Airport & Aviation Industry News

21 May 2018

NATS invests in global aviation surveillance provider Aireon

21 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Britain's Aviation Minister said the move would help keep the UK at the forefront of aviation innovation.

21 May 2018

Copenhagen Airport to invest $316 million in 2018 on renovation and expansion

21 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

2018 is set to be a period of investment in different areas of the airport as its passenger numbers climb.

21 May 2018

Dubai Airports, IATA and ACI sign MoU on smart security

21 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The smart security initiative, signed last Sunday, aims to bring specific and measurable improvements in security effectiveness, operational efficiency and passenger experience at airport security checkpoints through better use of technology, process innovation, and the use of risk-based security concepts.

18 May 2018

Developers turning JFK’s iconic 1960s terminal into hotel secure $230 million loan

18 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The TWA Flight Center, which was commissioned by famous jack-of-all-trades Howard Hughes when he headed Trans World Airlines (TWA), is expected to open its doors once again, reimagined as a hotel, early next year.

18 May 2018

Gatwick and easyJet in UK’s first end-to-end biometrics trial

18 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Gatwick will use the trial to assess how long each interaction takes, how it simplifies the passenger journey, how passengers interact with the technology and how intuitive the process is in preparation for a large-scale roll out.

18 May 2018

Orlando International will get three new gates at South Terminal

18 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board voted this month to expand the scope of its South Terminal Complex (STC) project at Orlando International Airport (MCO).

17 May 2018

U.S. selects candidates for pilot scheme integrating drones into national airspace

17 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Over the next two and a half years, the selectees will collect drone data involving night operations, flights over people and beyond the pilot’s line of sight, package delivery, detect-and-avoid technologies and the reliability and security of data links between pilot and aircraft.

17 May 2018

New Zealand’s Gisborne Airport to get ‘iconic’ new terminal

17 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Local Maori culture is set to be woven into the design of a new airport terminal on the North Island of New Zealand.

17 May 2018

Islamabad International Airport opens for business after series of delays

17 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Initially set to have a capacity of 9 million passengers, by 2025 the airport is expected to be capable of handling up to 25 million making it by far the biggest airport in Pakistan.

16 May 2018

Airports are ill-equipped to deal with a major cyber attack, says consultancy firm

16 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

A consultancy firm has concluded airports are ill-equipped to deal with major cyber attacks in a new report. 

16 May 2018

The good, the bad and the noisy: Heathrow reveals its greenest and quietest airlines

16 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The latest league table rated the performance of the top 50 busiest airlines on seven noise and emission metrics from January to March 2018.

15 May 2018

Canada’s Fredericton International terminal expansion given green light

15 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

To keep up with rapid growth, the airport on Canada's eastern coast has been given the go ahead on an expansion that will increase its terminal size by 50 per cent.

15 May 2018

Bristol Airport gives public a peek at its plans for the next decade

15 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

Alongside long-term considerations, the airport has also put forward proposals for the next stage in the airport’s phased development ahead of a planning application to increase capacity to accommodate 12 million passengers a year. 

14 May 2018

First UK airport drone-surveillance system trialed at London Southend

14 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The trial set out to tackle one of the biggest emerging threats for airports the world over - the rise in public use of drones.

14 May 2018

Final round of consultations on Heathrow rail link to the west gets underway

14 May 2018 | By International Airport Review

The proposed design cuts out the need for flyers from the west of England to travel into London Paddington before doubling back on themselves to reach Heathrow.