Dubai Airports, the operator of Dubai International Airport in the UAE, has released a satellite image showcasing its new Concourse D facility and illustrating the shortage of land for the airport to expand any further. The new concourse has increased the airport’s capacity so that it is now capable of handling approximately 90 million passengers […]
Airport operator Abu Dhabi Airports has today (June 22) completed the final de-propping exercise of the last arch in the roof of the new Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE. The de-propping process took three days with 90 jacking points used around the building for support. The last stage […]
San Francisco International Airport in California will host a groundbreaking ceremony on June 29, 2016, to celebrate the start of construction work on its Terminal 1 (T1) renovation project. The US$2.4bn project is scheduled for completion by 2020 and includes the design and construction of T1’s north, south and central areas; a new Boarding Area […]
The international terminal at Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden is to be expanded under a SEK760m (£61m) partnering agreement between contractor NCC and client Swedavia. The airport outside Gothenburg has become increasingly busy in recent years and needs to be extended. “Above all, we need to be able to accommodate larger airplanes and manage the […]
US officials have broken ground on the new US$4bn Terminal B building at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Vice president Joe Biden, New York governor Andrew Cuomo and several other US dignitaries attended the official ceremony as construction work got underway on the 1,300,000ft², 35-gate facility. The LaGuardia Gateway project will unify the airport’s terminals […]
The Norwegian airport operator Avinor is currently in negotiations with unions representing airport employees. If an agreement had not be reached by the deadline of midnight last night, June 16, about 300 airport personnel will go on strike today, Friday 17 June at 11 a.m. If that happens the result is that nine of 46 […]
The construction of the new passenger terminal building (Terminal 2) of Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is on track for delivery by June 2018, according to GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. (GMCAC). “The construction is progressing well and on target for June 2018 completion date,” said GMCAC chief executive adviser Andrew Harrison, in a statement. Completion of […]
£186 million facility houses state-of-the-art baggage and early bag store systems Development improves efficiency and reduces delays both on and off the airfield Passengers to long haul flights up in May, with numbers to North America up over 40% Gatwick marked its busiest-ever May today (+5.8%) by launching its new Pier 1 facility – […]
Airport operator Fraport has completed the newly renovated Terminal 1 (T1) arrivals forecourt at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. The €36m (US$41m) project took more than a year to complete and involved the modernization of the whole outdoor area including the terminal façade, which was fitted with a new glass and steel structure covering 22,600ft2 and incorporating […]
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has released new research detailing investments and charges made by the top 21 airports in Europe over the past 10 years. The statement is allegedly in response to claims by airline association Airlines for Europe (A4E) that charges at the top 21 EU and EFTA airports increased by 80% since […]
