Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
London Heathrow airport is preparing to open a dedicated terminal for passengers arriving from high-risk “red list” countries to help alleviate queuing. An arrivals space for red-list passengers will be opened in Terminal 3 from June 1, moving to Terminal 4 as soon as...
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised Ryanair on ensuring the interim safeguard of its summer 2021 flight slots at Rome-Ciampino Airport before the Italian Supreme Administrative Court. The Italian Ministry of the Environment’s Decree No. 456 of 2018...
Cologne Bonn is the new base for the Turkish charter airline, Freebird Airlines Europe. Since this week, a Freebird Airlines A320 aircraft has been based at Cologne Bonn Airport. From next Saturday, 15 May, Freebird Airlines Europe will be flying to holiday islands in...
UK airport company, Heathrow, has called for the significant expansion of “green” countries and a list of countries expected to be open for summer holidays. Heathrow lost 6.2 million passengers in April, down 92.1%, compared to pre-pandemic 2019 figures, following...
European member states have approved a revised regulation updating the EU-wide performance targets for air navigation service providers (ANSPs) that will lead to higher air traffic control (ATC) charges for airlines. Previous targets set were based off of 2019 traffic...
In the first three months of 2021, the financial performance of the Fraport Group continued to be severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. With passenger traffic still down at Frankfurt Airport and across the Group's airports worldwide, Group revenue declined by...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned that proposals by AENA to increase user charges at the 46 airports it operates across Spain could damage Spain’s economic and employment recovery from COVID-19. The proposals presented to the DGAC for...
London Heathrow and the UK Civil Aviation Authority today came to verbal blows after the CAA (regulator) rebuffed Heathrow’s demand to raise fees by £2.6 billion. The CAA said this claim was “disproportionate” and limited Heathrow to a £300 million per annum increase...
South Africa’s largest ground handling company, BidAir Services will be changing hands. National Aviation Services (NAS), Colossal Africa and a consortium comprised of the current executive management team have signed an agreement to acquire BidAir Services from the...
Since yesterday, VINCI Airports has made sustainable biofuels available to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport users, with Michelin Air Services as its first customer. These are provided by Air bp under a fuel contract with VINCI Airports, and are produced from used...
As of Monday 19 April 2021, Munich Airport and the consortium "SOF Connect" - consisting of the French investor Meridiam, the Austrian developer Strabag - have taken over the full responsibilities and business activities related to the operation of Bulgaria’s capital...
On 6 May, the Russian airline S7 Airlines will be taking off for the first time from Cologne/Bonn with a flight heading for Moscow. S7 will be operating weekly flights from the Rhineland airport to Moscow-Domodedovo (DME) using an Airbus A320neo. “At the beginning of...