemented the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) e-freight standard to streamline its supply chain for air cargo. ...
Jervis B Webb to Install Baggage System at US Airport
Jervis B Webb has received a contract from the Columbus Regional Airport Authority to develop and install an in-line baggage handling system at Port Columbus International Airport in the...
L&T Consortium Wins Oman Airport Modernisation Contract
A consortium of L&T Oman and Galfar Engineering & Contracting has received a OMR294.110m ($763m) contract to modernise and expand Salalah International Airport in Oman. The contract, called...
Colombian Airport Launches e-Freight Initiative
Bogota El Dorado International Airport in Colombia has implemented the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) e-freight standard to streamline its supply chain for air cargo. ...
IATA Recommends Global Standards for Israeli Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recommended that the Israeli Government and aviation industry use global standards to power the growth of its air transport sector. ...
Morpho to Test Advanced Security System at UK Airport
Morpho and Cascade Technologies have jointly installed a next generation security system for a field trial at Glasgow International Airport in the UK. The walk-through portal system will...
US Airport Begins Operation at New Terminal
San Antonio International Airport in the US has begun flight operations at its new Terminal B, built as part of the overall airport expansion programme. The $108m terminal will be used...
Indra to Upgrade ATM Systems in Kuwait
The Kuwaiti General Directorate of Civil Aviation has awarded a contract to Indra for the upgrade of the country's automation systems for air traffic management (ATM). Under the...
Big Toner Cartridges Banned from Air Cargo in Canada
Canadian aviation authorities have banned printer toner cartridges weighing more than 454g from checked baggage and carry-on luggage on flights after the Yemeni mail bomb threat. ...
Abu Dhabi Airport to Increase Passenger Handling Capacity
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will spend AED500m ($136.1m) to increase passenger handling capacity at Abu Dhabi International Airport by 75% over the next two years. The move comes as...
Indian Airport to Introduce Self-Service Check-In
Cochin International Airport in India has awarded a contract to Sita for the automation of the passenger check-in process, including self-service check-in and passenger bag reconciliation at...
Oman to Receive Thales Navigation Aids Systems
Oman has awarded a contract to Thales to supply advanced navigation systems to enhance navigation surveillance capabilities and increase flight safety in the region. Under the contract,...
Selex to Provide ATC System to Kuwait
Selex Sistemi Integrati has received a contract to provide advanced air traffic control (ATC) systems for the Kuwait Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Selex will equip Kuwait...
IATA Prepares Climate Change Challenges for Cancun
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to address four key challenges to address climate change during the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change...
Beijing Airport Records Traffic Rise
Beijing International Airport in China recorded a 12% rise in passenger traffic in October 2010, compared with the same month in 2009. Beijing Capital International Airport said the...
Indonesia Lifts Flight Suspension After Volcanic Disruption
Major airlines have resumed flights to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia after flight suspensions levied due to fears of volcanic ash erupting from Mount Merapi were...
Changi Airport Group and Munich Airport Sign Cooperation Agreement
Singapore-based airport operator Changi Airport Group (CAG) signed a co-operation agreement with Munich Airport in Germany during the 20th Airports Council International world general...
FAA Approves New Fee for US Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a fee hike at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in the US to support a facilities development programme. The new...
NZ Airport Plans Bond Sale
The operator of Auckland International Airport in New Zealand is considering issuing a bond sale of NZ$100m ($79m) to refinance debt due in March. Auckland Airport has hired the...
Germany to Present Freight Security Plan for EU
German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere will present an emergency security plan for air-freight traffic to other EU members this week. De Maiziere's proposals will include systematic...
Ethiopia Replaces ATC Surveillance Radar
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has upgraded its locating system from primary surveillance radar to monopulse secondary surveillance radar, automatic dependent surveillance-B...
FAA Proposes Airline Safety Management Systems
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed that commercial airlines should meet the safety management systems (SMS) rule, as part of an effort to enhance the safety of the US...
Vietnam to Build International Airport in 2018
Southern Airports Corporation in Vietnam is expected to start building a $6.05bn international airport in the country's south from 2018. Under a feasibility study prepared by Japan...
Atlanta to Sell Bonds to Fund Airport Terminal Project
The city of Atlanta in the US state of Georgia is considering the sale of nearly $590m in municipal debt to finance the development of a new terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. ...
Bulgaria and Czech Republic to Deploy ARTAS ATC System
The Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) and the Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) has ordered new ARTAS air traffic control (ATC) components from...
Cargo Terminal Operations System Launched at Japanese Airport
Tokyo International Air Cargo Terminal has launched the iCargo JTO system from IBS at Haneda Airport in Japan to manage its ground handling operations. The bilingual (English and...
HKIA to Install Explosives Detection System
Morpho Detection has received a contract to install four CTX 9400 DSi explosives detection systems (EDS) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). HKIA will replace its existing CTX 5500...
SITA to Install Border Security System at Qatari Airport
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority has selected Societe Internationale de Telecommunication Aeronautique (SITA) to install a fully integrated border security management system in the...
Ferrovial Sells Swissport to PAI Partners
Ferrovial Services has reached an agreement to sell Swissport International, the world's largest airport ground handling company, to private equity firm PAI Partners for €654m...
IATA Recommends Coordinated Response on Cargo Security
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called upon the global aviation industry to address the challenges related to cargo security and data collection at the AVSEC World summit...
Air Authorities Increase Flight Security After Bomb Threat
Air authorities around the world have increased aviation security measures in an effort to close all gaps exposed by the airplane bomb scare in the US last week. The federal German...
Oman to Award Salalah Airport Upgrade Contract
Oman will soon award a contract to a winning bidder for the modernisation of Salalah International Airport at a cost of OMR300m ($779m). The lowest bid for the project has been submitted by...
NATS Orders Additional ARTAS Systems
The UK air navigation service provider NATS has ordered nine additional ARTAS systems for air traffic control centres at Swanwick, Prestwick and Whiteley. Comsoft will equip the centres...
Sri Lanka Upgrades Airport Security with UK Funding
The Sri Lanka Immigration and Emigration Department has upgraded security technologies at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) through a project funded by the UK Government. The...
Sensis WAM System Operational at Australian Airports
Sensis Corporation's wide area multilateration (WAM) system is now operational over Tasmania, Australia, after receiving safety case approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. The...
Russia to Privatise International Airport in 2013
Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin has said Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow will not be privatised before 2013. Levitin said Sheremetyevo airport, which is wholly owned by...
MAHB and GMR Sign JV Agreement
Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) has formed a joint venture with GMR Infrastructure to operate, expand and modernise Malé International Airport in the Maldives. MAHB and...
First European Flight Since Gulf War Lands at Iraqi Airport
Baghdad International Airport in Iraq has received the first European flight from France since the first Gulf War in 1990. The Airbus A319 plane of Aigle Azur was carrying 40...
Ukraine Opens New Airport Terminal
Boryspil International Airport in Kiev, Ukraine, has opened its new terminal F in order to handle an expected increase in passenger traffic during the upcoming Euro 2012 football...
Shanghai Airports Passenger Traffic Soars
Total passenger traffic at Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport has reached 60m so far in 2010, compared with 57m for the whole of 2009, according to...
US Enhances Air Cargo Screening After Bomb Plots
The US Government has increased the screening of incoming air cargo following the interception of two packages of explosive devices that originated in Yemen. The packages found on a FedEx...
FAA Recommends Study to Prevent Bird Strikes at US Airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) in Pennsylvania conducts a wildlife hazard study to reduce bird strikes. The...
UK Government Grounds Thames Estuary Airport Plan
The UK Government has rejected the proposal to build a major airport in the Thames Estuary or Kent to increase flight capacity for London. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said the Government...
Bechtel Joint Venture Wins Muscat Airport Contract
Oman has awarded a OMR703m ($1.8bn) contract to a joint venture of Bechtel and Bahwan Contracting for the construction of a new terminal building at Muscat International Airport. ...
Australian Airports Vulnerable to Attack
Existing security must be improved in and around Australian airport terminals because they are susceptible to potential attacks, according to Homeland Security Asia Pacific chief Roger Henning. ...
FAA Launches New ATC Tower at US Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched a new and advanced 195ft air traffic control (ATC) tower at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in the US. The airport's runways...
IATA Reveals Strong Passenger Traffic for September
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recorded a 10.5% rise in international passenger traffic in September 2010, significantly stronger than the 6.5% rise of August 2010....
October 2010
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Sri Lanka to Open Second International Airport in 2012
The Sri Lankan Government expects to begin flight operations at the country's second international airport in 2012. The Maththala airport will feature a 3.5km-long and 75m-wide runway, and...
Nav Canada to Deploy Weather Broadcasting Technology in Denmark
Danish air navigation service provider Naviair has awarded a contract to Nav Canada to provide its weather and flight information broadcasting technology for airports in Denmark. Nav Canada...
BA Chairman Calls for End to "Redundant" Security Measures
British Airways chairman Martin Broughton has criticised the US for insisting on "redundant" security procedures at British airports. Speaking at an Airport Operators Association conference...
NZ Airport Opens New Terminal
Wellington International Airport in New Zealand has opened a new international terminal, called "The Rock", to increase traffic capacity before the Rugby World Cup in 2011. The new NZ$39m...
Malta Airport to Deploy Ground Surveillance System
Searidge Technologies has received a contract from Malta Air Traffic Services to provide its intelligent video surveillance system at Malta International Airport. The IntelliDAR is a...
Bahamas Airport Opens Fraud Detection Lab
Sir Lynden Pindling International Airport in the Bahamas has opened a new advanced computer laboratory with software to determine the authenticity of travel documents. The document...
Passenger Traffic Grows at Jordan Airport
Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan has reported a 14.8% rise in passenger traffic to 1.6 million in the third quarter of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. In...
Lockheed Wins Kazakh ATM System Contract
Lockheed Martin has received a contract from Kazaeronavigatsia to deploy an additional Skyline air traffic management automation system in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Skyline system...
Full-Body Scanners Operational at JFK Airport
New advanced full-body scanners are now operational at the John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in the US to detect concealed weapons and explosives. The scanners will use...
Palestine to Build International Airport
The Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority has announced that it will soon start the construction of an international airport between Jerusalem and Jericho. The Palestine International...
EU Approves X-Ray Liquid Detection System
EU has approved Kromek's colour x-ray liquid detection system for use in all European airports to screen harmful liquids. The European Civil Aviation Conference has verified the liquid...
DGCA Licence Mandatory for Indian Airports
The Indian Government has made it mandatory for airports in India to acquire a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to undertake flight operations from July...
UAE Airport to Invite Bids for Midfield Terminal
Abu Dhabi Airports Company plans to invite bids for the construction of a $6.8bn midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The terminal, which...
Passenger Traffic Increases at Changi Airport
Changi International Airport in Singapore has recorded a 10.8% rise in passenger traffic to 3.39 million passenger in September 2010. The airport has handled 30.8 million passengers so far...
Indian Airport to Begin Runway Upgrade
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) will begin a major runway upgrade next week at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in India, in a bid to prevent future runway accidents. ...
Ferrovial Begins BAA Stake Sale
Infrastructure company Ferrovial has begun the process of selling a minority stake in BAA to repay debt and finance new infrastructure projects. Initially, Ferrovial plans the sale of a...
IATA Highlights Challenges for MENA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for coordinated efforts to deal with the challenges of growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). IATA director general...
Egyptian Airport to Receive Era Surveillance Solution
Era has received a contract from the National Air Navigation Services Company (NANSC) to deploy a surface surveillance solution at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. The solution will use...
Japanese Airport Opens Terminal and Fourth Runway
Tokyo International Airport in Japan has opened its fourth runway and new international terminal building ahead of scheduled international flights on 31 October. The airport has spent...
Bulgarian Airport Expansion Begins
Bourgas International Airport in Bulgaria has begun a modernisation and expansion project to increase its passenger handling capacity. Fraport twin star airport management has launched...
Tanzanian Airport to Install BHS Technology
SITA Aero has awarded a contract to Logan Teleflex to install advanced baggage handling system (BHS) technology at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania. Logan Teleflex will...
Taiwan Airport to Build Third Terminal
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) is planning to spend TWD$60bn ($1.9bn) to build a third terminal at the Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. The new terminal, with a total...
MAp Airports Reports Rise in September Passenger Traffic
MAp Airports, an Australian airport owner and operator, saw record passenger traffic at its Sydney, Copenhagen and Brussels airports last month, the firm's latest report has...
Indian Airport to Conduct Study to Increase Flight Capacity
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) will hire a consultant to conduct a study to improve its flight handling capacity at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA). The...
Air Traffic Movement Rises at UAE Airports
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority has said that air traffic movements in the UAE have increased by 12.8% in September 2010, compared with the same month in 2009. ...
UAE Airport Signs Agreement with Etisalat
Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Etisalat, a telecommuncations corporation, to increase its productivity...
Acoustiblok to Reduce Terminal Noise at African Airport
Sikhuphe International Airport in Swaziland has installed Acoustiblok, a sound abatement material to reduce the level of sound produced inside the new terminal. Sikhuphe Airport will add a...
US and Brazil Sign Aviation Security Agreement
A joint statement of intent on aviation security has been signed between the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Transportation Security Administration and the Brazilian airport...
Chinese Airport to Initiate Expansion
Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China will begin an expansion project later in 2010 to expand its passenger handling capacity. Under the expansion programme, the airport will construct...
HKIA Achieves Double-Digit Traffic Growth
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has recorded double-digit passenger traffic growth of 16.9% to 4.1 million and a 13.9% rise in cargo volume to 346,000t in September 2010. ...
Hawaiian Airport Begins Full-Body Imaging
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, US, has began use of full-body scanners to detect explosives hidden inside passengers clothes. Six advanced imaging technology machines, each...
Gatwick Airport to Operate Airbus A380
Gatwick Airport in the UK has received permission from the Crawley Borough Council to operate an Airbus A380 aircraft. The airport has invested £43m ($68m) to construct six large...
New Liquid Scanner Tested at US Airport
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has tested an advanced bottled liquid scanner during a demonstration at Albuquerque International Sunport Airport in the US. Developed at Los...
Gatwick Airport Station to Receive Upgrade
Gatwick Airport in the UK has secured a £53m ($84m) fund to upgrade its railway station, as part of its infrastructure development programme. The upgrade will include a new platform,...
Japanese Airport Plans Major Expansion
Narita International Airport in Japan will construct a new terminal for low-cost carriers (LCCs) and expand its existing terminals as part of a major expansion programme. The planned...
European ANSP Response to SES Target Disappoints IATA
The European air navigation service providers' (ANSPs) response to the proposed Single European Sky (SES) performance targets for 2010-2014 has disappointed the International Air...
India to Build New International Airport
The Indian Government has given its final no-objection certificate to the proposed international airport in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary for Tourism,...
Russian Airport Reports Traffic Surge
Sheremetyevo International Airport in Russia has recorded a 32.1% rise in traffic to 14.6 million passengers from January to September 2010, compared with the same period last year. In the...
Heathrow Airport Posts Record Traffic in September
Heathrow Airport in the UK has posted a 7.6% rise in passenger traffic to 6.2 million in September 2010 compared with 437,608 in the same period in 2009. Heathrow's passenger volume to...
San Francisco Airport Deploys SAFE Management System
San Francisco International Airport (SFIA) in the US has deployed the SAFE security management system from Quantum Secure. The system will enable the airport to streamline its security...
Muscat Airport Expansion to Open in 2014
The expansion at Muscat International Airport in Oman, designed to handle 12 million passengers each year, will be complete by March 2014, the Ministry of Transport and Communication has...
Court of Appeal Reinstates BAA Airport Sale Ruling
BAA will be forced to sell two of its airports, following a court order by the Competition Commission (CC). BAA, which has already sold Gatwick, will have to let go of its other...
New Zealand Airport Introduces SmartGate
Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand has introduced a SmartGate border processing system for trans-Tasman passengers. SmartGate is a kiosk and gate system that uses...
Estonia Approves Comsoft’s Aeronautical Information System
The Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS) have signed a site acceptance certificate for its first eAIP aeronautical information management (AIM) solution. The eAIP solution is based...
South Korean Airport Privatisation Delayed
The privatisation of Incheon International Airport in South Korea will be deferred to 2011 due to delays in the revision of related laws. The Korean government plans to sell part of a 49%...
ICAO Agreement on Aviation and Climate Change Signed
The first global governmental agreement to reduce carbon emissions has been signed by 190 contracting states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The agreement was signed...
Darwin Airport to Invest in Infrastructure Development
Darwin International Airport in Australia will invest A$100m ($98.4m) to upgrade its airport facilities over the next ten years, following the signing of a new aviation pricing agreement...
Runway Incursions Drop 50% at US Airports
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that serious runway incursions across major US airports have dropped by 50% from last year. The drop, from 12 to six, has been attributed...
First Phase of New Qatar Airport to Open Next Year
The first phase of New Doha International Airport (NDIA) in Qatar will open in 2011. The NDIA, being built at a cost of $14.5bn over 22 million-square-metre site, is the world's first...
Panel to Examine Los Angeles Airport Security
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will form a blue ribbon panel of experts to examine security and the potential threat of terror attacks at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)...
CAI Begins Consultancy Work for Brunei Airport
Changi Airports International (CAI) has begun consultancy work with the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) to upgrade and develop the Brunei International Airport, Brunei. The...
US Airport Begins Full-Body Screening
Full-body scanning of passengers has begun at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri, US, in a bid to enhance passenger security at the facility. The first device has...
US Airport to Install Digital Security System
Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina, US, will install AMAG Technology's Symmetry Enterprise Security Management System and intelligent field hardware. The symmetry,...
Plane Makes Safe Emergency Landing at Calgary Airport
An Air Canada plane carrying 155 passengers made a safe emergency landing at the Calgary International Airport in Canada last week, following hydraulic problems. The pilot of the A-320...
Munich Airport Posts Record Traffic
Munich Airport in Germany has recorded a 10% increase in passenger traffic to 10 million passengers in the third quarter of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. The airport handled...
Mozambique to Open New Airport Terminal in November
The new international terminal at Maputo International Airport in Mozambique will open in November following a delay of five months. The terminal will increase the airport's capacity by...
Gatwick Airport to Compete with Heathrow
Gatwick Airport in the UK is set to carry out a £1bn ($1.5bn) expansion programme to increase competition with Heathrow Airport. As part of the programme, Gatwick will improve transport...
Munich Airport Increases Surveillance Cameras at Terminal 2
Munich Airport in Germany has expanded the use of Aimetis Symphony video surveillance at Terminal 2. The system will manage 1900 cameras, 1000 I/O devices and 5000 users, all of which will...
UAE Airport to Receive Loan for New Runway
The Dubai Sharjah Airport Authority has signed an agreement with Sharjah Islamic Bank for a loan to fund a new runway at Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates. The...
Mexican Airports Record Rise in Passenger Volume
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) said passenger traffic at its 12 airports has increased 6.2% in September to 1.33 million, compared with the same period in...
UK Airport to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Newcastle International Airport in the UK has launched a series of measures to reduce its carbon footprint by up to 15% by 2015. The measures will include switching light bulbs to LEDs...
Bulgaria to Receive New ATC Tower in 2012
Sofia Airport in Bulgaria will receive a new air traffic control (ATC) tower by July 2012 to enhance air navigation in the country. The tender for the project will be invited in a month and...
Ethiopian Airport Set for Expansion
The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise will launch a ETB1bn ($60m) project to expand the existing infrastructure at the country's Bole International Airport. Under the project, the existing...
Shanghai Aims for 100 million Passengers in 2015
Shanghai International Airport Company (SIAC), the owner and operator of Hongqiao International Airport and Pudong International Airport, is hoping to increase the volume of passengers in...
GMR Requests Loan to Develop Male Airport
India-based GMR Infrastructure has requested a $360m loan from AXIS Bank to develop the Male International Airport in the Maldives. GMR chief financial office Sidharath Kapur said that...
Taiwan Gives Australia ATC System the Go Ahead
Taiwan has completed the final system acceptance test of Eurocat air traffic management system, delivered by Thales Australia, as part of the air traffic management automation system...
BAA Sells Stake in Naples Airport
BAA will sell its interest in Naples International Airport in Italy to infrastructure investor F2i for €150m ($237m). BAA owns 65% of GESAC, which holds the concession for...
Saudi Airport Expansion to Begin Next Year
The expansion of Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, will begin early next year. The multi-billion-riyal expansion project will increase the...
India to Help Canada Improve Aviation Security
The Indian government will send a team of aviation experts to Canada to help the North American country enhance security. The team of four officials, including the Bureau of Civil...
Passenger Traffic Surges 7% at Abu Dhabi Airport
Abu Dhabi International Airport in the United Arab Emirates has recorded a 7% rise in passenger traffic in August 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. Aircraft movement increased...
UK's Kent Airport Submits Night Flight Plan
Infratil, the owner of Kent International Airport in the UK, has formally submitted a proposal to Thanet District Council to operate night flights. Infratil is required to submit its new...
Airport Security "Not Ready" to Repeal Liquid Ban
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano has warned that security systems in airports are not ready to allow passengers to carry liquids aboard aircrafts. ...
IATA Reports Slow Growth in August Passenger Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recorded a 6.4% rise in international passenger traffic and 19.6% in cargo traffic in August 2010, compared with last year. However,...
Australia to Strengthen Aviation Security
The Australian Government has introduced a bill to create tougher penalties for aviation-related crimes in order to enhance security. The Aviation Crimes and Policing Legislation Amendment...
Italy to Deploy ARTAS Air Traffic Systems
The Italian Air Navigation Service Provider ENAV has awarded a contract to Comsoft to deliver its ARTAS air traffic control (ATC) systems. Under the contract, Comsoft will supply and...
Taiwan Considers Major Airport Renovation
The Taiwanese Government is considering a major investment to upgrade the Taoyuan International Airport to international standards and increase its passenger handling capacity. The...
Prague Airport to Receive Northrop EFS System
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has received a contract to supply an electronic flight strip (EFS) system at the Ruzyne International Airport in Prague, Czech Republic. The contract will...
Maldives Airport Modernisation Plan Unveiled
A new plan to expand Male International Airport in Maldives has been unveiled by Integrated Design Associates (IDA). The expansion project will include the construction of a new...
IATA Launches Global Safety Information Exchange Programme
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed an agreement with three governmental aviation safety organisations to launch a Global Safety Information Exchange as part of...
Sharjah Airport to Begin New Runway Construction
Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates will soon start construction of a new CAT III runway to handle increasing passenger traffic. The new runway, set to be built at a...
Korea Develops Airline Safety Management Systems
Korea has developed two new airline safety management systems to prevent aircraft accidents. The systems are standards and recommended management and implementation system (SMIS) and...
German Airport Begins Full-Body Scanner Trial
Hamburg Airport in Germany has begun a six-month trial of full-body scanners to detect potentially dangerous objects hidden inside clothes. The scanners will use low-frequency...
Gatwick Owner Set Sell Stake in Airport
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the owner of Gatwick Airport in the UK, has decided to sell 9% of its shares in the airport and retain 51% majority shares. GIP, backed by Credit...
Australian Airport to Open Upgraded Domestic Terminal
Cairns Airport in Australia will open its upgraded domestic terminal three months ahead of schedule. The terminal has been renovated at a cost of A$200m ($192m) over a period of three years. ...
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Belgium ATC Staff Strike Closes Two Airports
An air traffic control strike in Belgium grounded take-offs and landings at the country's two international airports this week, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. The...
Terma to Install SMRs at Chinese Airport
Terma Radar Systems have received a contract to install two surface movement radars (SMR) at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in China. The radars, which will become operational...
BAA Chief Says Heathrow Policy Will Hurt London
BAA chairman Sir Nigel Rudd has said the UK Government's decision not to grant a third runway to Heathrow airport will make London less competitive. "Heathrow, which already operates at...
German Airport Deploys Advanced Communications Network
Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) in Germany has deployed an advanced communications network from Alcatel-Lucent to enhance the safety and security of passengers. The new...
US Airport to Receive PASSUR Solutions
PASSUR Aerospace is to provide Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah, US, with an airport management solution to deliver revenue optimisation and to enhance operational efficiency. ...
India to Partially Close Airspace for CWG
The Indian Government will temporarily close airspace in New Delhi from 5.00pm to 10.00pm IST on the opening and closing days of the Commonwealth Games 2010. No flights will be permitted to...
