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British Airways selects Airbus Flight Hour Services for its A380 fleet
Securing the highest service level for BA’s daily A380 operations
British Airways, an International Airlines Group company, has selected Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS) to provide aircraft inventory support for its A380 fleet of aircraft.
The FHS… Continue reading
Abu Dhabi airport foresees 8 percent growth
The Abu Dhabi Airports Company Sunday said that in the November-March period it expects an 8 percent increase in aircraft movements.
Travellers will be offered over 900 flights weekly from Abu Dhabi to five continents around the globe, with additional… Continue reading
Eurocopters innovation, service and support capabilities for the UK market will be spotlighted at the Helitech 2011 helicopter show
Eurocopter’s strong presence in the UK multi-mission helicopter marketplace will be demonstrated at the Helitech 2011 show and conference, which is to include this event’s first appearance of the EC145 T2 – the company’s new generation version of its workhorse… Continue reading
Passenger traffic up 13 percent at Abu Dhabi airport
Passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport in July rose by 13.3 percent, with 1.2 million passengers passing through it, officials said.
Aircraft movements also continued to grow with a 3.1 percent increase in July, totalling 9,700 movements, the Abu… Continue reading
UAE to start charging airport service fee
Airport passengers leaving the UAE will be charged a service fee of five dirhams, UAE daily Gulf News reported on Monday.
The additional fee will come into force on July 29, 2011, and will be built into the ticket price,… Continue reading
Bombardier Signs 10-Year Contract with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport for Maintenance Services
Since the start of passenger services in 2005, the Bombardier maintained INNOVIA APM fleet has exceeded 99.5% availability in all years of operation Â
Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has signed a contract with Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport to… Continue reading
Europe’s first EGNOS airport to guide down giant Beluga aircraft
Pau Pyrénées in southern France has become Europe’s first airport to use the new EGNOS Safety-of-Life Service, to guide aircraft in for landing using only this highly accurate space navigation signal.
Clermont-Ferrand Airport in central France is also set to… Continue reading
Dubai eyes 100 million air passengers by 2020
Dubai Airports said Tuesday it expected to more-than-double its passenger traffic to 98.5 million in a decade, but travellers will have to wait for another year to go through its second airport.
Dubai International, the Middle East’s busiest airport, should… Continue reading
Dubai Airports sees 7.2pct passenger growth over 10yrs
REUTERS: Dubai Airports, operator of what is billed as the world’s largest airport when it opens in 2012, forecast on Tuesday that international passenger traffic would grow 7.2 percent on average over the next 10 years.
It also projected passenger… Continue reading
Dubai airport passengers up 5.8 pct, unrest slows traffic
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport rose by 5.8 percent year-on-year in March, Dubai Airports said on Monday, but traffic on Middle Eastern and African routes dropped due to regional unrest.
In March, 4.2 million passengers passed through the world’s… Continue reading
Small passenger aircraft crashes at Cork airport, Ireland
Six people were killed, another six injured when the Metroliner SW4 crashed at Cork airport in heavy fog thursday. On board there were 10 passengers and two crew. At the third attemp for a landing disaster struck, the plane turned… Continue reading
Dubai airport sees 11 pct rise in passengers in 2011
DUBAI – Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport rose 15 percent in 2010 as the global economy picked up, and is poised to expand 11 percent this year, Dubai Airports said on Wednesday.
Analysts say Dubai could eventually become the… Continue reading