Gatwick to be first airport in the World to dispose of Category 1 waste on site and turn it into energy. Energy generated from waste will power the new plant and heat the North Terminal. Airport to hit 85% recycling rate – the best of any UK airport. Gatwick, in partnership with DHL, is set […]
All flights at London City Airport have been disrupted after protesters gained access to the runway. The Met Police said it was called to the site at about 05:40 BST after nine protestors “locked themselves together” on the runway. The Black Lives Matter UK movement has confirmed it is responsible for the protest. The airport […]
Cathay Pacific‘s four-times-a-week service to boost business links with China and the wider Far East. New Cathay Pacific service cements Gatwick’s place in the premier league of airports offering 50+ long haul routes across the globe. Gatwick now connects UK to three Chinese cities, including only direct flights to Chongqing – the commercial capital of […]
The state-owned airport maintenance firm Finavia announced that the British retail chain WHSmith will open their first-ever shops in Finland at Helsinki Airport towards the end of this year. The UK-based chain of newsstand convenience stores WHSmith is scheduled to open four outlets at Helsinki Airport between late 2016 and early 2017, according to Finnish […]
The German SMS group GmbH and Paul Wurth S.A. of Luxembourg, in which SMS GmbH holds an interest of about 60 per cent, are merging their subsidiary companies SMS Logistiksysteme GmbH and CTI Systems S.A. to form a joint enterprise. The object of the new enterprise is further expansion of business in the areas of […]
Sydney Airport has unveiled Australia’s first electric airport bus, as part of a $5 million investment in environmentally friendly ground transport technology. The Electric Blu bus is the first of a fleet of six electric buses to be operational by the end of this year, replacing the airport’s existing diesel bus fleet servicing the shuttle […]
