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Aviation employment portal launched by UK government

5 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

The UK government's Aviation Skills Retention Platform will aim to preserve essential expertise while addressing the wider skills shortage in the industry.

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The sky is the limit when creating a world-class digital passenger experience

5 March 2021 | By Fraser Ralston

A few years in the making, the smartphone app introduced at Glasgow and Aberdeen Airports has been updated to include new functionalities and COVID-19 updates. Fraser Ralston, Group Head of Digital at AGS Airports Ltd., explains how the app is helping them to improve their digital passenger experience.

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UK aviation industry responds to Chancellor’s Budget 2021

4 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

The UK's aviation industry has expressed its displeasure with the UK Chancellor's Budget 2021, which mostly avoided mentioning any support specifically for aviation.

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UK’s Global Travel Taskforce meets to plan for the restart of international travel

4 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

The taskforce will develop a plan for a new risk-based framework to facilitate international travel no sooner than 17 May 2021, in line with the UK government's plans to ease the national restrictions that are currently in place across England.

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ACI Europe expresses concern over future of regional air connectivity

4 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

More than 836 million passengers were lost by regional European airports in 2020, prompting ACI Europe to call for a more supportive EU policy framework.

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£3.5 million airfield radar system implemented at Teesside Airport

4 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

The first of its kind in the UK, the new airfield radar system will monitor Teesside Airport’s 215 cubic miles of airspace and be future-proofed for decades to come.

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Cork Airport to undertake runway reconstruction project in 2021

3 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

With passenger numbers so low, Cork Airport has deemed it to make the most business sense to undertake the runway reconstruction project at a time where it will cause the least amount of disruption.

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Airport slots allocation waiver extended by UK government

1 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

By extending the airport slots allocation waiver, the UK government has acted on calls for relief from the aviation sector and ensured that airlines will avoid operating high-cost carbon-inefficient ‘ghost flights’.

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Challenging the digital status quo at Cranfield University’s DARTeC

1 March 2021 | By Leah Hockley (International Airport Review)

Set to open in 2021, the Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) at Cranfield University aims to bring together sector leads from across the aviation industry within a collaborative research environment to create, experiment and challenge the digital status quo. International Airport Review’s Junior Editor, Leah Hockley, spoke with three…

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Pre-departure rapid testing trial begins at Edinburgh Airport

1 March 2021 | By International Airport Review

The week-long trial at Edinburgh Airport will see the feasibility of pre-departure testing in an airport environment being researched in preparation for the Scottish aviation industry's recovery.

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Gatwick Airport’s CEO remains optimistic for recovery

26 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

Following an unprecedented year of impacted revenue streams and collapses in passenger demand, Stewart Wingate, CEO of Gatwick Airport, has said that he is optimistic for the airport's recovery.

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Industry responds to Scottish government’s updated travel restrictions

25 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

AOA and AGS Airports have expressed their disappointment in the Scottish government's lack of a recovery plan or framework for Scotland's aviation industry.

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AOA responds to UK government’s plans to ease international travel restrictions

23 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

AOA has welcomed the UK government's acknowledgement of aviation's economic significance, but has stressed that the outlined date for the easing of international travel restrictions will only prolong the industry's struggle.

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IATA urges UK government to include aviation in its economy recovery plans

19 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

With the UK government set to outline its recovery plans on 22 February 2021, IATA has urged the Prime Minister to include support for aviation in order to encourage its restart.

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Sustainable future flight projects to be researched by Heathrow Airport

18 February 2021 | By International Airport Review

As part of the UK's Future Flight Challenge, Heathrow will research the use of new technologies and create a blueprint for making zero carbon aviation a reality.

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