Airports

Heathrow wants higher passenger fee amid surge in air travel

Bloomberg | February 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Ice storm cuts power to 800,000 customers, scraps 780 US flights

Bloomberg | February 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Israel says Oman has agreed to Israeli flights in its airspace

Bloomberg | February 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

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Vanishing cockpit recordings are impeding probes of near-crashes

Bloomberg | February 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Cockpit recordings from a series of recent air-safety incidents in the US, including three near-collisions on runways, aren’t available to investigators — raising questions about whether rules related to the devices are sufficient.

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport partners with Kuehne+Nagel to expand air cargo business in the region

AJOT | February 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

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SkyBridge expands at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport with 250,000 s.f. “Building 109”

AJOT | February 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports | Logistics

Building 109 is the first of two Class A industrial buildings bringing an additional one-half-million square feet of space to the master planned SkyBridge Arizona project at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. At build-out, SkyBridge will total 1.3 million square feet and introduce the nation's first Unified Cargo Processing (UCP) facility.

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Double honors for Hactl’s green achievements

AJOT | February 21, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports | Green Shipping

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent air cargo handler – has received both the Transport and Logistics - Gold Award in the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE), and Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (HKGOC).

Qantas spends $70 million on new lounges in Hong Kong, Heathrow

Bloomberg | February 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Hong Kong Airport’s passenger volume surges as China reopens

Bloomberg | February 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Big-spending tourists get raided by Argentine airport officials

Bloomberg | February 17, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Germany’s biggest airports come to standstill as workers strike

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 17, 2023

Germany’s biggest airports come to standstill as workers strike

Germany’s two largest airports came to a virtual standstill today as ground staff stage another strike over pay, exacerbating an already chaotic week for air travel after a system outage brought down Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s operations two days ago.

NYC’s JFK Airport says power outage is affecting flights

Bloomberg | February 16, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

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Planned warning strikes at seven German airports: unreasonable and cause great damage

AJOT | February 16, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

In the collective wage dispute between the German trade union Verdi and the employers of the public sector, seven German commercial airports will be affected by strikes tomorrow...

Amsterdam airport to cap passenger numbers once again amid staff shortage

Bloomberg | February 14, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

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Fraport’s year begins with significant growth

AJOT | February 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

FRA welcomed some 3.7 million passengers – Increase of 65.5 percent year-on-year – Fraport’s Group airports worldwide remain in high demand

Heathrow Airport workers plan to ballot for strikes, union says

Bloomberg | February 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

Pilots of American Airlines jet in JFK runway near miss receive subpoenas

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 11, 2023

Pilots of American Airlines jet in JFK runway near miss receive subpoenas

An American Airlines Group Inc. flight crew taxied across a John F. Kennedy International Airport runway without clearance on Jan. 13 as a Delta Air Lines Inc. plane was accelerating for takeoff, prompting it to make a high-speed stop, investigators said Friday.

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Vienna Airport Pharma Handling Center grows annual tonnage by 64 percent

AJOT | February 09, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Tonnages at pharma handling continues to rise strongly

Planes’ near misses on runways need ‘urgent attention,’ lawmakers say

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Bloomberg | Top Story | February 08, 2023

Planes’ near misses on runways need ‘urgent attention,’ lawmakers say

Recent plane near-collisions on runways have raised red flags among lawmakers crafting a major US aviation policy bill.

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CBP ensures Valentine flowers make the cut

AJOT | February 08, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports | Trucking

Just less than two weeks before Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists have inspected nearly 850 million cut flowers for insects, pests and diseases that could harm the agricultural and floral industries of the United States.