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Perth Airport looking for new CEO

Perth Airport is in the market for a new chief executive after announcing incumbent Brad Geatches will leave the company on July 1 2016. Colin Beckett, the chairman of Perth Airport, said it was the right time for a change at the top and a global search for a new chief executive was underway....

Questions raised over runway safety operations

The tragic incident at Mumbai airport, where a technician of Air India airlines was killed after he was sucked into a plane engine, has raised serious questions on the safety of runway operations at the Indian airports. As per civil aviation rules, a runway should be completely free from any kind...

US, Cuba agree to let airlines begin flights

Cuba and the United States reached an agreement Wednesday night that will allow US commercial airlines to begin operating flights to the island for the first time in decades, according to US officials with knowledge of the discussion. The understanding comes on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the announcement that the two countries would restore diplomatic ties and turn the page on a hal...

Turkish Airlines suspends Mogadishu flights following attack

Turkish Airlines has suspended its daily flights to the Somali capital Mogadishu following a failed al-Shabaab attack on the airport on the evening of Sunday, December 13. Local media report the terrorists attempted a water-borne assault on the airfield but were repelled by African Union forces stationed on the beach front. Aden Adde International Airport's sole runway 05/23 only op...

Kuwait Airways withdraws from London-New York market

Kuwait Airways is withdrawing from the New York JFK-London Heathrow market after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) ruled against the carrier in a discrimination case brought by an Israeli citizen earlier this year. Though the Kuwaiti carrier will continue to operate a 3x weekly New York JFK-Kuwait via London Heathrow service, it is no longer accepting passengers for the UK-US secto...

Passenger numbers up at east coast capitals

Australia’s three east coast capital city airports all posted healthy increases both domestic and international passenger numbers in November. Melbourne Airport said international travellers rose 9.9 per cent to 728,212 at Tullamarine in November, compared with the prior corresponding period, as airlines such as Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Philippine Airlines added extra...

Etihad to deploy two-class 787-9 to Perth from June 2016

Perth is among five cities set to receive Etihad Airways’ first batch of two-class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners due for delivery from May 2016. While the initial deliveries of 787-9s to Etihad featured eight first, 28 business and 199 economy seats for a total of 235, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier is introducing in 2016 five two-class versions of the Dreamliner configured with 299 seats compris...

Dubai International, passenger number grows by 4.4% in October, 2015

Passenger traffic at Dubai International, rose 4.4 per cent in October, according to a traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports. Passenger numbers in October totalled 6,250,810, compared to 5,989,007 recorded in October of last year. Year to date traffic rose 11.2 per cent to 64,947,687 compared to 58,411,554 recorded during the same period last year. Aircraft movements rose to 34,91...

Emirates announces three new A380 superjumbo routes for 2016

Emirates said it would deploy its Airbus A380 to more destinations across its network in 2016. The Dubai carrier said Birmingham (BHX), Prague (PRG) and Taipei (TPE) have been added to its list of A380 destinations. It means Emirates is the only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service from each of these destinations. Emirates’ daily Birmingham flight will be up-gauged to an A380 be...

ASUR, in Conjunction with SunPower, Plans Solar Project to Power Its Airports in Mexico

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, S.A.B. de C.V.(ASUR), a privatized airport group in Mexico and operator of Cancun Airport and eight other airports in southeast Mexico, as well as a 50% JV partner in Aerostar Airport Holdings, LLC, operator of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, announced an agreement today with SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWR) (SunPower) for 3...

Air Seychelles and Alitalia offer more travel options from Italy to Seychelles

Alitalia, Italy’s leading carrier, and Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, have enhanced their codeshare agreement to provide Italian air travellers with unprecedented access to Seychelles. Beginning December 19, Alitalia will place its “AZ” flight code on three weekly flights operated by Air Seychelles between Paris Charles de Gaulle and...

Korean Air begins A380 flights to Sydney

Sydney has welcomed a new Airbus A380 operator with the start of Korean Air’s seasonal service with the double decker superjumbo. The Skyteam alliance member is operating the A380 to the NSW capital over summer, with the aircraft to feature on the Seoul (Incheon)-Sydney route from December 1 to March 26 2016. Korean Air usually flies either the Airbus A330 or Boeing 777 aircraft to Syd...

Lithuanian Airports Celebrate Vilnius’ 100th Birthday

Lithuania’s three largest gateways, Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga, which operate under the same Lithuanian Airports state enterprise, have joined together to mark remember their symbolic beginning. The construction of Lithuania’s first airport – Vilnius – began 100 years ago in December 1915 on the same site as today’s facility. A statement from the airport operator sa...

V Air Steps into Japan Market with its Taipei- Nagoya Route

V Air, a Taiwan-based LCC, enters the Japan market by launching its first Taipei-Nagoya service tonight. The inaugural flight ZV202 departed from Taipei Taoyuan International Airport at 19:45, carrying 162 passengers, with an 85% load factor. The estimated arrival time is 23:45 local time. Taipei-Nagoya route is the 4th scheduled service of V Air, marking a new milestone on the carrier’...

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Singapore selects Thales for next-generation AI-powered air traffic management system serving one of Asia’s busiest airspaces

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Qantas Group and Melbourne Airport to unlock more flights, airport expansion

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VINCI Airports - traffic as of June 30, 2026

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Edinburgh Airport partners with Airportr to bring baggage-as-a-service to one of UK's fastest-growing travel hubs

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Thales and Ankaa to deliver multi-mission Air Traffic Surveillance radars for Oman, capable of supporting both civil and military operations

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