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Dublin Airport again paused flights for around an hour at 7pm on February 6 after drones were seen operating close to the facility. Flights were diverted to nearby Belfast and to Shannon in Ireland's south-west, with one sent across the Irish Sea to Manchester. "The...
Workers with Highlands and Island Airports Limited (HIAL) are to go on strike after snubbing a 5% pay increase. The industrial action will affect all 11 HIAL airports, which are located in remote regions of Scotland in the north of the UK, and will take place on...
Strikes and protests are likely to cause disruption to air travel in France between February 6-8, the French Civil Aviation Authority has warned. Airlines at Paris Orly have been asked to cut flights by 20%, while rail operators have said services will be reduced,...
Three of European aviation's household names are reportedly interested in resurrecting Flybe, the UK carrier that announced its collapse in late January. According to The Telegraph, a London newspaper, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa are talking to Flybe administrators...
Flights were halted at and airspace closed around Wilmington, Myrtle Beach and Charleston airports on the US east coast during a February 4 military operation to down a Chinese balloon that had transited US airspace. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it...
The construction of a new airport in the capital city of Phnom Penh in Cambodia is almost half complete, the government officials announced recently. Sin Chansereyvutha, State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokesman and undersecretary of state said: “The work...
Ireland's main airport paused flights for a time on February 4 after "two confirmed drone sightings on the airfield". Explaining the suspension, the Dublin Airport Authority said "safety and security" for airport users was a priority. "It is illegal to fly drones...
Aer Lingus regional operator Emerald Airlines has announced two new services to Newcastle and Nottingham East Midlands from Belfast City. The carrier said it is to re-establish "all domestic regional points" vacated by the recently-collapsed carrier Flybe, with the...
Around 310,000 passengers are set to travel through Dublin Airport for Ireland's first post Christmas holiday weekend. Around 160,000 people will fly out of the airport, with around 150,000 due to arrive for a bank holiday break, the airport authority announced We’re...
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Japan handled over 4.1 million passengers with 33,300 aircraft in January 2023. Meanwhile, the airport reached a cargo throughput of 121,000 metric tons in the first month of the new year, the airport said in a statement. An...
John Holland-Kaye will stand down as chief executive of Europe's busiest airport, London Heathrow. The announcement came after what was widely regarded as a troubled 2022 for the five-terminal hub, which imposed a much-criticised passenger cap in mid-year. The...
Volatus Infrastructure has signed an agreement with Bellefonte Airport in Pennsylvania to build a public-use FAA-compliant electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport. The facility will have "up to" eight landing pads and a charging station and is...