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Second Emirates gateway to Canada with Dubai Montreal route

AirportWeather.com is launched at AERO Friedrichshafen

Meandair launches a new weather service. AirportWeather.com provides actual weather (AW-METAR) and near-term forecasts (AW-TAF) for every airport in Europe, including the regular METAR/TAF reports where available. The service was developed over the last year together with a numbe...

Riga Airport handled 1.3 million passengers in the first quarter of the year

In January-March this year, Riga Airport handled 1.3 million passengers and 12.7 thousand flights, with the recovery indicators after the pandemic reaching the same level as on average in European airports, where the number of passengers served at the beginning of the year is still 12 percent behind...

Etihad Airways successfully completes its inaugural flight to Beijing Daxing International Airport

Etihad Airways began its first scheduled flight between Abu Dhabi and Beijing Daxing Airport on March 28, 2023. The inaugural flight EY888, operated using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, marked the move of regular flights from Abu Dhabi to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). Previously Etihad operated to Beijing Capital International Airport. Arik De, Chief Revenue Officer of Etihad Airwa...

Christchurch welcomes back Emirates’ A380

Emirates’ flagship A380 made a landmark touchdown at Christchurch Airport, marking the resumption of its daily service from Dubai to Christchurch via Sydney after more than three years. The special service was greeted by a crowd of spectators at the Christchurch Airport boundary, who watched as the iconic aircraft taxied through a ceremonial water canon salute, before parking in view of...

11 novelties and wide range of destinations at Riga Airport during the summer season

Summer flight season will be launched at Riga Airport with 11 new destinations, thus significantly expanding the range of connections from Riga, including two new destinations – Hanover in Germany and Gdansk in Poland. Passengers will have an opportunity to travel to 100 direct destinations from Riga. Laila Odiņa, Chairperson of the Airport Board commented: “In this summer...

Direct flights from Prague to 152 destinations worldwide

Two new long-haul routes to Seoul and Taiwan, a total of 152 destinations worldwide, nine new connections to popular holiday destinations, and 65 carriers. A list of things Václav Havel Airport Prague is to offer during the summer flight schedule, which comes into effect on Sunday, 26 March 2023. There will also be new connections, for example, to Gdansk, Skiathos, Bilbao, and Rimini. Ch...

VPorts to establish a first vertiport at RAS Al-Khaimah Airport

VPorts announced the signing of a MOU with Ras Al Khaimah Airport to build and operate a first vertiport in RAK designed to establish the UAE as a world-class global AAM hub. VPorts’ initial growth strategy is based on the regional transportation of goods, tourism and the efficient movement of patients, organs for transplants and medical equipment. The RAK vertiport, whic...

Cirium launches the first airline routes tool based on satellite-based flight tracking

Cirium has launched the aviation industry first Airline Routes tool to identify actual flights flown by aircraft type. It uses applied analytics to derive routes flown by airlines based on satellite-based flight tracking and fuses this with advanced fleet data. The new premium Routes tool is part of Ascend Profiles, a visual descriptive analytics tool which enables businesses t...

Teruel Airport inaugurates new hangar for simultaneous maintenance of two Airbus A380

Teruel Airport adds a new hangar to its facilities and it does so with a unique hangar in Spain with these characteristics. It will be possible to carry out maintenance work on two A380s or six A321s. The investment for this facility has been 23 million and the tender for the concession of use is already underway. The works began in August 2020 for the movement of earth, fencing and foundatio...

SITA helps transform Hong Kong International Airport’s carbon emissions tracking platform

Hong Kong International Airport selected SITA to provide a carbon management platform to monitor data on carbon emissions across the airport environment, helping to track key performance indicators as the airport progresses towards its net zero carbon goal. SITA carbon management platform, to be fully deployed by summer 2023, will collect and aggregate data on carbon emissions from a var...

ZeroAvia and Fortum explore hydrogen airport refueling infrastructure across the Nordics

ZeroAvia and Fortum signed a MoU to explore developing hydrogen production and refueling infrastructure at airports in the region. The companies will work together with a view to building a network of zero-emission flight routes. As part of the collaboration, ZeroAvia and Fortum will investigate the potential development of on-the-ground hydrogen infrastructure at relevant airports...

Transformative innovation arrives at Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport

SITA, working with Indicio and the Aruba Tourism Authority, announced the implementation of seamless travel to Aruba through the use of verifiable digital credential technology. This innovation will soon allow travelers to Aruba to fulfill government immigration requirements before boarding their flight with their ‘ready-to-fly’ status being confirmed invisibly in the background.&...

Amsterdam Schiphol airport introduces artificial intelligence security screening

Royal Schiphol Group is starting a collaboration with security technology company Pangiam to develop a new way to screen hand baggage quickly and safely. The new technology, powered by artificial intelligence, could eventually help enable travellers to go through security checks faster, without compromising on safety. The aim of the collaboration is to explore how Pangiam's new technology...

ZeroAvia and Birmingham Airport plan for zero-emission flights

Zero-emission, hydrogen-powered air travel is the aim of a new partnership between ZeroAvia and Birmingham Airport (BHX). The companies have entered into a long-term partnership to make on-airfield hydrogen refuelling and regular domestic passenger flights of zero-emission aircraft a reality in the coming years. ZeroAvia is currently working on bringing to market a zero-emissio...

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Thales and Ankaa to deliver multi-mission Air Traffic Surveillance radars for Oman, capable of supporting both civil and military operations

Thales, in partnership with Omani prime contractor Ankaa, has been awarded a contract by the Oman Civil Aviation Authority to design, supply, install, and commission its latest-generation TRACSIG...