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CAAC Nods to Name New Chengdu Airport "Chengdu Tianfu International Airport"

Chengdu has been given the green light to name its new airport "Chengdu Tianfu International Airport", local media SCTV news reported. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has agreed to name Chengdu's new airport "Chengdu Tianfu International Airport", an...

Philippines to Modernize Aging Manila Airport, Boost Capacity

The Philippine government is considering bringing in investors to modernize Manila's 33-year-old airport as President Benigno Aquino tries to upgrade the country's infrastructure. Companies will be brought in on 15- to 20-year concessions to invest more than 120 billion pesos (U...

The World's First Airport for Drones Will Be Built in Rwanda

Rwanda is on track to build what's being billed as the world's first airport for drones next year. This week, Rwanda's Civil Aviation Authority said it is drafting regulations on unmanned aerial vehicles to be submitted to the government's cabinet. Officials hope regulations will be in place by 2016, when a pilot project for cargo drones is set to break ground. Transpo...

Passengers on Flight from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur Stuck in Airport Limbo

Passengers of a cancelled Malaysia Airlines flight have spent the last day in limbo at Auckland Airport. Flight MH130 from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur was scheduled to depart on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. An Auckland woman, who was booked on the flight, said departure was initially delayed by half an hour. Then it was an hour, then three. Eventually, staff told the waiting passenge...

Iran To Open Second Terminal Of Imam Khomeini Airport

The second terminal of the Imam Khomeini airport will open in Iran, Abbas Akhoundi, the Iranian Road and Urban Development Minister, said. "Iran's aviation industry has been affected most of all as a result of the international sanctions," the minister said in the parliament Oct. 6, Iranian news website khabaronline reported. "There are 67 airports in Iran," the minis...

Ukraine International Airlines launches flights to Kutaisi

December 18, 2015, Ukraine International Airlines will launch non-stop scheduled flights connecting Kharkov and Kutaisi, Georgia. Tickets are already available on UIA official website, the carrier`s Contact Center, UIA ticket offices, and authorized travel agencies. UIA offers double-weekly flights connecting Kharkov and Kutaisi operated on modern Boeing 737 and Embraer...

Gulf Air Adds Faisalabad and Multan to Pakistan Network

Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, is adding two new destinations in Pakistan to its network with the addition of direct services to the cities of Faisalabad and Multan scheduled for launch in December 2015. The airline will begin four weekly direct flights to Multan and will commence three weekly services to Faisalabad. Commenting on Gulf Air’s new route announcem...

SAS introduces new daily service Boston-Copenhagen

Starting with its summer 2016 program, SAS is launching yet another year round service between the US and Scandinavia. From late March 2016, SAS will operate daily nonstop flights between Copenhagen and Boston. As such, SAS will be the first carrier to fly directly to Boston from Scandinavia. As part of its determination to further strengthen its offer to frequent...

Flydubai has launched two new Russian services

Flydubai has launched two new flights to Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk, Russia, making it the first Dubai-based airline to serve these destinations. The two routes were launched this week, with flights to Novosibirsk operating three times a week, and Nizhny Novgorod twice a week. Flydubai first launched flights to Russia in 2010 and the airline aims to grow its network in the are...

Shaheen Air International starts second route to Mashhad

Shaheen Air International has extended its route network with the launch of a new weekly service between Karachi(KHI) in Pakistan and Mashhad (MHD) in Iran. The first flight departed late on Wednesday 7 October arriving in Mashhad at 00:45. The return flight, on Thursday morning, departs Mashhad at 01:45 and gets back to Karachi at 05:00. The service will be operated by the...

Baggage scanners plan further weekend strike at Stansted Airport

GMB members who operate the security scanners for checked in luggage at Stansted Airport will take further strike action this weekend. Around 30 employees are expected to take industrial action on Saturday, October 10, and on Sunday October 11 in a dispute over pay. The strike begins at 3.45am on Saturday and continues until 1.45pm on Sunday.

London Luton airport, 19.2% increase in passenger traffic in September, 2015

London Luton Airport (LLA) enjoyed record passenger numbers in September with 1.2 million passengers choosing to travel through the airport. This marks a 19.2% increase on the same month last year and 18 months’ consecutive growth at the airport. LLA is investing £100 million to meet rapidly growing passenger demand. September also saw the redevelopment take two major steps forward...

Sanya Airport Serves 322,400 Passengers in National Day Holiday

Sanya Phoenix International Airport (SYX) served a total of 322,400 passengers during the week-long National Day Holiday from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7, up 5.59 percent year on year, according to statistics released by the airport on Thursday. The airport handled a total of 2,069 aircraft movements during the week-long holiday, an increase of 2.48% year on year. An outbound travel peak hit the...

Unruly Passenger Forces RJ Flight Delay

A misbehaving passenger on Monday caused a Royal Jordanian (RJ) flight to be delayed for two-and-a-half hours after he claimed that the plane had a "security issue", an RJ official said Tuesday. Before the take-off of the RJ plane from Queen Alia International Airport, the passenger, a Qatari national, was causing a nuisance on board the plane, forcing security personnel to remove him...

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