Airports & Networks

Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka is rapidly becoming a bit of a nightmare for Emirates Airline.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) announced this morning that it has appointed Taylor Woodrow International Construction to carry out major expansion work at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Dubai International passenger numbers continued to soar in February with 5.08 million customers passing through the facility up 11.4 per cent from the same period in 2012, according to the monthly traffic report issued this week by Dubai Airports.

Dubai International passenger numbers continued to soar in February with 5.08 million customers passing through the facility up 11.4 per cent from the same period in 2012, according to the monthly traffic report issued today by Dubai Airports.

With the help of Emirates, London Gatwick airport has officially opened its new £6.4 million pier-served A380 stand.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) has released Abu Dhabi International Airport's traffic report for February 2013, indicating a 13.1% growth in passenger traffic over the same period last year, with over 1.2 million (1,221,686) passengers passing through the airport.

Turkish Airlines has added Colombo, Sri Lanka as its 219th destination, connecting now to 98 countries.

Dubai International has been confirmed as the world's second busiest airport for international passenger traffic, moving ahead of Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport for the first time.

flydubai, has announced that it will fly double daily to Sri Lanka starting this summer, bringing the total number of weekly flights to 14.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) will be diverting entry and exit roads leading to Abu Dhabi International Airport from Sunday April 7 for two months, the company warned today..

SSP has signed a seven-year deal, worth over $190 million in revenue, to operate the food and beverage (F&B) services at Doha's new Hamad International Airport.

Akbar Al Baker, the Qatar Airways CEO who is heading the new Hamad International Airport project, has pointed the finger of blame for the airport's soft opening delay firmly on the head of contractor Bechtel.

Etihad Airways will commence daily nonstop flights between its home base of Abu Dhabi and Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from June 15, 2013.

Air Arabia has announced the launch of non-stop services to Abha in Saudi Arabia, from its primary hub in Sharjah.

Etihad Airways will launch direct flights to Sana'a, Yemen's political and commercial capital on September 1, 2013.

Emirates airline has announced that it will begin operating a daily flight to Stockholm, Sweden, from September 4 this year.

Qatar Airways has been voted Best Airline at the 15th Annual ACPETUR Tourism Awards ceremony held in Barcelona.

Dubai International, the fastest growing airport in 2012 according to OAG statistics and the second busiest airport for international passenger traffic according to Airports Council International data, can now claim the title as the world's leading hub for A380 operations according to published airline industry flight schedule data for 2012.

People will be able to fly from Dubai to Hungarian capital Budapest for less than €75 when low-cost airline Wizz Air begins operating from the brand new Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport on October 28.

Etihad Airways has unveiled the new Etihad Travel Mall, its flagship one-stop travel retail and check-in facility, in Dubai.

Non-aeronautical revenues are helping the airports across the world to fund their infrastructure expansion programmes.

Q8Aviation, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has launched a new fuel operation at London City airport and has entered agreements to supply three airlines.

Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) celebrated winning the “Best Airport in the Middle East” award, for Abu Dhabi International Airport, for the second year running, at the prestigious 2013 World Airport Awards.

Airports Council International (ACI) today announced the launch of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) in Africa, Asia-Pacific (including the Middle-East), Latin America-Caribbean and North-America.

Flydubai, Dubai's innovative low-cost airline, has made its maiden flight to Juba, the capital city of the Republic of South Sudan.