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Despite the technological advances of recent years, fog and other poor weather conditions can still snarl up civil air traffic.
24-Jun-2009
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*Bristol announces walkway development plan
Bristol International Airport in June unveiled a GBP7.5 million (USD12.4 million) western walkway development scheme, including facilities to aid passengers with reduced mobility. In...
02-Jul-2009
Mumbai and Delhi test automated flight tracking system
India's main area control centres at Mumbai and Delhi began operating the latest version of Raytheon's AutoTrac III automation system earlier this year. The...
02-Jul-2009
Comsoft AIM completes Vietnam site acceptance tests
Site acceptance tests for the Comsoft Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system in Vietnam have been successfully completed, the company stated on 24 June. Comsoft...
02-Jul-2009
SYSCO on track for 2010
Live trials are due to begin in Switzerland in 2010 of a tool designed to improve cross-border ATC interoperability within Functional Airspace Blocks (FABs). ...
02-Jul-2009
JBT AeroTech extends facilities management contract at Houston
Continental Airlines has awarded JBT AeroTech a seven-year contract to continue providing airport facilities maintenance services, particularly at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, ...
02-Jul-2009
Air Canada introduces integrated self bag-tagging and quick drop-off at Heathrow
Air Canada has introduced its new integrated self bag-tagging and Quick Drop-Off kiosk system at London Heathrow Airport for passengers flying to Canada. Air...
01-Jul-2009
Westralia looks to refinance loan
Banks are in discussions with Westralia Airports Corporation to refinance a AUD405 million (USD329.2 million) loan maturing in May 2010. The company is owner...
01-Jul-2009
SITA management system to be used at all three Sheremetyevo terminals
SITA is to extend its airport management system across all three terminals at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport, under a three-year deal with Russian carrier ...
01-Jul-2009
Maryland starts runway extension
Construction of a USD30 million runway extension is under way at Maryland Airport in the United States. Work on the 4,300 ft (1,310 m) ...
01-Jul-2009
Budapest orders human resource management software
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport has awarded a contract to IT specialist Inform for its GroundStar Human Resource Suite. The airport is already implementing GroundStar ...
01-Jul-2009
Tatarstan lines up finance for Kazan upgrade
An upgrade of Kazan International Airport in the Russian federal republic of Tatarstan is expected to be financed by Bulgarian private investors: Chimimport and ...
01-Jul-2009
SESAR implementation is under way
Movement towards a modernised European air traffic management (ATM) network reached a significant milestone on 12 June, when 16 contracts totalling EUR1.9 billion (USD2.7 ...
30-Jun-2009
Turkish airport operator to sell shares
TAV Airports Holding has informed the Istanbul Stock Exchange that it has launched talks with potential investors to sell up to a 20 per ...
30-Jun-2009
Brazil proposes airport concessions
ANAC, Brazil's civil aviation authority, is expected to announce an airport concession model in July. The model will be implemented in the airports of ...
30-Jun-2009
Cyber-security looms large for ATC
One of the aviation industry's worst nightmares - the theft of credentials to access a major airline's Citrix computer system by a criminally controlled ...
29-Jun-2009
ATC funding mechanisms move into the spotlight
Serco Group plc, the UK-based business services provider, won a 10-year contract from Dubai Airports Company (DAC) on 15 June for handling approach radar ...
29-Jun-2009
*NACO wins contract to develop masterplans for Saudi airports
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia in late June awarded Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) a contract to develop masterplans for ...
29-Jun-2009
Duty and emissions free?
The duty-free industry is waking up to the fact that it may have to defend its position regarding the buying and selling of consumer ...
29-Jun-2009
Tyler takes over as IATA chairman
The International Air Transport Association confirmed on 9 June that Tony Tyler, chief executive officer (CEO) of Cathay Pacific Airways, has begun his one-year ...
29-Jun-2009
Biometric tests loom for UK staff
Airside workers at Manchester and London City airports will be the first employees affected by the UK government's decision to introduce identity cards by ...
26-Jun-2009
*Thales ATM looks to the future
Thales reported a doubling of sales in 2008, winning EUR300 million (USD419 million) from its Eurocat automation solution and a further EUR200 million from ...
26-Jun-2009
Airservices Australia and Naverus to develop PBN network
Airservices Australia and Naverus have signed a contract that will lay the foundations for a national performance-based navigation (PBN) network. The chief executive officer...
26-Jun-2009
Rutten elected new president of ACI Europe
Ad Rutten was elected as the new president of Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) on 17 June, during the organisation's 19th annual assembly ...
26-Jun-2009
*Green drive gets the green light
The debate over alternative sources of energy for aviation has not been confined to aircraft. The issue has airport managers pondering how such fuels ...
25-Jun-2009
European airports commit to carbon accreditation initiative
More than 30 European airports have signed up to a voluntary carbon accreditation scheme unveiled by Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe) on 16 ...
25-Jun-2009
*Vehicles go down electric avenue
Airports are investigating the potential of electric-powered vehicles as an attempt to comply with their environmental commitments by limiting emissions from their ground support ...
25-Jun-2009
*Report delves deeper into delays
A decade after publishing its first annual review, the independent Performance Review Commission's (PRC's) latest report - covering the year 2008 - prepares the ...
25-Jun-2009
*Aviation braces for ETS effects
After years of often ill-tempered negotiation and much heated lobbying in the European Parliament, the inclusion of the aviation industry in the EU Emissions ...
25-Jun-2009
*Detectors keep the fog at bay
Despite the technological advances of recent years, fog and other poor weather conditions can still snarl up civil air traffic. However, researchers from a ...
24-Jun-2009
Bombardier wins PHX Sky Train contract
The city council of Phoenix, Arizona, on 10 June awarded Bombardier Transportation (Holdings) USA Inc a contract to design, build, operate and maintain what ...
24-Jun-2009
*TSA cargo aims meet scepticism
Cargo security has previously been regarded as the weakest link in aviation security, but directives are now in place to ensure that cargo, like ...
23-Jun-2009
*No business like snow business
The accumulation of snow and ice on runways and aircraft manoeuvring areas in the winter creates a clear safety hazard, as well as causing ...
23-Jun-2009
*Winds present safety challenge
Weather plays a significant role in aviation safety. According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), some 30 per cent of all fatal aviation ...
23-Jun-2009
2306 - Spain seeks European Investment Bank funding to improve ATC
Spanish airports and air traffic control authority AENA has applied for EUR400 million (USD1.1 billion) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to help finance ...
23-Jun-2009
*Africa's scope for development
Airports have long ceased to be merely entry and exit points and have been transformed into critical economic engines for growth. The economic benefits ...
22-Jun-2009
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