Munich Airport has announced the post-Covid return of All Nippon Airways (ANA), which is "resuming its nonstop connection from Munich to Tokyo's city-near Haneda Airport". The Bavarian regional capital is to be ANA's "only year-round destination in Europe to be...
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Ryanair widens summer options from Knock Airport
Ryanair said it has launched its "biggest ever Knock schedule" with a flight from the west of Ireland airport to Lanzarote. "This summer, Ryanair will operate over 120 weekly flights to/from Ireland West Airport Knock driving invaluable inbound tourism and offering...
GA Telesis expands relationship with Honeywell
GA Telesis has won a multi-year global exclusive distribution rights deal with Honeywell Aerospace for CFM56-5B factory new flex shafts. Florida-based GA Telesis said the deal marked a "significant expansion" of the companies' business relationship. "The GAT Flight...
Sydney Airport gears up for Easter holiday, anticipates 2.4 million passengers
Sydney Airport is gearing up for its biggest holiday period since 2019, with the approaching Easter school holidays. The airport forecasts 2.4 million passengers to pass during the peak holiday period from April 3 to April 23, 2023. This includes about 1.5 million...
Cathay Cargo enhances its integrated mail platform with Cathay Mail
Cathay Cargo has enhanced its integrated mail platform with Cathay Mail to provide an enhanced customer experience that caters to the requirements of post offices for shipment visibility, reliability and speed. Tom Owen, Director, Cargo said: ““Cathay Mail highlights...
Loganair gets 30 more weekly slots at London Heathrow
UK’s largest regional airline Loganiar has today announced that it is to expand at London Heathrow after getting 30 additional pairs of slots each week under a lease arrangement with British Airways. The deal, which takes effect in May 2023, will enable Loganair "to...
Perth Airport crosses pre-pandemic passenger traffic mark in February 2023
Perth Airport crossed the pre-pandemic passenger traffic mark in February 2023 with 1,09 million passengers, recording an increase of 2% from the 1.07 million passenger number reported in February 2019. The airport attributes these figures to the return of many...
Dublin Airport tables plan for summer improvements
Dublin Airport has published a "15 point plan" it said would "improve standards" by adding 400 seats, faster wi-fi and faster security checks for passengers. There are to be "more staff, shorter queues, more seats, new family seating zones and less clutter across the...
Belfast International says Ryanair returning with airport base
Belfast International has announced the return of Dublin-headquartered low-cost carrier Ryanair with a two-aircraft base at the airport. The airline is to operate over 140 flights a week to 16 routes "across GB and Europe", with Budapest, Milan, Barcelona, Paris,...
VINCI announces environmental certification for Portuguese airports
VINCI Airports has announced that Portugal has become the first country in the European Union to have its entire airport system ACA 4+2 certified. The landmark came after the group said that its airports in the country were awarded the ACA 4+ certification, which it...
Schiphol trying out self-driving buses
The operators of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam have announced a "trial involving self-driving buses" in partnership with nlmtd and TNW (The Next Web. "Ground-based activities such as baggage transport, passenger transport and aircraft towing will not only be clean,...
Raleigh-Durham chooses construction firms for airport upgrade and expansion
Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority has selected Balfour Beatty’s Building operations, joint venture partner Metcon, in association with Right Build and Varnedoe Construction, to deliver an approximately $650 million phased construction programme). The building work...