Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Swissport has won what is said is a "major contract from Sky Airline" for ground services and cargo handling at the 15 airports the budget carrier serves in Chile The company has separately agreed with Düsseldorf Airport on a 74.9% shareholding in the airport's cargo...
2022 was neither the best of times nor the worst of times for London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports. Both can point to a better 2022 compared with the previous two years. On March 16, Gatwick announced a £195.2 million profit in 2022 as passenger numbers topped 32...
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has selected SITA to provide a carbon management platform to monitor data on carbon emissions across the airport environment, helping to track key performance indicators as the airport progresses towards its net zero carbon goal....
Flight disruptions at 11 northern UK airports should be a thing of the past after striking workers voted to accept wage increases of up to 7%. A "long-running pay dispute involving 120 Unite members across the Highlands and Islands Airport Limited (HIAL) Group" ended...
Bhutan Airlines has launched 'bring your own device' system in partnership with AirFi. This system will allow passengers to stream a selection of films and television series without having to pre-download anything. The passenger will just need to connect their own...
Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd. agreed to fold their joint-venture company into GMR, giving ADP a liquid stake in a business that owns airfields in India. ADP owns 49% and GMR Airports own 51% stake in the unlisted GMR Airports Ltd....
Cargo carrier Air Menzies International has announced three sales appointments covering the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions. Raffaella Olah joined AMI as the head of sales for APAC in December 2022, the company said on March 21 2023. "She has over 20...
London Gatwick Airport has announced the addition of a route to Jeddah, with Saudia to operate flights starting June 1 2023. The addition shows Gatwick owner Vinci Airports' "commitment to serve communities and sustain business growth by developing air connectivity,"...
StandardAero has been re-approved to provide chemical plating support for the US Air Education and Training Command’s (AETC) T-38 Talon aircraft at Randolph Air Force Base. The company has been doing work for the US Air Force for 25 years. The T-38 Talon is a...
The passenger traffic through the Muscat International Airport increased by 87% in 2022 as compared to 2021 with the total number of flights totalling up to 76,392, according to the data released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Sultanate of Oman also...
Carrier Widerøe is to receive Norwegian state funding to "explore possible operating concepts for both a nine-seater electric aircraft and a helicopter aircraft". Widerøe Zero is to join Widerøe Ground Handling and Widerøe Technical services "to investigate all...
The Dublin Airport Authority said on March 20 that it "is subject to regular, independent, national and international oversight of our compliance with stringent security requirements" and is "fully engaged continuously to ensure that the appropriate safety and...