Flughafen Zürich AG has been elected as selected bidder for the concession to design, develop and operate the new Noida International Airport at Jewar in India. Under a 40-year concession, Flughafen Zürich AG will build and manage the new greenfield airport in Jewar. The new airport will be located around 80 kilometers south of Delhi
Fraport AG and Swissport Cargo Services Deutschland GmbH have laid the foundation stone for Swissport’s new airfreight facility at Frankfurt Airport (FRA), marking another milestone in the future development of FRA as an airfreight location. The new building at CargoCity South will expand Swissport’s handling capacities by almost 50%. The property meets every requirement for
BAA Training, one of the top-three biggest independent aviation training centers in Europe, has announced it is expanding its Ab Initio flight school. Currently operating in Lithuania and Spain, the academy adds one more flight base in Spain and expands its training infrastructure. Providing Ab Initio training since 2009 and collaborating with major airlines for
At a gathering of members of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines at Kuala Lumpur on Monday November 25, assembly passed a number of resolutions, including those on the environment, infrastructure, slots, passenger facilitation, and taxation. “The emergence of Asia as a powerhouse driving the global economy during the 21st century naturally creates a sense
Moscow Domodedovo Airport is piloting cleaning robots. The initiative aims to improve automation of the air hub operations. The airport has tested TASKI SWINGOBOT 2000, CLEANFIX RA 660 NAVI, and Russian VeDroid. The tests took place in the office space, and in the terminal building and the evaluation takes into account safety, design for manufacturing,
The Finnish aviation labour union, IAU, has informed Finnair of a support strike for Monday November 25, related to the ongoing labour dispute at Posti, the Finnish postal service. Finnair is not a party in the dispute, but the planned support strike would have major impacts on Finnair flights operations. The strike will affect several
American Airlines plans to launch an additional eight new domestic routes this summer, offering customers a total of 20 new seasonal routes in summer 2020. The new routes include service to Martha’s Vineyard (MVY) and Nantucket (ACK) in Massachusetts and new service from Jackson, Mississippi (JAN) and Des Moines, Iowa (DSM), to Miami (MIA), the
Honeywell has signed a selection agreement with Middle East Airlines, the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, to provide cockpit technologies to support the airline’s new fleet of 19 aircraft. The deal, which includes four of Airbus’ latest variant, the A321XLR, will see Honeywell provide its latest full avionics suite to help Middle East Airlines maximize
SCHOTT, jetlite, Etihad Engineering and Lufthansa Technik have signed a ceremonial letter at the Dubai Airshow, expressing co-operation in further exploring and promoting a new “Human-centric Lighting” technology and bringing it to the market. The collaboration aims at combining SCHOTT’s expertise in cabin lighting systems, jetlite’s holistic and scientifically-proven solution for jetlag reduction, Etihad Engineering’s
Work on the first head-of-state cabin conversion of an Airbus A350 long-haul aircraft will begin next year at Lufthansa Technik. The German Federal Government’s Special Air Mission Wing, will be the user of the aircraft. It will be equipped with a special transitional cabin for the transportation of delegations. The transitional cabin will be tailored
