Copenhagen Airport is gearing up for the peak summer travel season with plans to offer direct flights to over 160 destinations, an increase of nine destinations over last summer. The airport recorded a pre-tax loss of around $8.5 million during the first quarter of...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Tokyo Narita to hike passenger taxes from September
Tokyo Narita Airport is planning to increase the passenger ticket taxes effective September 1. The hike also includes 31.7% increase in the transit passenger fare. The airport collects International Passenger Service Facility Charge (PSFC) for transit passengers....
Pakistan’s new Gwadar International Airport receives CAA’s nod for night landing
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan recently granting night landing capability for Gwadar International Airport. The Gwadar Airport is Pakistan’s largest airport due to open in September 2023. The CAA issued a memo to all airlines and aviation companies for...
Lithuanian Airports plans incentive program to increase Vilnius-London connectivity
Lithuanian Airports, has initiated an incentive program for airlines to submit their proposals for operating direct flights between Vilnius and London City Airport to promote flights to destinations of strategic importance for the country. The airlines are to submit...
Queenstown Airport releases $350 million plan for airport revamp
Queenstown Airport in New Zealand has released a $350 million draft master plan for public consultation. The plan includes a series of improvements to be delivered over a period of 10 years. It includes terminal extension, parallel taxiway, improved transit...
FAA to invest $100 million in 12 US airports at risk of runway incursions
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified 12 US airports that may be at risk from runway incursions. FAA plans to invest $100 million in airports like Miami, San Diego and San Jose to reconfigure taxiways that may cause confusion, install airfield...
Delhi Airport to get a new Terminal eyeing rising demand?
New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DIAL) could soon get its second international terminal with Indian domestic carriers expanding international capacity. Recently IndiGo has asked DIAL to equip Terminal 1 for international operations. Currently IndiGo...
AirAsia inks pact with Fuzhou authorities to develop Fuzhou airport as gateway to Southeast Asia
AirAsia signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Fuzhou Municipal People's Government recently, aiming to jointly promote the development of Fuzhou's Civil Aviation and turn Fuzhou Airport into a gateway hub for domestic transportation to Southeast Asia. Lin...
Runway at Hamburg Airport to remain shut for month-long maintenance work
The runway 05/23 at Hamburg Airport will be undergoing maintenance throughout the upcoming weeks and is scheduled to close on May 30, 2023. The maintenance work is expected to take around a month during which a new top layer will be added. During this period, all...
ST Louis Lambert International gets FAA nod for expansion
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s approval for building a new, consolidated passenger terminal capable of handling 21 million passengers per annum. The new, consolidated terminal to have 62 gates, an...
Malaysia to get new airport by 2026
Malaysia is about to get a new airport in the Kuantan about 40km from Taman Negara national park and in close proximity to Malaysia-China Industrial Park. The construction of the new airport will commence in 2024, and completion is expected in 2026. The 3,000-acre...
Ryanair tops ten million passengers at Knock Airport
Ryanair has launched a seat sale to mark flying ten million passengers to and from Knock Airport. The ten millionth Ryanair passenger departed for Lanzarote on a May 23 flight. "Our popular Lanzarote route [is] just one of the 16 routes we are operating as part of our...