President Barack Obama said the US has none of the world’s top 25 airports and argued that the legislative fix to the air traffic controller furlough issue hinders long-term efforts to improve the nation’s lagging airport infrastructure....More
More than six years after lodging an initial planning application, London Ashford Airport has been given UK government approval for a new terminal and runway extension....More
Orlando International Airport (MCO) was chosen as the first airport in the US to automate the I-94 arrival/departure form used by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). MCO has already seen a 13.7% gain in international traffic this year.
The automation, which will be implemented in phases, started April 30. The automation will use traveler information already transmitted electronically and is expected to decrease wait times an average of 20 seconds per passenger. The electronic information will be accessed via a traveler’s passport....More
Aer Lingus has sought clearance from its shareholders to dispose of a pair of London Heathrow slots to British Airways for “an agreed consideration....More
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month decided to delay allowing passengers to bring small knives and other objects, such as sporting equipment, aboard commercial aircraft....More
Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which took over London Stansted Airport in March, announced its first new airline customer in April: Air Moldova....More
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has received US Customs and Border Protection approval for transit access for passengers arriving at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) from Auckland or London.
On completion of US visa requirements, ANZ transiting passengers will receive a token that allows access to the general terminal area, including ANZ’s LAX lounge, for those who are eligible, without clearing security....More
Dubai International Airport handled 5.08 million passengersin February, up 11.4% from February 2012. Aircraft movements reached 28,085 in February, up 3.8%. The average number of passengers per aircraft movement was 201, up 4.4% over 2012. The figure increased primarily due to Emirates Airbus A380s serving the airport.
Freight traffic at the airport in February was 182,580 tonnes, up 15.9% year-over-year....More
The US should look to what’s happening at airports worldwide and think bigger and more strategically about how its airports can best raise the investments necessary to keep them competitive on a global scale, the head of the Airports Council International said Monday....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
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