Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Edinburgh Airport is to spend £1.6 million on redeveloping pick-up and drop-off facilities as part of £6million outlay on surface transport The makeover will "provide a simpler, safer and more modern experience", the airport claimed in a statement. Work on the...
Royal HaskoningDHV, which advises airport management bodies around the world on their development plans, has won a contract to draft a study for Lithuanian Airports on modernising terminals. The Netherlands-based group "will analyse development and modernisation...
American Airlines (AA) and British Airways (BA) are co-locating to Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International (JFK) Airport in New York as part of a joint US$400 million investment in the new terminal. A joint statement by the airlines said that their move, which...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is all set to open a new airport in the capital city of Riyadh. The announcement was made by Saudi Arabia’s crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmaan. The airport will help drive annual passenger traffic in Saudi Arabia from the current 29 million...
Hong Kong airport recently inaugurated its 3,800m long third runway as a part of an $18.2bn expansion plan. The construction work started in August 2016 and reclaimed over 650 hectares of land. This expansion is a part of the Terminal 2 expansion project with a new...
Airports Council International, ACI Asia-Pacific, has reported a consistent recovery for the aviation sector despite geopolitical instability and strong macroeconomic headwinds. The latest Airport Industry Outlook for Q3 of 2022 shows that the airports in the...
British Airways could be about to double its operations at Gatwick Airport, according to The Telegraph. The London newspaper on Sunday reported that the International Airlines Group (IAG)-owned carrier "is understood" to be planning to up the number of aircraft...
With air passenger numbers back to pre-Covid numbers, Stansted Airport managing director Gareth Powell believes the same should apply to the number of trains leaving central London for the airport. Powell said last week called on the British government to overturn its...
The peculiar, whale-shaped Airbus Beluga aircraft made a pit stop at Mumbai airport earlier this week en route to Cairo, Egypt. The unusual shape and size of the Airbus Beluga is a head-turner where ever it goes. The staff and workers at the airport were spellbound as...
From April next year, passengers flying out of London City Airport (LCY) will no longer have to remove laptops and liquids from hand baggage for security screening prior to boarding. The move, LCY announced, is set to "transform" passenger experience and will make it...
Airports Company South Africa has awarded Menzies Aviation with a five-year license to provide ground-handling services at nine airports across South Africa. Menzies has been recently granted a license to operate at O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB), Cape Town...
Pittsburgh International Airport is to sell robot-delivered drinks to volunteer passengers as part of a tie-up with Ottonomy, maker of the "fully autonomous" Ottobot. Passengers who sign up for the trial run will be able to order and pick up beverages from the robots...