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Airports plan big lift in IT spending

Airports are responding to changing passenger expectations with greater investment in IT systems such as back-end improvements to speed up checkin and border processing, beacon technology to provide real-time notifications and greater accessibility to wifi. A survey of airport executives from tec...

Japan Airlines Resumes Flights from D/FW

Japan Airlines resumes flying Monday from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Tokyo's Narita International Airport for the first time in more than 14 years. The Japanese carrier initially will operate four flights a week but has said it might expand to daily service in the spring....


BGS signs new contract with airBaltic and strengthens its presence in Riga

BGS, an international provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, is delighted to announce having freshly signed a new agreement with airBaltic, the largest carrier in the Baltic States. The contract concerns BGS activity in Riga, the largest airport in the region, as well as its services in airports located in Warsaw and Palanga. Under the new year-long agreement, BGS shall supp...

Lithuania’s Siaulio International Airport ups cargo offering

Siauliu International Airport is now able to receive cargo aircraft loaded with animal and vegetable shipments and can also offer services at a veterinary post. The station is complete with refrigeration equipment and provides opportunities for animal and vegetable exports of goods through the Lithuanian gateway. The airport says it is negotiating with European Union flower-growing companies...

Qatar Airways to uspend its non-stop service from Doha to Osaka after 31 March 2016

Qatar Airways has announced that it will suspend its non-stop service between Doha, its home airport, and Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX), Japan, after March 31, 2016, due to commercial reasons. Qatar Airways first started service to Osaka on 31 March 2005. From 12 January 2016, Qatar Airways will serve Osaka five times weekly (down from a daily non-stop service) from Doha, with a...

Istanbul Atatürk Airport on Google Street View

Istanbul Atatürk Airport is now accessible in the virtual world by Google Street View under the guidance of TAV Information Technologies. With the Google Street View application, which displays a panoramic 360 degree map drawn using thousands of photographs taken at the terminals, Istanbul Atatürk Airport became the first airport from Turkey to be added to the platform, which includes...

Jetstar brings low fares travel to Singapore-Da Nang Route

Jetstar’s newest route to Vietnam has taken off in a big way with its inaugural flight to Da Nang departing at full capacity this evening as travellers from Singapore – and beyond – benefitted from first time low fares to one of Asia’s newest exotic destinations this year-end holidays. Jetstar Asia is the first LCC to connect Da Nang and Singapore, offering thr...

David Cameron to Make Decision on Heathrow Expansion Within Days

David Cameron will in the coming days announce a controversial decision on whether to drastically expand Heathrow airport, in a move that will intensify divisions in the Tory party. Senior party sources said that they believe a Cabinet subcommittee will this week back plans for a third runway at the airport. If Heathrow gets the go-ahead as expected, it is believed there will be a serie...

Air India Plans Non-Stop Flight to Washington DC

After San Francisco, Air India (AI) plans to launch direct flights to Washington DC and other cities in the U.S. AI already operates non-stop flights to three U.S. cities - New York, Chicago and Newark, with operations to San Francisco scheduled to commence from December 2. "AI is actively pursuing to connect more cities in the U.S. (with India). A New Delhi-Washington flight is al...

American Keeps Tokyo Route As Regulators Reject Delta Claim

American Airlines Group Inc. will keep the right to fly between Los Angeles and Tokyo's Haneda airport, after federal regulators rejected claims by Delta Air Lines Inc. that the privilege should be revoked because American failed to begin service quickly enough. American has until March 27 to begin the flights to Haneda airport, the U.S. Transportation Department ruled. The carrier sai...

Xi'an Airport Hits the 30-Million Passenger Milestone

Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) welcomed its 30 millionth passenger after a passenger on a China Eastern Airlines (MU) flight arrived at the airport at 9:35 a.m. Friday morning, marking a new milestone for the airport. Xi'an airport has become the eighth airport in China with 30 million passengers annually. Zhang Wei, who took Flight MU2335 from Shanghai to Xi'an, luckily...

Solar-Run Cochin International Airport to Double Its Power Capacity

The Cochin International Airport, the first airport in the world to operate completely on solar power, will double its capacity from present 13.1 MW. A decision in this regard was taken at director board meeting of the CIAL chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here today. Foreseeing that the power usage in the airport will be doubled with the completion of the new international termi...

Amsterdam Airport Introduces Robot Guide to Stop Passengers Missing Flights

Passengers at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport will be greeted by Spencer, a robot to help them navigate around the busy international terminals, from Monday morning. Initiated by Dutch airline KLM to decrease the number of missed flights due to passengers getting lost, Spencer was built by university and corporate researchers from five different European countries, including Germany, Fran...

Amadeus Selling Platform welcomes airport express tickets

Travellers are now much closer to a door-to-door experience as Amadeus Selling Platform’s latest module enables travel agents to sell airport express tickets as they book a flight or hotel. Heathrow Express is the first to launch this tool with Airtrain in Brisbane to follow in 2016. For many travellers, arriving at a destination airport is the easy part - working out how to get to the...

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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

Thales, in partnership with Omani prime contractor Ankaa, has been awarded a contract by the Oman Civil Aviation Authority to design, supply, install, and commission its latest-generation TRACSIG...

ACL reaches 80th airport milestone with Bucharest slot coordination agreement

  Airport Coordination Limited has reached a significant global milestone with the signing of Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP) as the 80th airport in its worldwide portfolio....

Before the freeze: prepare for de-icing season by robo-washing your aircraft

While de-icing is essential for winter flight safety, there’s a preventive strategy that can reduce both its frequency and intensity: keeping aircraft exteriors clean. Not every winter flig...

Turning breakpoints into opportunity: SITA calls for practical collaboration to fix intermodal travel

Intermodal travel succeeds when airports, airlines, rail operators, maritime operators, cities, and transport authorities work together to fix the points where journeys break down. A new SITA white pa...

Enhanced passenger experience coming to Southern Taiwan’s busiest airport

With air travel in Asia continuing to surge, airports face the challenge of delivering smoother journeys for passengers while managing growing pressure on their operations. Kaohsiung International Air...

SITA, Amadeus and AACO collaborate to drive greater transparency on emissions in air travel

AACO, SITA, and Amadeus have come together to explore how data and technology can bring greater accuracy and transparency to aviation’s sustainability efforts. The initiative represents a concre...

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways, and Brickyard Connection complete regional electric flight demonstrations across Florida

Signature Aviation, BETA Technologies, Republic Airways Holdings and Brickyard Connection completed three days of high-cadence electric flight demonstrations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport earlier...