IATA Recommends Common Approach for Indian Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has advised the Indian Government to have a more coordinated cross-ministry government approach in developing the aviation industry in...
Italy to Stop Full-Body Scanning at Airports
The Italian Government has decided to stop the use of full-body scanners at airports, branding them slow and ineffective, following a six-month test. Italy has stopped the use of such...
Dubai Airport Reports Jump in August Traffic
Dubai International Airport in the UAE has recorded a 6.8% rise in August passenger traffic to 3.98 million compared with 3.73 million in the same period of 2009. The airport's...
Indian Airport to Use Bird-Scare Crackers
The Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in India has been granted permission to use fire-crackers to scare birds and reduce the number of bird-hit incidents at the facility. India...
Fraport May Acquire Stake in Chinese Airport
German-based airport operator Fraport is considering acquiring a 25% stake in Changsha Huanghua International Airport in China, to increase its earnings. The company aims to raise its EBITDA...
Singapore to Get Upgraded ATC System by 2012
Singapore will upgrade its air traffic control (ATC) centre at a cost of SGD$300m ($226m) to efficiently manage the increase in air traffic volume. Under the upgrade, the ATC centre's...
IATA Signs Aviation Management Agreement
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore to develop a professional programme...
Bellingham Airport Completes Runway Renovation
Bellingham International Airport in the US will open its main runway for flight operations after completing three weeks of renovation work. The Port of Bellingham closed the runway on the...
New Indian Airport Project Tender by End of 2010
The Indian Government is expected to begin the bidding process for a new international airport project in Navi Mumbai by the end of this year. The public-private partnership project is...
Altran Praxis Wins UK Maintenance Contract
NATS, an air traffic management service provider, has awarded a contract to Altran Praxis to support and maintain its traffic load prediction device (TLPD) in the UK. The system uses...
Caribbean Island to Start Construction of New Terminal
Construction of the terminal building at the new Argyle International Airport in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will begin later this year. The 11,500m CO2...
JBT Wins US Airport Gate Equipment Contract
JBT AeroTech (JBT) has received a $20.4m contract from joint venture company BARC for the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) re-gating project. Under the contract, JBT will supply...
MAp Airports Reports Rise in August Passenger Traffic
MAp Airports, an Australian airport owner and operator, saw record passenger traffic at its Sydney, Copenhagen and Brussels airports last month, the firm's latest report has revealed. ...
Indonesia Cuts Airport Expansion Cost
Indonesian airport operator PT Angkasa Pura has reduced the cost to renovate Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali by 16%. The airport operator has taken the decision to slash the original...
Bristol Airport Expansion Plan Receives Approval
The UK Government has given its approval for the Bristol Airport expansion by deciding not to block the planning application approved by the North Somerset Council. Communities and...
August Traffic Soars at HKIA
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a 9.2% rise in passenger traffic to 4.7 million and a 17% rise in cargo traffic to 346,000t in August 2010, compared with the same period last year....
Lambert Airport to Enhance Security
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in the US has received $42.6m in government funding for the installation of new baggage screening systems at Terminals 1 and 2. The baggage system...
French Strike to Disrupt 400 UK Flights
Around 400 flights between France and the UK will be cancelled today following a general strike by French air traffic controllers called over pension reform. French civil aviation authority...
Comsoft to Upgrade Estonian Aeronautical Information System
The Estonian Air Navigation Services has awarded a contract to Comsoft to upgrade its electronic aeronautical information publications (eAIP) and aeronautical information management (AIM) system. ...
Russia Opens New Terminal Ahead of Winter Olympics
Sochi International Airport in Russia has opened a new terminal which is expected to handle the rise in passenger numbers during the 2014 Winter Olympics. The terminal has been built at a...
IATA Urges Governments to Support Aviation Emission Approach
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the world's governments to unite and support the targets set by global aviation industry to stop climate change. The targets...
Typhoon-Hit Taiwan Cancels 58 International Flights
Taiwan cancelled 213 domestic and 58 international flights on 19 September due to Typhoon Fanapi, which struck the country with wind speeds of 180km per hour. Dragon Airlines, Vietnam...
Nigeria to Deploy Northrop ATC Communication Network
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has received a contract to supply and install the air traffic control radio communications system for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Under...
Philippines Considers PPP Venture for Airport Upgrade
The Philippines Government has decided to upgrade Mactan-Cebu International Airport under a public-private partnership (PPP) business model. The airport upgrade and building cold storage...
Costs Rise on US Airport Rail Link
The second phase of the Metrorail project at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, US, will reportedly cost $3.83bn, an increase over its earlier projected cost of $2.5bn. The...
IATA Launches iFlex Programme to Reduce Aviation Emissions
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched its new iFlex programme to enable airlines to reduce carbon emissions and burn fuel by 2% on long-haul flights. The programme...
Indian Airport Introduces X-Ray Screening System
Cochin International Airport in India has introduced an advanced X-ray baggage screening system to improve security at the airport. The screening system, which went online on 16 September,...
New Aviation Counter Terrorism Treaties Adopted
Representatives from 77 countries signed two new counter-terrorism treaties to improve aviation security during a diplomatic conference in Beijing, China, on 10 September. The treaties...
Denver Airport to Install Solar System
Denver International Airport (DIA) in the US will develop a 4.4MW solar system to power its daily operations, as part of its sustainability initiative. Constellation Energy will finance, own...
IATA Outlines Priorities for Peruvian Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has outlined key focus areas for Peru's aviation industry to strengthen its position in Latin America. To improve safety, IATA's...
August Passenger Traffic Rises at Munich Airport
Munich Airport in Germany has posted a 7.7% rise in passenger traffic in August 2010 compared with the same period in 2009, handling 3.26 million passengers. International passenger...
Milwaukee Airport to Build New Baggage Handling System
The Transportation Security Administration has provided a grant to General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, US for the construction of a new in-line baggage handling system. ...
Indian Airport Terminal Begins Operation
The new terminal at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the Indian state of Gujarat began international operations on 14 September. The T-2 terminal, built at a cost of...
BA Heathrow Staff Reach Agreement with Union
British Airways customer service staff at Heathrow Airport in the UK have voted to accept new working practices in an agreement signed with the Unite and GMB trade unions. The agreement...
Kenyan Airport Cargo Facility to Begin Operation
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya has signed an agreement with SkyCargo and Astral Aviation to be the first airline customers at its new Transglobal Cargo Centre. The cargo...
US Airport to Receive Baggage Screening Systems
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded a grant to Rochester International Airport in the US state of Minnesota for the construction of new in-line baggage handling systems. ...
Tajikistan to Receive Era WAM Solution
Era has been awarded a contract by Tajikaeronavigation, Tajikistan's air navigation service provider, to provide a wide area multilateration (WAM) system for the nation. Under the contract,...
Brunei to Undertake Major Airport Upgrade Project
Brunei International Airport plans to undertake a major upgrade programme over the next three years as part of the country's efforts to modernise airport infrastructure. Brunei...
Cuba Deploys Advanced ATC Radar System
The Institute of Civil Aeronautics of Cuba and the Cuban Airport and Aeronautic Services Company have deployed an advanced radar system to control aircraft at the Jose Marti International Airport....
BAA Reports Passenger Traffic Decline in August
Passenger traffic at the BAA airports in the UK declined 0.6% to 10.6 million in August, compared with the same period in 2009. Heathrow Airport bucked the trend, however, recording its...
Oman Airport to Receive Cavotec Pop-Up Pit Systems
Cavotec Middle East has received a contract to supply and install 95 pop-up pit systems at the Muscat International Airport in Oman. The advanced pop-up pit system will include units that...
US Airport Introduces Bag Screening Machines
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) in the US has unveiled three next generation CT-80 explosives detection machines to streamline the baggage screening process at the...
China to Receive New ATC Radio Communication Systems
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply VHF radio communication systems for the Chengdu area air traffic control centre in China. The contract...
Israeli Airport Strike Affects 30,000 Passengers
A strike called by workers at the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on 13 September forced the cancellation of outgoing flights and stranded 30,000 passengers before being called off...
Botswana Installs Full Body Scanners
Full body scanners have been installed at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (SSKIA) in Botswana in a bid to increase security at the national gateway. The machines installed...
European Passenger Traffic Rises in July
The Airports Council International announced that overall passenger traffic increased 6.3% and freight traffic increased 20.1% at European airports in July 2010, compared with the same period...
UK Scraps Third Runway at Heathrow
The UK Government has formally scrapped plans for all-day take off and landing and a third runway at Heathrow Airport. UK Aviation Minister Theresa Villiers officially ruled out the building...
UK Team to Train Indian Airport Screeners
A team of experts from the UK has arrived in the city of Hyderabad in India to train airport screeners of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in enhancing their passenger screening...
Selex Wins Colombian ATC System Upgrade Contract
Aeronautica Civil de Colombia has awarded a contract to Selex Sistemi Integrati to upgrade the radar system in Cerro Maco, Bolivar. Under the €5.2m ($6.6m) contract, Selex will upgrade...
August Passenger Traffic Rises at Mexican Airports
Passenger traffic at Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico's 12 airports rose 3.6% to 1.8 million in August compared with the same period in 2009. International...
New German Airport to Open in 2012
The German Government will open the new Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) to the public on 3 July 2012. Built with an investment of €2.5bn ($3.2bn), BBI will have an...
French Airports to Receive Ricochet Recording Solutions
Ricochet has received a contract from the French Civil Aviation (SNA-RP) for the installation of its recording systems at eight airports in France. Under the contract, Ricochet will deliver...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Phuket Airport
Phuket International Airport in Thailand recorded a 46.51% rise in international passenger traffic in August 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. Total arrivals and departures at...
US Airport to Close Runway for Renovation
Nashville International Airport in the US will close runway 2C-20C for pavement rehabilitation. The runway and its taxiway connectors will be closed for renovation and are scheduled to...
Birmingham Airport to Become UK Gateway
Birmingham International Airport in the UK is poised to become a gateway to London, with the proposed transport links and expansion works undertaken at the facility. A proposed...
Canada Plans New Airport Runway
Calgary International Airport in Canada will begin construction of an additional runway in April 2011, which will reduce delays for arrival flights. The 4,267m runway, claimed to be the...
Abu Dhabi Airport ATC to be Complete Next Year
Work on the new 109m air traffic control tower at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE is expected to be completed next year. French company Thales will provide systems and the...
Chinese Airport Reports Growth in Traffic
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in China recorded a 7.66% increase in the number of flight departures and landings amounting to 37,131 in the first half of this year, when compared...
Balfour Beatty Wins Airport Terminal Gate Project in US
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in the US has awarded a contract to Balfour Beatty Construction for the Terminal 4 Gate Replacement project. Balfour will work jointly with...
R-ADAG Acquires Stake in Upcoming Indian Airport
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) has acquired a 15% stake in a new international airport, which has been planned for the Indian state of Kerala. R-ADAG has acquired the stake...
US Airport Receives Safety Upgrade Fund
Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) in the US has received federal funding for the implementation of safety upgrades at the facility. Under the $15m...
Paris Airport Receives US Border Protection Officers
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in France has received US officers to help identify potential terrorists and other high-risk passengers boarding flights to the United States. The officers...
Frankfurt Airport to Expand Cargo Facility
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in Germany has unveiled plans to develop an additional 27ha of airport area as part of an expansion initiative undertaken at CargoCity South. The...
Ukraine to Build Airport Rail Link
Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine has entered into an agreement with CMEC General Machinery Import & Export Company to build a rail link to connect the airport with the city of...
Manchester Airport Receives First A380
Manchester Airport in the UK has received the first Airbus A380 aircraft operated by Emirates Airlines. The airport has invested more than £10m ($15.4m) in the past 18 months to upgrade...
Indonesia Allocates Airport Modernisation Budget
The Indonesian Government has allocated funds to modernise the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in an effort to increase its efficiency and operations. The government has allocated...
UK Airports to Receive Northrop ATM Systems
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will supply its surface movement radar and air traffic monitor systems for the virtual contingency facility (VCF) at Heathrow International Airport in the...
Canadian Airport Deploys Full-Body Scanner
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority has deployed a full-body scanner at the Regina International Airport. The scanner, a millimetre-wave machine, will use low doses of...
Airlines to Pay Additional Rent for US Airport Upgrade
Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways have signed an agreement to pay additional rent at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in the US to help fund a new international terminal. Under the...
Norwegian Airport to Receive Sensis Multilateration System
Sensis Corporation will provide its multilateration system and VeeLo NextGen vehicle locators to Bergen International Airport in Norway. The multilateration system uses...
US Airport Opens New Cargo Facility
Indianapolis International Airport in the US has opened a new cargo facility for shipping and receiving large or unusual freight items carried by airlines. The new facility, named the...
Indian Airport to Begin 24-Hour Radar Service
Mangalore International Airport, India, has extended its radar operation to 24 hours a day from 19 hours a day to ensure safe aircraft movement in the region. Airport director MR Vasudeva...
Typhoon Halts Japan Flights
Japan has cancelled over 200 domestic and international flights to its southern islands because of a typhoon alert. The Japan Meteorological Agency said on 31 August that Typhoon...
Malaysia Begins New LCCT Construction
Malaysia has begun construction of its new low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT), Kuala Lumpur International Airport Two (KLIA 2). The 237,000m² KLIA 2, to be built at a cost of...
Saudi Arabia Awards Airport Improvement Contracts
Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth SAR1.29bn ($343m) for the maintenance and operation of 25 airports in the country. Saudi Company for Limited Services and Mohammed Bin Laden Company...
South Korea to Start Fingerprint Screening at Airports
South Korea will begin fingerprint screening at its airports from 1 September this year to prevent entry of foreign nationals with forged identification. The Justice Ministry has...
Indian Airport Seeks Approval for Night Flights
Visakhapatnam airport in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is seeking approval from the Indian Navy to begin international flight operations during the night. The airport, which currently...
Indonesia to Replace Airport Navigation System
The Transport Department of Indonesia is considering a plan to replace the navigation system at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport following a malfunction on the 29 August. The...
New Malaysian Airport Terminal to Get Aerobridges
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd has proposed the inclusion of aerobridges at the planned low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). The aerobridges...
Indonesian Volcano Eruption May Hamper Global Flights
The re-eruption of a volcano on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, may hamper international flight operations with smoke spewing up to over 2,000m into the air. Mount Sinabang in North...
IATA Reports Strong July Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported that international passenger traffic increased 9.2% and cargo traffic rose 22.7% in July 2010, compared with the same period in...
Hawaiian Airport to Install Bomb Detection System
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii has begun work to install an explosive detection system as part of its 12-year, $3.2bn modernisation programme. The system, part of the...
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IATA Outlines Agenda to Strengthen Australian Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recommended that the Australian Government focus on infrastructure, training, environment and liberalisation to boost the country's...
July Passenger Traffic Rises at Changi Airport
Changi International Airport in Singapore has registered a 15.9% rise in passenger traffic to 3.67 million for the month of July. The rise in traffic is 13.7% higher than the 3.23...
Moroccan Airport Operator Orders Frequentis AIM System
Moroccan airport operator Office National Des Aeroports (ONDA) has awarded Frequentis a contract to provide a redundant aeronautical information management (smartAIM) system for Casablanca. ...
Vietnam Considers Joint Venture to Upgrade Airport
The Vietnamese Government has asked the Ministry of Transport to submit a joint venture plan involving foreign investment to upgrade Phu Bai International Airport. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...
Geneva International Upgrades Baggage Handling System
Geneva International Airport in Switzerland has awarded Logan Teleflex an £80,000 ($123,386) contract to supply an advanced out-of-gauge (OOG) baggage handling system. Equipped with...
Thailand Approves Suvarnabhumi Airport Expansion
The Thai Government has approved the expansion of Suvarnabhumi International Airport to increase its passenger capacity to 60 million a year. The expansion will include the construction of...
Passenger Traffic Rises 9.2% at Abu Dhabi Airport
Passenger traffic increased 9.2% to 1,008,228 at Abu Dhabi International Airport in UAE in July, compared with the same period in 2009. The airport's aircraft movement rose by 10.1%, while...
FAA Awards Category 1 Aviation Safety Rating to Nigeria
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a Category 1 rating to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as part of its International Aviation Safety Assessment...
French Airport Posts Record Traffic in July
Passenger traffic at Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport in France increased to 811,742 in July 2010, a 7.5% rise over the same period in 2009. July was highlighted as the busiest month the airport...
US Airport to Launch New Security Screening Lane
The Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) in the US has announced plans to launch a new lane to speed up the process of security screening at Jacksonville International Airport from...
Terminal Expansion to Begin at Thailand Airport
Phuket International Airport in Thailand is set to begin a major terminal expansion to increase its passenger capacity to 12.5 million each year. The terminal expansion, which will cost...
New International Airport in Bangladesh Proposed
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (MoCAT) in Bangladesh has sent a proposal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to form a cell to speed up the construction of the new Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Saudi Arabia Opens Medina Airport Construction Tender
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia has asked eight pre-qualified firms to submit bids by 15 December to develop Phase 1 of Medina Airport at a cost of $1.5bn. ...
Sydney and Copenhagen Airports Achieve Record Traffic in July
MAp Airports has announced that Sydney International Airport and Copenhagen International Airport saw record passenger traffic in July. Traffic at Sydney Airport increased 9.4% to over...
Sea-Tac to Install Full-Body Scanners
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will install the first advanced imaging technology (AIT) unit at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US in September. The AIT unit...
BIAL to Expand Bangalore Airport Terminal 1
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) in India has unveiled plans to expand Terminal 1 (T1) at Bangalore International Airport (BLR) to handle increased passenger traffic. The...
US Airport to Launch New Terminal Project
MBS International Airport in the US state of Michigan will launch a $20.4m construction project to build a new passenger airline terminal in an effort to increase its passenger capacity. ...
Airservices Upgrades VHF Radio Network
Airservices Australia has upgraded its very-high-frequency (VHF) radio network in order to enhance communications between aircraft and air traffic controllers in Australia. The project...
BAC Awards Airport Development Contract to ADPi
The Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) has signed a deal with Aeroports de Paris Ingenierie (ADPi) to prepare an airport development plan and infrastructure concept design for the Bahrain...
Indian Airport to Install GPS-Aided ATC System
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is to modernise the air traffic control (ATC) system at Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International (LGBI) Airport in the Indian state of Assam. The AAI...
Jacobs to Provide Construction Support to LAWA
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to provide on-call professional construction support services for airport improvement projects. Under...
Cathay Pacific to Build Cargo Terminal at HKIA
Cathay Pacific plans to build an air cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to increase the airport's cargo-handling capacity. The airline will invest HK$5.5bn (US$707m)...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Romanian Airports
Passenger traffic increased 10% at Henri Coanda International Airport and 3% at Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest, Romania, in the first half of 2010. The...
Helios Begins Baltic FAB Feasibility Study
Helios has begun a major feasibility study of a functional airspace block (FAB) with PANSA and Oro Navigacija, the air navigation service providers (ANSPs) of Poland and Lithuania. The FAB is...
Ireland's Airport Proposal Moves Forward
The An Bord Pleanala has granted strategic infrastructure status to a proposal to build a new international airport in County Offaly, Ireland. The proposed airport, to be developed at...
Nigeria Begins Airport Remodelling
The Nigerian Ministry of Aviation has begun a complete remodelling of five major airports in a bid to address rising concerns with infrastructure breakdown in the country. The Federal...
NATS to Receive Comsoft Aeronautical Messaging Systems
NATS, the UK's main air traffic service provider, has ordered Comsoft's OLDI FMTP/FDE Enhanced Gateway (COFFEE) to provide connectivity between aeronautical centres in the UK and Europe. ...
Philippines Airports to Deploy Explosives Detection Dogs
The Police Center for Aviation Security (PCAS) will deploy dogs at Iloilo International Airport and Kalibo International Airport in the Philippines to detect hidden explosives. PCAS...
Jordan Airport Reports Healthy Traffic Growth
The Airport International Group has said Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan stands as one of the fastest growing hubs in the Middle East, with sustained growth in passenger...
Kuwait Air Base Renews CAV Contract
CAV International has been awarded a new multi-year contract for air-terminal and ground-handling services at Kuwait International Airport (Abdullah al Mubarak Air Base) in Kuwait. The...
AECOM Wins JFK Airport Renovation Contract
AECOM Technology Corporation has been awarded a contract by Delta Air Lines for the John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport Terminal (IAT) renovation programme in the US. Under the...
South Korea to Deploy Full-Body Scanners at Four Airports
The South Korean Government plans to start screening passengers with full-body scanners at four international airports from September. The devices will be used at international airports...
Airservices to Build New ATC Tower for Australian Airport
Airservices Australia has begun construction of a new air traffic control (ATC) tower at Rockhampton Airport in Australia. The new tower, to be built at a cost of A$6m ($5.3m), will be...
Consortium to Upgrade Kosovo Airport
Limak Kosovo International Airport JSC Consortium, an alliance between Limak Holding and Aeroport de Lyon, has been awarded a contract to renovate Pristina International Airport in Kosovo. ...
One Dead and 114 Injured in Plane Crash at Colombian Airport
A Boeing 737-700 passenger jet crashed on the runway of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andres, Colombia, on 16 August, killing one passenger and injuring 114 others. ...
Atlanta Airport Receives FAA Funding for Runway Lighting System
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US funding to install a new runway lighting system. The airport received $5m, part...
Uzbekistan Airport Opens New Cargo Terminal
Navoi International Airport in Uzbekistan has opened a new cargo terminal as part of an investment project to build an international intermodal logistics centre at the airport. Built...
BAA Staff Vote for Strike Action
Flight operations at the international airports of Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen will be severely affected after airport staff voted to strike. Around...
US Airport to Trial New Baggage Screening System
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is set to begin testing a new baggage screening system at Mineta San Jose International Airport by the end of August. Developed by...
HKIA Reports Traffic Growth in July
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has experienced double-digit growth for July in all the three traffic categories, including passenger, cargo and aircraft movement. International...
Philippines to Launch New Landing Systems at NAIA
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippines began operating two new instrument landing systems (ILS) on 15 August to help aircraft pilots land safely during poor weather. ...
Frankfurt Airport Reports Record Traffic in July
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in Germany has recorded a rise of 7.7% in July traffic by handling 5,281,632 passengers, breaking its July 2007 record by nearly 90,000. FRA broke...
US Airport to Receive FAA Grant to Renovate Runway
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in the US will receive a federal grant for a runway upgrade programme undertaken at the facility. The $18.8m grant will be provided by the US...
Balfour to Construct Satellite Building at Heathrow Airport
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a contract to start the second phase of a satellite building to support the new Terminal 2 (T2B) at Heathrow Airport in the UK. Under the £460m ($722m)...
Spanish ATCs Cancel Strike
Spain's air traffic controllers (ATCs) have decided to call off the strike planned at the end of August and will resume negotiations with Spanish airport authority Aeropuertos Espanoles...
BAA Reports Slight Rise in UK Passenger Traffic
The BAA has reported a slight increase of 0.3% in July passenger traffic across its UK airports, amounting to 10.9 million. July was Heathrow International Airport's busiest ever month;...
India to Launch Satellite Navigation System
India will launch the new GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) satellite to aid air traffic navigation in the country and neighbouring regions. The satellite-based navigation system...
Ukrainian Airport to Open Terminal
Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine is planning to complete the construction of its F passenger terminal and open it to the public by 24 August. Check-in counters in the terminal have...
Indonesian Airport to Install More CCTV Cameras
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia plans to install 600 additional closed-circuit television (CCTV) video cameras by the end of 2011 as part of a security upgrade programme. ...
Malaysian Runway Expansion Pushed Back to 2011
The second phase of upgrade work at Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia, including a runway expansion, has been delayed and is now scheduled to be complete in March 2011. ...
MENA to Upgrade Weather Radar System at Bahrain Airport
Bahrain Meteorological Service has awarded a contract to MENA Aerospace Enterprises to upgrade the weather radar system at Bahrain International Airport. Under the contract, MENA...
GMR Airports Attempts to Raise $100m for Buy-Out
GMR Airports Holding plans to raise around INR4bn ($100m) to buy out the holdings of its parent company GMR Infrastructure. The company has already raised INR9bn ($200m) from Macquarie...
