Delta Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and JFK IAT in late May opened a revamped Terminal 4 at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Turkey’s TAV Construction has won a $400 million contract to design and build the new Terminal 5 at Riyadh King Khaled International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The Terminal 5 project includes a 100,000 square meter passenger terminal; a 90,000 square meter, multi-storey car park for 3,000 vehicles; a fire station; an operations center; a power station; apron and airside infrastructure; and elevated roads and infrastructure connecting Terminal 5 to existing terminals.
Cambridge Airport, located around 70 miles northeast of London, is seeking tenders for resurfacing its runway as it steps up efforts to become a recognized commercial gateway. The site, managed by the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, is currently used largely by general aviation and executive aircraft. The only commercial flights are seasonal charters.
The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) said work has begun on the demolition of Indianapolis International Airport’s old passenger terminal. “The terminal complex includes four separate concourses and other structures built between 1954 and 1987, each requiring varying preparatory work prior to actual demolition,” IAA said. The terminal closed in 2008 when the airport’s new Midfield Terminal opened.
Air Malta has been chosen as the preferred ground handling partner at Malta International Airport by Turkish Airlines, Air Baltic and Monarch Airlines. Air Malta ground services head John Vella said, “We have worked hard to secure such business considering the stiff competition in this market. We are proud to list Air Baltic, Monarch and Turkish to the growing list of over 15 international airlines that make use of our ground handling services.”
Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has signed a base maintenance contract for three C checks on Boeing 737NG aircraft with the Sofia, Bulgaria-based Lufthansa Technik.
Dallas Airmotive’s F1rst Support global field service organization has removed its first Rolls-Royce BR710 engine at the Bombardier Service Center in Dallas, Texas.
Fastjet is considering reducing its stakes in Fly540 Tanzania and Fly540 Ghana after posting a $56 million net loss, triggering a warning from auditors over the company’s future.
IATA members have endorsed two initiatives by the association, one that provides a set of passenger rights guidelines for governments and another supporting a new distribution standard.
Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) shareholders have approved an order for 32 Bombardier CS300s, 50 Irkut MC-21s and 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s), the company said in a statement.
Brazilian carrier GOL and UK-based Virgin Atlantic Airways are both likely candidates for joining SkyTeam, the global alliance’s managing director said Monday.
US Airways’ annual stockholders meeting will take place July 12 in New York, where shareholders will vote on whether to approve the company’s merger with American Airlines.
News from Travel Technology Update: An advisory body to the European Commission on data protection and privacy has told IATA that its New Distribution Capability (NDC) project “raises a number of privacy and human rights concerns, in particular those related to the profiling of individuals.”
An additional order by Emirates of Airbus A380s will depend on the infrastructure at Dubai Airport, president Tim Clark told ATW on the sidelines at the IATA AGM in Cape Town.
FedEx Corp. said it has permanently retired or will accelerate the retirement of 86 aircraft and 308 related engines as it continues to modernize its aircraft fleet and improve its global network.
