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Finmeccanica announces contracts with Saudi Arabia and Morocco for ATC management systems

Finmeccanica has announced during the World ATM Congress in Madrid the award of contracts totalling around €120 million. The Finmeccanica Security and Information Systems Division will now provide Air Traffic Management/Air Traffic Control (ATM/ATC) systems for Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Mal...

Longreach Airport touts benefits of solar panels

Longreach Airport says the installation of solar panels will supply almost enough energy to cover its daytime power requirements and help cut greenhouse gas emissions. Taking advantage of the abundance of Central West Queensland sunlight and 30-plus degree temperatures, the airport says the 396 s...

25% more efficient by some clicks - Cargofeeder

How often aviation professionals see the information about new startups? Pretty often. Mostly they are in business aviation. That made us wondering, how are doing companies, who are newcomers on the market and represents different aviation fields.We had an opportunity to talk with CargoFeeder team. Discuss results, more important points, future vision. Q.How the idea of Cargofeeded came up?...

Qatar confirms December launch for Auckland-Doha service

Qatar Airways has confirmed a December launch for nonstop Doha-Auckland flights, with New Zealand’s most populous city one of 14 new destinations to join the airline’s fast growing network announced overnight. The route, at 7,848nm, will be the world’s longest nonstop passenger flight when the inaugural flight takes off on December 3 with Boeing 777-200LR equipment, eclipsing...

Hartsfield-Jackson to begin $6 billion expansion plan

Hartsfield-Jackson International will soon start work on a $6 billion expansion and makeover that will update the domestic terminal and concourses, introduce new features like a hotel and eventually add another concourse and runway to the world’s busiest airport. It’s part of a 20-year plan aimed at maintaining Hartsfield-Jackson’s status as a leading airport, replacing aging...

This is Africa’s best airport

Airports Council International (ACI) has announced the winners of the 2015 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards, including the best airports in Africa. ASQ, a benchmarking programme for airports, delivered over 550,000 in-depth passenger surveys at over 300 airports across more than 80 countries worldwide in 2015. The 2015 results represent the world’s best in class airports where...

Malaysian royalty flies gold Boeing BBJ into Perth

A Boeing 737-800 business jet belonging to Malaysian royalty has flown into Perth. The gold BBJ2, registration 9M-III, touched down in Perth just before 1400 local time on Tuesday, bearing the royal crest and flag of the Malaysian state of Johor, located just over the border from Singapore. The brand new aircraft (MSN 60686, line number 5129) was delivered to the Sultan of Johor on Marc...

Lord Deighton to become Heathrow chairman

Heathrow Airport has today announced that Lord Paul Deighton will succeed Sir Nigel Rudd as chairman of the board when he steps down later this year. Lord Deighton will guide Heathrow through its next phase of development, supporting Heathrow’s vision of giving passengers the best airport service in the world and preparing for the government’s decision on airport expansion. Follo...

Man ‘with 1kg of cocaine wrapped around his waist’ arrested in Dubai airport

A 30-year-old transit passenger was arrested with more than a kilogram of cocaine wrapped around his waist, Dubai Criminal Court heard on Sunday. Nigerian E P was arrested in Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport on December 19 last year. He was charged with attempting to carry 50 capsules of cocaine through Dubai to Nigeria. E P confessed to the charge in court. Prosecu...

Deniliquin Council links up with Wellcamp

Deniliquin Council hopes to upgrade its local airport to establish a regional freight hub in the NSW Riverina and begin sending goods the world via Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport in Toowoomba. The council is looking for government funding to support construction of a 2,000m runway at Deniliquin Airport, which currently has a 1,200m asphalt runway and a 1,500m dirt/grass runway. There are no reg...

United upbeat on Australian routes

United’s improved on-board offering and the use of Boeing 787-9s on all Australian and New Zealand services will ensure the airline remains competitive amid new carriers and new services in the market, a senior executive from the airline says. The Australia-US market is currently in a period of expansion, with American Airlines commencing its own flights from Sydney to Los Angeles in...

Major alert at Heathrow after man locks self in jet cockpit

Portuguese national Louis Pedro Verdasca dos Santos Costa, 38, has been charged over the incident at Britain's biggest airport on Saturday. A major security alert was sparked at Heathrow Airport after an intruder broke through a security cordon, climbed aboard an empty British Airways 747 airliner and locked himself inside the bomb-proof cockpit. Police were alerted shortly after 11.30am...

Kenya gears up for US aviation team's audit

KENYA Civil Aviation Authority’s capacity and the civil aviation system will be the areas of focus when the country’s final audit for direct flights between Nairobi and the US is done. This is according to US Federal Aviation Administration’s International Aviation Safety Assessment procedure, which concentrates on the processes and documentations of a country’s regulato...

Goa-Moscow flight lands in emergency in Astrakhan

"The plane carried 224 passengers, all are fine", the press service of the local emergencies service said on Sunday A Boeing757/200, which operated a flight from Goa to Moscow, had to make an emergency landing in southern Astrakhan, press service of the local emergencies service said on Sunday. "A plane of the Royal Flight carrier made an emergency landing at 9:35 at t...

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Kuala Lumpur, Houston, Singapore: Starting in October, Lufthansa will begin flying to new destinations with Allegris

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