Tags: Airport News

Passenger numbers continue to grow at Lithuanian Airports as Kaunas Airport tops pre-pandemic flight traffic

In November 2021, more than 308 thousand passengers were served at Lithuanian Airports, while in the same period in 2020 the number of 43 thousand passengers served at the airports was recorded. According to aviation experts, Kaunas Airport is namely the airport at which an exclusively active period of recovery can be recently noticed. According […]

Consumer demand and cost of sea-freight drives growth in air cargo at East Midlands Airport

Aviation Minister, Robert Courts MP, described East Midlands Airport (EMA) as “a key facilitator of UK trade”, during a visit as the gateway gears-up for a record-breaking festive freight operation. The Minister visited EMA’s cargo operation yesterday evening, one of the airport’s busiest nights of the year in the run-up to Christmas. More than one […]

AirBridgeCargo Airlines extends handling partnership with Frankfurt Cargo Services

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has renewed its cargo handling contract at Frankfurt/Main Airport with Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), a subsidiary of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). FCS, the largest independent cargo hander at the airport, has served AirBridgeCargo since 2008, and the new contract extension reflects the successful and growing partnership between the two companies. ABC currently […]

Exeter Airport appoints Managing Director

Exeter Airport has announced the appointment as Stephen Wiltshire as Managing Director. Stephen, 47, has been Operations Director at Exeter for the last 12 years and before that was operations director at Blackpool Airport for six years. He started his career as an engineering apprentice with British Aerospace at Filton near Bristol, where he is […]

Copenhagen Airport Acknowledges WFS’s Latest Expansion as Enabling ‘Future Airfreight Growth’

Copenhagen Airport has acknowledged Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) latest investment to expand its cargo handling facilities as enabling ‘future airfreight growth’ for the airport and its airline clients. WFS is the largest cargo handler in Copenhagen, supporting 31 airlines with flights to and from the Danish capital. It also provides cargo handling services for a […]

Ile-de-France Region launch first trials dedicated to new urban air mobility

Paris Region through Choose Paris Region, Groupe ADP and RATP Group inaugurated the test centre dedicated to new sustainable urban air mobility at the Pontoise – Cormeilles-en-Vexin airfield, in the presence of French Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari. The inauguration signals the launch of the first trials in real conditions for eVTOLs – electric Vertical […]

InMotion store opens at Glasgow Airport

A brand-new store with exclusive brands and latest technology has opened at Glasgow Airport. InMotion, the market-leading technology retailer in travel locations, owned by WHSmith, has  opened its new store at Scotland’s largest charter hub today (Thursday, November, 25). Further to WHSmith’s recent announcement that it has won all 30 technology stores across UK airports, […]

A Michelin-starred Indian Chef and the ‘King of Trainers’ set to give Heathrow passengers a festive bump this holiday season

Heathrow passengers are set for a fantastic holiday getaway this year as the airport reveals the top 10 new experiences to look out for when travelling Research has revealed that passengers are spending more on festive shopping this year and indulging more while at the airport this holiday season, after last year’s festivities were cancelled […]

Gatwick Airport to support local business revival through new procurement opportunities

Businesses within Gatwick Airport’s local region are set to be boosted through the airport’s plans to provide new, targeted business opportunities, should its Northern Runway plans be successful. From today, local businesses can register their interest in working with Gatwick as a supplier and sign up to future newsletters, via a simple form on the […]

AGS Airports Ltd part of new Scottish consortium launched to unlock low-level wind power

A new consortium has been formed to support the deployment of renewable technology that can produce carbon-neutral energy from previously unharnessed power. The Scottish wind energy consortium between Katrick Technologies, AGS Airports Limited (AGS) and the University of Strathclyde will enable a faster transition to clean power by exploiting low-level wind energy. The newly-formed wind […]