Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport welcomed 232.061 passengers in February which represents an unprecedented increase by 34 percent over the same month last year. The number of take-offs and landings totaled 3.696, an increase of 35 percent with 28 percent more cargo traffic than in February 2013. The growth of traffic volume and number of...

Boeing announced the selection of its Everett, Wash., site as the location for a new composite wing center for the 777X program. Boeing evaluated criteria that were designed to find the wing fabrication location that would best support the 777X business plan. The new composite wing center will be located north of the Everett factory and will...

Bombardier Aerospace announced that it will be adding full service interior refurbishment capabilities to its comprehensive line and heavy maintenance offering at its wholly owned Singapore service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Flying Colours Corp. has been selected to offer these services on site to all Bombardier Learjet,...

Bombardier Aerospace held an inauguration event on 11 February, coinciding with the Singapore Airshow, to officially open its new full-scale, company-owned service centre located at Seletar Airport in Singapore. Bombardier welcomed Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister, Prime Minister’s office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and for Trade and Industry...

Michał Kaczmarzyk Poland’s Minister of Infrastructure and Development has dismissed Michał Marzec from the position of General Director of Polish Airports and Warsaw Chopin Airport, appointing Michał Kaczmarzyk in his place. Michał Kaczmarzyk is a graduate of the Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme...

ACI EUROPE (European department of the Airport Council International) has published the report on the passenger air transportation development in 2013. The researched dealt with the activity in the 180 European airports. International airport “Kazan” takes the forth place by the dynamics of passenger flow among European airports, their ...

Airbus ACJ319 Airbus and key Malaysian partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess local solutions for sustainable bio-mass production in Malaysia.  The aim is to determine the most suitable feedstocks to ensure that any future jet fuel production in the region is based only on sustainable solutions. The first...

Euro Jet is pleased to announce it has just completed one year of successful operations at its hangar at Prague’s Vaclav Havel Airport. The hangar remains available throughout the year for both long and short term use. The hangar is fully enclosed, heated and under 24 hour security. The hangar facility includes 1,500 square meters for...

From 7 January to 21 March, a ban on transporting liquids in hand luggage will apply to flights departing from airports in the Russian Federation. The ban pertains to all liquids, irrespective of the size of the pack (container, tube etc), including packs under 100 ml (for example, cosmetics for personal use, hygiene products etc. If a...

10 new bars and restaurants and as many as 15 new shops will open in the modernised part of Warsaw Chopin Airport’s Terminal A next year. The outlets will be operated by HDS Polska, which plans to introduce a number of new brands to the airport. Polish Airports has just closed the process to choose operators of retail and catering space in...

The Civil Aviation Authority informs that new rules for the screening of liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports will come into force as of 31 January 2014 (Friday). According to new provisions of the Commission Implementing Regulation no. 246/2013 of 19 March 2013, the airport operator will conduct the screening upon entry to the airport...

Jannuary 22 - Spirit Aeronautics™ announced today that it has added another hangar to its Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) campus. The addition is to support aircraft interiors refurbishment service expansion. “Demand in the area for high quality interior refurbishment service on business category aircraft is growing and we are...

With the placement of the final truss atop the roof this week, the construction of the first building in the Airbus Mobile Assembly Line complex has reached an important milestone. The entire “skeleton” of the building can now be seen. This building is the Final Assembly Line Hangar, which is where A320 family aircraft will be assembled....

For the third time in a row Chopin Airport has received an Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate, awarded by Airports Council International Europe for introducing measures to reduce the emission of pollutant to the air. “We take our responsibility to the local environment very seriously. Airport Carbon Accreditation is a useful tool for...

In December 2013, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport handled some 193 thousand passengers. This is a 3-percent increase in comparison to December 2012. Throughout the year 2013, 2M and 842 thousand passengers passed through the Gdansk airport, which is a 2-percent decrease in comparison to the previous year. Thus, Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport has...