Iberia Airport Services and Spanish energy company Repsol are to carry out handling activities at Bilbao airport with 100% renewable fuel. "Over the next month, both companies will use a sustainable fuel, treated at the Petronor plant, for all aircraft and customer...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Icelandair linking Detroit and Reykjavik for summer
Flag carrier Icelandair has started summer flights from Reykjavik to Detroit. “Icelandair is pleased to offer a refreshing new choice when travelling to Detroit. Our new flights will offer business and leisure travellers more options to and from Iceland and beyond”...
MAHB to improve critical assets for better customer experience
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is set to improve the airport infrastructure and services. As a part of the plan MAHB will replace the critical assets like ageing Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s (KLIA) Aerotrain system and baggage handling system in the...
Munich Airport deploys CT scanners at security and luggage checkpoints
Security checks at Munich Airport are "becoming safer, faster and more convenient", the airport has claimed, announcing the introduction of five computed tomography (CT) scanners. "We have subjected the technology to extensive tests, and the results are unequivocal:...
Loganair carries 350,000th passenger through Southampton Airport
UK carrier Loganair on May 24th announced it had "celebrated the carriage of its 350,000th customer hrough Southampton Airport." The airline offered a free "surprise flight" to Glasgow-bound soldier Rachel Emmerson, the passenger. “I wasn’t expecting the call that I...
CAAP reports revenue increase of almost 50%
Corporación América Airports (CAAP) recorded $382.1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1 2023), a 48.% year-on-year increase and 6% more than in Q1 2019. The cash included $68.3 million in aeronautical revenues, $37.1 million in commercial and $20.3...
Frontier opens crew base in Dallas
Frontier Airlines has opened a crew base at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. “We are thrilled to celebrate this historic occasion for Frontier and DFW,” said Barry Biffle, president and chief executive of, Frontier Airlines. The site is expected to host up to...
HKIA records 24 times increase in April 2023 passenger traffic Y-o-Y
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 3.1 million passengers recording 24 times increase over the April 2022 numbers. The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) published the air traffic figures of Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for April 2023. Flight...
Ontario International expecting 7% summer passenger traffic rise
Ontario International Airport is expecting more than 1.8 million passengers between May 26 and September 4, in what would amount to a 7% increase on 2022. If traffic ends up as expected, the airport will end up handling 13% more passengers compared to the same period...
United expands at Denver International
United Airlines is adding 35 flights, six routes ,12 new gates and three clubs to its Denver International Airport operations. The new routes include Dayton, Greensboro, Lexington and San Juan, Puerto Rico, four destinations that are not served out of Denver by other...
Korean and JFK’s new T1 announce tie-up
John F. Kennedy International Airport's New Terminal One (NTO) has announced a partnership with Korean Air. The deal will allow Korean Air give passengers "a transformed premium in-terminal experience to match its award-winning in-flight service", according to NTO....
Sydney Airport records strong recovery in April
A total of 3,090,000 passengers passed through Sydney Airport in April 2023, representing an 83.9% recovery compared to pre-pandemic April 2019. Domestic passenger traffic increased 1.2% year-on-year with 1,963,000 travellers through the terminals in April recording...