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Passenger Experience Week debuts new PAX Week Views podcast

PAX Week Views explores the future of the passenger experience industry and opens with special guests Blake Emery and PJ Wilcynski of Boeing Commercial Airplanes 27 February 2019: Passenger Experience Week 2019 has today announced the launch of its new PAX Week Views podcast – available to stream or download: http://bit.ly/2BopFfh – that will bring […]

CONNECT 2020 Route Development Forum to be held in Antalya

Fraport TAV Antalya Airport wins bid to host the 17th CONNECT Route Development Forum, taking place 19th – 21st February 2020 Antalya Airport will be Host of the 17th CONNECT Route Development Forum in 2020 after submitting a compelling bid to showcase their dynamic destination and beautiful region to over 700 expected aviation professionals. CONNECT […]

Design Concept for Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport Revealed

As part of a special board meeting and the annual State of the Airport event on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Allegheny County Airport Authority Board of Directors approved a visionary concept design for the Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport. The concept design for the new terminal to be built adjacent to the current […]

Salt Lake City International Announces Restaurants for First Phase of New Airport

Come fall of 2020, passengers flying through Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) are going to be wowed not only by a new airport, but by the wide array of food and beverage options to choose from. From American and Asian to Italian and Mexican, passengers’ palates will be delighted with the selection. The first […]

Work on new pre-flight area starts at Exeter Airport

Construction is underway for a new boarding gate area Initial ground works are underway for the construction of a new boarding gate area ahead of a busy 2019 which will see the first ever series of flights from Ryanair. The passenger pre-flight waiting area is being built alongside the current boarding gates with a new […]

9-Gate Expansion of the Barbara Jordan Terminal at Austin Airport Opens

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, in seeking to elevate the passenger experience, opened Phase I of the new 9-gate expansion. The expansion became operational on Barbara Jordan’s birthday, Feb. 21 with a Delta to Atlanta flight at 5:40 a.m. The terminal and apron expansion is a $350 million project. The project includes: Adding nine new gates […]

LOT Launches New Connection to London City from Budapest

From today, LOT now flies directly from Budapest to London City (LCY) twice daily, twelve times a week. To operate this special route, LOT acquired four brand-new Embraer 190 jets, joining existing flights between London City and Warsaw. From May 1st the air carrier will also launch flights to LCY from Vilnius. Flights from Budapest […]

Classic Boeing 747 in BOAC Livery Returns Home to Heathrow for BA100

Large crowds gathered at Heathrow yesterday to watch the much-anticipated arrival of a British Airways Boeing 747 painted in the iconic design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The aircraft entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport on February 5 where it was stripped of its current British Airways Chatham Dockyard design […]

Avinor awards contract for air traffic control services to Saerco

Avinor’s board of directors has decided to award a 5-year contract for air traffic control services at Ålesund and Kristiansand airport to Spanish company Saerco. Four bidders took part in the competition, where quality and price had equal emphasis. Saerco won with the highest score on quality and the lowest price. This entails annual savings […]

LAX Terminal 1 Project Wraps Up On Time and On Budget

When the ribbon was cut at the end of 2018, the $516 million overhaul of Terminal 1 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) came in on schedule and on budget, with no lost-time injuries over the four-year construction project that modernized the 34-year-old building. “Building a world-class airport requires a team of committed partners, and […]