DUBAI OPENS NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART CONTROL CENTRE
Dubai Airports’ chairman, His Highness, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, today inaugurated Dubai International Airport’s new nerve centre – its state-of-the-art AOCC....
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SOUTHAMPTON CONTINUES TO REDUCE ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT
Southampton Airport in the UK has achieved Level 2 ‘Reduction’ status in ACI’s Airport Carbon Accreditation programme. It inisists that it has been...
INVESTMENTS HIGHER THAN EARNINGS – COPENHAGEN AIRPORT
Copenhagen Airport pulled no punches in its annual report issued today, admitting that it is under pressure, with recent investments of around DKK2...
AIRSPACE REVIEW BEGINS AT LONDON STANSTED
As part of the UK government’s Airspace Modernisation Programme, London Stansted has begun the process of re-designing the network of corridors and flightpaths...
RECORD TRAFFIC HIGH FOR DETROIT METRO
A record 36.7 million passengers passed through Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) last year – a healthy year-on-year rise of 4.3%. The US gateway...
HYDERABAD’S AIRPORT RUN HAILED A HUGE SUCCESS
Over 2,000 runners today competed in the first ever fun run at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. Organised by airport operator GMR Hyderabad International...
BOG: CAN AVIATION EVER TRULY BE GREEN?
There’s no denying that air travel has changed the way the world works, but our ability to fly pretty much wherever and whenever...
NEW SMART GATES FOR BRAZIL’S FORTALEZA AND PORTO ALEGRE AIRPORTS
New smart gate technology has been introduced at Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports in Brazil. The new technology, supplied by SITA, provides...
CORONAVIRUS CAUSING CHALLENGING Q1 FOR ASIA-PACIFIC’S AIRPORTS
The impact of the coronavirus is beginning to bite in Asia-Pacific, with Q1 passenger numbers expected to be significantly down in China and...
COURT RULING MEANS FURTHER DELAYS TO HEATHROW’S RUNWAY EXPANSION
Heathrow’s third runway is off, for now anyway, following the Court of Appeal’s decision that the government’s greenliight for the project was unlawful....
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT TAUPŌ AIRPORT UPGRADE
Government support announced today for upgrading and expanding New Zealand’s Taupō Airport has been welcomed as a timely boost that will give regions...
AIRPORT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER CELEBRATES ITS 100TH BIRTHDAY
A familiar and sometimes iconic site at airports across the globe, the air traffic control tower, celebrates its 100th birthday today. The world’s...
