Menzies introduces SITA’S ground handling management at top airports
Menzies, the global provider of passenger, ramp and cargo handling services, is to introduce SITA"™s ground handling management technology at the busiest airports across its global network of close to 150 stations. SITA"™s Airport Resource Manager will help streamline Menzie"™ operations and deliver value to its customer airlines by optimizing the deployment of mobile resources […]
Australian airports attract passengers
Australia’s two biggest airports continue to benefit from a boom in travellers, with visitors from Asia, the UK and the US arriving in droves. A record 39.7 million travellers passed through Sydney Airport’s three terminals in 2015, up three per cent on 38.5 million a year earlier. International passengers were up 4.3 per cent at […]
Pilot shortage a blow to regional airports
Prior to June 2014, residents of Klamath Falls in south-central Oregon had access to one flight daily to San Francisco and Portland from the Crater Lake Klamath Regional Airport. But in that month, United Express, in conjunction with flight operator SkyWest, ended the flights, leaving the seat of Klamath County, population 65,000, without commercial air […]
IATA"™s Director General and CEO Tony Tyler named ATW 2016 Leadership Excellence recipient
IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler is the recipient of the 2016 ATW Excellence in Leadership Award, it was announced Thursday. The award will be presented at the 42nd annual ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards, to be held at a gala dinner on the eve of the Singapore Air Show Feb. 15, 2016. Tyler […]
Drones a increasing challenge for airspace users, says IATA
The use of drones (remotely piloted aircraft systems) is forecast to grow exponentially and is posing an increasing challenge for users of the airspace, according to Gilberto Lopez Meyer, senior vice-president for safety and flight operations at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). "Drones are increasingly being used in environmental and fishery operations, disaster response, […]
LATAM Airlines Group to introduce SITA"™s baggage services across 12 airports
LATAM Airlines Group, Latin America"™s largest airline group, is introducing a new baggage system that will give real-time status reports on passenger"™ baggage across 12 airports. The airline handles more than 30 million bags a year and the new technology, provided by global air transport technology specialist SITA, will be instrumental in reducing the number […]
Airports become essential for growth
Air transport is essentially to the prosperity of Africa as it opens up opportunities that crosses borders and enhances trade and businesswrites. This was said by Col. Silas Udahemuka, Director General, Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA) in his speech at the International Air Transport Association"™s (IATA) air transport stakeholder"™ meeting held in Kigali last week. […]
Invepar venderá 10% de ações da GRUPar à Airports Company South Africa
A Invepar – Investimentos e Participações em Infraestrutura S.A – e a Concessionária do Aeroporto de Guarulhos S.A (GRU Airport) informaram ao mercado, em fato relevante enviado à Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), que está em fase final a negociação para venda de 10% das ações que a Invepar possui no capital social da Aeroporto […]
Chile: Operador de aeropuerto planea potenciar comuna de Pudahuel con nuevo parque
Desde hoy, el aeropuerto internacional Comodoro Arturo Merito BenÃtez (AMB) será administrado por Nuevo Pudahuel – consorcio compuesto por las empresas Aéroports de Paris, VINCI Airports y Astaldi-, que ganó la licitación impulsada por el Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MOP) y estará a cargo de la operación por los próximos 20 años. El aterrizaje de […]
Agenda for Cooperation Between Airlines and Airports
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for a unified agenda between airlines and airports to address the mutual challenges of growth and sustainability. "Airports are airline"™ closest partners. Neither of us could exist without the other," said Tony Tyler, IATA Director General and CEO. Speaking at the Airports Council International (ACI) Europe / World […]
