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Gatwick Handles 40 Million Passengers For the First Time

Gatwick broke the 40 million passengers a year mark for the first time on the weekend of November 14/15. An airport statement said Gatwick is now “rapidly approaching full capacity” as it published its traffic data for October. Gatwick has highlighted that the Airports Commission report...

Storm Causes Denver Flight Cancellations

More than 100 flights were cancelled at Denver Airport early on Tuesday as a powerful storm system dropped snow over the Rocky Mountains. A blizzard warning was issued for a large swath of northeastern Colorado and western Kansas, with a storm system that originated in Alaska forecast to drop up...

Abu Dhabi International Airport is the first in the Middle East to introduce automatic boarding pass

Abu Dhabi International Airport has become the first in the region to successfully introduce an automated Traveler Document Authentication System (TDAS), using the latest innovations on offer to deliver a smooth passenger experience to all travellers. The new technology, developed by SITA, the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions, is now in place i...

Azul Brazilian Airlines Launches First-Ever Nonstop Flight Between Belo Horizonte and Orlando

Azul Brazilian Airlines, Brazil’s largest airline by cities served, today adds a new daily flight from Orlando International to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the first-ever nonstop flight on the route. Belo Horizonte is Azul’s second hub destination, where Orlando travelers will be able to connect to more than 100 destinations. The company also operates daily flights from Fort Lauderdale / M...

Qantas to go daily to Dallas/Fort Worth with A380s

Qantas will deploy its flagship Airbus A380 daily to Dallas/Fort Worth from April 2016 as part of broader changes to the airline’s international network. Currently, the oneworld alliance member serves Dallas/Fort Worth with six flights a week from its Sydney hub. However, it will add an extra service to the largest hub of its partner American Airlines to meet the strong demand on the rout...

Etihad Airways to commence twice-weekly services to Rabat

Etihad Airways is increasing its presence in Morocco with the launch of a new twice-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and Rabat to create a direct link between the two capitals. Scheduled to start on 15 January 2016, and providing the only scheduled air link between the UAE and Rabat, the new service will be operated on Wednesdays and Fridays using an A340-500 aircraft configured to carry a tota...

HKIA, passenger traffic grows by 7.7% in October, 2015

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) recorded growth in all three air traffic figures in October 2015. During the month, passenger volume rose by 7.7% to 5.8 million, while flight movements increased by 3.5% to 34,810 when compared to the same month last year. Cargo throughput recorded growth for the second consecutive month, increasing by 2.0% to 392,000 tonnes when compared to the same peri...

Luton airport, passenger number grows by 21.5% in October, 2015

Over 1 million people flew through London Luton Airport (LLA) in October taking it past 12 million passengers in 12 months for the first time in its 77 year history. The 21.5% increase in October vs. the same period last year marks 19 months of consecutive growth in passenger numbers for the airport, which is currently undergoing a £110m development project to increase annual capacity fro...

Joyce expects travellers to return to Paris

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce believes the recent terrorist attacks in Paris will not dissuade passengers from travelling to France. The series of bombings and shootings at multiple locations across the French capital on Friday (European time) have killed 129 people and wounded hundreds more. Qantas has allowed passengers holding tickets to travel to Paris to reroute or rebook their trav...

China West Air to Set Up New Branch at Zhengzhou Airport

China West Air Co., Ltd. (PN), a low-cost subsidiary of HNA Group, will establish a new branch in Zhengzhou and become the second base passenger airlines at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO), as the Chongqing-based budget carrier signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Henan Airport Group Co., Ltd. on Nov. 12. West Air has entered in Zhengzhou market since 2007 and set u...

Gatwick security scare: Frenchman Jerome Chauris charged over alert

A Frenchman has been charged with possession of an air rifle and a knife, following a major security alert at Gatwick airport on Saturday. Massive disruption was caused at the North Terminal following the incident at 9.30am on Saturday when Sussex Police were alerted to the "suspicious actions" of a 41-year-old man. Jerome Chauris, from Vendome, is due to appear in court on Monday....

Equipment Outage Creating Flight Delays at NYC Area Airports: FAA

A communications equipment outage was causing delays in flight arrivals and departures Saturday night at airports in New York City and New Jersey, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The problem was affecting area air traffic control facilities, FAA officials said, adding that technicians were working to restore the system. Arriving flights at JFK International were experi...

European Airports Stepping Up Security After French Attacks

European airport operators and airlines beefed up security Saturday as concerns about Friday's terrorist attacks spread across the region. Air France said one of its flights from Amsterdam's Schipol Airport had received a threat via Twitter today. All passengers were taken off the plane and authorities did a complete search of the aircraft and its luggage. The north terminal at...

Gatwick Terminal Evacuated After Security Alert

Police have evacuated Gatwick Airport's North Terminal after a suspect package sparked a security alert. A man has been arrested after he was allegedly seen discarding a suspicious item in the building. Bomb squad experts were sent to the airport in West Sussex to investigate. Crowds are waiting at the airport and nearby roads have been closed. Gatwick officials have apologised f...

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