US Airport Receives Funds for New Baggage Screening System
Orlando International Airport in the US has received a $23m grant from the US Department of Homeland Security to install a high-tech screening system in the airport's remote baggage centre. ...
Indonesian Airport Operator to Build New Terminal
Indonesian airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I will invest IDR2tn ($224m) to renovate the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali to increase international passenger capacity. The company...
Delta to Renovate New York JFK Airport Terminal
Delta Air Lines has received approval to begin a $1.2bn terminal renovation project at John F Kennedy International Airport in the US. Following approval from the Port Authority of New York...
Passenger Traffic Increases 29% at Oman Airport
Passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport in Oman has increased 29% to 2,722,987 during the first half of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. The number of arriving...
Cairo Airport to Award Terminal Upgrade Contract Soon
The upgrade contract for Terminal 2 at Cairo International Airport in Egypt is expected to be awarded soon. Cairo Airport Company has pre-qualified 15 companies to bid for the $400m...
July Traffic Rises 11.3% at Mexican Airports
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico has reported that total passenger traffic in July 2010 increased by 11.3% compared with the same month in 2009 across its 12...
Selex to Upgrade ATC Centre at Ukrainian Airport
Selex Sistemi Integrati has been awarded a contract to upgrade the air traffic control system at Kiev International Airport in Ukraine. The project will be delivered for Ukrainian air...
Indonesian Airport Blackout Forces Inspection of Airport Systems
The operator of Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Indonesia will conduct a comprehensive inspection of its electrical systems after a third power blackout in recent weeks. The...
Russia Reopens Airports as Smog Weakens
Russia resumed normal flight operations from its international airports on 8 August after flight operations were disrupted due to heavy smog from wildfires raging across central Russia. A...
June Traffic Rises at US Reno-Tahoe Airport
Reno-Tahoe International Airport in the US recorded a 4.1% rise in passenger traffic in June 2010, its highest monthly rise since August 2008. The airport handled 361,406 passengers in June...
FAA to Fund New ATC Tower at US Airport
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has agreed to provide San Francisco International Airport in the US with $80m to build a new air traffic control (ATC) tower. The 228ft tower, to be...
Philippines Tightens Security as Airport Blast Kills Two
The Philippines Government has tightened security in Zamboanga City after an improvised bomb exploded at the arrival area of Zamboanga International Airport on 5 August. The blast,...
IATA Outlines Priorities for Indonesian Aviation Industry
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has outlined several priority measures to improve Indonesia's aviation industry. The measures include safety, cost-efficiency,...
Spanish Air Traffic Strike to Affect Summer Holiday Season
A strike called by Spanish air traffic controllers is expected to cause problems for holidaymakers by disrupting flights during the peak of the summer holiday season. The strike, expected...
Mayor Against Los Angeles Airport Sale
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has recommended that Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) does not sell Los Angeles Ontario International Airport in California, US. LAWA executive...
Nigerian Airport to Build Cargo Facility
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company plans to build a new cargo shed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, to replace the existing one. The N1.19bn ($7.9m)...
Australian Airport Operator to Sell Stake in ASUR
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) has filed for the sale of its stake owned by Australian airport operator MAp Airports International. ASUR said that about...
Haneda International Airport Unveils New Terminal
Haneda International Airport in Japan has unveiled its new terminal, scheduled to handle international flights once its fourth runway becomes operational on 21 October this year. The...
Portland Airport to Close North Runway for Extension
The US's Portland International Airport north runway will remain closed completely for construction work, which began on 3 August. The runway will be partially re-opened in mid-September...
Dubai Considers One-Stop Check-In for New Airport
Dubai Airports is considering a one-stop processing system for the new Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International Airport to speed up the check-in and security process for passengers. ...
BA and Unite Resume Talks
British Airways (BA) and Unite, the cabin crew union, restarted talks on 2 August in a bid to solve the long-running dispute over pay and prevent further walkouts. The first meeting, held...
Mexico Fails to Meet International Air Standards
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that Mexico has failed to meet international air standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The FAA, following...
Indian Airport Unveils Terminal Expansion Plan
Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) in India has unveiled plans to expand its Terminal 1 (T1) building to increase passenger handling capacity. The T1 expansion project, set to begin...
HCL Deploys India's Largest Airport Operation Centre at IGI Airport
HCL Infosystems has deployed the largest airport operation control centre (AOCC) in India for the new Terminal 3 at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi. The AOCC's IT...
Incheon Airport Traffic Breaks Record
Incheon International Airport in South Korea handled 115,901 passengers on 31 July 2010, breaking its previous record of 111,472, recorded in 2007. The airport predicts that the average...
Australia Unveils Major Air Navigation Upgrade Programme
Airservices Australia has launched a A$200m (US$180m) modernisation programme to upgrade air traffic control (ATC) and navigation infrastructure in Australia over the next 12 months. ...
Scottish Airport Receives Voice Communication System
Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Scotland has received a new voice communication system from Frequentis as part of its ongoing communications upgrade programme. The airport will use the 3020X...
Russian Bank to Fund Vladivostok Airport Reconstruction
Russia's national development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) will provide RUB900m ($29.7m) for the reconstruction of an international airport in the city of Vladivostok. The airport, located...
Jamaican Airports to Receive New ATC Towers
Intelcan Technosystems has received a contract for the construction of air traffic control (ATC) towers at Norman Manley International Airport and Sangster International Airport in Jamaica. ...
Canadian Airport Expansion to Come In Under Budget
The ongoing expansion project at Edmonton International Airport (EIA) in Canada is estimated to reach a final cost of C$750m (US$725m), 25% under its original C$1bn (US$966m) budget. ...
EIB Funds Baggage System Project at Netherlands Airport
The European Investment Bank has provided a €350m ($457m) loan to Schiphol Group for upgrading and expanding the baggage handling system at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the...
CAV Wins Airfield Services Contract in Central and South America
The US Transportation Command has awarded a contract to CAV International to provide air terminal and ground handling services for the US military across ten airports in Central and South America....
Software Malfunction Crashes ATC Radar at Indian Airport
A technical error in the air traffic control (ATC) system's radar at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in India caused the disruption of several flights on 28 July. The radar screens...
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LA Airport Deploys New Body Scanners
Los Angeles International Airport in the US has deployed OSI Systems' Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Pose body scanners as part of a security upgrade project. The deployment is part of the...
ADAC Buys Radar Maintenance System
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has purchased a mature surveillance data analysis tool for maintenance activities at airports in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The system, procured...
IATA Reports Strong Global Traffic, but Europe Lags Behind
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that international passenger traffic and freight traffic rose by 11.9% and 26.5%, respectively, in June 2010 compared with...
Scottish Airport Completes Upgrade
Edinburgh Airport in Scotland, UK, has opened its expanded facilities following the completion of an upgrade programme. The airport's departure lounge and security hall were extended under...
Taiwan Begins Airport Expansion
Taiwan has launched a project to expand Taichung Airport into an international air hub. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications said the facilities at the airport are inadequate...
Hawaiian Airport to Receive New Body Scanner
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, US, will soon receive a new body scanning device as part of the Transportation Security Administration's plan to upgrade airport security in the US. ...
Brijot to Trial Screening System at Japanese Airport
Brijot Imaging Systems will demonstrate its passive millimetre wave security checkpoint screening system at Narita International Airport in Japan from 2 to 6 August this year. The...
Dubai Airport Passenger Traffic Increases by 16.3%
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport rose by 16.3% to nearly 23 million in the first half of 2010 compared with just over 19 million during the same period in 2009. In the...
Morpho Tests Shoe Scanning Device at US Airport
Morpho Detection has launched a data collection study of its next-generation ShoeScanner at Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana, US, in preparation for regulatory approvals. ...
Abu Dhabi Airport Adopts Barcoded Boarding Passes
Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE has received platinum airport status from the International Air Transport Association for adopting 100% barcoded boarding passes (BCBP). The...
Indian Airport Forms Civil Defence Unit
Bangalore International Airport in India has become the first airport to create its own voluntary civil defence unit to manage crises and disasters. The unit, called the Bengaluru...
Australia to Install 24-Hour ATC System at Tasmanian Airports
The Australian Federal Government has pledged to extend 24-hour air traffic control to Hobart and Launceston airports in Tasmania within six months to manage air traffic. Controllers...
Canadian Airport to Introduce Full-Body Scanner
Canada's Regina International Airport plans to install a full-body scanner to screen passengers as soon as it receives approval from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA). ...
Malaysian Airport Operator to Expand China Operations
Malaysia Airports Consultancy Services (MACS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nagamas Enterprise to provide airport management services in China. Under the agreement, the...
JFK Airport Deploys Resource Simulation Technology
Gentrack has deployed its 20 / 20 Resource Operations Simulator (RMS SimOps) at Terminal 1 of JFK International Airport in the US. RMS SimOps will provide the airport with a self-contained...
Jordan Airport Posts Robust Traffic Growth
Jordan's Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) served 2,455,500 passengers during the first half of 2010, a 17% increase on the same period in 2009. QAIA experienced its highest...
US Airports Begin e-Freight Initiative for Domestic Cargo
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) e-freight standard has gone live at 58 US airports and is being used to streamline the domestic air cargo supply chain. IATA e-freight is...
Changi Airport Launches Bid for Third Ground-Handling Licence
Changi Airport Group (CAG) has launched the second stage of a two-phase tender process for a third ground-handling licence at Changi International Airport in Singapore. CAG invited...
ITT Launches Real-Time Air Traffic Data Service in US
ITT Corporation has announced the commercial availability of real-time air traffic surveillance and tracking data to commercial customers in the US National Airspace System. The launch will...
Abu Dhabi Airport to Upgrade Passenger Processing System
Abu Dhabi Airport Company will partner with SITA to upgrade the passenger processing systems at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Under the five-year contract, SITA will upgrade the...
Malaysian Consortium Plans New Airport Terminal in Philippines
A consortium of companies backed by the Malaysian Government has said that it is ready to develop a new passenger terminal at Clark International Airport in the Philippines. Bristeel...
Spain May Deploy Military to Address ATC Shortages
The Spanish Government may deploy the military to replace the increasing number of Barcelona air traffic controllers on sick leave in an effort to stop flight delays at its airports. It...
Munich Operator Wins Oman Airport Contract
Munich Airport operating company FMG has won a contract to oversee the development of two airports in Oman. The multi-million dollar contract will include commissioning, relocation...
Mumbai Main Runway to Close Daily for Upgrades
Mumbai International Airport in India will close its main runway for eight hours every day for four months as part of an upgrade programme. The airport will close its 11,300ft 0927 runway...
Abu Dhabi Airport Deploys New Workforce Management System
Abu Dhabi Airport Services, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Airports Company, has deployed a new workforce management system at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE. Rostima's Enterprise...
Airtel ATN to Provide Software for FAA NextGen System
Airtel ATN has received a contract to provide its software for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) NextGen Air Transportation System (ATS) programme. The Irish data...
ThruVision Launches New Body Scanner at UK Air Show
ThruVision Systems has launched the TS4, a new compact security body scanner, at the Farnborough International Air Show in Hampshire, UK. The system uses passive security imaging technology...
French ATC Strike Causes Flights Chaos
French airports have cancelled hundreds of flights due to a strike called by air traffic controllers on 20 July 2010. The strike was called to protest a European plan to create several...
BAA Pay Dispute May Close Major UK Airports
Major international airports in the UK are likely to face closure over a pay dispute between the BAA and the Unite union. Unite gave BAA seven days' notice on 16 July of a strike ballot. ...
Era to Install ATM System at Russian Airport
Era, a subsidiary of SRA International, is to install a next-generation air traffic management system at Sochi Intentional Airport in Russia. Era received the contract from...
New TSA Head Outlines Airport Security Priorities
The US Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) newly appointed administrator, John Pistole, has outlined his priorities for enhancing airport security for passengers. Pistole's...
Kenya to Begin Preliminary Work on Second Runway
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) will soon begin a technical study to build a second runway at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The study, to be commissioned in the next two...
Auckland Second Runway Delays Continue
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has delayed the construction of its new runway for a second time. Auckland airport chief executive Simon Moutter said the decision was...
US Airport Awards Concourse Renovation Contract
Tulsa International Airport in Oklahoma, US, has awarded a contract to Manhattan Construction Group of Tulsa for the renovation of Terminal Concourse B. The $15.9m contract, part of...
Ubitech AIM Project Receives Approval
The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has approved Ubitech's proposal to develop an Aeronautical Information Management system. The system will provide state air navigation...
Nigeria Seeks Fresh Bids for Abuja Runway Project
The Nigerian Government will request fresh bids for the second runway project at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, after cancelling a previously awarded contract, according...
IATA Standardises Cargo Liability Limits
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has standardised cargo liability limits in an effort to simplify air cargo operations. The Air Waybill conditions of contract amendment...
UK Industry Body Favours Airport Expansion
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has recommended the new UK Government consider long-term airport infrastructure development to boost Britain's economic growth. In its report...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen International Airport in Denmark recorded a 9.3% growth in June passenger traffic by handling over two million passengers compared with the same period in 2009. The rise is 5,000...
Saudi Airport Expansion Plan Reviewed
The proposed plan to expand King Abdulaziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia has been reviewed by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and will soon be submitted for final approval. ...
Frankfurt Airport Reports Record Traffic
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) in Germany has reported a 1.4% rise in passenger traffic year-on-year, handling 24.5 million passengers in the first six months of 2010. Cargo tonnage...
US Airport Plans Terminal Upgrade
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in the US has unveiled a plan to renovate and expand its 48-year-old terminal at a cost of $99m. The proposed expansion will improve traffic...
SESAR to Expand Atlantic Emission Reduction Programme
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) has selected 18 projects to expand the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) programme. The AIRE 2 programme will support...
Malaysia to Upgrade KL Cargo Terminal
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Malaysia is converting its low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) into an air cargo terminal in order to increase its cargo handling capacity. The...
SRA Wins FAA Airport Technology R&D Contract
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Systems Research and Applications Corporation (SRA) a contract to support the airport technology R&D programme. Under the...
Lockheed Upgrades Multiple Air Traffic Management Platforms
Lockheed Martin has upgraded multiple air traffic management platforms to enable the processing of data received from satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B)...
Sydney Airport Receives Aerial Firefighting Vehicle
The Sydney Airport Aviation Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) service in Australia has received a new aerial firefighting vehicle for the effective handling of emergency incidents. The new...
Kuwait to Establish Cargo City at Airport
Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation is expected to sign a contract to establish a cargo city project at Kuwait International Airport. The project, to cover three million...
UK Airport Receives Fund for Runway Expansion
Birmingham International Airport (BIA) in the UK has received £45m ($68m) in funding from Santander Corporate Banking and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for its runway extension project. ...
BA Strike Pulls Down BAA's June Traffic
A strike by British Airways cabin crew in the beginning of June has resulted in a drop in passenger traffic at airports controlled by BAA. BAA's airports handled 9.5 million passengers in June,...
SITA Wins IT Solutions Contract at Jordan Airport
Joannou & Paraskevaides Group has awarded a contract to SITA to provide airport IT solutions for the new $750m terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan. SITA's IT...
India to Build Tallest ATC Tower at IGI
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in India will receive the tallest air traffic control tower (ATC) in the country by 2013. The Airports Authority of India is finalising the...
June Traffic Soars at Mexican Airports
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste has said that total passenger traffic for June 2010 increased by 25.5% in comparison to June 2009. International traffic at...
Suffolk Wins $250m Construction Contract at US Airport
Suffolk Construction Company has received a construction contract as part of a facilities upgrade programme at Logan International Airport, Boston, US. Under the $250m contract Suffolk...
FAA Sends Team to Review Washington ATC Safety Errors
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sent a team of experts to review safety procedures at the Washington air traffic control centre as part of its effort to ensure safe air...
Interpol to Assist Nepali Airport in Security Upgrade
Interpol will help Nepal's Tribuvan International Airport (TIA) upgrade its security system in order to track internationally wanted criminals. The global police agency said it will connect...
Beijing International is Second Busiest Airport
Beijing International Airport in China has beaten London Heathrow Airport in the UK to become the second busiest airport in the world, according to a report. The July 2010 edition of OAG...
Siemens Wins Baggage Handling System Contract
The British Airports Authority has awarded Siemens a contract for the eastern campus baggage integrator at Heathrow Airport in England. Siemens will design and install baggage handling...
US Airports Receive Funding to Enhance Security Solutions
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved $56m in funding for three airports in a bid to enhance and strengthen security at the facilities. Charlotte Douglas...
Auckland Airport Acquires Queenstown Stake
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has acquired a 24.99% stake in Queenstown Airport for NZD27.7m ($19m). Auckland Airport will have the option to raise its stake to...
Charter Planes Cause Chaos At Durban
Private aircraft operators caused chaos at Durban International Airport, South Africa, by ignoring directives to offload passengers at King Shaka International Airport before returning to...
Costa Rica to Complete Airport Expansion in November
The expansion and modernisation of Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica will be complete in November 2010 after a delay of five years and six months. The new airport...
India IGI Airport Unveils £2bn Terminal
India unveiled a new international terminal at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, on 3 July ahead of the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. The terminal, built at a cost of...
Israel Approves New International Airport Project
The Israeli Government has approved a proposal to build a new international airport in Timna at a cost of ILS1.7bn ($437m), which will take three years to complete. The government also...
Philippine Airport to Install New Instrument Landing System
The Philippine authorities are planning to install a new instrument landing system (ILS) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Department of Transportation and Communications secretary...
Funds Awarded for Bali Airport Terminal Expansion
The international terminal expansion at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia, has received IDR1trn ($110m) of funding from state airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I. Under...
Hi-Tech Cameras Planned for Dubai Airports
Dubai is planning to install advanced cameras at two of its international airports in an effort to enhance security. Existing cameras at the Dubai International Airport and Al...
EU Unveils Plan for Airspace Improvements
Eurocontrol, the European organisation for air navigation safety, has released a plan to implement short-term airspace structure improvements for the current year. The plan will incorporate...
US McCarran Airport Experiences Drop in Passenger Traffic
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, US, has experienced a 1.6% drop in passenger traffic in May 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Around 16.2m travellers used the airport...
US JFK Airport Opens After Bomb Threat
John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, US, had to evacuate passengers from one of its terminals for two hours on 4 July 2010 following a false bomb threat. Nearly 250 to...
Pakistan Airport to Receive Departure Control System
Sialkot International Airport Limited has signed an agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to install a computerised departure control system at Sialkot International Airport...
Flights Resume After Smog Disruption
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippines resumed normal flight operations on 3 June 2010 at 11pm after cancelling and diverting several flights due to thick smog. On 3...
South Korea Introduces Body Scanners at Airports
South Korea has begun testing six full-body scanners at major international airports in the country in a bid to prevent terrorist attacks. The body scanners, manufactured by British and...
Indian Airport to Unveil New Terminal
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the state of Gujarat, India, will unveil its new terminal this month. The terminal, built at a cost of INR3bn ($64m) will have a capacity...
NAV CANADA Acquires Majority Stake in Searidge
Canada's civil air navigation services provider NAV CANADA has acquired a majority stake in Searidge Technologies, a leading provider of video solutions for air traffic control. The deal...
Hawaiian Airport Installs New Radar System
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii has installed a new radar system to prevent collisions and forecast potential problems on the runway and taxiway. The airport surveillance...
Changi Airport Posts High Traffic Growth in May
Changi Airport in Singapore achieved its highest year-on-year growth in passenger traffic in May, handling 3.39m passengers, an increase of 21.6% compared with the previous year. In the first...
Turkey Opens Expanded Runway
Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, resumed flights on its short runway on 30 June, following a repair and upgrade programme. The 2,300m long and 60m wide 05-23 runway,...
Besix Group Wins New Doha Airport Terminal Contract
Six Construct Qatar, a subsidiary of Besix Group, has won a $750m contract to build the third phase of the passenger terminal complex at the New Doha International Airport in Qatar. Six...
Global Air Traffic in May Exceeds Pre-Recession Levels
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that compared with May 2009 global passenger and cargo traffic in May increased by 11.7% and 34.3% respectively, exceeding...
Changi Airport Awards Baggage Screening Systems Contract
Changi International Airport in Singapore has awarded a contract to Pteris Global to design and develop transfer hold-baggage screening systems for three of its terminals. Under the S$29m...
EU Launches Passenger Rights Campaign
The European Commission has launched a campaign in all member states to inform passengers travelling by air about their rights. As part of the Your Passenger Rights at Hand campaign,...
US JFK Airport Opens After Major Runway Upgrade
Reconstruction work on John F Kennedy International's longest and busiest runway has been completed at a cost of $348.1m. Work on the project began last year and a total of 10,925ft of the...
Vienna Airport Launches e-Freight Initiative
Vienna International Airport has become the first airport in Austria to implement the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) e-freight standard to streamline its supply chain for...
New Berlin Airport Opening Delayed
The opening of the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport in Germany has been delayed so that larger security zones can be built in compliance with EU safety regulations. The airport...
Dubai Airport Begins Cargo Operations
Cargo operations at Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai, UAE, began on 28 June 2010, marking the completion of the first phase of the Dubai World Central (DWC) airport project. ...
GMR Consortium Wins Maldives Airport Expansion Deal
A consortium of Indian firm GMR Infrastructure and Malaysia Airports Holdings has won a $500m contract to build, modernise and expand Malé International Airport in Maldives. The...
Stansted's Surface Multilateration System Now Operational
Sensis Corporation's surface multilateration system, which improves and enhances runway safety, has been deployed at London Stansted Airport, UK. The system will monitor the movement...
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Mexican Operator Orders Baggage Screening Equipment
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, SAB de CV (OMA) has awarded a contract to Reveal Imaging Technologies for advanced baggage screening systems. Under the...
Dubai Posted Double Digit Traffic Growth in May
Dubai International Airport posted double-digit year-on-year growth in both passenger and cargo traffic in May 2010. Passenger traffic rose 13.6% to 3,654,717 in May, compared with...
Dubai Airports CEO Calls for Collaborative IT Approach
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths has called on all stakeholders in airlines, airports, and on retailers and information technology providers to collaborate and develop IT solutions in a bid...
Chinese Airport Installs Advanced Security Management System
CEM Systems has won a contract to install an advanced security management system at the Changsha Huanghua International Airport in China. The new system is part of the $270m facilities...
May Passenger Traffic Rises at US KCI Airport
US Kansas City International (KCI) Airport has reported a rise in May passenger traffic by 2.5% to 889,071, compared with the same period in 2009. KCI has handled a total of 454,960...
Copenhagen Airports Sells Stake in ITA
Copenhagen Airports (CPH) in Denmark will sell its 49% aggregate interest in Inversiones y Tecnicas Aeroportuarias (ITA) to its local Mexican business partner Fernando Chico Pardo. ...
Nigeria Unveils Naira Aviation Radar Project
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has launched the €68m ($83m) naira radar project to ensure a safe aviation network in Nigeria. The project, which was conceived seven...
Taiwan Flights at Danger from Birds, CAA Says
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) of Taiwan has opposed a plan to upgrade a wetland near the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, saying it could be dangerous for aeroplanes. ...
Alaska Deploys NextGen Air Transportation Technology
The US state of Alaska has deployed next generation (NextGen) air transportation system technology to improve safety and efficiency in the region's rugged terrain. The automatic...
EU and US Sign Second Open Skies Agreement
The EU and the US signed the second stage of the Open Skies aviation agreement in Luxembourg on 24 June 2010. European Commission vice-president Siim Kallas said the agreement would help...
Indian State to Begin New Greenfield Airport Project
The Indian state of Kerala will begin work on a new greenfield international airport at a cost of Rs10,000m ($216m) at Kannur on 1 November 2010. The new airport will be able to handle...
Japan's Narita International Airport to Test Body Scanners
Narita International Airport in Japan will test full-body scanners for passenger screening from 5 July to 10 September in its effort to prevent terrorist attacks on aircraft. The scanning...
Vancouver Airport Services Acquires Stake in Peel Airports
Vancouver Airport Services has signed an agreement with the Peel Group to acquire a 65% stake in Peel Airports Limited (PAL). Under the deal, Vancouver Airport will hold a majority interest...
Oman Awards Second Phase of Airport Contract
Strabag Oman has received a contract to carry out the second phase of the Sohar Airport project in Oman. Under the 27.6m-rial ($71m) contract, Strabag will construct airfield...
