Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
New carrier Canada Jetlines is to dovetail with Park’N Fly, an "off-airport parking" company, to provide passengers with a "stress-free airport parking experience". Park’N Fly, the airline said in a statement, provides "unique services" to passengers such as help with...
Data published on December 7 by Eurostat, the statistics agency of the European Commission, showed 373 million passengers flying in 2021, 35% more than in 2020. The 2021 increases varied among European Union member states, ranging from +10% in Ireland, +16% in Sweden...
As the COVID-19 pandemic draws to a relieving closure, the global aviation industry is rejoicing with the surge in passenger numbers giving a boost to the slumped travel and tourism industry. However, the return of passenger traffic has also led to chaos at major...
Munich Airport International (MAI) has opened a regional office in Singapore as a part of its expansion plan in the Asian Aviation market. Simon Lotter will head the Singapore office, having spent several years working in Hong Kong and Singapore prior to joining MAI....
GMR Airports Limited, India, and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have come together to invest in the equity capital of three greenfield international airports in India namely Mopa, Goa, and Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh. The transaction envisages NIIF...
VINCI Airports has finalised the acquisition of Fintech’s 29.99% stake in OMA (Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte), it said on December 8. The deal, valued at US S$1.17 billion made VINCI the largest shareholder in this Mexican operator, which runs 13 airports in...
Ryanair said on December 8 it would launch a new summer route to Lanzarote from Ireland West Knock Airport. The addition of the connection, along with extra flights on UK routes, would mean the biggest ever number of summer flights from the airport, the Dublin-based...
Planned strikes over pay by border officials at six British airports could affect around 10,000 flights and two million passengers over Christmas, according to numbers crunched by aviation analytics firm Cirium. The Public and Commercial Services Union in the UK said...
Baltic Ground Services (BGS) is to continue fuelling Ryanair aircraft at Riga International Airport for another year, the two companies announced on December 8. BGS is part of Avia Solutions Group and provides a range of services to airlines, and has been working with...
The north of the UK is to get a new link to Turkey when SunExpress starts running weekly flights from Edinburgh to Izmir in autumn 2023. Announcing the new route, Scotland's Edinburgh Airport said there would be one flight a week to the coastal city. Previously known...
Passengers will no longer have to remove liquids and computers for separate screening after Munich Airport upgrades the security checkpoint at its Terminal 2. "State-of-the-art technology" would mean "faster, more effective procedures and much greater convenience" for...
Travellers out of Glasgow Airport have faced flight delays and cancellations after sections of the terminal were closed at around 6 am on December 5 due to what police said was a "report of a suspicious item". The airport reopened at around noon the same day, but only...