Glasgow airport opens new £140,000 changing places facility
17 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
Glasgow becomes the largest airport in Scotland to introduce a dedicated Changing Places room for passengers with complex needs.
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Increase in prosecutions to reduce disruptive passenger numbers
16 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
CAA wants an increase in prosecutions to crack down on violent and drunken airline passengers, as the number of incidents reported this year are set to be on course with last year's figures.
Passenger surge in Edinburgh makes it Scotland’s busiest ever airport
16 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
July 2018 has been the busiest month ever for Edinburgh Airport, with over 1.5 million passengers passing through the airport.
Aviation Minister visits development of Aberdeen International Airport
15 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
Baroness Sugg has visited Aberdeen airport as new development continues, and which is due to open Q3 of 2019, which has a "particular commitment to making flying more accessible for those with disabilities."
Dublin Airport creates facility specifically for transferring flights
14 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
The new facility for passengers on transferring flights from Europe to America is hoped to make passenger experience more seamless.
Blue Bear and Cranfield to create drone experiment corridor
13 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
Blue Bear and Cranfield University create experimentation corridor for the testing of drones, which will combine academia and industry experts.
Finavia adds more routes to Lapland from Gatwick, in new deal with easyJet
10 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
As Lapland’s tourism continues to boom, easyJet is providing a new route from London to Rovaniemi, which is scheduled to begin 31st October 2018
London Luton Airport has busiest ever start to summer holidays
10 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
London Luton Airport has seen passenger numbers increase in July 2018, with 1.67 million passengers recorded, up three per cent on 2017.
Route development at Budapest Airport sees Doncaster added as latest destination
9 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
Budapest Airport is gaining another destination to its expanding route map; Doncaster is the latest of the 66 non-stop destinations the airport services.
Menzies and Airline Service merger raises competition concerns
8 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised concerns that the merger of Menzies and Airline Services will have adverse effects for the competition within the airport services industry.
‘One Too Many’ campaign launched to raise awareness of flying responsibly
7 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
The ‘One Too Many’ campaign is the first-of-its-kind to bring the main Aviation Industry partners together to raise awareness of the need to fly responsibly
‘Unlawful’ behaviour prompts Heathrow Hub to seek review of decision for expansion
6 August 2018 | By International Airport Review
Heathrow Hub files request for judicial review at High Court as its claimed that the National Policy Statement placed before Parliament was flawed.
Queue times continue to be longer than expected at UK border control
30 July 2018 | By International Airport Review
Queue times at border control are longer than passengers expect to wait, in recent report by ComRes. As border force is under funded, and passenger numbers increase, the problem is going to get worse before it gets better.
New law putting tighter safety restrictions on drone users comes into force
30 July 2018 | By International Airport Review
New drone laws require users operate them below 400 feet and not within one kilometre of an airport boundary, in bid to improve safety of drones - but is this enough?
Safety series: performance-based regulations have changed oversight responsibilities
27 July 2018 | By Stephanie Shaw | Head of Performance Based Regulation | UK CAA
When it comes to regulating the aviation industry, focusing on an organisation’s performance can pay large safety dividends, says Stephanie Shaw, the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s Head of Performance Based Regulation, in this the final article in our July safety series.
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