Segro Completes Acquisition of BAA Assets
Segro has completed the acquisition of BAA's 50% interest in the airport property partnership (APP) in a joint venture with Aviva Investors. Segro has agreed with APP and Aviva Investors to...
New Airport Terminal Breaks Ground in Pakistan
Work has begun on a new passenger terminal worth PKR4.5bn ($72.9m) at Multan International Airport in Pakistan. The terminal construction, part of the second phase of an airport upgrade, will...
New Gatwick Owner Unveils £1.5bn Development Plan
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the new owner of Gatwick Airport in London, UK, has launched a £1.5bn ($2bn) plan to upgrade facilities. From July, GIP will launch a £35m...
The Philippines Replaces Faulty Airport Equipment
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in the Philippines has replaced the faulty navigational equipment that lead to the cancellation of 14 domestic flights, stranding 3,000 passengers on...
Kenya Receives $186m for Airport Upgrade
Kenya has received a grant of KSH 15.5bn ($186m) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Agence Française de Développement to upgrade the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). ...
Volcanic Ash Crisis Shows in Dublin's Airport Figures
Dublin Airport in Ireland handled only 1.6 million passengers in May when the volcanic ash crisis was on, a drop of 15% compared with the same period in 2009. As a result of the airspace...
Mozambique to Unveil New International Terminal in September
The new terminal at Maputo International Airport in Mozambique will be ready by 1 July, before beginning operations in September this year. Once the terminal opens, the airport will be able...
US Public Pension Fund Acquires Stake in Gatwick Airport
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) in the US has acquired a 12.7% equity interest in London Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners. CalPERS has committed...
US and EU to Sign on Next-Gen System
The US and Europe could work together to develop a new generation of systems for the efficient management of air traffic. The satellite-based navigation equipment being considered will...
Memphis Airport to Expand Security Checkpoint
Inman / EMJ Construction Corporation has been awarded a contract to expand security checkpoints at Terminal B of Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, US. The Memphis-Shelby County...
Renovated Terminal Opens at US Airport
St Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in the US has opened a new terminal following the completion of a $21m renovation. The renovated terminal includes a new ticketing area,...
Plane Skids Off Runway in Canada
Three people were injured as a United Express flight skidded off a runway at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa, Canada, last Wednesday while trying to land during a...
Hong Kong Posts Record Cargo Traffic in May
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) experienced record cargo traffic growth in May, with a rise of 41.9% to 367,000t. Air traffic movements rose by 8.4% to 25,380, while passenger...
Phoenix Adopts the Backscatter Scanner
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in the US has begun using full-body scanners for passenger screening. Backscatter machines developed by Rapiscan Systems use low-level X-ray beams...
UK Establishes Task Force to Cut Airport Delays
The UK Government has established a south-east airports task force to reduce queues and delays at Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick Airports in London. UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, in...
UAE Traffic Recovers with 12.3% Rise in May
Passenger traffic at UAE airports has recovered with a 12.3% growth in May to 54,000 traffic movements, compared with the same period in 2009. The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority said...
EU Looks at Common Approach for Security Cameras
The EU Commission has submitted a report in favour of a common approach for the use of security scanners at all airports within member states. Member states will decide on the use of scanners...
Zurich Airport Installs Collision Warning System
Zurich Airport in Switzerland has installed a new runway incursion monitoring and conflict alert system (RIMCAS) to prevent runway incursions and enhance safety. It will enable air...
BAA Awards Support Contract for Heathrow Airport
The British Airports Authority (BAA) has awarded a support services contract to Carillion for two terminals at Heathrow Airport in London, UK. Under the £50m ($74m) contract, Carillion...
San Jose Airport Gets Full Body Scanners
San Jose International Airport in the US has installed full-body scanners as part of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) plan to enhance security at all US airports. The TSA...
Grimshaw Architects Unveils Designs for Russian Airport Terminal
UK-based Grimshaw Architects has unveiled designs for a new terminal at Pulkovo Airport, Russia. Ground-breaking for the project is scheduled for 26 June. The terminal design will...
Skanska Wins US Airport Terminal Expansion Contract
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has awarded Skanska a contract to expand and renovate Logan International Airport in the US. Under the SEK375m ($48m) contract, Skanska will...
Indian Airport to Install New Runway Lights
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, has procured 15 obstruction lights for its runway-taxiway intersections, which will be installed soon. The lights recommended by...
Saudi Airport Terminal Contract Dates Announced
The tender to build a new terminal at Medina Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Saudi Arabia will be called in September, with the winner selected in November this year. Eight...
European Airports Experience 13.5% April Traffic Drop
The Airports Council International (ACI) said overall passenger traffic at European airports decreased by 13.5% in April 2010 compared with traffic in the same period in 2009. The ACI...
Munich Airport Achieves Traffic Growth in May
Munich Airport in Germany handled 3.07 million passengers in May, an increase of 8% compared with the same month in 2009. International passenger traffic increased by 8.7% to 2.27 million...
Swedish Pilots Strike After Failed Talks
Airports in Sweden are expected to suffer today as almost 2,000 pilots go on strike following failed talks between Scandinavian airline SAS and the Swedish Airline Pilots Association. ...
Tahiti General Strike Ends Overnight
The general strike in Tahiti has ended, following another round of talks between the French Polynesian Government and trade unions. The 11 trade unions, known as the "Collective for...
Sydney Airport Completes International Terminal Upgrade
Sydney Airport in Australia has completed the departures level upgrade at its international terminal as part of a A$500m ($425m) investment. The upgrade will enable the airport to provide...
US Philadelphia Airport Set for Major Makeover
Philadelphia International Airport in the US will undergo a major renovation at a cost of $535m, including a $135m upgrade to commuter Terminal F. The Terminal F upgrade will include...
Northrop Grumman Awarded Vietnamese Airport Air Traffic Management Systems Contract
Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide air traffic control tower communications equipment and a surface movement guidance and control system...
UK's Bournemouth Airport Opens New Terminal
Bournemouth Airport in Dorset, UK, has opened a new terminal, which is expected to handle 900,000 passengers this year. The terminal building, built at a cost of £45m ($65m), will enable...
Strike Leaves Thousands Stranded in Tahiti
A general strike called by a group of 11 unions on 10 June has forced the closure of Tahiti's Faa'a International Airport, leaving 3,500 international passengers stranded. Airline operations...
Ash Cloud Continues to Play Havoc on May Passenger Figures
The British Airports Authority (BAA) said that passenger traffic at its six airports dropped in May due to the continued volcanic ash disruption and the British Airways strike. BAA's UK...
Indira Gandhi Sets T3 Opening Date
Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in India will open its new terminal on 3 July, which has been built to handle an influx of passengers for the Commonwealth Games in October this...
India Approves Greenfield International Airport in Goa
The Indian Government has approved the construction of a greenfield international airport in Mopa, Goa, and will invest $400m in the project. The new airport will be constructed on...
F2i in Talks to Buy Italian Airport
Italian infrastructure fund, F2i, has begun talks with Ferrovial to buy a controlling stake in Capodichino International Airport in Naples, Italy. F2i's board has mandated CEO Vito Gamberale...
Passenger and Cargo Volumes Rise at Austria's Vienna Airport
Vienna International Airport in Austria achieved passenger growth of 11.4% to 1,788,516 in May 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Transfer passengers increased by 11.9% in May...
IATA Unveils Future Plans
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled its climate friendly vision for the aviation industry in 2050. The goals were announced at the 66th IATA annual general...
Manchester Airport Installs Full-Body Scanners
Manchester International Airport in the UK has installed a full-body scanner at terminal one in a bid to reduce queues at the screening gates. The airport has relocated one of its...
Airport-technology.com User Survey
To understand what our readers view as the most important sustainability issues for 2010-2011, airport-technology.com is launching a major industry survey. We are looking to find out...
Transcripts Reveal Pilots at Fault for Polish President's Plane Crash
Pilots flying a Polish presidential plane that crashed on 10 April at Smolensk South Airport, western Russia, ignored the Russian air traffic controller's repeated warnings not to land,...
New Terminal at US Airport Nearing Completion
The new terminal at the Kalamazoo / Battle Creek International Airport in the US is 50% complete and expected to open in April 2011. The project, expected to cost $35.7m, will include...
IATA Simplifies Aviation Baggage Rules
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched automated carrier baggage rules (ACBR) as part of its simplified business programme. The ACBR will include a central database...
UK Government to Sell Stake in NATS
The UK Government could sell half of its stake in British air traffic control operator National Air Traffic Services (NATS) as part of its efforts to cut the country's record deficit. ...
Macau Airport's Traffic Drops for Second Consecutive Month
Passenger traffic at Macau International Airport (MIA) has declined for the second consecutive month by 7.4%, compared with April 2010. MIA handled 330,407 passengers in May, down from...
Bradley International Airport Installs Hi-Tech Camera
Bradley International Airport in the US has installed a new high-tech camera to screen its passengers in a bid to enhance security. The camera, known as SPO-7, will measure wave...
JBT Wins Gate Equipment Contract for Romanian Airport
JBT AeroTech has received a contract from Romairport SRL to supply and install gate equipment for Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport in Romania. JBT will supply nine new...
Malta International Airport Sees May Traffic Soar
Malta International Airport's passenger traffic increased by 19.5% to 307,292 in May, undeterred by the effects of the Icelandic volcanic ash crisis. Traffic for the first five months in...
British Airline to Use New Ash Cloud Detection Device
Budget British airline easyJet plans to test fly a new device that will be capable of detecting ash clouds and minimising future disruption. The air carrier will be the first in the world...
IBM Launches Travel and Transport Framework
US-based IT giant IBM has launched a new Travel and Transportation Framework, which it hopes will eventually create a global interconnected travel network. The framework works on five...
Projects Delay Indira Ghandhi's Intrusion Detection System
The installation of a perimeter intrusion detection system (PIDS) at Indira Gandhi International Airport in India has been delayed due to last-minute changes in the original project. The...
Upgraded South African Airport Ready for World Cup
A total of R2.3bn ($293m) has been spent on upgrade works at Cape Town International Airport, South Africa, in preparation for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. The airport can now accommodate...
San Diego Gets Baggage Screening System as Part of Security Plans
San Diego International Airport in the US will receive an inline baggage system as part of the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) plan to strengthen security at airports across the nation....
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Achieves 44.6% Growth in May
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals achieved a year-on-year growth of 44.6% to 257,315t in May 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Its total tonnage for the first five months in 2010...
Aviation Leaders Discuss Copenhagen Climate Summit at IATA AGM in Berlin
The world's aviation leaders will meet at the 66th International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting and world air transport summit in Berlin today. The leaders will...
Dubai Airports to Ban Older Aircraft
Dubai Airports will ban older aircraft from October this year as part of its "silent airport" project to reduce noise pollution and curb emissions. Chapter 1 and 2 aircraft classified by...
Libya's New Airport Upgrades Voice Communications
Tripoli International Airport in Libya is updating its voice communication control systems (VCCS) using new technology from Frequentis as part of an air traffic control (ATC) tower...
Poland Reveals Pilots at Fault for President's Plane Crash
Pilots flying the Polish presidential plane that crashed on 10 April at Smolensk South Airport in western Russia ignored the Russian air traffic controller's repeated warnings not to...
Bermuda Plans New Terminal
Bermuda is considering replacing LF Wade International Airport's existing terminal in a project that could cost the country between $300m and $400m. The terminal has been designed by HNBP and...
Mozambique Makes Headway with International Airport
Mozambique's Nacala airbase is being considered as a site for an international airport, which could open in 23 months. Mozambique company Sociedade de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento (SEeD)...
US Atlantic City Airport Gets Closer to International Flights
Work will soon begin on the proposed federal inspection station at Atlantic City International Airport in the US. The $25m addition will house customs and immigration services, which...
Guatemala Airport Resumes Operations
La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala has reopened after closing for five days due to the eruption of the Pacaya Volcano and the chaos caused by Hurricane Agatha. The airport,...
New Philippine International Airport on Track
Construction work on the new Laguindingan International Airport in the Philippines is 65% complete and the airport is expected to open by the end of 2011, according to officials. Built at a...
China Funds Laos Airport Expansion
Laos has received a low-interest loan from China to upgrade Luang Prabang International Airport to accommodate increased passenger traffic. The airport expansion, expected to be complete in...
US Fresno Yosemite Unveils New Security Checkpoint
Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the US has unveiled its new security screening checkpoint, which it says can reduce congestion during peak travel times and accommodate future...
India to Extend Runway After Mangalore Crash
The Indian Government has decided to extend Mangalore Airport's runway length from 8,000ft to 9,000ft, to include a larger spill over area, following a recent plane crash that killed 158 people. ...
China Goes Paperless with e-Freight Initiative
Tianjin Binhai International Airport has become China's first airport to implement the International Air Transport Association (IATA) international e-freight standard to streamline its supply...
China to Operate Direct Flights to Brisbane
Australia's Brisbane Airport will start receiving direct flights from China in November this year, a move that could see it accept an additional 3,600 passengers each month. They will be...
US Awards Additional Explosives Detection Systems Contract
The US Transportation Security Administration has awarded a contract for the supply of 1,200 additional explosives trace detection (ETD) systems for the country's airports. Morpho Detection...
General Dynamics to Work with US on Modern Air Space Plan
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $1.2bn contract to General Dynamics (GD) as part of its air traffic control system modernisation plan. The ten-year contract is part...
Volcanic Ash Closes Airport in Guatemala
Guatemala closed La Aurora International Airport on 28 May as thick volcanic ash spewed out from the Pacaya volcano. The airport is expected to reopen tomorrow after a clean-up has taken place....
Auckland Airport Unveils Online Booking for Parking
A new online parking system that guarantees parking space by booking and pre-paying online has been unveiled at Auckland Airport in New Zealand. The new service offers passengers better...
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LAX Unveils Improved Tom Bradley Terminal
The new Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) is now ready for use at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) following extensive upgrades. The $737m project to revamp the...
ATA Reports April Rise
The US Air Transport Association has reported a 12.5% rise in April passenger revenue compared with the same month in 2009. In April, US airlines recorded an increase of about 0.5%...
Volcanic Crisis Affects Global Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said international traffic dropped 2.4% in April with six days of flights cancelled in Europe due to Iceland's volcanic eruption. March...
Auckland Airport Opens Doors to Asian Market
New Zealand's Auckland Airport said it will invest several millions of dollars in Asia over the next two to three years to cash in on the continent's growing volume of passenger traffic. ...
Auckland's International Figures Fall Due to Ash Cloud
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand experienced a rise in domestic passenger volumes in April, however, international traffic figures remained flat due to the volcanic ash...
Report Recommends More Research into Ash Safety Limits
University College London (UCL) in the UK has released a report that shows the aviation industry has to invest in more research before it can establish robust, safe ash limits for aircraft...
Canada Tightens Air Cargo Security
The Canadian Government has launched a new $95.7m ($88m) programme to tighten security measures for air cargo to prevent terrorist attacks at the country's major airports. Under the...
EU and Latin America Agree to Forge Aerospace Ties
The EU and Latin America agreed they would work to find ways to strengthen cooperation in civil aviation in areas of safety and the environment when they met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 25 May. ...
Abu Dhabi Airport Posts 10% Passenger Rise
Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE has recorded a 10.1% rise in passenger traffic with figures of 866,475 in April, despite last month's volcanic ash crisis, which crippled traffic...
Dubai Airport's Traffic Rises 13.9%
Dubai International Airport in the UAE has recorded a 13.9% rise in passenger traffic, with figures reaching 3,289,037 in April, despite six days of flight disruptions because of the volcanic...
BAA Scraps Runway Plans for Heathrow and Stansted
Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport and a second runway at Stansted Airport in the UK have been scrapped by the British Airports Authority (BAA). BAA abandoned its plans after...
Council Approves Bristol Airport Expansion
The proposed plan to expand Bristol Airport in the UK has received approval from North Somerset Council, although final approval must be won from the government. The £150m ($215m) plan...
Nigeria to Pilot UN Anti-Drug Project
Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, has been selected by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to test a new anti-drug trafficking project. As part of the pilot,...
EU and Latin America Begin Civil Aviation Summit
Aviation leaders are meeting at the EU–Latin America civil aviation summit this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss political, technical and industrial co-operation between the Latin...
Changi Airport Posts 12.6% Passenger Rise
Singapore's Changi Airport has recorded a 12.6% rise in passenger traffic with more than 3.28 million passengers passing through its gates in April this year. In the first quarter,...
US Makes Plans for Airport Safety Centres
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it is making plans to establish a research centre of excellence for airport safety technology in the US. The FAA centre will partner...
UK's Bristol Airport Expansion Scheme Slammed by Defence Secretary
The UK's Defence Secretary Liam Fox has opposed an expansion plan by one of the nation's smaller international airports – Bristol Airport – saying it could affect traffic on the...
EU Issues New Ash Guidelines
The European Commission has issued new guidelines to reduce the disruption of flights and the closure of airspace throughout Europe due to volcanic ash cloud. The improved measures are...
Indian Plane Crash Kills 158 People
The cockpit voice recorder of an Air India Express plane, which overshot Mangalore International Airport in India on 22 May, killing 158 passengers, has been recovered. The Boeing 737-800...
Hawaii Plans Terminal Expansion
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii will soon begin preliminary work to replace the old Interisland Terminal as part of a $2.3bn state-wide airport modernisation plan. The Mauka...
Alaskan Airport Expansion to Make Runway Safer
Runway expansion work currently underway at Juneau International Airport in Alaska is expected to be completed in the new year. The upgrade work, which began last year, will bring...
Baghdad Airport Unveils Plans for Terminal Expansion
Plans have been unveiled for an expansion at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, which will double its capacity to 15 million passengers per year. The expansion includes building three...
Canadian Airport to Deploy ATC-Grade Video Solution
Edmonton International Airport (EIA) in Canada will install an air traffic control (ATC) grade video solution from Searidge Technologies to enhance tower visibility. EIA will install the...
Passenger Numbers Rise in Sydney
An increase in domestic travellers has led to Sydney Airport recording a 6.4% growth in April compared with the same month in 2009. Domestic traffic rose 8.6% while international...
US Myrtle Beach Airport Breaks Ground as Terminal Opens
Work has begun on a $117m terminal expansion project at Myrtle Beach International Airport in the US. The development will also initiate the $10m Harrelson Boulevard project, which will add...
Paris Sees Drop in Passenger Numbers Due to Volcanic Ash Crisis
Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France, has seen a fall in passenger traffic, with only 4.1 million passengers using the terminal in April due to flights being cut during...
Jamaica Extends Runway After Airport Accident
Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica, said it will extend its runway by 300m to improve aircraft safety during take-off and landing. Last year, American Airlines flight...
Sydney Airport Commissions New Surface Movement Radar
Australian aviation management agency Airservices has commissioned an advanced surface movement and ground control system (A-SMGCS) to help air traffic controllers (ATCs) at Sydney Airport...
Airlines Operate Bangkok Flights Despite Thai Protests
Australian airline Qantas is still running flights into Thailand's Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, despite protests leading to bloodshed on the capital's streets. The airline...
Israel's Ben Gurion Airport Sees Cargo Growth
Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel handled 23,760t of cargo in April 2010, an increase of 13.18% compared with the same period in 2009. The Israel Airport Authority (IAA) said in...
Tokyo Sets October Opening for New International Airport
Tokyo International Airport in Japan will open its fourth runway and a new passenger terminal on 21 October this year. The airport has scheduled its first international flight for 31...
Croatia Sets Timelines for Zagreb Airport Project
Croatia could be well on its way to realising the benefits of a new terminal at Zagreb International Airport by the end of this year. It is expected that contracts for the €150m...
UK Airports Reopen as CAA Unveils New Safety Regulations
The UK's National Air Traffic Service (NATS) lifted its no-fly zone yesterday, which was imposed on Sunday 16 May at 1pm. European air traffic agency Eurocontrol said the temporary closure...
US Buffalo Niagara Airport to Get Full-Body Scanner
Buffalo Niagara International Airport in the US will receive a full-body scanner as part of the US Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) plan to increase airport security. The...
Manchester Airport to Trial Advanced Metal Detector Gates
Manchester Airport in the UK has begun trialling advanced metal detector gates in a bid to automate screening procedures and end manual passenger screening. The automated glass door,...
Bad Weather Hampers Afghan Plane Crash Rescue Operation
Search and rescue operations to locate a Pamir Airways plane that crashed over the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains, Afghanistan, on 17 May is being hampered by bad weather. The...
UK Closes Airports as Ash Cloud Strikes Again
Airports across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will remain shut until at least 1pm BST today as volcanic ash from Iceland disrupts flights once again. Heathrow and Gatwick airports in...
Chinese Air Traffic Increases 31%
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said overall traffic volume rose by 31% with combined profits totalling CNY9.4bn ($1.3bn) during the first quarter of 2010. ...
ATA Predicts a Rise in Summer Passenger Numbers
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has predicted almost 2.2 million passengers a day will travel globally on US airlines between 1 June and 31 August 2010. This is an increase of...
FAA Plans $5.2bn Expansion at Philadelphia Airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unveiled a $5.2bn expansion plan for Philadelphia International Airport in the US. The expansion is expected to be carried over the coming 12...
New UK Government Says No to New Runways
London Heathrow Airport will not get a third runway following a decision announced today by the new coalition government. According to a report by the BBC, the joint...
Rwanda Makes World its Oyster as New Security Laws are Passed
Rwanda is hoping for an increase in passenger traffic following the approval of its new Aviation Security Act on 28 April, which promises to enhance security in the aviation sector. Rwanda...
Ireland Counts Up Cost of Ash Crisis
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has lost €8m ($10m) as a result of the recent air traffic disruption caused by ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano. IAA's loss was...
India's Newest International Terminal Set for May Opening
The new passenger terminal at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala, India, will open at the end of this month. The 200,000ft² terminal, built at a cost of INR3bn ($66m),...
Libyan Plane Crash Investigation Continues
Investigations are underway to find the actual cause of the Afriqiyah Airways plane crash that killed 103 people at Tripoli Airport on May 12. The flight recorders have been recovered and...
US Indianapolis Airport to Re-Launch Registered Traveller System
The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) is to re-launch its iQueue Registered Traveller (RT) programme at Indianapolis International Airport in the US. iQueue has been launched by...
Spain and Morocco Re-Open Airports as EU Proposes New Ash Rules
Spain, Portugal and Morocco have reopened their airports after being closed due to a cloud of volcanic ash hanging over the region, which was affecting airline safety. Valencia airport in...
Adacel to Supply Simulation Technologies to Ukrainian Airports
Adacel has won a contract to install air traffic control (ATC) simulators at seven key international airports in Ukraine. The contract has been commissioned by the Ukrainian State Air...
Taiwan Airport Passenger and Cargo Numbers Grow
Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport has achieved the largest growth of any airport in the Asia-Pacific region for its cargo and passenger volumes during the first quarter of 2010. ...
Volcanic Ash Cuts BAA Passenger Traffic in April
The British Airports Authority (BAA) experienced a 22.7% fall in passenger traffic in April year-on-year due to the recent volcanic ash crisis. BAA said its six airports in the UK handled...
Volcanic Ash Cloud Shuts Airspace Around the Mediterranean
Airspace in Morocco, Spain and Turkey remained closed on 11 May as the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland drifted its way towards North Africa. Morocco closed ten airports, including Mohammed...
New Airport Terminal to Open in Botswana
The new terminal at Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Botswana is expected to be completed this month and will open ahead of the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. The BWP400m...
US Fort Wayne Airport to Begin Full-Body Screening
Fort Wayne International Airport in the US will install full-body scanners on 13 May to enhance passenger screening at the airport. The airport will use the backscatter scanners, which...
FAA Awards System Upgrade Contract to Lockheed Martin
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to design and integrate supply chain software to support the National Airspace System (NAS) in the US. Under...
BAA's New Procurement Measures Save £300m
BAA has saved £300m ($443m) this year by making changes to its procurement process as part of its 2008-2013 five-year programme. BAA capital director Steven Morgan said programme measures...
EU Proposes Aviation Talks with Brazil
The European Commission has expressed interest in beginning talks with Brazil on a comprehensive aviation agreement to open up the market and improve regulatory standards. An agreement...
