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Japan Transport Ministry to Launch Trial Operations of Full-Body Scanners at Kansai Airport

British Airways launches long-haul services from Heathrow Terminal 3

British Airways will be offering a warm welcome to even more customers in a new look Heathrow Terminal 3 with the start of long-haul flights. A new check-in area has been created for customers during the last few months including a dedicated area for premium customers to use. The new additions...

Brisbane Airport awarded capital city airport of the year

Brisbane Airport has taken out the capital city airport of the year award at the Australian Airports Association (AAA) national conference for a second straight year. The AAA recognised Brisbane Airport for its digital departure card initiative, as well as the upgrades to the internatio...

Qantas to Move to Terminal 1 at Shanghai Pudong Airport from Oct. 25

Qantas Airways Limited (QF) will move its operations from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) beginning October 25, Shanghai Airport Authority (SAA) said in a statement on Wednesday. Qantas signed a joint venture agreement with China Eastern Airlines (MU) in November 2014. A key benefit of the agreement will be the co-location of both carriers'...

Jet Aborts Takeoff When Car Makes Wrong Turn onto Runway

Federal officials say a plane carrying 78 people was forced to abort a takeoff at Los Angeles International Airport when a car made a wrong turn onto a runway. The Federal Aviation Administration says the incident shortly before noon Tuesday involved a Compass Airlines twin-engine jet bound for Kansas City. The Los Angeles Times reports an alarm sounded in the control tower when a...

Security Computer Glitch Resolved at D/FW Airport: Officials

All operations are back to normal after a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer system experienced a service disruption at several U.S. aurports Wednesday, including at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the problem was with the computers and kiosks used by passengers arriving in the United States at airports nationwide, NBC N...

South African Airways further strengthens its West African network, introduces Abuja

JOHANNESBURG. 14 October 2015. South African Airways (SAA), the leading carrier in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, has introduced a second entry point to Nigeria in its quest to enable trade and unlock mobility, which will considerably add to business travel options in the West African region. Adding a second gateway in Nigeria to SAA’s existing daily service to Lagos materially strengthen...

Montreal Airport celebrates Route of the Week award for Air China launch

Montreal Airport celebrated with their Route of the Week Award this week, which was given to the Canadian gateway for the launch of services by Air China to Beijing on 29 September. Celebrating with the award at Air China’s check-in are: Charles Aubé, Chief, Schedule Facilitator, Aéroports de Montréal; Sun Ying, Montreal Airport Station Manager, Air China; Francois-Ni...

Swissport expands in Mexico

Swissport International has expanding its ground handling footprint in Mexico through cooperation with AGN Aviation Services. AGN is the third biggest ground handling provider in Mexico, signed an agreement on jointly providing ground handling services. Both Swissport and AGN see the value of combining the particular strengths of the two companies – with a large st...

Shenzhen Airport Forecasts 65-85% Profit Growth in First Three Quarters

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) forecasted a 65-86 percent increase in net profit for the first three quarters, due to robust travel demand and lower operating costs, the company said Tuesday night. Net profit for Jan.-Sep. 2015 is expected to reach 315.3-353.5 million yuan, up 65-85 percent compared with that of 191 million yuan in the same period last year, according...

SIA to bring back nonstop US services by 2018 with ultra long range A350-900

Singapore Airlines (SIA) says it will resume nonstop flights to the United States in 2018 as the launch customer of a new ultra-long-range variant of the Airbus A350-900. The new variant, called the A350-900ULR, was unveiled in Toulouse on Tuesday (European time) and will have a range of up to 8,700nm. “Our customers have been asking us to re-start non-stop Singapore-US flights and we...

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce calls for investment in airports

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says investing in Australia’s airports will help boost tourism and bring improved returns for the nation’s airport operators. However, Joyce stresses that investment should come from either government or the airport owners and operators rather than from the airlines that use the facilities. “Our airports show that there are some eye-waterin...

Adelaide to receive Australia’s first A350 services with Qatar

Qatar Airways has chosen Adelaide as its fourth Australian destination, with daily flights to begin in May with Airbus A350-900s. The Doha-based carrier, which currently flies daily to Perth and Melbourne and will add Sydney to its network from March 2016, is the first airline to announce A350 services to Australia. The daily flights will operate as an evening departure from Doha, arriv...

New route into China for United Airlines

United Airlines has launched a new bellyhold route into China, which take-off next year as long as it gets the go ahead from regulators. The carrier will fly to Xi’an International Airport and the service will be the first trans-Pacific flights to the destination operated by any airline. United will be the first US airline to serve the city. United says it will...

Pegasus hits 100 route milestone

Pegasus Airlines has reached a milestone of 100 destinations as it launches its latest two new bellyhold routes to Turkey’s Kars and Ordu-Giresun. Flights between Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Kars Airport are launching on 9 November, while the Ordu-Giresun route launches on 13 November, with daily return flights scheduled for both destinations. Flights to Kars f...

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dnata wins multi-year Silk Way Group cargo handling contract in Singapore

dnata has secured a new multi-year contract with Silk Way Group to provide cargo and freighter handling services at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), further strengthening a longstanding global par...

VINCI Airports celebrates the completion of the extension and renovation of Kansai International Airport, as well as the 10th anniversary of the concession

Kansai International airport (KIX) reaches new milestone in its development with the inauguration of the completed international trade zone. This completion marks the conclusion of the extensive renov...