Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Menzies Aviation has signed a contract with Frontier Airlines to provide ground services at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Menzies will invest around $3 million in equipment and hire almost 200 staff at the Atlanta hub, where Menzies does...
US-based aviation technology business Aireon has announced that the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) of Hong Kong is to use AireonFLOW for air traffic flow management at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The addition, Aireon said, will enable "unparalleled air...
The Aena network of airports recorded 16.9 million passengers in January 2023, up 2.1% on the same month in 2019 and almost two-thirds more than in 2022. Around 10.7 million of the January 2023 passengers travelled internationally, with 6.1 million flying...
Less than a week after reporting what it said was a difficult 2022, Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam said it recorded around 3.9 million passengers in January 2023. The number was a 57% increase on the same month in 2022 and a 348% jump on 2021, when travel was...
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport recorded over 93.6 million passengers in 2022, a 24% increase on 2021 and a tally it believes would see it remain the world's busiest airport. "Airports Council International will not release its final tally of...
GMR Airports Infrastructure reported a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of INR 1.05bn for December quarter, against a loss of INR 5.15bn in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing. On a standalone basis, the company reported a loss of INR 96.1...
British company ZeroAvia, which in January tested a hydrogen-powered aircraft over Gloucestershire, has announced a "long-term partnership" with Birmingham Airport. The partners hope to make hydrogen-fuelled air travel "a reality" as ZeroAvia aims by 2025 to produce...
Lithuanian aviation services provider Aviator Airport Alliance (AAA) has announced it will provide ground handling, de-icing and anti-icing services to Lufthansa Group airlines at Stockholm-Arlanda airport. The five-year is to start in May and will cover "around 111...
Brazilian airline Azul is to open a nonstop service from the Sao Paulo – Viracopos hub to Paris Orly on April 26. The six flights a week will make Sao Paulo "the first South American destination for Paris Orly" and are to run in response to consumer demand, the...
Allegiant has announced eight new nonstop routes to what it described as "some of the nation's premier vacation destinations". The list includes Appleton-Portland, Akron-Myrtle Beach, Omaha-Austin, Asheville-Phoenix and Sioux Falls-Los Angeles, the carrier said,...
Hawaiian Airlines guests departing from Honolulu are to get what the carrier said will be an "efficient and convenient airport experience" after the carrier installed a new "multimillion-dollar TSA [Transportation Security Administration] security checkpoint". “This...
Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport had a bad 2022 according to parent company Royal Schiphol Group. Publishing what it said were "poor financial results for 2022", the group said its "underlying financial result" was a loss of €28 million, "despite a strong recovery in...