Tag: runway development

$201M in bipartisan infrastructure law lights the way to improve  runway

More than $201 million in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding will go to airfield lighting systems at 82 airports. The projects will purchase and install new lighting for runways and taxiways to keep operations safe during reduced and low visibility and night conditions. ...

Three-runway system development crosses milestone as runway re-designation completed

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced that the existing North Runway (07L/25R) at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has been re-designated as the Centre Runway (07C/25C) today, signifying an important milestone for the expansion of the airport into a Three-runway System (3RS). The new...

Palanga airport will be modernized according to international standards

On the 6th of September Palanga airport will be closed for modernization, which will last for 45 days. Modernization works will consist of runway, taxiway and platform renovation, modernization of utilities network, illumination systems, installation of energy-efficient and sustainable solutions. ...

lux-Airport to renovate the runway at Luxembourg airport

lux-Airport starts a complete runway rehabilitation of the airport’s single 4,000 meters long runway. The SOMO Findel Airport Consortium, an association of well-experienced construction companies, namely: Colas, Felix Giorgetti SàRL, C. Karp-Kneip Constructions SA, and JDC Airports SA won the ...

Palma de Mallorca Airport completes runway restoration

Palma de Mallorca Airport reopened its northern runway at the end of 2020, after completing the surface restoration work. Construction of the runway was carried out by the companies MAB Obras Públicas S.L and Sampol Ingeniería y Obras S.L., with consulting services from the AERTEC engineering f...

Latvian A.C.B. won the tender to reconstruct of Palanga Airport runway

Latvian company A.C.B., which already has similar experience in reconstructing Vilnius Airport runway in 2017, won the contract for reconstruction of Palanga Airport runway in the call for tenders that was issued in autumn of the last year. During this project, one taxiway and some parts of the apro...

Istanbul Airport prepares for third runway opening in June

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...

Runway works underway at London Stansted as trucks replace take-offs

London Stansted’s engineering team is using the unprecedented grounding of aircraft across the globe as a unique opportunity to move planned overnight runway maintenance works to daytime hours. Stansted’s 3,048 foot runway undergoes full re-surfacing work every 10 to 15 years but, as with ot...

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