Airports & Networks

Babcock International was awarded preferred bidder status on operations and maintenance contracts for British Airways and Heathrow Airport.

Airline Routes

Global passenger traffic at the world’s airports grew 4% over 2011, while cargo and aircraft movements were flat.

FAA said it will begin closing 149 contract air traffic control towers April 7 to comply with mandatory budget cuts.

Dubai World Central’s passenger terminal was completed in 2012 and will open its doors to passenger airline services Oct. 27.

Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport will construct a new terminal in place of its Terminal B and build a tunnel under the airport’s runways to connect the northern and southern parts of the airport.

The South African Civil Aviation Authority has approved new Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Cape Town International Airport for South African Airways (SAA).

London City Airport received a grant from the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to trial an automated airport management system.

Aeroports de Paris Management (ADPM) has opened a new 103,000 square meter terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan.

UK airports handled 221 million passengers in 2012, the Civil Aviation Authority reported, up 0.6% year-over-year.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will implement the Honeywell Smart Path Ground Based Augmentation (GBAS) system at Chennai Airport.

Many airports and airlines have already confirmed their attendance for the 8thRoutes Europe which will take place next month in Budapest. Many

Voting for the third regional heat of the 2013 Routes Airport Marketing Awards is now open and airlines from within the European region are being

World Routes comes to the USA for the first time in October when the 19thWorld Route Development Forum takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada and

Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has inaugurated non-stop daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Washington, D.C

The past year was the busiest ever in the history of the Faroe Islands as its international gateway, Vagar Airport, handled 225,532 passengers, up 10

Lufthansa is considering new long-haul options on routes to India and Southeast Asia to offset competition by Middle East carriers.

United Arab Emirates (UAE) airport operator, Dubai Airports has confirmed that Dubai World Central will open its doors to passengers for the first

Qatar Airways is to launch passenger flights to Chicago with a reduced schedule from 10 April and is to postpone the launch of its Doha-Chengdu route.

In six weeks time, Europe’s aviation community will meet at Routes Europe, taking place 12-14 May. Over 100 Airlines are expected to attend Routes

New domestic and international flights will be offered by AeroMexico this summer to Mar de Cortes International Airport which serves Puerto Penasco

Officials from Qatar and China have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase the number of flights that can operate between the two countries

Etihad Airways has started daily Abu Dhabi-Washington Dulles flights, adding a fourth North American destination to its network.

The official opening of Qatar’s new $15 billion Doha Hamad International Airport, which was set to open April 1, was postponed just hours before the first aircraft was due to touch down.

Russia and Finland authorities have agreed to designate second carriers on the Moscow-Helsinki route.