AtkinsRéalis Group Inc., engineering services and nuclear company, announced today that it has been awarded a Project Management Support Services contract to oversee the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) Airfield Improvement Programme, 2024-2029 Phase. Ian L. Edwards, president and chief...

Heathrow has announced an increase in its carbon cutting scheme for a fourth year. In 2025, £86m will be available to airlines through the airport’s SAF incentive scheme, targeting 3% of aviation fuel used at Heathrow to be SAF - amounting to 187,000 tonnes. Heathrow continues to lead on SAF u...

The runway at London Stansted airport was today transformed into a running track for a charity event in the early hours of Monday morning. Starting at 1am, nearly 100 airport staff ran, jogged and walked a 5.4 km course along one of the UK's busiest runways in the name of good causes. The run ...

At Passenger Terminal EXPO 2022, ADB SAFEGATE will show how airports can transform their performance by unleashing the power of data and predictability. Today’s airports generate vast amounts of data, but too often it is locked up in silos with little chance of being used to benefit the airport as...

Airports and ground handlers have today spoken out about the complex operational challenges they face as we enter the summer travel season.  In a joint statement, Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International) and Fabio Gamba, Managing Director of ASA (Airport...

This morning Heathrow Airport report they will remain loss-making in 2022 as “demand remains very volatile”. Despite recent upsurgence of outbound demand for travel, they are not forecasting a return to profit and dividends this year. The loses felt by the airport during the pandemic have inc...

Tal Leemor, head of partnerships at tracking system provider hoopo, believes that tracking technologies can help the aviation industry recover from the global slump and lead to more efficient long-term operational efficiencies For the past year, airports have been operating in a near zero-rev...

Airport equipment manufacturer TREPEL has teamed up with tyre manufacturer Goodyear to develop its CHARGER 380 tractor. TREPEL staff had been concerned about avoiding punctures or other tyre issues on the towing tractor as it undertook long-distance toeing between terminals and remote positions. ...

IATA is teaming up with the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on a virtual training initiative to boost runway safety and improve the operational efficiency of aviation. The three industry organisations have launched a new ...

Sheremetyevo International Airport has switched to its autumn-winter flight schedule, which will be in effect until March 27, 2021. During the winter navigation period, regular flights from Sheremetyevo will operate on 74 routes (60 domestic and 14 international). Sheremetyevo Airport has carried o...

The renovation works on runway 07L/25R at Brussels Airport and the final tests will be completed on the 23rd of August at 6 am, at which time the runway will be taken in use again. The contractors worked day and night, 7 days a week, to limit the duration of the runway closure and the impact of thes...

Swissport and Qatar Airways Cargo renewed their agreement covering airport ground services and cargo handling at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The contract includes ramp handling and air cargo warehousing as well as handling of general cargo, pharmaceuticals, dangerous goods and temper...

Airport Service Budapest Ltd. received its extended ground handling license, which entitles it to perform full-scale ground handling activities for third party operators at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Through the extension of the company’s scope of activity, Airport Service Bu...

An official application declaring the Istanbul Airport’s third runway is to be ready for flight operations by 18 June 2020 has been filed with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Once the airport’s third independent runway commences operations, Istanbul Airport will become the fir...

The partial renewal of the runway at Stuttgart Airport can begin earlier than planned. From Monday, 06/04/2020 to Wednesday, 22/04/2020, a section of the concrete pavement will be renewed. There will be no flight operations during this phase. Flights such as cargo flights with medical goods or resc...