Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Munich Airport has announced that Qatar Airways is to double its cargo capacity from the Bavarian hub to Doha. The carrier is to increase from two to four flights a week, including one via Chicago Rockford. The flights are to be operated on behalf of logistics company...
Hong Kong Airport passenger traffic has shown a strong recovery in January 2023 with almost 28% Year-On-Year (Y-O-Y) rise. The Airport Authority Hong Kong recently released air traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for January 2023. The data...
Melbourne Airport recorded its highest passenger traffic figures in three years with 2,706,962 passenger footfalls in January 2023. The recovery was more than double as compared to January 2022 and peaked since January 2020. The airport recorded a new post-pandemic...
Auckland Airport reported its first profit of $68 million since pandemic in the last six months of 2022. In December 2021, the airport reported a loss of $11.5 million. In 2019, the airport’s revenue had soared from $126.2 million to $287.8 million. The airport...
Europe's busiest airport London Heathrow has reported passenger numbers trebled in 2022 to 62 million amid a net loss of almost £700 million. Airport management boasted that the post-lockdown traffic surge "was equivalent to fitting virtually all of Frankfurt’s 2022...
After flights in and out of Dublin Airport were again paused on February 21 due to drones being operated nearby, the Irish Airline Pilots' Association (IALPA) said it flagged concerns about drones six years ago but got a "poor response". Evan Cullen, the IALPA...
Porter Airlines has completed its maiden flight between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Calgary International Airport. The service kicks off with twice-daily return flights but will be increased to three a day from June 1. "The launch of service in Calgary...
Aviator Airport Alliance (AAA), a "full-range" provider of aviation services at 15 airports in Scandinavia and the Baltic region, is to extend its partnership with Finnair by five years. The Avia Solutions Group-owned AAA will provide ramp handling services for...
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is to implement a 5% cut to the number of seats that can be booked on flights out of the hub during May holidays. The airport, one of Europe's biggest and busiest, said it would be gradually expanding the number of travellers that can...
Chennai International Airport of South India is soon to have a new rapid exit taxiway to allow more flights during peak hours. The taxiway is complete but awaiting approval from concerned authorities. The airport has been undergoing modernisation work in the last few...
Dubai International Airport (DXB) more than doubled its annual passenger traffic in 2022, exceeding its own forecast. The airport handled 66.1 million passengers in 2022, with an increase of 127 % over last year and exceeding its forecast of 64.3 million. However,...
UK low-cost carrier easyJet on February 22 marked carrying 70 million passengers in and out of Belfast International Airport. The Brennan family from Belfast were given free easyJet return flights in a surprise award after one of the group became that 70 millionth...