UK Election Outcome Throws Third Heathrow Runway into Doubt
Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London, UK, could be opposed by two of the three parties once the final results of the general election are announced. The...
Disruptions Continue as Icelandic Volcano Ash Thins
Iceland's volcanic ash cloud is thinning due to a north-easterly wind blowing over Iceland, but this has not stopped it causing fresh disruptions in parts of Europe. The wind that is keeping...
IATA Offers First Executive MBA for Aviation Management
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is to develop and offer a joint executive MBA in aviation management in collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The course...
El Paso Gets Serious About Disaster Management
El Paso International Airport in the US has awarded a contract to Environmental Tectonics Corporation for the supply of an advanced disaster management simulator (ADMS). The airport will...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Achieves Record April Figures
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has posted a year-on-year growth of 41.9% to 248,027t, and its highest tonnage ever in April. Hactl handled a total of 10,080t of air cargo on 23...
Ash Clouds Creates More Chaos in Ireland
Flights to and from six airports in the west of Ireland will be cancelled today due to another massive ash cloud created by Eyjafjallajokull, the volcano that has caused havoc in European...
New Doha Airport to Open in December 2011
New Doha International Airport, built at a cost of QR45bn ($12bn), will be officially unveiled on the National Day of Qatar on 18 December 2011. The facility, with an initial passenger...
Searidge Video Platform Selected to Support FAA NextGen Remote Tower Project
Searidge Technologies said it will provide its intelligent video platform to support the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Staffed NextGen Tower (SNT) surveillance research...
Alaska Deploys New Air Traffic Surveillance Technology
The city of Juneau in Alaska, US, has deployed a wide-area multilateration (WAM) system, a new surveillance technology, to enable air traffic controllers to track approaching aircraft. The...
Dubai Airports Says Cargo Traffic Could Double by 2015
Dubai Airports said it believes its cargo traffic will soar to 48% by 2015, as economic conditions improve around the world. Cargo tonnage handled at Dubai International Airport (DXB) and...
Dominican Airports to Get Counterfeit Document-Checking Technology
Dominican Republic in the Caribbean will equip its six main international airports with the latest technology to identify counterfeit documents. The VSC4Plus system will be installed at...
Irish Airspace Reopens After Two Days of Volcanic Shutdown
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said Irish airspace will reopen today after two days of closure as the current ash cloud moves southwest. The IAA lifted restrictions following the...
EU to Lift Aviation Liquids Ban
The EU is to lift current restrictions on carrying liquids in passengers' hand baggage before April 2013, in an effort to harmonise and simplify airport security screening procedures. Under...
New York Considers LaGuardia Modernisation
The outdated LaGuardia Airport in New York, US, could be completely redeveloped into an integrated aviation facility, equipped for 21st-century demands, according to a Port Authority chief. ...
Mexican Airport Group Delays Dividend Payment
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) is to delay its quarterly dividend payment as shareholders disapproved of the measure at a meeting following a legal dispute. Shareholders would not...
European Transport Ministers Move Closer to Single European Sky as Ash Regulations Discussed
At an emergency meeting in Europe, transport ministers agreed to set safety regulations for aircraft to fly in volcanic ash and to speed up the process of unifying European airspace. ...
DFW International Airport Receives Green Power Purchase Award
Dallas / Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport in the US has been ranked the ninth largest green power purchaser in the country by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The...
BAA Sells Airport Property Partnership to Segro for £244m
The British Airways Authority (BAA) has sold its 50% stake in the Airport Property Partnership (APP) to Segro for £244m ($340m) as part of its strategy to dispose of non-core assets. ...
Volcanic Ash Closes Irish Airspace
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) closed the country's airspace today with volcanic ash from Iceland causing more chaos. The flight restrictions, imposed from 7am local time, are set to stay...
Dublin Airport Predicts Huge Passenger Traffic Drop
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has predicted that the group's passenger traffic may fall by up to 1.5 million to 19 million this year due to the depressed economic environment affecting...
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Changi Airport's Q1 Passenger Traffic up by 16.5%
Passenger traffic at Changi International Airport in Singapore rose by 16.5% to 9.94 million passengers in the first quarter of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. In March,...
Air Traffic Shows Signs of Recovery Despite Ash Crisis
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said there were continuous signs of improvement in international scheduled air traffic in March, followed by a slight drop in April due to...
Volcanic Ash Crisis Cost BAA $42m
The British Airports Authority (BAA) lost £28m ($42.5m) due to the closure of Heathrow and Stansted airports in the UK, following the volcanic ash cloud crisis at the beginning of this...
Russia's Pulkovo Airport Taken Over by Fraport Consortium
Fraport AG and its partners in the Northern Capital Gateway consortium have acquired the rights to operate, develop and modernise Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, Russia. The...
Austin-Bergstrom Airport Posts 11% Rise in March Passenger Traffic
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in the US handled 737,071 passengers in March, an increase of 11% compared with the same period in 2009. In March 2010, the airport's enplanements...
EU Recommends Measures to Tackle Air Transport Crisis
The European Commission has outlined a range of short-term actions and structural measures to help the air transport industry overcome the €2.5bn ($3.3bn) loss faced by the aviation...
UK Receives First Iraqi Flight After 20 Years
The first commercial flight from Iraq to the UK landed at London's Gatwick Airport on 25 April after a period of 20 years. Operated by Iraqi Airways, flight IA237 left Baghdad at midday on...
Abbotsford Airport to Get Makeover
Abbotsford International Airport in Canada will receive a makeover as part of an expansion plan, which aims to increase capacity to cater for growing numbers of passenger in the years ahead. ...
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Mecca Airport
A new international airport outside Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia, said to be the holiest meeting site in Islam, will soon be built to cater for the growing number of religious tourists...
Gammon to Build Air Cargo Terminal at Hong Kong Airport
Gammon Construction in partnership with Hip Hing Construction will build a new air cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport in China. The HK$4.2bn ($541m) contract has been awarded...
Cavotec to Install Ground Support Equipment at Bahrain Airport
Cavotec Middle East has been awarded a contract to install ground support equipment at Bahrain International Airport. The €30m ($40m) contract is being delivered for Bahrain...
India's Chandigarh International Airport Releases Building Plans
Chandigarh International Airport in India will be built in four phases, the first of which will be complete by 2013. During phase I, the airport will receive a terminal that will enable it...
North Carolina Airport Gets Full-Body Treatment
Charlotte Douglas International Airport in the US is installing Backscatter full-body scanners at checkpoints B and D, according to charlotteobserver.com. The devices will use advanced...
Britain Launches Anti-Terror Airport Design Guide
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has unveiled a new counter terrorism guide for the aviation industry, which urges architects and planners to design buildings that can...
Bidding for Erie Airport Runway Extension to be Issued in May
The bidding process for the first phase of a runway extension project at Erie International Airport in Pennsylvania, US, will start in May. The three-phase construction project, worth...
Ash Eases Over Iceland Airport
Keflavik International Airport in Iceland re-opened on Monday following a three-day closure due to volcanic ash clouds from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which earlier brought European air...
South Korea's Muan Airport Plans Runway Expansion
Muan International Airport in South Korea said it is planning to expand its runway in a bid to accommodate large jumbo jets with a carrying capacity of more than 400 passengers. The...
SA Unveils Terminal Ahead of FIFA World Cup
Tambo International Airport in South Africa has opened a new central terminal building ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2010. The $295m terminal is expected to handle the increase in...
IATA Extends Full Support to Single European Sky
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has extended its full support to the fast-track implementation of the Single European Sky following the recent volcanic ash crisis. The...
Israeli Airport to Use X-Ray Scanners on Pets
Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel, one of the most secure in the world, is to begin using X-ray-based scanners on pets in an effort to increase existing security at the airport. Israeli...
ICAO to Lead Efforts in Volcanic Ash Safety
The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said it will lead efforts to establish travel safety standards for flights in the aftermath of the volcanic ash crisis. In...
Iceland Shuts Airports Due to Ash Cloud
The Icelandic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that two airports, Keflavik International Airport and Reykjavík International Airport, will be closed from today until further notice,...
Logan International Airport Benefits from US Explosive Detection Push
Logan International Airport in the US will receive 60 additional explosive detection units as part of the US Homeland Security's decision to buy 1,200 units for the country's airports. ...
Fraport Group Records Rise in Passenger Numbers Across the Board
International airport operator Fraport AG said group traffic for March 2010 increased by 12.4% to 6.03 million passengers, compared with same period last year. The Fraport Group's five...
Hong Kong Airport Traffic Records March Rise
Traffic at Hong Kong International Airport increased by 6.5% during March 2010, driven by strong passenger demand from Asia. The airport handled 4.2 million passengers in March, an...
Luftansa to Discuss Volcano Crisis at AGM
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that Lufthansa will host the IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit to be held in Berlin on 6-8 June 2010. ...
Spokane Airport Begins Runway Expansion Programme
Spokane International Airport in the US has begun a multi-year programme to upgrade runways, aprons and taxiways to enhance flight-handling capacity. The runway will be extended to 2,000ft,...
Airports Suffer €250m Loss in Volcanic Ash Crisis, Says ACI
The Airports Council International (ACI) Europe said the airport industry has lost a combined €250m ($336m) of revenue as a result of the volcanic ash crisis that shut European airports...
Nigeria Runway Contract Under Review
A contract to build a second runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at a cost of 64bn-naira ($426m), has come under review for its inflated budget. The House...
Canada's Calgary Airport Plans Major Expansion
Calgary International Airport in Canada is planning to carry out a major expansion project over the next five years in a bid to expand its existing facilities. The $2.4bn expansion will...
European Airlines Resume Services as Airports Open
Airports across Europe resumed flight operations last night following the end of the ash ban placed by Britain's Civil Aviation Authority. Heathrow Airport in UK began normal operations today....
Iceland's Volcano Costs Erupt to Estimated $1.7bn
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says airlines could lose more than $1.7bn in revenue, six days after the initial eruption of the volcano in Iceland started and grounded...
Northern European Air Cargo Traffic Halts Due to Ash Cloud
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has brought air cargo in Northern Europe to a halt and disrupted services around the world. Several cargo carriers in China...
Air Travel Remains Disrupted Despite Some Airports Reopening
A volcanic ash cloud from Iceland started to dissipate yesterday, allowing several European airports to start to clear the backlog of flights created from airport closures that have now lasted...
King Shaka Airport Proves it is Ready for Operation
The new King Shaka International Airport in South Africa has successfully carried out a trial exercise and is now ready to begin operations on 1 May this year. The airport, built for the...
Volcano Brings Down Air Industry Profits
It is estimated that the cloud of volcanic ash hanging over Europe, stopping air traffic for a total of six days so far, could cost the industry $300m a day in losses. An estimated 1.1...
India's Chhatrapati Airport Opens New Terminal
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, India, has unveiled its new domestic terminal, 1C, which can handle 900 passengers at any one time. The terminal, built at a cost...
IATA Calls on EU Governments to Re-Evaluate Volcano Measures
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has asked European governments to re-think measures that have been adopted during the Icelandic volcano eruption, which has forced...
Airspace Remains Shut as Ash Cloud Thins
Airspace across Europe remains closed today despite air traffic control body Eurocontrol claiming the volcanic ash cloud has started to thin. There had been hopes air travel may return to...
Volcano Brings Down Another Day of Flights
Only a few flights will manage to escape the cloud of ash hanging over the UK today as the country, and airlines around the world, face another day of losses due to Iceland's erupting...
Interest Overwhelms for Brunei Airport Upgrade Project
The Brunei International Airport upgrade project has received interest from 60 companies in various countries. Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) acting chairman Dato Paduka Timothy...
Second Runway at Stansted Airport Delayed if Labour Wins Election
The project to build a second runway at Stansted Airport in Essex will be delayed by at least five years, according to a pre-election British Labour Party manifesto released this year. ...
More Flight Chaos as Eruption Continues to Cause Havoc with Air Traffic
The eruption of an Icelandic volcano is expected to cause more havoc to air travel across Europe over the coming days. It is expected that almost 17,000 flights will be cancelled today...
UK Airport Gets Smart with Simulation
Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the UK is using simulation to increase passenger capacity, flow and airside retail experiences, as part of an overall £12.4m (US$19m) development project. ...
Copenhagen Airport Sees March Traffic Rise
Copenhagen Airport in Denmark has recorded a year-on-year passenger growth rate of 17.2% to 260,000 in March 2010. The airport said joint initiatives by airlines SAS and CPH, which aimed...
Training Delays Body Scans at Nigerian Airport
Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, Nigeria, said a lack of trained security personnel has stopped it from using the 3D body scanners purchased for the detection of explosives....
Turkmenistan Opens New International Airport
The Government of Turkmenistan has opened a new international airport in Turkmenbashi, which is designed to service 800 passengers an hour. The airport includes a four-story passenger...
Erupting Volcano Closes Airports and Clears European Skies
Plumes of volcanic ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland will bring air traffic to a standstill in the UK at midday today and will also disrupt flights in other parts of Europe. Only a...
Icelandic Volcano Eruption Plunges European Airports into Shut Down
Flights from all UK airports were cancelled from midday GMT today due to a volcanic eruption in Iceland. Passengers were left stranded at the terminals with services not set to return to...
Passengers Safe After Indonesian Runway Crash
A passenger aircraft carrying nearly 100 passengers skidded off a runway at Rendani domestic airport in Manokwari, West Papua, into a shallow river, injuring about 20 people on Tuesday. ...
Christchurch Airport Experiences Record Traffic in March
Christchurch Airport in New Zealand handled its highest number of passenger traffic yet in March 2010. The airport catered for 557,748 passengers, including domestic and international traffic...
Bangladesh Plans $7bn International Airport
Bangladesh said it will build a new international airport at the cost of 500bn taka (US$7bn) to cater for air traffic growth. The Bangabandhu International Airport will be developed on...
Hainan Meilan Airport to Buy into Sanya Phoenix through Domestic Purchase
Hainan Meilan International Airport in China said it will spend RMB2.2bn ($322m) to acquire a majority stake in the domestic Hainan Airlines Airport in Hainan, which will give it part ownership...
Raytheon Company Kicks off ADS-B NextGen Project
Raytheon's standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS) company in Philadelphia has become the first FAA facility to begin operation to deploy fused automatic...
BA Strikes Affect BAA Traffic for March
Passenger traffic at BAA's six airports dropped 1.5% year-on-year in March 2010, following seven days of strikes by British Airways' cabin crew. BAA's UK airports handled a total of 8.2...
Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport Gets Second Runway
Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) has completed the re-carpeting and reconstruction work on the secondary runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai,...
IATA Calls for a More Competitive Japan
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called upon Japan to address cost issues related to two major airports in the country in a bid to encourage competition. IATA...
Bangalore Airport to Expand Terminal 1
India's Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) will expand Terminal 1 in September this year to cater for the capacity predicted in 2015. The expansion will increase 70% of the...
Heathrow Airport Terminals to Get New Check-In Kiosks
BAA has awarded a four-year, multi-million dollar contract to install new software technology and check-in kiosks at Terminals 1, 3, and 4 of Heathrow Airport in the UK. The contract, awarded...
San Miguel Takes Majority Stake in Caticlan Airport
San Miguel has acquired a majority stake in the Caticlan International Airport Development Corp. (CIADC) in the Philippines, to facilitate the modernisation of the airport. CIADC will...
February Passenger Volume Rises 5.1% at Denver Airport
Passenger traffic at Denver International Airport rose 5.1% to 3,700,975 during February 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. With the increase in February, the airport's total...
Oshkosh Delivers Fire Vehicle to US Airport
Oshkosh Airport Products has delivered a Stinger Q4 firefighting rapid intervention vehicle to Anchorage International Airport in the US. The Stinger Q4 comes with QuadAgent and Pulse...
Munich Airport Reports 11.4% Passenger Rise
Germany's Munich Airport has reported an 11.4% increase in passenger traffic, with a figure of 2.9 million in March 2010 compared to the same month last year. The airport also recorded...
Balfour Wins Dallas Airport Terminal Contract
DFW International Airport in Dallas, US, has awarded a $900m preconstruction and construction contract for its terminals to Balfour Beatty Construction. Balfour will carry out construction...
Bahrain Airport Installs New Multi-Level Baggage Screening System
Bahrain International Airport has installed a new multi–level baggage screening system. The system, installed behind check-in counters or baggage make-up areas, increases the airport’s...
Manila to Set Screening Rules for Chartered Flight Passengers
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) will set up screening requirements for passengers of chartered flights at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). MIAA has also...
TSA to Implement New Aviation Security Measures
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will implement new enhanced aviation security measures for all air carriers with international flights to the US. The Department of...
Dubai Airport Concourse Three to be Unveiled in 2012
The construction of Dubai International Airport's concourse three (C3), part of the Terminal 3 complex, is on track and will be opened by the end of 2012. The concourse being constructed, at...
Muslim Civil Rights Group Welcomes New US Passenger Screening Policy
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has welcomed a new passenger screening policy set out by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The new screening policy, based...
Passenger Traffic Rises 29% at Muscat Airport
The total passenger traffic at Muscat International Airport in Oman increased by 29% to 854,387 between January and February 2010 compared with 660,578 for the same period in 2009. Arrival...
Bosnia to Expand Passenger Terminal
Sarajevo International Airport in Bosnia has received a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to modernise its existing infrastructure and increase capacity. ...
Aviation Organisations Agree to Exchange Safety Information
Major aviation organisations from around the world have signed a declaration of intent for the exchange of data on safety during the ICAO High-Level Safety Conference in Montreal, Canada. ...
FAA Programme Highlights Air Traffic Hazards
A new error-reporting programme of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has highlighted a significant amount of unreported air traffic violations within one year of its launch. According...
Manchester Airport Makes Way for A380 Aircraft
The UK's Manchester Airport will become the first regional airport in the world to accommodate the A380 superjumbo aircraft from 1 September 2010. Emirates airlines will fly the A380...
UK Airports to Use Full-Body Scanners on Children
The UK Government has said that children selected by security personnel will have to go through new full-body scanners installed at major airports in the country. UK Transport Secretary...
Nigerian Airport Receives 3D Body Scanners
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will install two 3D body-scanning machines at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as part of a security upgrade. The Secure...
New US Airport to Open in May
The Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in the US will open on 23 May, with 93% of the $318m airport relocation project now complete. The Federal Aviation Administration will...
ADB to Fund New Airport Terminal Project in Armenia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a loan of $40m to help Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia, construct a new terminal. The ADB loan will fund the $173m cost...
IATA Reports Strong Passenger and Cargo Demand in February
Passenger and cargo traffic figures in February have shown continuous improvement compared with the same period in 2009, according to the International Air Transport Association...
Chinese Airport Installs Voice Communication System
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in China has installed a voice communication system as part of its ongoing expansion programme, in preparation for the Shanghai World Expo. The...
Australia to Ban Noisy Planes at Major Airports
The Australian Government has said it will ban old and noisy freight jets operating out of major airports as part of an initiative to minimise the impact of aircraft noise over densely...
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Heathrow Worker Faces Disciplinary Action for Misusing Full-Body Scanner
A Heathrow Airport security worker has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action after he was found staring at an image of a female colleague in a full-body scanner. This is...
NATO Transfers Kabul Airport to Afghan Government
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has handed over the south facilities of Kabul International Airport (KAIA) to the Afghanistan Government. The handover will allow...
Iraq Awards International Airport Construction Contract
Iraq has awarded a $50m contract to Leedco Engineers to develop an international airport in the Salahuddine Province of northern Iraq. The new airport will have an initial capacity of...
Raleigh-Durham Airport to Build Terminal Separator Bypass
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in the US will construct a bypass to separate traffic heading to Terminal 2 from traffic heading to Terminal 1. The new road is expected to...
KKIA's Expanded Terminal to Open in April
Kota Kinabalu International Airport's (KKIA) Terminal 1 will be handed over to the Malaysian Transport Ministry in April following an expansion costing RM720m ($215m). The expansion...
European Commission Establishes New Air Traffic Rule
The European Commission has established a new regulation to manage the flow of air traffic in an effort to optimise the available airspace capacity. The new regulation is an important...
IATA Welcomes Aviation Carbon Emission Norms in US-EU Agreement
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said the decision made in the second stage of the Open Skies agreement between the US and the European Union (EU) will strengthen...
Passenger Traffic Drops 9% at Bulgarian Airports
Passenger traffic at Bulgaria's three main international airports fell by 9% to just over six million passengers in 2009. Growth at the airports trebled from 2.2 million in 2000 to over...
Heathrow Expansion Faces Green Hurdle
The UK Government's plan to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport has faced a serious hurdle after a judge recommended a review of the project's climate change and economic impact. High...
BCIA Reports 252% Net Profit Rise
Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) in China has reported a net profit increase of 252% to RMB300.8m ($43m) in 2009. According to BCIA, the increase in profit was mainly due...
Harding Recommends Israeli Screening Model
Robert Harding, President Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has recommended that US airports adopt screening systems used in Israel. Harding told...
Adisucipto Installs Biometric Verification
Adisucipto International Airport in Indonesia has introduced a biometric verification system as part of its latest passenger screening upgrade. The SITA-developed iBorders BioThenticate...
ATA Reports Increase in February Passenger Revenue
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has reported that passenger revenue increased by 4.5% in February compared to the same month in 2009, based on a sample group of carriers. ...
India's IGI Terminal 3 to Open in July
The new terminal 3 (T3) at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi, India, is set to open on 3 July, with a capacity of 34 million passengers per year. International airlines...
Heathrow Airport Installs Narcotics Detection System
London Heathrow Airport in the UK has installed an automatic narcotics detection system, which can detect narcotics without opening bags. Morpho Detection's XRD 3500 will be used to...
US Approves Air-Traffic Control Upgrade Bill
The US Senate has approved a $34.5bn bill to upgrade the nation's ageing air-traffic control system and limit tarmac delays for passengers. The bill, which will fund the Federal...
Israeli Airport to Receive Surface-Movement Guidance System
The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has awarded a contract to Sensis to install an advanced surface-movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) at Ben Gurion International Airport. The...
Slovenian Airport Forecasts Recovery in Passenger Traffic
Aerodrom Ljubljana, the Slovenian airport operator, expects its passenger traffic to grow by 10% in 2010. According to Aerodrom Ljubljana, Asian countries are expected to be one of the...
Brazil Airport Installs Self-Service Kiosks
Galeão International Airport (GIG) in Brazil has installed self-service kiosks to speed up check-in by 25% in preparation for the FIFA World Cup 2014. GIG CUTE CLUB, the operator of...
Reno-Tahoe Airport Implements Noise-Monitoring System
Reno-Tahoe International Airport in the US has installed a new airport noise and operations monitoring system (ANOMS), WebTrak, to track and record aircraft noise data. The system includes...
Mumbai Airport to Expand Cargo Facilities
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, India, will develop a new cargo complex, which will have an estimated capacity of one million tons of cargo shipments per annum. ...
Lufthansa Tests TaxiBot Aircraft Towing Technology
Lufthansa has recently successfully completed testing of its new TaxiBot aircraft towing technology on Dunsfold airfield in England. During the test, pilots from a B747 aircraft cockpit...
LAWA Urges Congress to Re-Examine Airport Funding
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) executive director Gina Marie Lindsey has urged the US Congress to re-examine how federal funds are allocated to airports in the US. According to Lindsey,...
Australia Approves Jandakot Airport Expansion
The Australian Government has approved a master plan for the expansion of Jandakot Airport, which is designed to help the airport cope with the region's ongoing mineral boom. At an...
Dubai Continues Strong Passenger Growth in 2010
Dubai International Airport experienced a 22.6% growth in passenger traffic during February 2010 compared with the same month last year. The airport handled a total of 3,640,323...
UK's Southend Airport Receives Runway Extension Approval
The UK Government has approved plans for Southend Airport in Essex to extend its runway. The plan was supported by the UK secretary of state for the environment, John Denham, despite...
South Africa to Unveil King Shaka Airport in May
King Shaka International Airport in South Africa is expected to begin operations on 1 May in time for the FIFA World Cup 2010, which kicks off in June. The 19,500m² greenfield airport...
Saudi Arabia to Issue Private Airport Tender
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will issue an international tender in May 2010 to develop Saudi Arabia's first privately owned airport. The airport, which will be built next...
