Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Perth Airport is all set to invest $53 million to support the growth of aviation sector. Part one of the plan is to build a new $23 million maintenance hangar and apron facilities for Virgin Australia Regional Airlines (VARA), the group's regional and charter airline...
Inverness Airport is to make sustainable aviation fuel available to carriers using the hub, operator Highlands and Islands Airports (HIAL) has announced. Supplied by World Fuel Services, the SAF is to be a 35% blend and will support the Scottish government-owned...
Security workers at London Heathrow Airport are to go on strike again in May for eight days. The 1,400 workers, who went on strike around Easter, want a pay increase and called on the airport's management to "return to the negotiating table". “Our members have been...
The US-Bangla Airline will be the first international airline to take off from the newly inaugurated terminal at Chennai Airport. The Airport Authority of India is in-charge to launch this operation as a part of the trial run of the new terminal. US-Bangla Airlines...
India’s Lucknow airport is setting a new record every day in terms of passenger traffic. The airport recorded a growth of 64% in 2022-23 as against 3.34 million passengers in 2021-22. The airport witnessed a rise in domestic passenger traffic by 68% to 4.63 million...
Munich Airport's 2022 passenger traffic hit "around 70% of pre-crisis level" as revenue doubled year-on-year to €1.2bn. Profit was up by over €200 million, the airport reported, largely due to passenger numbers increasing by almost 20 million to 31.6 million. Earnings...
Around 250 security workers at Glasgow Airport voted by 94% to reject what they labelled a "derisory" 5% pay increase. The workers, according to their Unite trade union, "deal with passengers directly in the security search area and process them for flights" and...
Passengers can reach London Luton Airport from central London in around 30 minutes for "as little as £10", the airport has announced. “Taking just 32 minutes door-to-door, the launch of the transformational Luton Airport Express means that London Luton Airport has...
Air Serbia has announced the cancellation of April 20 flights from Belgrade to Dusseldorf due to security staff going on strike for the day. The flag carrier said it "regrets the changes that have occurred as a result of the industrial action at Dusseldorf airport and...
Corporación América Airports (CAAP) has recorded a 33.6% annual increase in passenger traffic in March 2023, taking it to 91.7% of pre-lockdown March 2019 levels across its six countries of operations. The year-on-year growth was "supported by an ongoing recovery in...
Southern California's Ontario International Airport has recorded double-digit growth in passenger volume in March and for the first quarter of the year. "The traveller count for March was more than 501,000, a 10.4% increase over the same month last year," the airport...
The Dutch government's attempt to restrict the numbers of flights taking off and landing at Schiphol Airport could leave a €13.6bn hole in the country's economy, The amount covers the value of trade and tourist expenditure in the Netherlands that could be lost if the...