Since distant Montreal-Mirabel Airport closed to passenger traffic in 2004, close-in Montreal-Trudeau has seen steady growth, particularly in international traffic.
Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe), which represents Europe’s major airports, has accused the media of spreading misinformation about the state of security at Brussels Zaventem Airport in the wake of the March 22 terrorist attack.
Airport freight traffic in metric tonnes for 2016 year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
The new flight will bring a significant number of additional one-stop connection opportunities from Košice International Airport via Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport. Although the flight is initially launching on a three times weekly basis as the carrier tests the market, it is its ambition to grow frequencies in future schedules, as has been the case with many of the new markets it has introduced over the past few years.
Tokyo will be Hong Kong Airlines’ seventh destination in Japan and will complement its existing twice daily flights to Routes Asia 2017 host city, Okinawa, daily flight to Okayama, five times weekly service to Sapporo, three times weekly service to Kagoshima and twice weekly flights to Miyazaki and Kumamoto.
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded a 4.8% rise in the number of passengers handled in March 2016 compared to March 2015, with a total of 6 million passengers.
The commercial aviation industry has become much more adept in a changing operational environment at ensuring public confidence, but faces ongoing communications challenges, IATA DG and CEO Tony Tyler told the IATA Ops Conference in Copenhagen.
Calls for action to mitigate the threat to passenger aircraft from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) came from Europe’s main regional airline trade group and others following an April 17 incident at London Heathrow Airport.
Heathrow’s unique capacity constraints – it is operating at 98 percent capacity – coupled with the high demand from airlines due to strong passenger yields at the airport, mean slots are hard to obtain. The airport currently claims it has a queue of thirty airlines waiting for slots.
The new airport will completely revolutionise travel to and from the island. At present, Saint Helena is accessible by a boat trip that takes around five days from Cape Town.
Russia’s Orenburg Airport Airlines, operating under the Orenburzhye brand, plans to launch Krasnodar-Gelendzhik regional service, which has not been operated for 20 years.
Belgian transport minister Jacqueline Galant has resigned amid a public outcry in Belgium over 2015 European Commission (EC) reports warning of security weaknesses at Brussels Airport and other airports in Belgium.
Air France will add two weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle-San José (Costa Rica) services from Nov. 2, which will run throughout the 2016-17 winter season.
Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) Jin Air has signed a codeshare agreement with the Australian-based Jetstar Group to offer combined route bookings across both carrier’s networks.
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has given tentative permission for Norwegian Air International (NAI) to serve the US, more than two years after NAI applied for a foreign air carrier permit.
Norwegian Group has waited two years to hear that it can fly to the US under the subsidiary name Norwegian Air International. That day has arrived. The airline received tentative approval for a foreign air carrier permit today from the US Department of Transportation, which said it made its decision with “caution and careful consideration”.
With the EU referendum campaign officially taking off in the UK, the topic of Brexit will certainly dominate conversations as June 23rd draws closer. Will the UK vote to stay or leave the European Union? Despite the uncertainty of the situation, if Brexit succeeds, the aviation industry in the UK will inevitably face tough implications.
As the Eastern European market continues to grow, much of the growth can be attributed to two of the biggest low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the region. Ryanair and Wizz Air dominate much of the market, but despite growing service, only overlap on a handful of routes. Both carriers have announced plenty of new services in the last 12 months, many of which serve Poland – the largest of the Eastern European air transport market with a third of all seats.
