Monthly Archives: August 2026

American Airlines Expands Premium Dining Experience Across Airport Lounges

American Airlines is enhancing its premium airport lounge offering with a new wine and chocolate pairing for Flagship® Dining guests, while expanding access to its sit-down dining experience at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Miami International Airport (MIA). The new offering features KHK Wines and K+M Extravirgin Chocolate, with the pairing curated by […]

VINCI Airports Introduces Pre-Airport Baggage Collection Service

  Edinburgh and Budapest airports – which joined the VINCI Airports network in 2024 and are respectively located in Hungary and Scotland – offer a new service designed to make passengers’ journey smoother.  Edinburgh airport introduces home luggage collection service operated by the company Airportr for easyJet and Lufthansa flights  Lufthansa and easyJet passengers travelling […]

Punta Cana Airport and SeeTrue Deploy Next-Generation Checkpoint Technology to Combat Contraband

First airport checkpoint CT installation to operationalize SeeTrue’s AI-driven detection of drugs and undeclared currency with Leidos’ ClearScan™ high-throughput explosive detection CT scanner Punta Cana Airport (PUJ) and SeeTrue today announced the deployment of SeeTrue’s artificial intelligence platform to deliver next-generation contraband detection targeting the illegal movement of drugs and undeclared currency through the PUJ’s […]

L&T and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Win Al Maktoum Airport APM Contract

The Transportation Infrastructure business vertical of L&T, in consortium with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has secured a large order to design and build the Automated People Mover (APM) System for Phase 1 of Al Maktoum International Airport in Dubai. The project is being developed by Dubai Aviation City Corporation and implemented through Dubai Aviation […]

Vaisala confirms EUR 25 million airport weather modernization project in Indonesia

Vaisala expects to include the EUR 25 million award for airport weather systems and equipment to modernize 14 Indonesian airports in its orders received for the third quarter of 2026, as the customer has secured the necessary financing. The project, awarded in 2024, is Vaisala’s largest aviation weather project to date and will strengthen aviation safety and […]

Queenstown Airport Launches Major Airfield Upgrade and Terminal Expansion Programme

Queenstown Airport has begun delivering the largest capital works programme in its history, with a NZ$65 million package of airfield improvements now under way and plans progressing for a major terminal extension and upgrade. The airfield programme includes construction of a new Code C heavy taxiway and a complete overlay of the airport’s main runway. […]

Vitsab® Unveils Freshtag® Flight Label Time-Temperature Monitoring Device to Ensure Food Quality and Safety During Transit

Revolutionary Time-Temperature Indicator Offers Universal Visual Assurance, Compliance, and Profit Protection for Airline Caterers Vitsab® International AB, a global leader with over 20 years of temperature monitoring expertise, is proud to highlight Freshtag® Flight Label, a color-changing smart label designed to monitor airline meals and perishable in-flight catering for time and temperature at every stage, […]

Plaza Premium Group Unveils Season Two of its Homegrown Chef Series Flavours in Transit: From Our Roots to Your Plate

  Plaza Premium Group (PPG), the global leader in integrated 360-degree airport hospitality experiences and passenger service solutions, announces the second iteration of its Chef Series campaign. Flavours in Transit: From Our Roots to Your Plate is a first of its kind in the airport hospitality industry, celebrating the signature dishes of its in-house chefs […]

AirSight and Flock Announce Strategic Partnership Following Grant Parish Smuggling Bust That Demonstrated the Speed of an Integrated Airspace to Roadway Response

AirSight, the company behind the AirGuard airspace security platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Flock, the public-safety operating system trusted by thousands of US law enforcement agencies nationwide. The partnership establishes a real-time data feed from AirGuard into FlockOS, allowing airspace detections — including operator location — to appear directly in the same operating […]

Heart Aerospace Completes First Flight of World’s Largest Electric Aircraft

  Heart Aerospace today announced the successful first flight of the company’s X1 demonstrator aircraft. Spanning 106 feet, measuring 76 feet nose to tail, and weighing more than 25,000 pounds at takeoff, X1 is the largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. The flight took place on Wednesday, August 12th, 2026, at Heart’s X1 flight-test base at […]