by Dino D'Amore | May 12, 2023 | Technology, Zone: Asia/Pacific
Virgin Australia is all set to become Australia’s first airline to offer baggage tracking for passengers through a smartphone app. The facility will be available on select routes and progressively roll out across the airline’s network. The service is available in the...
by Dino D'Amore | May 12, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Europe
Manchester Airport handled 2.2 million passengers in April 2023, up 15% compared to April 2022. The airport said Dubai was the most popular destination but that Alicante had started to catch up ahead of the summer holiday season. Belfast and Antalya saw big jumps in...
by Dino D'Amore | May 12, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Europe
Spanish airport operator Aena recorded around 77.4 million passengers in the first quarter of 2023, up 32.7% year-on-year and almost 2% more than in Q1 2019. The Q1 2023 period saw 695,549 aircraft movements at Aena-run airports, up 1.5% on Q1 2019, while 336,909...
by Dino D'Amore | May 12, 2023 | Airline, Airports, Zone: Europe
Swissport has signed a deal to provide passenger services and ramp handling in Sofia for three Lufthansa Group airlines. The deal covers Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines operations at Sofia International Airport where Swissport has since...
by Dino D'Amore | May 12, 2023 | Technology, Zone: Americas
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation has completed final assembly of its first Midnight aircraft. The aircraft was shipped from Archer’s Palo Alto facility to its flight test facility in Salinas, California and reassembled...
