The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and airline operator American Airlines have formed a joint initiative to test new screening technology at several airports across the USA. The project will involve testing automated security screening lanes at Chicago O’Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Miami international airports, as well as computed tomography (CT) scanners at Phoenix […]
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has broken ground on its US$2.4bn Terminal 1 renovation project, which will include a new centralized security checkpoint, consolidated baggage handling systems, dining and retail concessions, and post-security connecting walkways. The project will be completed in phases by 2024. The project will include the demolition of existing facilities and reconstruction […]
TAV Georgia has begun construction on the new arrivals terminal at Tbilisi International Airport following an official groundbreaking ceremony attended by government officials on June 27. The 130,000ft² arrivals terminal, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2017, will be integrated into the existing terminal building and will increase capacity to 3.5 million […]
As air traffic management experts and lovers of aviation, the members and employees of the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) are deeply affected by the heinous events that took place this evening at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. As an association, ATCA will continue its mission to bring people together and advocate for the world’s safest form […]
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 […]
