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Heathrow Airport’s runways plunged into darkness

7 November 2018 | By International Airport Review

Heathrow Airport is investigating an incident involving its runway lights this morning, which forced the grounding of some flights.

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Lighting the way for the future of airfield ground lighting

2 November 2018 | By Amen Tong, Dr. Nick Lau

Hong Kong International Airport has revolutionised the airfield ground light inspection system with the world’s first automated integrity checking system. Amen Tong, General Manager, Technical Services of the Airport Authority Hong Kong and Dr. Nick Lau, co-inventor of AGLSIS, discuss the system’s performance and impact, and their visions on utilising…

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Standby runway to become operational at Gatwick

18 October 2018 | By International Airport Review

Gatwick Airport has released plans to use its emergency runway for commercial flights to increase the capacity of the airport.

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Port Authority board approves $355 million runway revamp at JFK Airport

4 October 2018 | By International Airport Review

Use of durable concrete instead of typical asphalt will lengthen lifespan of runway up to 40 years, compared with asphalt’s 10-12 years; new high-speed taxiway allows planes to exit runways faster and save traveller's time.

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Autonomous snowploughs implemented at Oslo Airport

1 October 2018 | By International Airport Review

The autonomous snow ploughs will keep Oslo Airport running smoothly through Winter 2018.

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Air Niugini plane missed runway at Chuuk International Airport

1 October 2018 | By International Airport Review

Air Nugini plane has overshot the runway at Chuuk International Airport and has sunk in the lagoon which is just past the airport, all passengers and crew were rescued, with no fatalities. One still remains unaccounted for.

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Corporación Quiport announces expansion plan for Quito Airport

28 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Corporación Quiport, the concessionaire of Quito's airport services, has announced an expansion and improvement plan at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport which will take place between 2017 and 2020.

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Fraport Greece plans expansion at Thessaloniki Airport with new terminal

21 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Fraport AG, is investing €100 million in Thessaloniki’s “Makedonia” Airport (SKG), to create a “new era” at Greece’s second largest city.

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Poll reveals local support for Heathrow expansion on is the rise

21 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Poll released by Heathrow shows, that since 2015 – more local people support Heathrow’s expansion than oppose it.

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Search for Heathrow’s third runway innovation partners continues

18 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Heathrow Airport has announced the longlist of 37 companies progressing to the next round in its search for expansion Innovation Partners.

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Brisbane International’s new runway achieves construction milestone

11 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

The construction of Brisbane’s new runway (BNR) is underway with the completion of the first portions of the critical link taxiways that will connect the new runway system with the existing system and terminals.

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Typhoon Jebi grounds flights at Kansai International Airport

5 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Typhoon Jebi, the worst storm to hit Japan in 25 years, has flooded the runways at Kansai International and stranded nearly 3,000 passengers.

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Sochi Airport reacts quickly to plane incident which leaves 18 injured

4 September 2018 | By International Airport Review

Bad weather caused a plane to roll off the runway and catch fire, but quick reaction by airport teams extinguished the fire in eight minutes and passengers and crew evacuated in just 17.

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Airport stand equipment market value expected to reach US$1.6 billion

30 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

With growing tourism in North America, the number of passengers has increased, meaning that the need for airport stand equipment has never been higher.

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Waterproofing Beijing’s new airport from the roof down

30 August 2018 | By International Airport Review

How do you waterproof a roof in time for monsoon season? Beijing New Airport seems to have it covered, using membrane joints.

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