France’s Aéroports de Paris, the Netherlands’ Schiphol Group and South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp. have signed a new strategic partnership, extending the cooperation agreement established in July 2011.
The Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC)—which originally planned an Action Day Oct. 10, 2013, and then called it off—has rekindled plans to strike Jan. 29 to protest the European Commission’s (EC) SES2+ package aimed at speeding implementation of the Single European Sky (SES).
London’s Heathrow Airport will consult the local community on proposals for an additional runway at the airport as shortlisted by the government’s Airports Commission.
Air Mauritius will start a third weekly frequency to Shanghai. It will also operate a second weekly frequency to Beijing as from the 16th of July 2014.
Qatar Airways will take one of the two new licenses being granted by the Saudi Arabian civil aviation regulator, GACA, to create a regional carrier operating domestic services in the country.