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From Sydney to Doha, Fordyce-Wheeler helps airport design take off

San Francisco-based design firm Gensler has named Kirsten Fordyce-Wheeler as design director of its aviation practice. Before joining Gensler, she served as vice president and director of interiors at HOK, where she oversaw projects including the award-winning Hamad International Terminal in Doha, Q...

Runaway airport van goes rogue, striking a parked JetBlue plane

A driverless van rolled away and struck a parked JetBlue plane early Friday morning at Boston's Logan International Airport. Shortly after passengers boarded a 6 a.m. flight to Tampa, Florida, a nearby van went rogue, causing damage to the aircraft. There were no injures on board, according t...

U.S. to restore commercial flights to Cuba

In just a matter of days, U.S. airlines will begin a fierce bidding war to win routes and airport slots to a destination that's been off-limits to them for more than 50 years: Cuba. Starting Tuesday, U.S. carriers will have 15 days to submit applications to the Department of Transportation for routes they'd like to fly between the U.S and Cuba. The development brings airlines and tra...

Government approves Gold Coast Airport redevelopment

Gold Coast Airport has received the green light to begin construction on new aircraft stands and aerobridges as well as a terminal upgrade. The federal government on Friday gave its approval for the airport to start work on the airport redevelopment, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2017 and will cater for the forecast increase in visitors to the Gold Coast in 2018, when the city...

Massive jump in Edinburgh Airport's international passengers

The number of people passing through Edinburgh Airport increased last month, with a "massive" jump in the number of international passengers. Latest figures showed 700,142 people used the airport in January, up 11.4% on the same month last year. The 342,540 international passengers recorded was a 21.7% annual increase, the greatest monthly rise since January 2008. Meanwhile, Gla...

Ryanair: 3 New Manchester Winter 16 Routes To Berlin, Hamburg & Nuremberg

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, announced 3 new daily winter services from Manchester to Berlin, Hamburg and Nuremberg, beginning at the start of November. Ryanair celebrated its new Manchester winter routes by releasing seats for sale from just £19.99 for travel in November. These low fare seats are available for booking on the Ryanair.com website until midnight Tuesday (16 Fe...

airBaltic to Fly Riga – Rimini

Riga. The Latvian airline airBaltic will launch a new summer charter flight between Riga and Rimini on June 5, 2016 for Tez Tour. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We are delighted to serve Rimini, Italy for our excellent cooperation partner Tez Tour to boost summer travel. The new route from Riga to Rimini will offer excellent opportunities to visit one of the most fam...

Southwest Airlines Intends To Serve Long Beach Airport

Southwest Airlines Co. confirmed its interest and application to bring more low-fare service to Greater Los Angeles by adding new Southwest® service in 2016 at Long Beach Airport. Working with the City of Long Beach, the carrier this week formally applied for slot authority to offer new service, subject to requisite approvals. Southwest’s operation at Long Beach would be an addition to t...

Mahan Air: Development of tourism ties between Islamic Republic of Iran and Kingdom of Thailand

Last week a ceremony held at the Parsian Azadi Hotel, in which, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Mahan Air and high ranking officials of Thailand’s tourism. Some of the most important provisions of this MOU include: 1. Exchange of tourists between the two countries, Iran and Thailand 2. Support and collaboration to expand Mahan air route network to major tour...

Ryanair To Double Berlin Operation

Ryanair, Europe’s No 1 airline, launched its biggest ever Berlin winter 2016 schedule, with 13 new routes to Budapest, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Lisbon, Manchester, Rzeszow, Seville, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Toulouse and Vilnius, and 2 new winter services to Malta and Pisa, which will help deliver 4.7m customers p.a. and support 3,500* jobs, as Ryanair doubles its Berlin...

Air France officially inaugurates its A380 between Paris and Mexico

On 9 February 2016, Air France officially inaugurated its Airbus A380, the Company’s largest super jumbo in its long-haul fleet, on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle – Mexico route. To celebrate the event, Frédéric Gagey, Air France Chairman and CEO, Pieter Elbers, KLM President &CEO, and a delegation led by Matthias Fekl, Minister of State for Foreign Tra...

High-tech terminal rises from the ashes

Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), in Lagos, is the first and only privately-funded terminal in Nigeria. Keith Mwanalushi spoke to the terminal's chief executive to see how new technology has transformed operations. MMA2 rose from the ashes of a terminal that was engulfed in flames back in May 2000. After the inferno, the Nigerian Government made a decision to redevelop the air...

The 8 most extravagant airports in the world

Exploring a new city on a long layover is the perfect way to squeeze another destination into your trip. But it's a science that's difficult to perfect without ample time to roam around—so why not make an amazing airport your bonus destination? Spending hours in a terminal won't give you cabin fever if it's at one of these action-packed air hubs, with events and amenities...

Napoleon goes solo...

It is one of the most remote spots on the globe. Its population of around 4,500 has huge problems reaching the outside world. For St Helena, however, a new airport means that life is about to change dramatically. Alan Dron reports. In 2016, the tiny island of St Helena, which lies 1,200nm (2,220km) off the coast of Namibia and is just 47sqm (122skm) in area, will open up to the outside world...

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