February Passenger Traffic Increases 18% for QAL
The three airports operated by Australia's Queensland Airports Limited (QAL) handled 550,000 passengers in February 2010, an increase of 18% compared to February 2009. Mount Isa Airport...
Greece Airport to Launch New Baggage-Handling System
Logan Teleflex will install a new baggage-handling system at Nea Anchialos Airport (VOL) in Central Greece as part of the airport's plan to upgrade existing facilities. The system will...
Consortium to Develop Next-Generation ATM Communications Technology
A new consortium is developing technology to support air-traffic management (ATM) concepts and communications infrastructures for the next 20 years. The Wireless Communication Study...
NIIT Technologies Signs Strategic Agreement with SATS
NIIT Technologies has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) to market and implement its COSYS Intelligent Solutions (COSYS IS) system. ...
LAX Halts Passenger Screening After Security Breach
Los Angeles International Airport in the US halted screening on Wednesday for nearly 25 minutes after a security breach was identified. Security screening at the airport's three terminals...
BAPL Awards IT Application Contract to Genpact
Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) in Kolkata, India, has awarded a five-year contract to Genpact to manage its IT operations and infrastructure services. Under the agreement,...
Beijing Airport Climbs Global Passenger Traffic League Table
Beijing Capital International Airport in China became the third busiest airport in 2009 after surpassing O'Hare International Airport in the US. Beijing Airport experienced a 17% increase...
Bellingham Airport Awards Runway Contract
The Port of Bellingham has awarded a $26m contract to ICON Materials for the development of a runway and taxiway at Bellingham International Airport. The work will include constructing...
HRS to Develop 3D Face Technology for Airport Security
Human Recognition Systems (HRS) will collaborate with BAE Systems to develop 3D facial recognition technology aimed at improving airport security. The new technology will enable...
Brisbane Airport to Begin Terminal Upgrade in April
Brisbane Airport in Queensland, Australia, will begin constructing its new domestic airport terminal in April. The terminal expansion will be the second and third in a five-stage plan to...
ICAO to Support Haiti Civil Aviation System Rebuild
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will provide assistance to the reconstruction of Haiti's civil aviation infrastructure, following serious damage by a recent earthquake. ...
February Figures Show Passenger and Cargo Rise at Hong Kong Airport
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has registered a 17% year-on-year growth of passenger volume to 3.9 million and cargo by 30.1% to 257,000t in February 2010. The increase in...
US O'Hare Airport Installs Full-Body Scanner
O'Hare International Airport in the US has installed the first full-body scanner to screen passengers' clothes for explosives. The move is part of Transportation Security Administration's...
Newcastle Airport to Install Automated Exit Lanes System
Newcastle International Airport in the UK is to install the MFlow system to manage passenger flow through its terminal. The system, which has been developed by Human Recognition Systems,...
BAA Awards Heathrow Terminal 2 Contract to HETCo
BAA has awarded a £800m ($1.2bn) contract to HETCo, a joint venture between Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke, for the development of Terminal 2 at Heathrow International Airport in the...
Gatwick Airport's Traffic Improves in February
London Gatwick Airport in the UK handled a total of 2.05 million passengers in February 2010, which is a 3.2% rise compared with the same period in 2009. Gatwick Airport's domestic...
IATA Forecasts Recovery in 2010
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has halved its loss forecast for 2010 to $2.8bn, compared to the December 2009 forecast of $5.6bn. According to IATA, the improvement...
US Citizens Want Aviation Infrastructure Improvements, Says Survey
US citizens want improvements to aviation infrastructure, according to a new aviation security and safety survey by HNTB Corporation. In the survey, 62% of Americans said they care most...
Hongqiao Airport Tests New Runway
Hongqiao International Airport in China has begun trial operations at its new runway. The new runway will begin full services from today, according to ShanghaiDaily.com. The airport's...
Passenger Traffic Improves at Swedish Airports in February
Sweden's 19 major airports have reported a 5% increase in passenger traffic in February compared with the same month in 2009, according to LFV Group. During February, international...
NAV CANADA to Install IntelliDAR Video Solutions
NAV CANADA is to install IntelliDAR, an advanced video platform, in order to develop video technology applications for airport surface surveillance and remote monitoring. The...
Passenger Traffic Rises at Kuala Lumpur in January
Passenger traffic at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) increased by 19.7% to 2.6 million in January 2010, compared with 2.17 million in 2009, according to Malaysia Airports Holdings...
DAA to Operate Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has received consent from Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey to operate Dublin Airport's new Terminal 2 in the Republic of Ireland. DAA will run...
Toulouse Blagnac Airport Opens New Terminal
Toulouse Blagnac Airport in France has opened its new terminal, Hall D, following four years of construction. The new terminal has extended the airport's surface area and increased its...
Charlotte/Douglas Airport to Expand Concourse E
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in the US will begin construction work on the 120ft extension of Concourse E. The expanded concourse will be able to accommodate larger aircraft such...
NATS Joins North European ANS Providers
The UK's air navigation services provider, NATS, has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the North European ANS Providers (NEAP) organisation. NEAP, which includes nine...
IATA Pushes Forward e-Freight Programme
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has recommended the entire air cargo value chain to implement its e-freight programme in order to increase efficiency and improve...
Palermo Airport to Install WindTracer Lidar System
Italy's Palermo Airport will install a Lockheed WindTracer Doppler lidar system as part of the nation's wind shear programme. The programme will be managed by Italian air traffic...
Bahrain Company Takes Over Airport Operation
Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) began the management and operation of Bahrain International Airport on 1 March 2010. BAC will work to create an aviation hub and unify the goals of the...
IGI Airport to Install Anti-Intrusion System
Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi, India, will install a new hi-tech anti-intrusion system as part of its plan to increase airport security. The perimeter intrusion...
Indian Airport Tightens Security Following Terror Threat
Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) in India has deployed additional security personnel in a bid to tighten security following a terror alert issued by central intelligence agencies. BIA...
Saudi Arabia to Issue Airport Projects Bid in May
Saudi Arabia is expected to issue tenders for the modernisation of two of its airports worth SR17bn (US$4.5bn) in May this year. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) will issue...
Dublin Airport Passenger Traffic Drops in January
Dublin Airport handled passenger traffic of 1.1 million in January 2010, a 17% decline compared to the same period last year, according to the Dublin Airport Authority. The decline in...
Al Maktoum Airport to Open in June
Al Maktoum International in Dubai, the world's largest airport, will open on 27 June 2010 after being delayed for a year. Construction of the first passenger terminal, costing Dh100m...
Tampa Airport Introduces Palm Swabbing
Tampa International Airport in the US has introduced technology to swab the hands of random passengers in an effort to detect explosives. The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA)...
Montreal Airport Reports Passenger Traffic Decline in 2009
Montreal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Canada has reported a decline of 4.7% in passenger traffic to 12.2 million in 2009, compared to 12.8 million in 2008. This...
San Jose Airport Installs IP-Based Video Surveillance Solution
Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in the US has upgraded its security system by installing a DVTel intelligent Security Operations Centre (iSOC). iSOC has a dedicated IPTV VLAN...
Manchester Airport to Double Flight Movement
The UK Government has predicted that Manchester Airport will double the number of flights it handles in the next 40 years and become as busy as Heathrow Airport. Manchester Airport, located...
MIA Introduces New Security Scanner
Miami International Airport (MIA) in the US has introduced a new security scanner as part of a Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) security upgrade. Testing for explosives, TSA...
Xiamen Gaoqi Airport to Undergo Expansion
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport in Fujian, China will build a new runway and add 27 aircraft stands as part of an expansion plan. The Chinese airport, which currently has 53 gate...
JFK Unveils New Cargo Terminal
American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has unveiled a newly relocated cargo terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, US. The new facility will feature more...
Canberra Airport Terminal Upgrade Receives Approval
Development work at the new Western Concourse Terminal at Canberra Airport in Australia has been approved by the federal government. The Western Concourse Terminal upgrade, which is expected...
Hong Kong Airport to Install Air Traffic Control Simulator
The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department is to install UFA's air traffic control simulation products at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). Under the contract, UFA will install its...
Philippines Airport to Open New Terminal in April
Following an expansion project, Terminal 1 at Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in the Philippines is expected to become operational in April 2010. According to Clark...
Chile's International Airport Continues to Restore Services
The passenger terminal at Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Chile has continued to restore services, after it was severely damaged by a massive earthquake on 27 February 2010. ...
Port Lincoln Airport to Receive Security Upgrade
Port Lincoln Airport in South Australia will receive a security upgrade following the Australian Government's decision to strengthen international and domestic aviation security. Passenger...
Grand Bahama Airport to Open New Terminal
The new Western Air terminal at Grand Bahama International Airport in the Bahamas is expected to open by late summer. The new terminal will increase airlift capability at Grand Bahama...
New Facial Recognition Border Gates at Birmingham Airport
Birmingham International Airport in the UK has installed five new facial recognition border gates to screen its passengers. The new gates will measure points on a passenger's face and...
Airlines Oppose Thames Estuary Airport Project
Medway Council in Kent, UK, said 90% of airlines, including British Airways, Air France and Virgin Atlantic, are opposed to plans to build a new airport on the Thames Estuary. The council...
Changi Airport Acquires Stake in Rome Airports
Changi Airports International (CAI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Changi Airport Group (CAG), has acquired a 5% stake in Gemina SpA, the holding company of Aeroporti di Roma (AdR). Following...
Canada to Dedicate Funds to Aviation Security
The Canadian Government will provide $1.5bn over five years to the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to enhance aviation security across the country. The government will...
Chennai Airport to Receive Automated Air Traffic Management Systems
The Airports Authority of India has awarded a contract to Raytheon to automate air traffic control services at Chennai International Airport. Under the contract, Raytheon will install...
Atlanta Airport to Receive Additional Full-Body Scanners
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will install up to 11 additional full-body imaging scanners at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta by mid-summer. The...
Newark Airport Upgrades Surveillance Cameras
The Port Authority of New Jersey is to equip surveillance cameras at Newark Liberty International Airport with alarms in an effort to alert security personnel should the equipment...
Oman Awards Contract for Second Phase of Ras Al Hadd Airport Project
Oman's Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded a contract to Galfar for the implementation of Phase 2 of the Ras Al Hadd Airport project. Under the OMR40.5m (US$103m)...
Air Traffic Demand Improves in January 2010, Says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that international scheduled air traffic figures in January 2010 showed continuing signs of improvement, but at the same time...
MAHB to Raise Funds for Kuala Lumpur Airport Expansion
Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB), the operator of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), will raise RM2.5bn ($733m) by June 2010 to fund a new low-cost carrier terminal and expand...
World Bank Funds Cairo Airport Development Project
The World Bank has recently approved a loan of $280m to support the second terminal building (TB2) of the Cairo Airport development project (CADP). The first phase of the project will...
Sydney Airport Sees 5.9% Rise in January Passenger Traffic
Sydney Airport's passenger traffic rose by 5.9% year on year to three million in January 2010, according to the MAp Airports Traffic January 2010 report. Sydney Airport's domestic...
Kazakhstan's Air Navigation Service Provider to Receive Northrop ETVS
Northrop Grumman is to provide Kazaeronavigatsia, Kazakhstan's national air navigation services provider, with its enhanced terminal voice switch (ETVS) system. Under the terms of the...
BAA Introduces SmartBPM Solution at Heathrow Airport
BAA has introduced Pegasystems' SmartBPM solution at London Heathrow Airport. Developed by the European Air Traffic Control agency (Eurocontrol), the business process management (BPM)...
Santiago Airport Reopens for Limited Flights After Earthquake
Santiago International Airport in Chile reopened for a limited number of incoming flights yesterday following a devastating earthquake across the country on the early morning of 27 February,...
Philadelphia Introduces ASDE-X Airport Surface Detection Equipment
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) has introduced Sensis airport surface detection equipment as part of the FAA's ASDE-X programme. Model X (ASDE-X) is a runway incursion detection...
Auckland Airport Reports Rise in 2009 Passenger Traffic
Auckland Airport's total passenger traffic increased by 2.3% to 6,782,242 in the six months ending 31 December 2009. According to Auckland Airport, the increase in passenger traffic was...
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French Air Traffic Strike Disrupts Flights
The ongoing five-day strike called by French air traffic controllers has led to the cancellation of dozens of flights, leaving thousands of travellers stranded across the country. Half of...
Bristol Airport Expansion to Receive Council Approval
The proposed £150m ($229m) expansion project at Bristol International Airport (BIA) in the UK has been recommended for approval by the North Somerset Council planning officers. On March 3,...
LAX Begins Bradley Terminal Modernisation Project
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US held a groundbreaking ceremony this week for the $1.5bn Tom Bradley international terminal modernisation project. The project is expected to...
Male International Airport to Begin Modernisation Programme
In coordination with the IFC and the Maldivian Government, Male International Airport in the Maldives will soon embark on a modernisation programme in order to improve passenger services and...
ATA Reports 1.4% Rise in January Passenger Revenue
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has reported that passenger revenue in January 2010 increased by 1.4% compared to the same month in 2009. According to ATA, around 0.4%...
Construction on India's First Aerotropolis to Begin in April
Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) is to begin construction work of India's first aerotropolis project in April 2010, as soon as it receives clearance for additional land for the...
US and Iraq Sign Transportation MOU
The transport departments of US and Iraq have signed an MOU to promote cooperation in all areas of transportation. The deal has been signed by the US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood...
Heathrow's Third Runway to Boost UK Economy
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said the third runway at Heathrow airport will provide a £21.7bn ($33bn) boost to the UK economy. The third runway is one of 13 key transport...
Bahrain Airport Expansion Project Receives Six Bids
The Bahrain Airport Company has received bids from six companies wishing to carry out the expansion of Bahrain International Airport. According to MEED, the successful bidder will be...
Vnukovo Airport to Complete New Terminal in 2010
A new terminal at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, is set to open in May 2010. The new terminal will feature five main levels and a total of 26 jetway-equipped contact gates. ...
South Africa's International Air Traffic to Rise in Next 20 Years
South Africa will see an increase in its international traffic in the next 20 years, according to the 2010 global market forecast by Airbus. Out of the top ten international air traffic...
Paris Airport Introduces First Body Scanners
France has begun its first trial of full-body scanners at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to screen US-bound passengers. The scanners use millimetric radio-wave-based technology to see...
Lufthansa Strike to Cause Flight Irregularities
A strike by Lufthansa's pilots yesterday is likely to cause flight irregularities over the next few days. Although the strike, which was initially planned for four days, was called off...
Logan Airport's Terminal C to Receive Upgrade
Logan International Airport's Terminal C is to receive a major upgrade under a $55m fund approved by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport). On 16 April 2009, Massport's board of...
South Africa Prepares for FIFA Cup Air Traffic Rush
South African air traffic controllers, airports and ground-handling companies have begun practising air traffic dry-runs to prepare for the movement of teams and fans during the FIFA World...
BAA Expects Passenger Traffic to Improve in 2010
British airport operator BAA has said it expects passenger traffic to improve in 2010, but warned the airport industry to remain prepared for further economic challenges. BAA, the owner...
Philadelphia Airport Unveils Terminal E After Expansion
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in the US has resumed full operations at Terminal E following its expansion programme. Terminal E has seven new aircraft gates, seating arrangements...
Mumbai Airport to get Security Upgrade Post 26/11 Attacks
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai, India, is to receive 518 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel to monitor airport premises as part of a counter...
EU to Decide on Body Scanning Regulation Based on April Report
The EU Commissioner for Transport vice president Siim Kallas will present a detailed report on the use of body scanning technology to the European Parliament in April in order to decide whether...
GACA to Build New International Airport in Pabmec City
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an investment firm to build the new Hail International Airport in the Prince Abdul...
Birmingham Airport Passenger Traffic Declines 7.2% in January
Birmingham International Airport in the UK has recorded a 7.2% decline in passenger traffic in January 2010. The airport's two terminals handled 521,566 passengers during January,...
Haiti Airport Reopened for Commercial Operations
Haiti's international airport has reopened to major commercial airlines for the first time since it was closed after its control tower was destroyed by a massive earthquake on 12 January...
TSA Expands ETD Technology Use at US Airports
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has increased the use of explosive trace detection (ETD) technology at airports across the nation to enhance existing levels of...
Western-Built Jet Aircraft Accident Rate Drops in 2009
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) aviation safety performance report for 2009 has found that the accident rate for western-built jet aircraft is the second lowest in...
Munich Airport Reports 5.4% Passenger Traffic Fall in 2009
Munich Airport has reported a 5.4% decline in passenger traffic in 2009, with just under 32.7 million passengers passing through its gates. During that period, the airport's domestic...
LAX to Get New Runway Warning System
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will install a runway safety status lights (RWSL) system at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). According...
Expansion Work Begins at Luang Prabang Airport
The Laos Government has begun land acquisition around the Luang Prabang Airport as part of its airport expansion project. The airport expansion work, scheduled for completion in 2013,...
New Zealand Airports to Get New Operational IT System
Quintiq will join with security provider Avsec to develop an employee scheduling solution that will increase operational efficiencies at New Zealand's airports. Quintiq's employee...
Full-Body Airport Scanners May Violate Laws, Says UK's EHRC
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the UK has said the recent introduction of full-body scanners at British airports may breach human rights laws. The EHRC has asked the...
Frankfurt Airport Passenger Traffic Increases 3.5% in January
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany has registered a 3.5% increase in passenger traffic in January 2010, compared to the same month in 2009, despite poor weather conditions. In January 2010,...
Charlotte Douglas International Airport Opens New Runway
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in North Carolina has opened its newest runway to reduce arrival and departure delays. CLT, which on average handles 600 arrivals per day,...
Morpho Wins TSA Explosives Detection Systems Contract
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded a contract to Morpho Detection to deliver Itemiser DX explosive trace detection systems (ETD) to replace and upgrade existing...
US TSA Tests New Airport Passenger Scanners
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is currently testing two new airport passenger scanners developed by Iscon Video Imaging. The scanners, which are equipped with a...
Tambo Airport Rail Link on Track
A rapid rail line between Sandton and Tambo International Airport in South Africa will be ready before the FIFA World Cup starts in June 2010. The project is aimed at easing...
Los Angeles Airport to Receive New Mobility Solutions
Global mobility provider Schindler will supply 70 escalators, elevators and moving walks to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US, under a contract awarded by the airport operator...
France to Fund Security Equipment Installation at JKIA
France will help Kenya with a KSh9.8bn (US$121m) fund for the installation of key security and other operational equipment for the nation's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). ...
Copenhagen Airport to Expand Security Checkpoint in Terminal 1
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) in Denmark will expand the security checkpoint in Terminal 1 to deal more effectively with security issues. CPH will complete the first part of the project within...
Report Identifies New Full Body Scanners as Low Radiation Risk
The radiation risk from new full body X-ray airport security scanners is much lower that normal background radiation, according to a report compiled by international agencies. The report,...
BAA Traffic Falls Following Poor Weather in January
BAA has reported a fall in passenger traffic at most of its airports in January 2010 due to poor weather conditions and snow. London Heathrow Airport experienced drop of 0.5% in...
New Terminal at Riga Airport Receives Governmental Approval
Latvian airline airBaltic's proposal to construct a new terminal at Riga International Airport has received approval from the Latvian Government. airBaltic has proposed a 58,000m² terminal...
Paperless Boarding Pilot Programme Begins at Luis Munoz Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Continental Airlines have begun a paperless boarding pass pilot programme at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) in Puerto...
Daytona Beach Airport Passenger Traffic Rises 23% in January
Daytona Beach International Airport (DBIA) in the US has experienced a 23% increase in passenger traffic in January 2010 compared to the same month last year. Nearly 34,514 passengers used...
Heathrow and Manchester Airports Install Advanced Body Scanners
Heathrow and Manchester International airports in the UK have installed Advanced Imaging Technology Secure 1000 Single Pose body scanners from Rapiscan Systems. The systems have been...
GACA to Establish Commercial City at Saudi Airport
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) will establish a commercial city at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah to encourage private sectors to invest...
Celebi Holding Plans $100m Investment in Indian Airports
Turkish airport ground-handling and cargo operator Celebi Holding will invest Rs500 crore ($100m) in an effort to upgrade Indian airports. Delhi and Mumbai international airports have...
Brazil's Air-Ground Communications System Receives Vital Upgrade
Brazil's air-ground data link communications system has received a vital upgrade from SITA as part of the country's air traffic management modernisation programme. According to Air...
Bradley Airport to Receive Flight Operations Data Feed Solution
Bradley International Airport in the US will receive a flight operations data feed solution from Passur Aerospace. Passur will provide the system after signing a contract with the...
Auckland Airport Wins Frost & Sullivan Airport of the Year Award
Auckland Airport in New Zealand has won the Airport of the Year award in the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Aerospace & Defence Awards held in Singapore. The airport has...
Australian Airports to Install Body Scanners in 2011
Australia will install body scanners at its international airports in 2011 as part of a A$200m (US$175.41m) federal government plan to enhance airport security. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd...
RGIA to Use 2D Bar Coded Boarding Passes
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad, India, will now issue 2D bar coded boarding passes (BCBP), which comply with International Air Transport Association guidelines. BCBP...
NAV CANADA Installs WAM System for 2010 Winter Olympics Site
NAV CANADA has installed wide area multilateration (WAM) for the surveillance of helicopter and aircraft traffic between Vancouver and Pemberton, British Columbia, as part of its preparations...
Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Open New Terminal
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in China is to open its new aviation terminal on 16 March 2010 for domestic air carriers. The new terminal will be used by domestic airlines such as...
Ice Formation Caused BA Airport Crash in 2008
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report has found that an ice-related technical fault was behind the 2008 British Airways crash-landing on the border of Heathrow Airport. The...
Dubai Undertakes Airport Capacity Expansion Work
Dubai Airports is reportedly seeking approval for expansion plans costing billions of dirhams, in spite of the Emirate's $20bn bailout last year. The opening of the first phase of the...
Gatwick's New Owners Reject Second Runway Plan
New owners of Gatwick Airport in the UK have said that they have no plans to build a second runway at the West Sussex site. According to BBC News, Gatwick chairman Sir David Rowlands said in...
Blizzard Disrupts Flights Across Washington
Airports, roads and rail services in eastern areas of the US have been disrupted in recent days due to a record-breaking snowstorm. Washington DC and other mid-Atlantic states received a...
Asur's Passenger Traffic Falls Due to 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (Asur) experienced a 4.6% fall in passenger traffic across its nine airports in January 2010 compared to the previous year, following...
UK Airport Works on New Control Tower
Work on the new air traffic control radar tower in the UK town of Cardiff is expected to be completed by July this year. The radar will be positioned south of the airfield, adjacent to the...
Denver Airport Has Second-Busiest Year
Denver International Airport in the US had its second busiest year yet in 2009, with just over four million passengers travelling through it in December. Despite recording a reduction of...
London Oxford Airport Partners with Sweden's Skyways IT Services
London Oxford Airport in the UK, which operates international and business flights, has partnered with Skyways of Sweden to use the airline's IT network for efficient...
New Mozambique Airport Construction Dates Set
Construction of the new Nacala International Airport in Nampula, Mozambique, is expected to start in April this year. The Mozambican Government has given its final approval to $112m...
UK Helps Yemen Upgrade Airport Security
The UK is helping Yemen upgrade its airport security, and will subsequently consider lifting the suspension of direct flights to Britain from Yemen. According to reports, the two countries...
Vancouver International Airport Installs Full Body Scanners
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Canada has installed two full-body scanners to screen US-bound passengers. The scanners will be installed at transborder checkpoints that are...
Quake-Hit Haiti Airport Resumes Aircraft Operations
Port Au Prince Airport in Haiti has resumed normal aircraft operations and will be accessible to private jet charters, according to Florida-based agency Stratos Jet Charters. An...
Gatwick Airport Passenger Traffic Falls in 2009
Gatwick Airport in the UK experienced a 5.3% fall in passenger traffic in 2009 compared with 2008. The fall was due to nine consecutive months of declining year-on-year traffic. ...
South Korean Pension Fund Plans to Buy Stake in Gatwick Airport
South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) plans to buy a 12% stake in Gatwick Airport for £100m ($159m) in an effort to increase investment in alternative assets. The National...
Delhi Airport to Begin Full Body Scanner Trial
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, will begin trial of full body scanners from May this year. The trials will provide the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security a...
