Singapore Changi Airport handled 3.42 million passenger movements in September 2022, reaching 62.6% of its pre-Covid traffic in September 2019. Aircraft movements, which include landings and takeoffs, totaled 20,400, 65.6% of September 2019 levels. Airfreight...
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More than 9 million passengers crossed Sharjah Airport to the end of September
With over 9.5 million passengers recorded at the end of the third quarter of 2022, Sharjah Airport has posted a growth rate of 141%, when compared to 3.9 million passengers in the third quarter of 2021. Additionally, aircraft movement at the Airport also increased by...
London Gatwick to serve 172 destinations in the holiday season
London Gatwick Airport will serve 172 destinations during the forthcoming holiday period as compared to 197 destinations during the same period pre-pandemic (2019), the airport said in a statement. This October, half term, London Gatwick Airport is planning to expand...
Munich Airport gears up for a robust winter schedule
Munich Airport is all set for the winter season will a full schedule of 157 destinations. The winter schedule at the airport will commence on 30 October 2022 and last until March 2023. At the start of the new schedule, Eva Air will start flying to Munich as its first...
Heathrow records busiest summer with 5.8 million footfalls in September
Heathrow airport recorded the busiest summer as compared to other European airports with over 5.8 million passenger footfalls in September 2022. This figure is just 15% below the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said: “Heathrow has grown...
Heathrow to lift temporary passenger caps by October end
Heathrow Airport will be lifting the temporary passenger cap on October 29, 2022, the airport said, bringing much respite to theairlines and passengers. The airport had imposed a passenger cap as a measure to avoid long passenger queues, baggage delays, and flight...
Resource Group and BSA open aviation training facility at Luton airport
Resource Group is opening a new regional hub for Apprentice training at London’s Luton airport in collaboration with the British School of Aviation (BSA). The project involves an investment of £55k for a classroom and a practical training workshop. This move comes...
Schiphol Airport extends caps on passenger numbers for six months
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport will continue to limit the passenger capacity at least for another six months as it struggles to recruit enough security guards and other frontline workers to deal with the passenger rush. At the beginning of September, Schiphol Airport...
Oakland International Airport completes $30 million taxiway work
Oakland International Airport has recently completed $30 million Taxiway Victor and Bravo. The newly-repaved taxiways will serve nearly all flight operations at the airport for the next 10-15 years, as these taxiways provide critical access to the airport’s primary...
San Diego Country Airport receive $110 million from FAA for T1
San Diego Country Regional Airport (SAN) received a Letter of Intent from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with funding of $110 million for airfield improvement of the new Terminal 1 program. The funds will be available to the Airport Authority through FAA...
Airways New Zealand reports annual net loss
Airways New Zealand has reported a net loss of $35.5 after taxes in its annual results for the year ending June 30, 2022. The Group anticipated this loss due to extensive travel restrictions that remained for the majority of the year. Air navigation services revenue...
Air Liban renews contract with SITA for baggage reconciliation system at Lebanon airport
Middle East Airlines–Air Liban (MEA) has renewed the technology contract with SITA for a cloud-based baggage reconciliation system (BRS) at Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY) in Beirut, Lebanon. SITA claims that by installing SITA’s Bag Manager cloud solution,...