Tag: Airport

United Expands in Houston with $2.6B Terminal Project, State-of-the-Art Baggage System, New Club and Thousands of New Jobs

Terminal B investments include expansion of 40 gates for larger aircraft, allowing for 40% more people to fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport New United Club will be the largest in the nation and Early Bag Storage facility is only one of its kind in North America Airline expects to creat...

Record first 11 months for Turin Airport

Post Covid recovery above industry average confirmed in 2023 Growth is driven by incoming passengers from overseas. Over the past 12 months, 1.343 million foreigners arrived at the airport, which is a 72% increase from the same period before Covid. In 2023, October and November were record-set...

London Southend Airport announces route to Bourgas, Bulgaria for summer 2024

London Southend Airport announces route to Bourgas, Bulgaria for summer 2024

London Southend Airport has unveiled the latest addition to its expanding list of summer destinations, the stunning coastal city of Bourgas, Bulgaria.    On sale now, the holiday route will begin operating from Monday, June 17, 2024 with flights every Monday. The new charter service, opera...

RwandAir set to launch daily direct London flights

Daily flights launch on 29 October 2023 RwandAir is to launch daily direct services between London Heathrow and Kigali this winter, as it continues to expand its European network and meet the extra demand for UK flights. The African airline, which has been operating from London since 2017, will ...

BRITISH AIRWAYS TRIALS NEW DIGITAL WAYFINDING TOOL TO SUPPORT CUSTOMERS TRAVELLING THROUGH LONDON HEATHROW

British Airways is trialling new digital wayfinding technology to support customers travelling through London Heathrow Terminal 5 and Terminal 3 this summer The new technology provides connecting customers with clear instructions to help them navigate from their arrival gate to their onward ...

Birmingham Airport prepares to minimise impact on holidaymakers of strike action following rejection of 10.5% pay offer

Birmingham Airport prepares to minimise impact on holidaymakers of strike action following rejection of 10.5% pay offer (Birmingham, UK) - A small number of employees at Birmingham Airport are planning to strike from Tuesday 18 July. Following negotiations with Unite the Union, Birmingham Ai...

Milan Bergamo continues infrastructure projects to invest in the future

Photo caption: Milan Bergamo’s ongoing infrastructure development incorporates the new terminal expansion (left) and the creation of two new Non-Schengen gates (right) On 11 June, Milan Bergamo Airport handled 54,571 passengers in just one day, a record for the Italian gateway and a significan...

Sharjah Airport receives over 7 million passengers in the first half of 2023

With an increase of 24 percent compared to last year Sharjah Airport receives over 7 million passengers in the first half of 2023 More than 7 Million passengers in the first half of this year. 6 new flight destinations and 3 cargo destinations to the Airport’s operations  Sharjah - ...

LJLA celebrates return of Aer Lingus, making connections to the US even easier

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) has celebrated the return of Aer Lingus Regional services between Liverpool and Dublin which offer onward connections to the US, with a surprise visitor on hand to welcome some of the first passengers to arrive on the new service. Former Liverpool and Republic...

BHX receives global carbon accreditation

Birmingham Airport (BHX)’s decarbonisation plan has been benchmarked by an international aviation body.    Securing Level 3 (Optimisation) Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) from Airports Council International (ACI) is an important step in BHX’s journey to become a net zero carbon operation...

ISAVIA REGIONAL AIRPORTS REPORT INCREASED INTERNATIONAL UTILISATION

Interest boosted by the route development fund financial incentives A year after Isavia Regional Airports revived its campaign to attract and support aircraft utilising the regional airports of Akureyri (AEY) in the north, and Egilsstaðir (EGS) in East Iceland, the authority has reported increas...

London City and Leidos announce partnership to transform airport security experience

London City and Leidos announce partnership to transform airport security experience

After being ranked ‘best performing UK airport for security queues’ by a recent Which? survey, London City Airport is set to offer an even better security experience, with the introduction of an all-CT scanner operation from April 2023 London City will be amongst the first UK airports to ...

airBaltic Top Winter Destinations – Vienna, Munich and Tenerife

Riga. The most popular destinations of the Latvian national airline airBaltic for the upcoming winter season are Vienna, Munich and Tenerife. At the same time, London, Paris, Copenhagen and Amsterdam remain among the most popular year-round routes of the company. Reservations during the period of th...

Brussels Airport becomes the majority shareholder of Jetpack, a company specialising in big data and artificial intelligence

Today, Brussels Airport Company has acquired a majority stake (80%) in Jetpack, a young Belgian company specialising in data analysis and artificial intelligence. Jetpack transforms data into information by combining data science and artificial intelligence to improve business processe...

SWISSPORT’S CLUB ASPIRE LOUNGE AT HEATHROW’S T3 VOTED WORLD’S BEST AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS

The Club Aspire Lounge in Terminal 3 of London Heathrow Airport was voted World’s Leading Airport Lounge 2022 at the prestigious World Travel Awards in Muscat, Oman. Swissport International AG operates the Club Aspire brand in partnership with Airport Dimensions, a Collinson Group subsidiary. C...

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