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The latest news from the airport industry. If you have a piece of news that you would like us to cover, please contact Pippa McCartney on +44(0) 1959 563311 or email us.

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London Gatwick calls on Airports Commission to promote competition, improve rail services and focus on resilience

16 May 2013
Response to the Airports Commission...

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Detroit Metropolitan Airport expands free Wi-Fi

15 May 2013
Advanced Wireless Group to address exponential network traffic growth with increased mobile broadband coverage...

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Israel Airports Authority launches Xsight Systems’ FODetect

15 May 2013
FODetect®, an automated Foreign Object Detection system, is now fully operational in Tel-Aviv Ben-Gurion International Airport...

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Fraport traffic figures – April 2013

14 May 2013
Frankfurt Airport welcomed nearly 4.7 million passengers in April 2013, a decrease of 2.2 percent year-on-year...

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Mitsubishi Corporation and Chiyoda reach agreement for construction of New Ulaanbaatar International Airport

13 May 2013
Mitsubishi Corporation and Chiyoda have reached an agreement with the CAAM...

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Avianca, TACA and Airbus ProSky to boost PBN deployment in Latin America

13 May 2013
Airbus ProSky, Avianca and TACA have signed an agreement to deploy PBN in Central and South America...

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FTA welcomes Report on UK hub capacity

10 May 2013
FTA has supported the Committee’s view that expansion of capacity at Heathrow is essential...

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Transport Committee calls for expansion at Heathrow

10 May 2013
MPs on the Transport Committee have rejected calls for a new hub airport east of London...

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Brussels Airport: 1.6 million passengers in April

10 May 2013
Brussels Airport closed the month of April with 1,627,828 passengers. This was an increase of 0.9% compared to April 2012...

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Global passenger traffic posts strong performance in March with growth of 4.6%

10 May 2013
The market for international travel remains buoyant for the month of March...

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Passengers welcome SITA’s biometric gates at Dublin airport

10 May 2013
Certain passengers arriving at Dublin Airport are able to avail of self-service immigration control at Ireland's borders...

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AAAE/USCTA applaud decision to keep contract towers open

10 May 2013
Statement in response to the decision by the DOT to continue operations through the fiscal year at 149 contract towers...

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DOT statement…

10 May 2013
Ray LaHood announced that DOT has determined that the recently enacted Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013 will allow the FAA to transfer sufficient funds...

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New NAV CANADA air traffic control tower up and running

9 May 2013
NAV CANADA air traffic controllers are now handling flights at the busy Edmonton International Airport...

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Singapore Changi Airport and SITA partner for innovation

8 May 2013
‘World’s best airport’ launches SITA’s next generation self-service and passenger processing technology...