London Gatwick Airport has brought in architect Terry Farrell as an advisor as it explores capacity growth options including a second runway. Farrell will provide expert advice on the development of Gatwick, which is forecast to hit its capacity ceiling in 2030. Gatwick claims to be the busiest single-runway airport in the world, handling 34.2 million passengers annually across 180 destinations.
Honduras launched a bid last month for the construction of a $7 million airport at Rio Amarillo, future gateway into the Copán archeological site. Winner is to be announced this December and the airport with a 1.2 kilometer (0.7 mile) runway is expected to be serviced both by local and international carriers. Through its state-private sector alliance, Coalianza, Honduras is also set to open next month the international bidding for the construction of a $130 million international airport in Palmerola, 70 kilometers (43.4 miles) away from the capital city of San Pedro Sula.
First-quarter delays were up and on-time performance (OTP) was down at 10 UK airports, despite a drop in the number of flights handled, according to statistics released by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). From January through March, 78% of scheduled flights were on-time, down four percentage points compared to the year-ago quarter. The average delay across all scheduled flights monitored was 13 minutes, three minutes more than during the same period last year.
May was a “banner month” for the world’s airports, as overall global passenger traffic increased by 4.7% in May year-over-year, Airports Council International (ACI) reported. Compared to May 2012, international passenger traffic increased by 6.9%, and domestic passenger traffic increased by 2.8%. Total freight traffic worldwide stagnated for May year-over-year with 0.4% growth; international freight flat-lined and domestic freight decreased by 1.1%.
Panapress has reported that flights were grounded and commercial activities paralysed today when tax officials from Nigeria's southern Edo State government sealed up one of the country's busiest local airports, located in the state capital, Benin City.
Pegasus Airlines has just added Doha and Athens to its roster of destinations, open for booking now, meaning that it now flies to 71 destinations in 29 countries, bringing the number of its international routes to 42.
Today's video news programme from the Airport Show, Dubai, focuses on the latest airport technology from ARINC's new airport data system and remote check in service.
This summer Lufthansa offers more flights than ever from the Middle East to Europe, the Americas and rest of the world via its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich.
Presenters Abbi Henderson and Alan Peaford go for the world of airfield fire trucks to sophisticated new biometric security systems embedded into iPhones.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has received approval from the United States (US) Department of Transportation to put its 'EY' flight code on Aer Lingus' transatlantic services out of Dublin, Ireland.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia's Department of Infrastructure and Transport to facilitate the rapid expansion of civil aviation operations between the two countries.
