National Aviation Services (NAS) and NAC2000 Corporation have been awarded a tender to operate an airport lounge in the new terminal at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA) in Lusaka, Zambia. The airport is the largest in Zambia and has plans to serve as a hub...
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Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Air France commemorates 75 years flying from Manchester airport
Air France is celebrating the milestone of 75 years of operations from Manchester Airport. On 16 June 1946, Air France’s first flight from Manchester took off to Paris, operated by Dakota F-BADX. It was also the first post-war scheduled service from Manchester, after...
Airpas Aviation merges with FuelPlus
Airpas Aviation, cost management provider for airport, ground handling and navigation charges, is merging with FuelPlus, the fuel administration and cost management provider for airlines. The management team of the new organisation will include leaders from both...
Redline secures business wins with airport customers
Redline, an Air Partner company that provides global security solutions, has signed a new three-year contract for a digital Security Management System (SeMS) with Doncaster Sheffield Airport and has renewed a SeMS contract with Liverpool John Lennon Airport for an...
VINCI Airports announces the first carbon sink of Lyon airports
Nicolas Notebaert, CEO of VINCI Concessions and President of VINCI Airports, announced today a local reforestation program that will absorb residual emissions of Lyon-Saint Exupéry and Lyon-Bron airports, operated by VINCI Airports since 2016. The first project of...
ASUR’s total passenger traffic for May 2021
ASUR, an international airport group with operations in Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia, has announced that total passenger traffic for May 2021 reported a YoY recovery of 0.6 million passengers reaching a total of 4.0 million passengers, up from 0.2 million in May...
UK Airports stand to lose at least £2.6bn in lost summer revenue
The UK Airport Operators Association (AOA) has warned that Summer 2021 could be as bad or worse than Summer 2020 for the country’s airports if the UK government continues to take, what it calls an “overly cautious approach to reopening international travel”. The...
Seven cities reconnect to Budapest Airport with Wizz Air
Wizz Air has resumed flights between Budapest and another seven destinations, offering customers yet more travel options as restrictions continue to ease. Friday 4 June saw the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) re-open connections from the Hungarian capital to Podgorica,...
Launch of the modernisation works at Kansai international airport
VINCI Airports and its partner ORIX, concession owners of Kansai international airport, launched the modernisation works of the airport terminal 1 on May 28, the largest works programme since the airport was opened in 1994. The goal is to create more capacity and...
Ryanair relaunches routes from Budapest Airport
Budapest Airport marks the return of more significant links with Ryanair this week, as the ultra-low-cost-carrier (ULCC) relaunches flights to 16 destinations: Athens, Bristol, Cagliari, Catania, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Madrid, Marseille, Mykonos, Napoli,...
London City Airport gains clearance for E190-E2 aircraft
In an important milestone for the E2 programme, the first of Embraer’s E2 family, the E190-E2, has been certified for Steep Approach; a requirement to operate at London City Airport (LCY). EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) certification was granted 11th May....
Luke Bugeja appointed CEO of Ferrovial Airports
Ferrovial has appointed Luke Bugeja as CEO of Ferrovial Airports, in place of Jorge Gil, who has held that position since December 2012 and will remain on for several months to ensure a smooth handover. Bugeja has over 30 years' experience in the aviation industry and...