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The South African Civil Aviation Authority has approved new Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Cape Town International Airport for South African Airways (SAA)....More

Aeroports de Paris Management (ADPM) has opened a new 103,000 square meter terminal at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan....More

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will implement the Honeywell Smart Path Ground Based Augmentation (GBAS) system at Chennai Airport....More

London Heathrow Airport, the UK’s largest airport, recorded an improved, but still loss-making, financial position in 2012. Annual results for Heathrow Ltd—which includes both London Heathrow and Stansted airports—show the company incurred a post-tax loss of £40.9 million ($63.2 million) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2012. This compared to a post-tax loss of £191.5 million in 2011....More

Ecuador’s new $700 million Quito International Airport opened Feb. 20, replacing the city’s 52-year-old Quito Mariscal Sucre airport, which closed a day earlier. The new airport is located 24 kilometers east of Quito. Construction began in 2006 as a follow-up of the management privatization of old the Quito airport in 2002. Management company Quiport expects the upgraded infrastructure—including a better geographical location and a longer runway—will allow airlines to introduce nonstop operations to destinations such as Madrid....More

The Chinese government has increased airport charges for domestic carriers. Effective April 1, domestic airlines will pay the same fees as foreign carriers on international routes. Currently, domestic airlines pay 40% less in airport charges to operate international routes than their foreign counterparts....More

Air China, Cathay Pacific and Shanghai International Airport have launched a ground handling service joint venture....More

Vienna International Airport in January opened the first phase of its dedicated terminal for Air Berlin and its subsidiary, FlyNiki, as well for oneworld alliance partners. The 3,500 sq. m. terminal has 30 check-in counters and eight self-check-in terminals. Within the next 12 months, the gate areas will also be completely renovated....More

UK airport company Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA) has agreed to sell its 100% interest in London Stansted Airport to Manchester Airports Group (MAG) for £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) in cash in a deal expected to close by the end of February....More

Brazil said it will invest BRL$7.3 billion ($3.58 billion) to improve the country’s regional aviation infrastructure and quality of airport services. The investment marks the first phase of a modernization plan that aims to improve the quality of service, add new airports to the air transportation network and increase the number of airline routes operated in Brazil. It will initially include 270 regional airports and ultimately involve all 689 civil aviation airports and airfields in Brazil...More

Doha Hamad International Airport, formerly known as the New Doha International Airport, is set to open April 1 and will be operated by national carrier Qatar Airways. The first phase of the $15.5 billion project will see 12 international carriers operating from the new facility from that date. These are reportedly carriers, including low-cost airlines, which do not require use of the airport lounges that have yet to be completed. Qatar Airways will move its entire operations to Hamad International in the second half of this year once the lounges have been completed....More