Tags: Aviation

ACI EUROPE urges Walloon Government to ensure the future of Liège Airport

At meetings attended by ACI EUROPE this week in Namur with Mr. Elio di Rupo, Minister-President of Wallonia and Mr. Adrien Dolimont, Minister in charge of Finance and Airports, ACI EUROPE Director General Olivier Jankovec called upon the Walloon Government to ensure the future of Liège Airport and its contribution to the region’s economy by […]

ACI calls on regulators to support the economic sustainability of airports for the benefit of travellers and communities

Airports Council International (ACI) World today calls on regulators to support the economic sustainability of airports as social and economic engines of communities worldwide and for the benefit of the travelling public.   The call to action supports the recent ACI World Resolution Restoring Economic Equilibrium that urges governments to acknowledge the changed risk profile […]

AeroVisto and VARTAN.AERO announces joint service offer for business and private jet aviation customers

AeroVisto and VARTAN.AERO are starting a close cooperation and will soon offer business and private jet aviation customers a unique service: the 360°CabinService. VARTAN.AERO and the AeroVisto Group have jointly developed a service offering that will significantly optimize the processes involved in interior refurbishment projects in business and private jet aviation. The 360°CabinService includes a […]

Avio Aero launches hybrid electric technology demonstration program in Europe

Clean Aviation agreement reached awarding approximately €34M to consortium led by Avio Aero to develop AMBER demonstrator The demonstrator’s electric motor to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells Avio Aero has launched a new technology demonstration program that continues to advance development of hybrid electric propulsion technologies for commercial aviation and supports efforts to make […]

Korean Air introduces the Airbus 321neo with fully lie-flat business seats

Korean Air recently received its first Airbus 321neo, which it will deploy starting from December. The airline’s A321neo is equipped with fully lie-flat seats in business class, making it the first Korean airline to offer this feature on a narrowbody aircraft. The airline’s first A320 Family aircraft is a single-aisle narrowbody with a total of […]

VINCI Airports’ Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport is equipped with the very first 100% electric de-icer for aircraft

In winter, de-icing is crucial to allow aircraft to take off safely. At Clermont-Ferrand, VINCI Airports teams will now be able to benefit from a new, fully electric de-icing vehicle, which will remove the ice and frost accumulated on aircraft on the ground. The use of this new de-icing vehicle (model e-Mini MY Lite), designed […]

SR Technics partners with HCLTech to digitally transform business operations

SR Technics, a global MRO-service provider in the civil aviation industry, to leverage HCLTech’s iMRO® solution and SAP S/4HANA HCLTech, a global technology company, today announced that it has signed a multi-year contract with SR Technics, a leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider in the civil aviation industry, to digitally transform SR Technics’ […]

Siemens Logistics wins important contract for new Noida International Airport in India

Greenfield project to be equipped with Siemens baggage handling system High-performing VarioTray technology and BagIQ software for excellent passenger experience Terminal 1 to initially handle 12 million passengers per year Siemens Logistics has been awarded a contract to deliver the baggage handling system (BHS) for the new Noida International Airport (NIA), which will be constructed […]

Airly secures new $5.5M funding round to fight air pollution and save lives

Air pollution is the most-pressing environmental health crisis of our time with approximately nine in 10 people around the world breathing unclean air. Helping to spotlight this existential threat, cleantech startup Airly is today announcing a $5.5M series A funding round as it targets cleaning the air by understanding the exact sources based on sensor […]