Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
London City Airport said BA CityFlyer is to launch routes to Salzburg on December 9 and to Chambery the following week, meaning "more choice" for Brits during "the first meaningful skiing season" since before the Covid pandemic, Chambery is less than an hour and half...
Menzies Aviation has expanded its partnership with FlySafair with a five-year contract to provide ground handling services from one airport to seven. As a part of the contract, Menzies will provide passenger and ramp services for 40,000-plus turns annually at O.R....
The Department of Airports (DoA) of Thailand has earmarked a comprehensive plan to modernise and enhance the capacity of about 29 airports across the country to cater to the increasing passenger traffic, reports The Bangkok Post. The DoA is planning to invest 4.5bn...
Pakistan is working on a comprehensive plan to give a new lease of life to the long-closed airports to boost regional connectivity. According to a report by The Express Tribune, the civil aviation ministry of Pakistan plans to promote regional connectivity by making...
Mumbai International Airport Terminal 2 faced a technical snag yesterday (Dec. 1) resulting in a massive crowd of passengers and chaos. Several passengers took to social media complaining about the long queues. Mumbai Airport is the second largest airport in India...
Airports in Australia may face operational disruptions on December 9 2022 as the United Firefighters Union (UFU) - Aviation Branch is planning to go on strike. A total of 27 airports might feel the impact, not directly as it would not cause any flight cancellations...
Some 7.8 million passengers are expected to pass through Keflavik Airport next year, Iceland’s main air travel hub. The traffic, should it materialise, would exceed the 2019 number by half a million and would be the third most on record, said Isavia, Iceland’s...
King Khalid International Airport has joined hands with Amazon Web Services AWS and AIRIS to provide an efficient baggage handling system using AI and unsupervised machine learning algorithms. The Chief Executive Officer of Riyadh Airports, Engineer Mohammed bin...
The Unite trade union this week warned travellers "to be braced for delays" in the run-up to Christmas as hundreds of ground handlers at Heathrow Airport said they would strike for three days from 4am on December 16. The walkout will cause "disruption, delays and...
Toronto Pearson International Airport reopened its second-busiest runway after eight months of repair work costing CA$80 million. The work included concrete replacement and lighting upgrades as well as a full-depth replacement at the west end of the runway. The new...
Civil Aviation Academy (CAA) of Nepal has selected Airways International to deliver a TotalControl tower and surveillance simulation solution for use by Nepalese air traffic controllers. As a part of the deal, Airways International will supply and install a 360-degree...
Industry veteran Andrew Hodges is joining London City Airport (LCY) as chief commercial officer (CCO) ahead of what the hub expects to be a busy year. Hodges’ “extensive experience” with easyJet, British Airways and Norse Atlantic includes ”a range of commercial...