US Federal Budget Receives Mixed Reviews from ATA
The Air Transport Association (ATA) of America has given mixed reactions to the White House's budget proposal for 2011, which has not increased taxes and fees but has increased passenger...
New Full Body Scan Requirements at Heathrow and Manchester
New security rules in the UK have made it compulsory for some passengers to pass through full body scanners at Heathrow and Manchester Airports. Passengers selected for a scan must now...
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Airport to Receive New ATC Tower
Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport in the US will receive a new air traffic control (ATC) tower as part of an upgrade proposal. Federal officials recently broke ground for the...
San José Airport to Close Oldest Terminal
Mineta San José International Airport in the US will close its oldest terminal and partially open a new terminal as part of a $1.3bn terminal area improvement programme. Terminal C's...
Airports Look to Alternative Revenue Channels
According to a new report by Frost & Sullivan, escalating fuel prices and the global economic downturn has forced airports to adopt alternative revenue channels for growth. ...
Sharjah Airport to Deploy Arabic CUSS Kiosks
The world's first common-use self-service (CUSS) kiosks with an Arabic interface will be deployed at Sharjah International Airport in the UAE. The kiosks have been provided by aviation...
South Korea Plans to Install Full Body Scanners Ahead of G20
The South Korean Government plans to install full body scanners at major international airports across the nation ahead of the G20 summit. South Korea will host the G20 economic summit...
Asia-Pacific Passenger Traffic Increases in 2009
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), passenger traffic within the Asia-Pacific region increased in 2009 making it the world's largest aviation market ahead of...
Improved Q4 Results for US Airlines
Following more than a year of revenue declines in the aviation industry, two more airlines have reported improved fourth-quarter results. US Airways Group narrowed its loss while...
Singapore's Pteris Wins Taiwan Baggage Deal
Singapore's Pteris Global will supply a baggage and container handling system for Taiwan's Taoyuan International Airport's city access mass rapid transit railway. The system will provide...
Government Offers to Manage New Terminal at Melaka Airport
The State Government of Melaka has offered to manage the new RM190m ($55m) international terminal at Melaka International Airport in Malaysia. The Melaka State Government, along with its...
Piedmont Triad Airport Unveils New Runway
Piedmont Triad International Airport in the US has unveiled a 9,000ft new runway (5L-23R), which will run parallel to the existing 10,000ft main runway. The $150m third runway will offer...
BART APM Approved for Oakland
A plan to build a 3.2 mile automated people mover (APM) between Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) Coliseum station and Oakland International Airport in the US has been approved by...
Chile's New ATCC Unveiled in Santiago
The Chilean Civil Aviation Authority has unveiled a new Air Traffic Control Centre (ATCC) in Santiago in a bid to improve air traffic operational security and efficiency. The new system has...
San Francisco Airport to Receive PASSUR Solutions
PASSUR Aerospace is to provide San Francisco International Airport in the US with an airport management solution to optimise flight status information and enhance operational efficiency. ...
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South Carolina Airport Unveils New Eco-Terminal
A new eco-friendly $1.5m general aviation terminal has opened at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in South Carolina, US. According to sources, Stevens Aviation will operate the...
Train Link Operational at Dulles Airport
A new airport rail network has started operations at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, US. Planning for the $1.5bn train system began 15 years ago and the completed project covers...
Thai Airport Begins Full-Body Scanner Trial
Airports of Thailand (AOT) has started a one-month trial of new full-body scanner technology at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The GEN2 body scanner has been developed by...
Bahrain Airport to Get New Air Traffic Safety System
A new air traffic safety system will be installed at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) by Bahrain's Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA). CAA has signed a contract with aviation IT...
Europe's Largest ATC Centre Opens in Prestwick
As part of an ongoing modernisation of UK air traffic control services, the new air traffic control centre (ATCC) at Prestwick in Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, has entered full operational service. ...
Passenger Demand Falls 3.5% in 2009
According to new statistics from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) passenger demand fell by 3.5% in 2009 with an average load factor of 75.6%. IATA revealed that the...
Gold Coast Airport Passenger Terminal Unveiled
Gold Coast Airport in Australia has unveiled its new terminal as part of a A$100m passenger terminal redevelopment project. The project has been completed ahead of schedule and took seven...
German Airports to Use Explosives-Detection Kits
About 11 major international airports in Germany will use explosives-detection kits developed by IDenta Corporation in an effort to improve security at national gateways. The IDenta...
Cardiff Airport Unveils Terminal Redesign Plans
Cardiff Airport in the UK has unveiled plans for the proposed redevelopment of its terminal building as part of a £15m investment strategy to upgrade facilities at the airport. The £5m...
Vancouver and Seattle-Tacoma Airports to be Secured for Winter Olympics
Passengers travelling through Vancouver and Seattle-Tacoma Airports during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be checked against watch lists by the US and Canadian authorities. The...
IATA Supports Spain's New Air Navigation Cost Reforms
The Spanish Government has decided to freeze the Spanish air navigation service provider (ANSP) AENA's unit rates for 2010 to control spiralling costs at the organisation. The International...
Polish Airport Installs Explosives-Disposal and Drug-Detection Equipment
Frederic Chopin International Airport in Poland has installed new technology for destroying explosive materials and detecting illegal drugs. The technology is designed to identify the...
SITA to Upgrade Check-In Services at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Aviation IT and communications firm SITA will upgrade check-in services at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. Check-in and boarding across 800 workstations serving 56 airlines will...
First Full Body Scanner Operational at Canadian Airport
Pearson International Airport in Canada has installed its first operational full-body scanner in Terminal 1 in a bid to improve security across the country's gateways. The scanner will...
Nigeria's Asaba Airport to Open by April 2010
Asaba Airport in Nigeria's Delta State will become operational by the end of April 2010, according to Delta State Deputy Governor Amos Utuama. "We are optimistic that going at the current...
Zero-Tolerance Drug Programme Launched at Soekarno-Hatta Airport
Indonesian police have launched a zero-tolerance drug programme at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to suppress drug trafficking and drug abuse across the country. According to...
Germany Develops Smell Sensors Technology for Airport Security
A new airport security system based on smell sensors has been developed by German researchers. The prototype system HAMLeT (hazardous material localisation and person tracking) was developed...
UK Announces Enhanced Security Measures
The UK Government has announced new steps and measures that are to be put in place to enhance airline security in the UK. The move is a direct response to the attempted plan to blow up...
Garuda Group to Build Three Airports in Vietnam
Garuda Group plans to build three new airports in Vietnam following an agreement to invest a total of $15bn. Of the total amount, Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City-Long Thanh International Airport...
Haiti's Jacmel Airport to Open for Rescue Operations
Jacmel Airport in Haiti is expected to open its runway to serve as an entry point for emergency supplies as part of ongoing rescue operations on the Caribbean Island following an earthquake. ...
Ethiopian Airlines Jet Crashes into Mediterranean Sea
A Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 90 Ethiopian Airlines passengers and crew crashed into the Mediterranean Sea earlier today, having burst into flames minutes after take-off. ...
Passenger Revenue Declines for US Airlines in December
Air passenger revenue of US Airlines fell by 4% in December 2009 compared with 2008 due to a 3% drop in passenger volume and a 2% drop the in average price to fly a mile, according to the...
Raytheon to Support System Error Probe at Indian Airport
Raytheon will continue its efforts to investigate the interruption of the air traffic management system that occurred on 14 January at Indira Gandhi International Airport in India. A...
Labour Dispute Disrupts Irish Airport Operations
A labour dispute has disrupted airport operations across Ireland causing the cancellation of more than 100 flights. According to sources, the dispute arose when the Irish Aviation...
Dublin Airport to Test Passenger Self-Scan Systems
The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) will begin a trial run with boarding card scanning systems. The system will allow passengers to scan their boarding passes in order to pass through a...
Seattle-Tacoma to Receive PASSUR Field Reporting Solution
PASSUR Aerospace is to provide Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US with a field conditions reporting solution in a bid to enhance operational efficiency and safety. The...
Check-in Equipment Crashes at Nigerian Airport
Check-in equipment crashed at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Nigeria, affecting airport operations for two hours on 17 January. Hundreds of passengers were left stranded when...
Hong Kong Airport Traffic Figures Improve in Q4
Hong Kong International Airport's fourth-quarter traffic figures reveal a slight improvement, although total traffic for 2009 remained down on the previous year. The fourth-quarter...
Abu Dhabi Airport Invites Bids for Midfield Terminal Building
Abu Dhabi International Airport has invited pre-qualification bids for the midfield terminal building (MTB) as part of its airport expansion programme. The project will be delivered by...
US Offers Air Traffic Management Assistance to Haiti
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has offered technical assistance to air traffic management operations in Haiti, after a major earthquake ruptured the Caribbean country. The...
Excessive Sweating Not Sign of Criminal Activity at Airports
The International Hyperhidrosis Society (IHS) has revealed that excessive sweating is not a sign of potential criminal activity at airports. The IHS has indicated that excessive sweating can...
Mexican Airports to Receive Baggage Handling Systems from Rapiscan
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) has awarded a contract to Rapiscan Systems for the installation of baggage screening systems at its 12 airports. The $35m...
Dusseldorf Airport Passenger Traffic Rises in Second Half of 2009
Dusseldorf International Airport in Germany experienced a growth in passenger traffic numbers in the second half of 2009. Passenger traffic steadily rose from mid 2009 up until the end of...
Dubai Airport Passenger Traffic Rises by 14.5%
Dubai International Airport experienced a 14.5% growth in passenger traffic in December 2009 compared with the same period in 2008. The airport recorded a total of 3,816,360 passengers...
Seattle-Tacoma Airport to Use New Avian Radar System
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US will implement a new avian radar system that offers real-time displays of bird activity on and around the airport to minimise bird-strike incidences....
Dublin Airport to Set Framework for Purchasing Scanning Equipment
Dublin Airport in Ireland will allocate €2m ($2.8m) to set up a framework that will allow it to purchase scanning equipment if the need arises. The Dublin Airport Authority...
Frankfurt Airport Passenger Traffic Rises by 2.3% in December
Frankfurt Airport in Germany experienced a 2.3% increase in passenger traffic in December 2009, compared with the same month in the previous year. Intercontinental traffic rose by...
British Firm Developing New Body Scanner
A British firm is developing a new body scanner that will be capable of identifying a wide range of concealed explosives without producing an image of passengers. TeraView's scanners...
Airline Cost Declines for Third Consecutive Quarter
According to the Air Transport Association (ATA) of America, the composite cost index for airlines fell by 36% to 185.3 in the third quarter of 2009, compared with 289.7 in the same period of...
Syria Protests Tighter US Security Measures
Syria has protested against the tighter screening of Syrian passenger, defining the measures as unfriendly discriminatory procedures and warning it would take reciprocal measures if the move...
US Bird Strikes Surge in 2009
The number of bird-airplane collisions in the US surged in 2009 compared with previous years. Between January and July 2009, 4,671 strikes were reported, an increase of 22% over the same...
Logan Airport to Deploy Anti-Terrorist Robot
Logan International Airport in the US will enlist the services of a anti-terrorist robot that can help detect and disarm explosives from a distance. The LandShark Series D robot has...
Melbourne Airport Uses Advanced Guidance and Control System
Melbourne International Airport in Australia is now operating the Sensis advanced – surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) in a bid to improve surface operations. The...
Kuwait Airport to Undergo $698m Redevelopment
The Government of Kuwait is planning to redevelop Kuwait International Airport in a bid to increase its capacity to 20 million passengers a year. A total of $698m will be used to redevelop...
New CNG Filling Stations to Benefit Three US Airports
Three clean natural gas fuelling stations will be built in order to help three international airports in the US to improve air quality and reduce environmental impact. The three stations,...
Power Outage Leads to Suspension of Ground Operations in Cleveland
A power outage has forced Hopkins International Airport in the US to suspend ground operations for major US airlines. The power outage was a result of road salt contaminating a power line...
Taoyuan Airport to Build New Terminal
Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan plans to build a third terminal to boost the city's economy and tourism. Terminal 3 is expected to be larger than the two existing...
Houston Air Traffic Controllers Use ADS-B Tracking System
Houston Air Traffic controllers have begun using automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology to efficiently manage aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. US Transportation...
Traffic Rises by 2.5% at Orlando International Airport
Traffic has risen for the third successive month at Orlando International Airport in the US, after it experienced an increase of 2.5% in November 2009 compared with the same month in the...
JFK to Close Longest Runway for Renovation
The longest runway at John F Kennedy International Airport in the US will be shut down in March for four months to undergo repairs in an effort to reduce delays at the airfield. The...
Chinese Airports to Install Novel Metal Detection System
IDO Security has been awarded a contract to install novel metal detection systems at 12 international and regional airports in the Xinjiang province of China. Airports in the...
Precautionary Flu Shots Measures Implemented at Los Angeles Airport
Los Angeles International Airport in the US will now offer flu shots to passengers in most of its airline terminals as a precautionary measure against flu, especially the H1N1 strain. ...
US-Korean Joint Venture to Build Salah al-Din Airport
A joint US-South Korean firm has signed a contract with Iraq's investment commission to develop Salah al-Din International Airport in Salah al-Din. According to reports, the firm will invest...
Auckland Airport to Buy Stake in North Queensland Airports
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has agreed to purchase a 24.55% stake in North Queensland Airports (NQA) for A$132.8m (US$123m) from Westpac Bank. NQA is the operator of...
Bird Strike Forces Emergency Landing at Pulkovo Airport
A Swiss airline flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday as a bird was caught in one of its engines. After take-off the...
BAA 2009 Passenger Traffic Down by 4.2%
Overall passenger traffic at BAA's six UK airports fell by 4.2% in 2009 in comparison to the previous year. In December, the airports saw a total of eight million passengers, which is...
Caticlan Airport to Begin Expansion Project
Caticlan International Airport in the Philippines will begin a proposed expansion project this month despite opposition from environmental groups. The PHP2.5bn ($53m) project has been...
Muslim Rights Group Seeks Confirmation on New TSA Screening Policy
Muslim civil rights group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is seeking confirmation of a new policy by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that reportedly led to a...
Lativian Airport Passenger Traffic Rises by 10.2%
Riga International Airport in Latvia experienced a 10.2% growth in passenger traffic in 2009 compared with figures for 2008. The airport recorded 317,833 passengers in December 2009, which...
Full Body Scanners Pose Low Radiation Risk
The radiation risk from full body scanners used to improve airport security is very low and unlikely to raise an individual's risk of cancer, according to US experts. Plans to...
Snowstorm Disrupts Air Transport Across Europe
Air, road and rail services have been disrupted due to a blizzard across Europe, which has forced a state of emergency to be declared in parts of Germany's Baltic coast region. ...
Mozambique Airport to Soon Begin International Operations
Chingodzi Airport in Mozambique will begin international operations during the first half of 2010. Work to upgrade the airport's terminal began in 2007 and it is currently in the final...
Charlotte-Douglas Airport Opens Fourth Runway
Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, US, has opened a fourth runway. The new 9,000ft-long, $325m runway will enable the airport to handle more approaching aircraft at...
Chile's Diego Aracena Airport to be Redeveloped
Diego Aracena International Airport in Iquique, Chile, is undergoing a facilities redevelopment programme, which will make it the nation's second largest airport. Airport owner Aerotas...
Ukrainian Airport to Install New Baggage Handling System
Kiev Boryspil International Airport in Ukraine will install a new baggage handling system as part of an upgrade proposal in view of the forthcoming European Football Championship. Ukraine...
Angolan Airport's New Passenger Terminal Begins Operations
The new passenger terminal at Luanda's 4 de Fevereiro International Airport in Angola has begun operations following the completion of expansion and modernisation works. The modernisation...
Mexican Airports to Receive Capital-Expenditure Funding
Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico has been given approval for a capital-expenditure fund of 2.77bn pesos ($217.6m) for the next five years. Following approval...
Israel Unveils New Biometric Airport Security System
A new biometric airport security system aimed at reducing intrusive security checks has been unveiled in Israel. The system will allow passengers to use smartcards, which contain their...
Mukanka International Airport Unveiled
Angolan authorities have officially opened the new Mukanka International Airport ahead of the 2010 African Nations Cup. The $144m (€100m) facility was completed in 11 months by...
Glasgow Airport to Receive Upgrades Before Commonwealth Games
Glasgow Airport in Scotland is planning an expansion to cater for increased passenger growth towards the end of 2010. A $40m investment will allow the airport to upgrade infrastructure,...
Air Safety Dips in 2009 Despite Decline in Fatalities
According to a new study by the Aviation Safety Network and Flight Safety Foundation, air travel safety dipped in 2009 despite a decrease in aircraft accidents throughout the year. During...
Siemens Works with Italian Airports on Baggage Handling
Siemens will carry out maintenance services on baggage handling systems at Malpensa International Airport and Linate International Airport in Italy. Airport operator SEA awarded a $78m...
UK Security Agencies Unaware of Plane Bomb Plot
The UK's security agencies did not have advance warning of an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb a US-bound plane, according to the UK Government. Home secretary Alan Johnson said Britain had...
Heavy Snowfall Forces Closure of Three UK Airports
Three airports in the north of England have been forced to close due to heavy snowfall. Manchester Airport is expected to suspend flights until midday (UK time) today, while there are...
Romanian Airport Passenger Traffic Rises by 31%
Mihail Kogalniceanu International Airport in Constanta, Romania, experienced a 31% growth in passenger traffic in the first 11 months of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008. ...
New Airport Scanners Could Breach Child Protection Laws
According to a number of civil rights groups, new body scanners being introduced at UK airports could breach child protection laws. Privacy campaigners have raised concerns that images...
Guyanese Airport Runway Construction Underway
Construction of 4,000ft of runway is underway at Ogle Airport in Guyana. The runway expansion is the second phase of the development project undertaken by the Guyana Government and is expected...
Airports Increase Security Following Terrorist Bomb Scare
Airports in the UK, Australia, Pakistan and India are seeking ways to improve security, including the introduction of full-body scanners, following the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on...
Heavy Snow Disrupts Flights in Asia
Hundreds of flights entering Beijing Airport had to be cancelled today as China's capital city was shut down due to its heaviest snowfall in nearly six decades. Hong Kong International...
Indira Gandhi Airport Resumes Operations
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, has resumed normal operations after having to close two runways on 2 January due to fog. More than 50 flights were disrupted after dense...
December 2009
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Czech Investors to Help Build Indonesian Airport
A group of Czech businessmen are investing in a new international airport in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta in Indonesia. The entrepreneurs will visit Indonesia in 2010 to follow up a...
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Gets Green Rail Connection
A 1.7-mile light rail extension link has been unveiled for passenger service to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, US. The environmentally friendly rail link was built by Sound Transit...
King Khaled Airport Expansion Gets Green Light
Expansion plans for King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been approved by authorities. The first phase of the project is expected to increase the airport's...
Transatlantic Airfares Could Rise, Warns DoJ
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has warned that the tie up between British Airways (BA) and American Airlines (AA ) could increase the price of transatlantic airfares by as much as 15%. ...
ATA Condems Tarmac Delay Rules
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) has said it will comply with new rules to deplane passengers set out by the Department of Transportation (DOT). The new tarmac delay rule...
Wind Energy to Power Burlington Airport
Burlington International Airport in the US is installing a wind turbine as part of an expansion project at Heritage Aviation and Flight facilities. The 100kW turbine will sit atop a tower...
Auckland Airport Calls for Better Public Transport, Especially Rail
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has urged regional transport planners to step up improvements to airport-related public transport services. A submission to the Auckland...
US Government Imposes Time Limit on Tarmac Standing
The US Department of Transportation has established a strict time limit of three hours as the length of time US airlines can keep passengers on a tarmac during domestic flights. The rule...
LAWA Awards Airport Security Contract to Unisys
Unisys is to help implement an integrated security system at three airports managed by airport operator Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). The IT and services vendor will develop systems...
Detroit Metropolitan Embarks on Green Strategy
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the US is developing a green strategy to help it reduce energy consumption at the facility. It is looking to introduce LED lighting, stop the use...
Pakistan’s New Gwadar Airport Secures Government Funding
The new Gwadar International Airport in Pakistan will be built using government funding despite an earlier decision that the airport would be built by the Civil Aviation Authority. The...
US Port Columbus Airport to Receive Runway Upgrades
Port Columbus International Airport in the US will spend more than $160m replacing its south runway. The replacement of the runway will offer more capacity for aircraft operations as well...
IATA Criticises Copenhagen for not Addressing Aviation Emissions
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) criticised the Copenhagen Accord for not addressing aviation emissions despite the industry being proactive in cutting back on emissions. ...
New Technology to Treat Run-Off Chemicals Undergoes Trial
A new technology known as forced bed aeration (FBA) that can treat stronger chemicals in airport run-off is undergoing UK trials. The new technology from ARM is capable of treating a wider...
Tribunal Gives BAA More Time for UK Airports' Sale
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal has said it will allow BAA more time to argue its case against the sale of three of its UK airports. The tribunal had previously said the airport...
Philippine Airport to Expand
Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines is expected to embark on an expansion initiative in a bid to make the facility a major airport hub in the Asia Pacific region. The...
BA Wins Injunction to Block Union Strike
British Airways (BA) has won a High Court injunction to block a planned 12-day strike by cabin crew, which would have affected over a million passengers and airports across the UK and the globe. ...
Snowstorm Disrupts Transport Across US
Airports, roads and rail services were disrupted due to a record-breaking snowstorm, which hit areas across the north-eastern US from North Carolina to New England on 19 December. The...
Nigerian Airport Second Runway Contract Awarded
A contract for construction of a second runway at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Nigeria has been awarded to Nigerian construction firm Julius Berger. The N63.5bn ($42.12m) contract...
Daytona Airports Passenger Traffic Rises 12% in November
Daytona Beach International Airport in the US experienced a 12% growth in passenger traffic in November 2009 in comparison with the same month last year. The airport recorded an increase...
Dublin Airport Installs New Surveillance System
Dublin Airport in Ireland has installed an automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) system and multilateration surveillance solution. The system has been installed by US company...
Dublin Airport Passenger Traffic Falls
Ireland's Dublin Airport saw a fall in passenger traffic by 12% year-on-year to 1.3 million in November 2009, according to the Dublin Airport Authority. International passenger traffic to...
Memphis Airport Gets New ATC
Memphis International Airport is building a 336ft-tall air traffic control tower, making it one of the tallest in the US. The tower will have radar and antennas installed in mid-January. ...
Otopeni Airport to Unveil New Terminal
Otopeni International Airport in Romania will unveil its new passenger terminal towards the end of 2010. The $101.8m terminal is part of a $218m modernisation programme being undertaken at...
Indira Gandhi Airport Gets New Baggage Tracking System
Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, has installed a common-use baggage tracking and reconciliation system at its new domestic Terminal 1D. The tracking system will...
Mineta San Jose Airport to Install Baggage Screens
Mineta San Jose International Airport in the US will install baggage screening machines with explosive detection capabilities. The four machines will be installed in Terminal A and will...
Laser Guns to Scare Birds at Indian Airport
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Gujarat, India, is planning to install laser guns to scare birds away from the area. The laser guns will be installed at the airport...
EU Clears Acquisition of Bristol Airport
The acquisition of Bristol International Airport in the UK, by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and Macquarie Group has been authorised by the European Commission on 11 December. ...
Hong Kong Airport to Open New Passenger Concourse
Hong Kong International Airport will open its new 20,000m² north satellite concourse (NSC), which will serve more than five million passengers a year, on 17 December. The two-storey NSC...
Mozambique Airport Begins Modernisation Work
Vilankulo Airport in Mozambique has begun construction work to refurbish, expand and modernise the international aerodrome to 3,700m². The $9m modernisation effort is expected to be...
NYC Installs Weather Sensors
New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has installed atmospheric sensors to the road and weather information systems on its bridges. The small above-ground sensors have...
US and Japan Sign Open Skies Agreement
An open skies agreement has been reached between the US and Japanese Governments which will establish a global aviation framework in the Pacific Rim. This agreement will replace the...
Cam Ranh Airport Receives International Status
Cam Ranh Airport in Vietnam has begun international operations. The airport has opened a new $10m (VND200bn) terminal, which has the country's longest runway, and the capacity to serve...
