Beijing's new international airport, which is currently under construction, will eventually be able to handle 100 million passengers annually, authorities said Friday. Before 2025, the airport will be able to handle 72 million passengers, 2 million tons of cargo and mail, and have 4 runways,...
Finavia's Ivalo Airport renewal is complete, and passenger traffic at the airport can be routed to new, state-of-the-art facilities as of Thursday 19 November. This was the largest investment in Finavia network airports and totalled €13.5 million. As a result of the expansion and rene...
The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation (IdMOT) has rejected Lion Group and partner PT Maja Raya Indah Semesta's (MRIS) Lebak International Airport proposal on the grounds that its operational feasibility and safety standards were insufficient to warrant a greenlight. The two firms announced plans to build a new cargo-oriented facility on a 5500ha plot of land in Indonesia's Banten Pr...
Australia’s two busiest airports have posted healthy gains in international passengers led by a strong rise in the number of Chinese visitors. Melbourne Airport said the number of overseas travellers through Tullamarine in October rose 10.2 per cent to 764,998, compared with the prior corresponding period. Meanwhile, Sydney Airport said international passengers passing through its term...
Malindo Air has joined AirAsia X and Malaysia Airlines on the Perth-Kuala Lumpur route after its inaugural flight touched down in the West Australian capital on Thursday. The Boeing 737-800 operating flight OD151 received an ARFF monitor cross salute after landing at Perth Airport at 1440 local time on Thursday. The aircraft, registration 9M-LNW, was on the ground for about an hour before...
Hundreds of flights have been delayed or cancelled on Friday morning as snow sweeps across north China and heavy rain continues in south China. Flight operations have been disturbed Friday morning by snowfall at Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), heavy fog at Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) and Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG), and freezing fog at Yinchuan...
Dozens of flights suffered delays due to the heavy fog at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (URC) on Friday morning. China Southern Airlines (CZ) said 27 flights have been delayed for more than 1 hour at Urumqi airport. Urumqi airport was covered by freezing fog on Friday morning and visibility fell to 100 meters. As of 9:00 a.m., there were 2 departing flights and no arriving flights a...
Entering one of the busiest holiday travel weeks of the year, about 2,000 baggage handlers and other airport workers at seven of America's biggest hubs went on strike Wednesday night over pay and union rights. The work action began at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia in New York, Boston Logan, Chicago O'Hare, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood in Florida, Newark Liberty in New Jersey and Philadelph...
An off-duty JetBlue pilot looking for a free ride back to New York sparked confusion and a brief search at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday morning when he switched flights without airport officials' knowledge, authorities said. The pilot was spotted in the hallway leading to a JetBlue aircraft from Terminal 3's Gate 31B about 6:00 a.m., said LAX police Officer Rob Ped...
Air Canada announced today new non-stop services between four key Canadian hubs and 12 U.S. cities beginning next summer. The new transborder routes will introduce new destinations, such as Toronto-Washington-Dulles, Toronto-Salt Lake City and Vancouver-San Jose, while also creating new city-pair routings, such as Vancouver-Chicago, Montreal-Houston, Montreal-Denver and Calgary-San Francisco. To p...
The government has claimed a tourism victory, with an agreement signed with a Chinese airline set to bring another 36,500 travellers to the state annually from late next year. Tourism Minister Kate Jones secured a memorandum of understanding with China Eastern Airlines on Wednesday night, following Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's meeting with executives during her October trade mission...
Since its formation in 1993, Airports Company South Africa has grown into a widely admired airport management company. Keith Mwanalushi reports from Johannesburg that growth in Africa is high on the company's agenda. Although Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is majority- owned by the South African Government through the Department of Transport, the company is legally and financiall...
China Eastern will operate year-round flights between Brisbane and its Shanghai hub from November 2016. While the Skyteam member has already committed to serving the Queensland capital over January and February 2016 as a seasonal service, November will mark the start of the airline’s permanent presence on the Brisbane-Shanghai route. Brisbane Airport chief executive Julieanne Alroe sai...
Ukraine International Airlines will operate its first non-stop scheduled flight connecting Kiev and Aktau, Kazakhstan. Aktau will become the third destination connecting Ukraine and Kazakhstan, after Astana and Almaty. UIA offers double-weekly flights connecting Kiev and Aktau operated on modern Boeing 737 aircraft with two cabin classes – Business Class and Economy Class. The outbou...
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The Star Alliance Lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has been named the World’s Best Airline Alliance Lounge at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, securing the prestigious title for a...
