Condor is all set to launch direct flights connecting Frankfurt to Sphinx International Airport, twice weekly. The newly built Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is located on the western edge of cairo and makes it easier and convenient for tourists to visit the...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
More airplane noise monitoring on the cards for Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport Authority (daa) wants to put up two aircraft noise-monitoring terminals (ANMT) systems at the Irish capital's airport. The installation would be part of a 23-terminal system to monitor aircraft noise which was ordered by Fingal County Council in 2021....
Noida International Airport signs Amadeus for passenger processing system
Noida International Airport (NIA), located in close proximity to India’s capital city has signed passenger processing system (PPS) agreement with Amadeus. The deal covers common use check-in, boarding, baggage reconciliation and DigiYatra enabled biometric...
Schiphol sees 16% passenger traffic increase
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam recorded 5.1 million passengers flew in April 2023, a 16% year-on-year increase. "The amount [sic] of flights to and from Schiphol was 36,258", the airport announced. The number of flights was an increase of 8% compared to April 2022. The...
Dublin Airport to propose discounts for airlines operating more lower-emissions aircraft
Dublin Airport is proposing "new sustainability measures to incentivise airlines to operate lower CO₂ emission aircraft". The proposed scheme would, see a "low emissions discount" applied to the airport's aeronautical charges, which it says are "the lowest of any...
Sicily flights cancelled as Etna erupts
Dozens of flights have been cancelled at Catania's airport due to the eruption of Mount Etna, Europe's biggest volcano. According to UK-based aviation analytics provider Cirum, 44 departures and 24 arrivals had been affected by the evening of May 21 as ash fell on the...
Swissport announces expansion of Nairobi cargo facility and flower exporting hub
Swissport is expanding its cargo centre at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with "a new 750sqm interconnected cold storeroom with direct access from the perishable’s hub to the airside". The addition can hold 110 aircraft pallets, or a load that...
London Luton Airport wins prize for occupational safety
London Luton Airport has been honoured for what it said was its "dedication to ensuring its staff, passengers, and contractors get home safely at the end of every working day". The airport on May 19 announced it has won a Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents...
Traffic through Ireland’s regional airports topped pre-Covid levels in April 2023
Ireland's regional airports are seeing traffic exceed pre-Covid levels, according to government data. Numbers published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed April 2023 Cork, Kerry and Shannon passenger numbers up 19%, 27% and 33% on April 2019. Year-on-year,...
US airfares up 17% year-on-year
US airfares have so far in 2023 been put up by an average of 17% compared to 2022, going by analysis published by CheapAir.com. The year-on-year assessment of 128 million US airfares showed no city was "spared from higher flight prices", according to CheapAir.com,...
Stansted Airport announces more trains from central London
London Stansted Airport has welcomed the increase in express train connections from the heart of the UK capital being offered by rail operator Greater Anglia. Starting Monday 22, the number of Stansted Express trains running between the airport and Liverpool Street...
Security screening staff at Abbotsford International to stage protest
Security screening officers at the Abbotsford International Airport will protest outside the airport on May 23 after two years of contract talks The officers say concerns over substandard working conditions have not been resolved by employer Allied Universal, a...