Kalamazoo Airport to Receive Funding for ATC Tower
Kalamazoo / Battle Creek International Airport in the US will build a new air traffic control (ATC) tower using a $7m in funds from the government. The Federal Aviation Administration...
TSA to Deploy New Screening Technology
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is working towards procuring and deploying airport security technology to screen both checked and carry-on baggage at every major US airport...
Caticlan Airport to Begin Expansion Project
Caticlan International Airport in the Philippines will begin a proposed seven-year expansion project in January 2010. The PHP2.5bn ($53m) project will include constructing a new terminal...
Luena Airport to Begin Final Phase of Expansion Programme
Luena Airport in Angola will begin the final phase of its nine-year-long expansion and rehabilitation work in February 2010. The work will include the construction of a new two-storey...
Washington Airport to Install Solar Energy System
Jefferson County International Airport in Washington, US, will install a solar energy system which is expected to provide 16,000kWh of electricity to run the airport's beacon and landing lights. ...
Helsinki Airport Terminal Extension Unveiled
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Finland has unveiled a three-storey extension to Terminal 2, which includes a new baggage handling system. The extension is expected to serve transit passenger...
Hong Kong Air Cargo Traffic Rises by 18.8% in November
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals experienced an 18.8% increase in cargo traffic in November 2009 compared with the same month last year, reaching a total of 241,157t. Accumulated cargo...
Oakland Airport Awards $492m APM Contract
Oakland International Airport in the US has awarded a $492m contract for a 3.2-mile automated people mover (APM) connecting Coliseum BART Station and the airport. California-based Flatiron...
Palm Springs Airport Receives Funding for ATC Tower
Palm Springs International Airport in the US will build a new air traffic control (ATC) tower using a $2m federal grant. The tower will cost an estimated $21m and will replace the...
Aviation Noise Info Portal Launched
A new website has been launched that aims to improve the relationship between airports and surrounding communities by providing information on aviation noise. NoiseQuest will feature...
Adelaide Airport to Receive Facilities Upgrade
Adelaide Airport in Australia will undergo a facilities upgrade as part of a A$310m airport development programme to comply with new anti-terrorism standards. In accordance with the...
Geneva Airport Receives New Baggage Handling System
UFIS Airport Innovation (UFIS AI) has completed the installation of a baggage handling extension at the expanded main terminal at Geneva International Airport in Switzerland. The...
Puerto Rican Airport Launches Paperless Boarding
San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico has launched a pilot paperless boarding programme. The programme has been deployed by the Transportation Security...
Los Angeles to Implement Inline Baggage Screening Programme
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the US will implement an inline baggage screening programme in several of its terminals using $150m in funds from the Transportation...
Bahrain Airport Adopts Eco-Friendly Ground Service Equipment
Cavotec Middle East has won a contract to supply environmentally friendly ground service equipment to Bahrain International Airport. The $45m contract will include the installation of...
Canadian Airport Begins Expansion Project
Kelowna International Airport in Canada has awarded a contract to architecture firm Cohos Evamy to oversee various upgrades as part of the airport's expansion project. The $3.7m contract...
Dutch Airport to Install Baggage Transport System
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands has begun installation of a baggage transport system known as Backbone. The €800m ($1.1796bn) project aims to increase the facility's...
Belfast Airport Unveils Second Phase of Redevelopment
Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland has unveiled the second phase of its terminal redevelopment initiative. The £10m ($16.33m) redevelopment initiative includes the...
Thailand Invests $2.3bn at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Airports of Thailand (AOT) says it will invest $2.3bn between 2010 and 2016 to expand the capacity of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. The initiative will help increase...
Spanish, Mexican and Hungarian Airports to Receive New Baggage Systems
Siemens Mobility is to upgrade and install baggage handling systems (BHSs) at airports in Spain, Mexico and Hungary under a $17.6m contract. The company will install systems at San...
IATA Calls for 50% Aviation Emission Reduction by 2050
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for a reduction of 50% in global aviation emission levels by 2050 compared with 2005 levels. In a United Nations...
Confusion Over Heathrow Third Runway Environment Report
A group conducting a report on climate change says that London Heathrow's proposed third runway expansion will not the hinder the government's carbon emissions targets, set below 2005 levels. ...
Lithuanian Airport Experiences 22% Fall in Passenger Traffic
Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania experienced a 22% drop in passenger traffic during November 2009 compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date figures revealed that a total...
Mthatha Airport Begins Facilities Upgrade
The first phase of a facilities upgrade at Mthatha Airport in South Africa has begun ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The $7.4m (R56m) project will involve upgrading the airport...
Stewart Airport Receives Funds for Modernisation Programmes
Stewart International Airport in the US has received almost $16m in funding from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in order to complete various modernisation programmes. A total...
New Terminal at Alicante Airport Due to Open Next Year
A new terminal at Alicante Airport in Spain is expected to open at the end of next year. The 333,500m² eight-storey terminal will feature 26 boarding gates and will be able to accommodate...
Incheon to Develop New Aircraft Maintenance Complex
Incheon International Airport in South Korea is planning to develop an aircraft maintenance complex. The 800,000m² complex will offer maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for...
Heathrow to Introduce Facial Recognition Technology
London Heathrow Airport in the UK will introduce facial recognition technology by January 2010, following the technology's introduction at Gatwick and Manchester Airports. The electronic...
Kenya to Install First Self-Service Check-In Kiosks
Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has awarded a ten-year contract to SITA to complete an upgrade of passenger processing at two of the country's international airports. The $26.7m agreement...
Second Stansted Runway Could be Swapped to Gatwick
Plans for a second runway at Stansted Airport have come under threat after it emerged that the UK Government is considering constructing another runway at Gatwick Airport instead. The House...
Changi Airport Streamlines Ground Operations
Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES) has completed the first phase of ground service equipment optimisation at Changi Airport in Singapore. The airport services provider, Singapore Airport...
Honolulu Airport Receives Government Funding
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii has received $37m from the US Government to complete its terminal modernisation programme. Roughly $19m will be allotted for the site preparation work...
South Korea to Sell 15% Stake in Incheon Airport
The South Korean Government is planning to sell a 15% stake in Incheon International Airport through an initial public offering in 2010. The move is intended to increase management efficiency...
IATA Reiterates Global Sectoral Approach for Aviation
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has again reiterated the need for a global sectoral approach to aviation and climate change under the leadership of the International...
Malaysian Airport to Construct New Low-Cost Carrier Terminal
Malaysia Airports Holdings has awarded a contract to WCT Berhad to develop a new low-cost carrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The RM363m ($107.7m) contract will involve...
Melbourne Airport May Generate Own Electricity to Cut Emissions
Melbourne Airport in Australia is exploring the idea of developing its own electricity generation in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Feasibility studies for installing wind generators,...
Puerto Rico Airport Submits Application for FAA Privatisation Programme
San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico has submitted an application to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) pilot airport privatisation programme. The...
Auckland Airport Unveils New Electronic Arrival Gate System
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has unveiled a new system called Smartgate, which clears arriving overseas passengers electronically through passport control. The new kiosk...
Phuket Airport Receives Government Funding
Phuket International Airport in Thailand has received funding from the Royal Thai Government to embark on a new expansion project. It is estimated that the airport will accommodate 6.8...
Polish Airport to Construct New Terminal
Poland's Wladyslaw Reymont International Airport is to construct a third passenger terminal. The $32m (PLN87m) project will involve the construction of a 21,500m² terminal building, which...
Louis Armstrong Airport Embarks on $755m Renovation
Louis Armstrong International Airport in the US is embarking on a $755m modernisation project to improve its airport facilities. Construction work has already begun on ten of the 16...
Jacobs Engineering Wins FAA Facilities Contract
Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement its EnRoute facilities planning and modernisation programme. Jacobs will...
Passenger Traffic Shows Slow Improvement
The international scheduled traffic results for October 2009 show slow improvements, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Passenger demand is up 0.5%...
Lviv Airport Receives Government Funding
Lviv International Airport in Ukraine will receive $3.4m (UAH28m) from the Ukrainian Government to construct a new runway. The airport currently features a 2.51km-long, 45m-wide runway that...
Casper / Natrona Airport Receives StormReady Certification
Casper / Natrona County International Airport in the US has received StormReady certification from the National Weather Service Agency. The airport recently improved its hazardous weather...
Taoyuan Airport to Become East Asia's Regional Hub
Taiwan intends to expand Taoyuan International Airport in a bid to become the regional hub for East Asia. The first phase of a $60m expansion programme is expected to be completed in two...
Akanu Ibiam Airport Begins Refurbishment Work
Refurbishment work has begun at Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Nigeria as part of an international status upgrade proposal. The $28m (NGN4.1bn) reconstruction work will include...
European Commission Approves Gatwick Acquisition
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of London Gatwick Airport by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) under the EU Merger Regulations. Following a ruling by the...
Murcia Government Funds New International Airport
Corvera Airport in Murcia, Spain will receive €200m from the regional government in order to complete construction, which has been delayed due to a lack of funding. The project is...
Nepal to Construct New International Airport
Ground-levelling works and fencing for the construction of Nepal's second international airport is expected to be completed within the current fiscal year. The Civil Aviation Authority of...
Recession Cuts Back Kent Airport Expansion
Due to the current financial climate, Kent International Airport in the UK has been forced to cut back on its 25-year expansion plan. A final version of the airport's master plan reveals...
Sri Lanka's Hambantota Airport Opens
Hambantota International Airport Project in Mattala, Sri Lanka is now officially open for operations. The airport, which will become the nation's second international airport on...
Reno-Tahoe Airport to Unveil New Check-In System
A new $63m check-in facility, which includes a 1.3-mile baggage conveyor system, is being unveiled today at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in the US. The project has been funded by...
Delhi Airport Plans Multistorey Car Park Ahead of Commonwealth Games
Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India plans to build a five-storey car park with a 4,300-vehicle capacity in its new integrated terminal. The airport developers claim that the...
Northwest Florida Beaches Airport to Extend Main Runway
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in the US has received approval to extend its 8,400ft main runway to 10,000ft. The US Army Corps of Engineers and Federal...
Jomo Kenyatta Airport to Begin Second Phase of Expansion
The China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Company has been awarded a contract to begin the second phase of expansion at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya. The...
Mactan Cebu Airport to Receive Upgrades
Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines plans to upgrade eight of its airport systems as part of a new development programme. The project includes upgrades to its...
November 2009
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Passenger Traffic Declines by 14% at Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport in Ireland experienced a drop in passenger traffic by 14% in October 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. Passenger volumes to and from all regions including Europe, the...
Jamaica to Spend $1bn to Replace ATC Towers
The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority is to invest $1bn to replace air traffic control (ATC) towers at two of its airports. Sangster International Airport will be the first to receive a new...
Nigerian Airport Compliant with ICAO Standards
Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Nigeria is officially compliant with security standards charted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The airport is now...
Kota Kinabalu's Terminal 2 to Become Cargo Airport
Terminal 2 at Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia will be converted into a dedicated cargo airport. AirAsia, which is housed in Terminal 2, will relocate to Terminal 1. ...
Canadian Airports to Install Advanced X-Ray Systems
Smiths Detection has been awarded a contract by the Canadian Air Transportation Security Authority (CATSA) to install advanced checkpoint X-ray systems at its airports. Existing...
Rafael Viñoly Unveils Uruguay Airport Terminal
Rafael Viñoly Architects has completed its design for Carrasco International Airport's terminal in Uruguay. The terminal is expected to open in December. The monolithic structure is...
Turkish Airport Unveils World's Largest Earthquake-Resistant Terminal
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey has unveiled its new earthquake-resistant terminal, touted as the world's largest earthquake-safe facility. The facility has been designed by Arup...
CEM Systems Secures Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5
London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 will be equipped with CEM Systems' fully integrated IP security solution, making it the largest IP aviation implementation in the UK. The £4.3bn...
Nashville to Install Underground Baggage-Screening System
Nashville International Airport in the US will soon begin constructing a new underground baggage-screening system. The airport procured a grant of $31m from Federal Homeland Security for...
Leeds Bradford Airport Receives Planning Consent
Leeds Bradford International Airport in the UK has received planning permission for its £28m passenger terminal redevelopment initiative. Architectural firm Pascall+Watson will undertake...
Air Passenger Traffic Rises by 17% in Nigeria
Nigerian airports experienced a 17.2% growth in passenger traffic in the first and second quarters of 2009 in comparison with the same period in 2008. Passenger traffic figures stood...
BAA Confirms £200m Cash Injection for London Airports
BAA has confirmed that its three main shareholders have approved a £200m cash injection for its London airports. A further £40m will be provided by FGP Topco Limited and BAA Airports Ltd,...
Washington Dulles to Receive Intrusion Detection System
Global system integrator Adesta is to install an intrusion detection system near the western perimeter of Washington Dulles International Airport in the US. Future Fibre Technologies will...
ADB Funding for Papua New Guinea's Aviation Development
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $480m multitranche financing facility to aid the civil aviation development investment programme in Papua New Guinea. As part of a $640m...
New Terminal Construction at Northwest Florida Back on Track
Construction on the new $63m terminal complex at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in the US is due to return to schedule by the end of the month. The 120,000ft² new terminal...
Kota Kinabalu's Terminal 1 to Begin Operations in May 2010
Terminal 1 at Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Malaysia is to commence operations in May 2010. The terminal was originally scheduled for completion in May 2009, but was delayed for a...
Preah Sihanouk Airport Opening Postponed
The opening of the upgraded Preah Sihanouk International Airport in Cambodia has been delayed until March 2010. The upgrades were carried out by the airport operator, Societe...
Atlantic City Airport to Expand Terminal
Atlantic City International Airport in the US is to undergo a $28m terminal expansion as part of an upgrade proposal to cater for more international flights at the airport. The South...
Airport Industry Optimistic of Future
According to a new survey, the majority of airport industry players are generally optimistic of seeing the economy recover between Q3 2009 and Q2 2010. iCD Research, a division of...
Russia Collaborates with IATA for Aviation Development
Russia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to improve the country's airport operations. The MoU will focus on safety,...
Indonesian Airports to Receive Upgrades in 2010
The Indonesian Government is planning to upgrade three international airports and construct 31 smaller airports in 2010. The $509m initiative will include the finalisation of ongoing...
Council Delays Decision on Bristol Expansion
A £150m expansion plan at Bristol International Airport in the UK has been delayed until February 2010 by the local council. North Somerset Council is expected to make a decision on on the...
Pudahuel International Airport Receives New ATCC
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile has unveiled its new air traffic control centre (ATCC), which is equipped with satellite technology. The $10m centre will...
Vladivostok Airport Aims to Become Largest Hub in Russian Far East Region
Vladivostok International Airport in Russia is to embark on a new development project which could see the airport become the largest international aviation hub in the Russian far east region. ...
TSA Urged to Speed up Cargo Screening Technologies Evaluation
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has urged the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to speed up its evaluation of new cargo screening technologies in order to meet...
New Cyprian Airport Begins Operations
The new €656m Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus has begun operations. It replaces the old Larnaca Airport, which closed on 16 November 2009. The new international airport is...
Wind Energy to Power Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in the US will soon be powered by energy generated by five wind turbines installed at two locations in the airport. The Wayne County Airport...
Pitt-Greenville Airport Receives Terminal Upgrades
Pitt-Greenville Airport in the US is to extend its terminal by 18,000ft² and conduct other improvements at the airport. The airport recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for the...
Raytheon to Implement Nationwide ATM System in Saudi Arabia
Raytheon is to oversee a nationwide implementation of air traffic management (ATM) systems in Saudi Arabia following a contract with the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). A total of...
Edinburgh Airport Unveils New Departure Lounge
A new departure lounge has been unveiled at Edinburgh Airport in the UK, marking the completion of phase I of a wider £40m terminal redevelopment initiative. The new development was...
Southern Luzon Airport Acquires Land for Development
Southern Luzon International Airport in the Philippines has acquired over 200ha of land to develop its airport facilities. Part of the president's super region programme, the $72.13m...
Gold Coast Airport Upgrade Complete
Gold Coast Airport in Australia has completed its upgrade project and is expected to unveil its new terminal in March 2010. The $100m redevelopment project is expected to double the...
Heathrow's Terminal 2 Makes its Final Bow
Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in the UK is to close today to make way for its £1bn replacement. Following 54 years of operation, the building will be demolished in order to make way for a...
UK Firm Completes Oslo Airport Transformation
UK practice A-lab architects has completed the construction of a new business park at the former Oslo Airport site in Oslo, Norway. The park is being developed by IT Fornebu AS Group,...
Nigerian Airport Completes Radar Coverage Project
Thales ATM has completed the total radar coverage of the Nigerian Airspace (TRACON) project at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria. The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency...
Abu Dhabi Airport to Receive Advanced ATC Systems
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) is to install advanced air traffic control (ATC) systems from Thales at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE. The company is building a 109m,...
Heathrow's Third Runway Approval Deferred
The proposed third runway at London Heathrow Airport could take up to four years to receive approval. A new planning application for the £8bn runway will be submitted after the next UK...
Russia Seeks New Management for Moscow Airport
The Russian Government is searching for new management to oversee operations at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow. A tender for the new management is expected to be launched...
Weslaco / Mid Valley to Begin International Operations
Weslaco / Mid Valley Airport in the US is to begin construction of a new customs facility, which will allow international flights to land at the airport. The $750,000 project is being funded...
Airports Must Screen Passengers on Perceived Risk
A radical overhaul of airport security is needed, which will allow passengers to be screened depending on their perceived threat level, according to a leading expert. Green Light...
Cardiff Airport Introduces Facial Recognition Technology
As part of a partnership with the UK Border Agency, Cardiff Airport in Wales has introduced facial recognition technology to passenger gates. The machines, which are placed at arrival...
Swissport-Losch JV to Handle Ground Services at Munich
Munich Airport in Germany has awarded a seven-year maintenance contract to Swissport International and Losch Airport Service for various ground handling services at the airport. The...
Abu Dhabi Airport to Construct New Midfield Terminal
The Abu Dhabi Airports Company has said it will build a 220,000m² midfield terminal at Abu Dhabi International airport in the UAE. A construction contract for the $6.8bn terminal project...
Swedish Airport Receives Carbon-Neutrality Accreditation
Stockholm-Arlanda in Sweden has become the first airport to be accredited as carbon neutral by the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe. ACI Europe first launched the scheme in...
Los Angeles Airport to Build a Central Utility Plant
Los Angeles International Airport in the US plans to build a $580m central utility plant to provide a new heating and cooling system for the airport. The new utility plant will replace...
Batu Berendam Airport to Begin International Flights
Batu Berendam Airport in Malaysia is scheduled to begin international flight operations in mid-January next year. Once international operations commence, Batu Berendam Airport will be...
Traffic Rises by 11.7% at Dubai Airport
Traffic has risen at Dubai International Airport for the fifth successive month following an increase of 11.7% in October 2009 compared with the same month last year. A total of...
Wind Energy to Power Honolulu Airport
Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, US, will soon be powered by wind energy, generated by a newly built electrical vault. The $13.8m vault is equipped with 16 propellers and is expected...
Doha Airport to Receive New Traffic Management System
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been awarded a contract by SELEX Systemi Integrati to provide an integrated air traffic management (ATM) systems package for Doha International Airport...
Board Approves Oakland Airport's New Terminal
Construction of a new terminal at Oakland County International Airport in the US has been approved by Oakland County commissioners. The $7.1m terminal has been funded through a federal...
East Midlands Continues Push Towards Carbon Neutrality
East Midlands Airport in the UK will collaborate with Gasrec – the UK's first commercial producer of liquid biomethane – in order to run an airport passenger transfer bus powered by...
Hilo Airport to Build New Cargo Facility
Hilo International Airport in Hawaii, US, is to begin construction of a $15m cargo facility. The new cargo and light industrial building will consolidate all cargo operations under one roof. ...
Passenger Traffic Falls at European Airports
According to a report by the Airports Council International (ACI), European airports experienced a 7.7% drop in passenger traffic and a 19.8% drop in air cargo this year from January to September....
Sharjah Airport to Build Second Runway
Sharjah International Airport in the UAE will build a new 4,000m second runway to cater for increasing passenger traffic volumes. Sharjah Airport Authority is expected to award contracts...
UAE Establishes $86m Air Traffic Control Centre
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority has opened a new Air Traffic Control Centre (ATCC) in Abu Dhabi. The $86m 'Sheikh Zayed Centre' is the largest air traffic management facility in...
Passenger Traffic Falls at Indianapolis Airport
The new terminal at Indianapolis International Airport in the US experienced a drop in passenger traffic by 10% during its first year of operations. Accumulated passenger figures posted...
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Receives Best 'Green' Airport Award
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the US has been named the Best Green Concessions Practice among airports in North America. The airport's sustainable initiatives include the reduction...
EU to Increase Time Frame for Liquids Ban
The EU has been urged to increase its extension on carrying liquids in hand luggage at European airports. Current rules, which were introduced in 2006 and are due to expire in April 2010,...
Google Offers Free Holiday Wi-Fi to US Airports
Google has offered to provide free Wi-Fi access at 47 airports across the US during the holiday period running to 15 January 2010. Buffalo Niagara International Airport, McCarran...
South African Aviation Association Fights Durban Airport Closure
The Commercial Aviation Association of South Africa (CAASA) has requested Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) to keep Durban International Airport in operation after it announced its intentions...
Bristol Airport Selects ICTS for Security Upgrade
ICTS has been awarded a contract to upgrade overall security measures at Bristol International Airport in the UK. The upgrades will begin in January 2010, and will improve facilities and...
GCC Aviation to Receive $45bn in Investments in Coming Years
The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) aviation sector says it expects to receive more than $45bn in investments over the next five years, according to a report by the Kuwait Financial Centre. ...
FAA Turns to Digital for Flight Information
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it will start moving towards digital flight operations information and also get the ball rolling on the modernisation of notices to...
Tunisian Airport to Upgrade ATC System
The Tunisian Government says it intends to upgrade its air traffic control system at Djerba Zarzis International Airport as part of a modernisation effort. Three new radar stations, each...
IATA Asks Industry to Unite for Security
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has asked governments and regulators to work alongside the aviation industry to eliminate ineffective security procedures, despite the...
Cape Town Airport Unveils New Terminal Building
A new five-storey central terminal building enhancing the airport's capacity has been unveiled at Cape Town International Airport in South Africa. The 50,000m² building features...
Fujitsu Completes Air Traffic Upgrades at Narita Airport
Fujitsu has completed an upgrade of Japan's Narita International Airport's NARC III air-traffic information management system (IMS) to handle increased air traffic volumes. The airport...
Traffic Falls 12.4% at Mexican Airports
Passenger traffic dropped by 12.4% in October 2009, compared with the same month last year, at OMA's 13 airports in Mexico. The airports' overall international traffic declined by 17.0%...
Airports Focus on Future Tech Spend
Most airport operators will be looking to invest in passenger processing and services, passenger security, airport operations, baggage processing and management in 2010, a survey looking at...
Passenger Traffic Falls at Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport in the UK experienced a drop in passenger traffic by 11.4% in October 2009, compared with the same month last year. Accumulated passenger numbers fell from 1.6 million...
Missoula Airport to Begin Control Tower Upgrade
Missoula International Airport in the US will begin construction of a new air traffic control (ATC) tower through a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant. Construction of the...
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport Increases Security
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport in the US has unveiled its new security checkpoint building. The $23m facility began operations last week. The Transportation...
Cyprus Larnaca International Airport Begins Operations
The new Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus has begun operations and is expected to handle passenger traffic of up to 7.5 million annually. The €656m airport has been built by...
Zürich Sells Stake in Bangalore Airport
Zürich Airport has sold its 12% stake in Bangalore International Airport in India for $98.5 million to GVK Power & Infrastructure (GVKPIL). The strategic agreement was intended to...
TF Green Airport Develops Traffic Forecasts
Providence / TF Green International Airport in the US is to develop new airport traffic forecasts as part of its review for its runway extension project. The airport awarded a...
Cavotec to Install Ground Support Equipment
Cavotec MSL has been awarded a €4.1m contract to install advanced ground support equipment at commercial and military airports in the US and Qatar. New Doha International Airport...
King Abdul Aziz Airport Unveils New Terminals
Seven new terminals have been unveiled at King Abdul Aziz International Airport for Hajj pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia. Thermal cameras have also been installed at the airport's...