Astana International Airport expects to hit passenger-handling limits again around 2023, even as it prepares to more than double capacity, with a second terminal due to open next year.
Air Mauritius is extending its network coverage of Germany by 6 additional destinations through its Codeshare Agreement with Air France as from 1 October 2016.
The Romanian low-cost carrier has announced this morning that their next base will be Liverpool John Lennon Airport. The carrier’s expansion into the UK will create around 35 jobs immediately ahead of operations in March 2017.
The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Single European Sky (SES) technology arm SESAR have agreed to work together on air traffic management (ATM) improvements.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will end Vienna-Rome Fiumicino service Nov. 9, citing strong low-cost carrier (LCC) competition, a spokesperson confirmed to ATW.
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines plans to boost its summer 2017 seasonal transatlantic service with new nonstop routes between city pairs Boston-Dublin, New York JFK-Lisbon, and the return of a New York JFK-Berlin pairing.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is introducing new flights that will boost its presence in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Sydney, two of the carrier’s most important markets.
Moscow Domodedovo International Airport will be able to handle a combined passenger capacity of 55-58 million in its existing T1 and T2 terminals when T2 construction is complete in 2018, according to airport owner and chairman of the board Dmitry Kamenshchik.
Flight operations from Dubai International Airport were disrupted for nearly an hour Sept. 28 because of unauthorized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, activity.
The Airports Council International (ACI) has expressed its commitment of airports joining the effort to stop transportation of illegal wildlife products.
A growing tourism industry and increased business investment make Northern Ireland’s capital city of Belfast an exciting destination for Routes Europe 2017.
Las Vegas is the host destination for Routes Americas 2017 – the meeting forum for airports, airlines and tourism authorities that want to develop new air services across the Americas.
American Airlines subsidiary Envoy Air will re-open New York’s LaGuardia Airport as a base of operations in early 2017, the Irving, Texas-based airline said Sept. 28.
Alaska Airlines will launch 1X-daily service to Los Angeles-Havana service on Jan. 5, 2017, the Seattle-based carrier announced Sept. 27. It will be the only nonstop Boeing 737-900 flight to Cuba from the US west coast.
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year. This is according to the 2016 Airport IT Trends Survey, the extensive annual study of IT trends within the global airport industry co-sponsored by SITA and Airports Council International (ACI), in association with Airline Business.
