“The addition of this OEM quality facility increases our MRO capacity in Europe by 40%” says Tim Macdougald, CEO – MAAS Aviation. MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has opened a new purpose-built paint shop at Kaunas Airport (KUN). The facility, which is the first of its kind in Lithuania, grows […]
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) has hired architects The Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot as joint project design leaders to manage the planned development of its Concourse C. The last decade has seen rapid passenger growth at the airport, which the 110,000ft2, US$340m expansion is designed to accommodate. In an effort to elevate the customer […]
Fraport Greece delivers redeveloped and modernized airports ahead of schedule – New services, more comfort and more choices for passengers. Three months ahead of schedule, Fraport Greece has completed a major four-year infrastructure development program at the 14 regional airports. Thus, Fraport Greece is delivering redeveloped, safe and future-oriented airports that provide new services, greater […]
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has partnered with hydrogen power specialist ITM Power in a bid to become the UK’s first regional airport to produce its own hydrogen. The airport’s proposals for a new sustainable energy hub will see the use of hydrogen and rapid EV charging facilities to power the airport’s fleet of vehicles, as […]
NEW CARGO TERMINAL FUTURE-PROOFS WFS’ HANDLING AMBITIONS AT ‘PROGRESSIVE’ BRUSSELS AIRPORT Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, has future-proofed its growing handling operation at Brussels Airport with the opening of a modern 250,000-tonne capacity cargo terminal, designed to optimise speed and deliver self-service and real-time information for airlines and freight forwarders. […]
Today, the Director General of EUROCONTROL, Eamonn Brennan, and the Secretary General of EUROCAE, Christian Schleifer, concluded a new Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the two organisations at a virtual meeting in the presence of the EUROCAE President and Council Chair, Bruno Ayral, Thales LAS France. The new MoC builds on and strengthens decades of […]
Airports Council International (ACI) World has commended airports that have continued to prioritize listening and engaging with customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘The Voice of the Customer’ recognition is for airports that have demonstrated significant efforts in gathering passenger feedback through the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) program to help them better understand their customers during […]
The new US$1.1bn terminal at Bahrain International Airport began passenger operations on January 28. The terminal will allow the airport to accommodate 14 million passengers per year, thanks to a combination of 104 check-in counters, 36 passport control units and 24 security screening points. His Excellency Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, minister of transportation and telecommunications […]
A Latvian company A.C.B., which already has similar experience in reconstructing Vilnius Airport runway in 2017, won the contract for reconstruction of Palanga Airport runway in the call for tenders that was issued in autumn of the last year. During this project, one taxiway and some parts of the apron are also planned to be […]
Groupe ADP and several partner companies belonging to the global airports network, including TAV Airports, Airports International Group (Amman), Liège Airports, ZAG (Zagreb), Nuevo Pudahuel (Santiago de Chile) and Ravinala Airports (Madagascar), have signed the ‘Airports for trust’ charter. Through the charter, the signatories – representing 23 airports out of the group’s current network of […]
