by Dino D'Amore | Mar 17, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Americas, Zone: Asia/Pacific
The first trans-Pacific US-bound STARLUX flight is to land at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on April 26. The five-times-a-week route from Taipei “is expected to ramp [up] to daily in June”, the luxury carrier said, announcing that it is to be the...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 16, 2023 | Airports, Finance, Zone: Europe
Gatwick Airport made £195.2 million profit in 2022 as passenger numbers topped 32 million. The return to profit came after heavy losses of over £800 million over 2020 and 2021 but chief executive Stuart Wingate said the south London hub still has “some way to...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 16, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Middle East/Africa
dnata handled over 82 million bags through all three terminals at Dubai International airport (DXB) in 2022, handling luggage for over 100 airlines and millions of passengers travelling to 253 destinations from DXB. Jaffar Dawood, Senior Vice President,UAE Airport...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 16, 2023 | Technology, Zone: Asia/Pacific
EVFLY has announced a firm order of 200 electric vertical take-off and landing eVTOL from AutoFlight. The agreement follows record breaking 250-kilometer flight by AutoFlight earlier this month, marking the longest eVTOL flight so far. Interestingly the entire flight...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 16, 2023 | Airports, Maintenance, Zone: Middle East/Africa
The main runway 18R/36L at Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) in Nigeria will be closed for maintenance for about 8 weeks starting this week, as per the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria circular. The closure of this runway is likely to affect the...
