Star Alliance unveils lounge in Asia at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Star Alliance, airline alliance, has opened its first lounge in Asia at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) in Guangzhou, China. Starting today, the lounge will be available to First and Business class passengers, and Star Alliance Gold status customers on member airline flights departin...

Swedavia develop new large airport hotel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Swedavia continue to develop Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden’s largest airport. It is now announced that Strawberry with one of the leading hotel chains in the Nordics, Quality-hotel, will manage Swedavia’s new airport hotel at Arlanda. The hotel will be the largest airport hotel in the ...

LAX’s automated people mover begins new phase of testing

Employees and guests at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) can now catch a glimpse of the Automated People Mover (APM), as a new phase of testing will bring train cars through the Central Terminal Area (CTA). This is a key milestone for the APM testing team, with the first train vehicles cro...

Passenger traffic continue to grow steadily at HKIA in October

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) today released the air traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for October 2024. During the month, HKIA handled 4.55 million passengers and 31,625 flight movements, representing year-on-year increases of 21.3% and 20.3%, respectively. Traff...

Menzies Aviation secures ground handling license in Malaysia

Menzies Aviation has secured a new ground handling license to deliver passenger, ramp and cargo services at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), the main international airport serving Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Menzies Aviation Malaysia – a joint venture (JV) with Malaysian sup...

Korkyt Ata Airport in Kazakhstan opens new terminal

Verny Capital, in partnership with the Bulat Utemuratov Foundation, announces the opening of a new passenger terminal at Korkyt Ata Airport (KZO) in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. The new terminal will boost capacity, strengthening the region's transport links while supporting economic development. Olzha...

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SITA is partnering with Taipei Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) to upgrade its passenger processing solutions. TPE will install SITA’s game-changing check-in kiosk solutions, allowing passengers to fly through the airport and on to their destination faster than ever before. The deal, whic...

Macquarie and Ferrovial announce sale of AGS Airports

Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie), via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4, and Ferrovial have reached an agreement to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance. The terms of the transaction represent an enterprise value for the business of approximately £1.53 billion. AGS Airports owns and ...

Jet2 to commence operations from UK's Luton Airport 

Jet2 to commence operations from UK’s Luton airport 

UK holiday airline Jet2 will fly from Luton airport from summer 2025 to compete head-to-head with easyJet, TUI, Wizz Air and Ryanair. The low-cost carrier will serve 17 destinations across Europe, the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean in response to growing demand from customers and travel age...

Prestwick Airport’s debt to public funds rises to £55.5m amid continued profit streak

Prestwick Airport’s recently filed annual accounts reveal a rise in the debt it owes to the Scottish Government, reaching £55.5 million, with accumulated interest now at £12.1 million. The Ayrshire hub, nationalised in 2013 to prevent closure, received £43.4 million in loans for stabilisatio...

Hensel Phelps awarded Concourse A reconstruction project at Nashville International Airport

Hensel Phelps has been selected to provide Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) services for the Concourse A Reconstruction Project at Nashville International Airport (BNA) by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA). As part of the BNA New Horizon program, a long-term plan to accommoda...

Regional and City Airports reports strong summer growth

Regional and City Airports reports strong summer growth

Regional and City Airports (RCA) Group saw a "robust growth in passenger numbers" during the April to October summer period. The group, which owns and operates Bournemouth, Norwich and Exeter airports in the UK, recorded almost 1.5 million passengers during the summer months, up from 1.31 million...

SITA announces the integration of IPS Intelligent Passenger Solutions into its portfolio

SITA, provider of air transport technology, has announced the formal integration of IPS Intelligent Passenger Solutions into its SITA Airports portfolio. Under its new name, ‘IPS a SITA company’ delivers a strengthened range of intelligent passenger solutions like self-service bag drop system...

Heathrow breaks October records as passenger numbers surge

Heathrow Airport welcomed over 7.2 million passengers in October, achieving a milestone sixth consecutive month surpassing seven million travellers. Driven by strong half-term holiday demand, this surge places 2024 on track to be Heathrow’s busiest year yet, with an estimated 83.8 million passe...

Luton airport invests in low-carbon vehicle transition

Luton airport invests millions in low-carbon vehicle transition

The UK's Luton airport has completed a multi-million-pound investment in a fleet of sustainable car park transfer buses and operational vehicles. The investment forms part of Luton's sustainability strategy, which aims to deliver net zero scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 2040, the airport said. ...

Changi Airport to invest $3bn over six years

Changi Airport to invest S$3bn over six years

Changi Airport Group (CAG) will invest S$3bn over the next six years in Singapore Changi Airport Terminals 1 to 4 to improve services such as baggage handling, check-in, immigration and Skytrain connections between terminals, as well as to replace end-of-life systems to facilitate smoother passenger...

Fraport installs advanced passenger scanners from Rohde & Schwarz at Frankfurt Airport

Airport operator Fraport has contracted technology company Rohde & Schwarz to install 100 new security scanners at Frankfurt Airport. The equipment will be used both in existing security checkpoint lanes and in new checkpoints to be opened in the future. The scanners will be delivered over a ...

Volaris El Salvador expands Miami service with flights to San Salvador

On November 1, Volaris El Salvador and Miami International Airport officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the launch of four weekly nonstop flights between San Salvador and Miami. El Salvador’s national ultra-low-cost airline is operating the new service with A320 aircraft th...

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays welcome first Airbus A321neo aircraft to be based at Edinburgh Airport

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays welcomed their first new Airbus A321neo aircraft at Edinburgh Airport and marked the occasion with a special customer event. Customers on today’s Edinburgh to Tenerife flight, which is the first flight to be operated on the new Airbus A321neo aircraft from the airport,...

KLM response to 41% increase in Schiphol Airport charges

Schiphol will become the second most expensive airport in Europe, as it raises its fees by 41% in the coming year. This increase comes on top of the 40% tariff increase over the past three years. This has major implications for both travelers and the aviation sector. As the costs of setbacks a...

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