After extensive testing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that it will begin using an alert warning system at the country's 34 busiest airports... [more]

A dozen new, locally designed airplanes have been cleared for landing - and a permanent stay - at McCarran lnternational Airport. These new planes will be seen in... [more]

Aviation Facilities Company, Inc. (AFCO) announced today that it has been selected by the Regional Airport Authority of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky... [more]

Michael Vorwerk (42) is taking charge of Global Partner & Key Account Management at Lufthansa Cargo on June 1 2001. In that post, he is assuming responsibility for... [more]

NAV CANADA was honored as "a unique example of a successful conversion of a government bureaucracy into an efficient corporate operation" by The International Air... [more]

Frankfurt Airport is valued at EUR3.2 billion (USD2.7 billion) by its operator Fraport. The going-public process is scheduled until June 11. About 30% of all shares... [more]

A TGV, the French high-speed train has set a new record for the route from Calais in the north to Marseilles in the south with a time of just three hours 29 minutes.

Russia plans to put more than 1,000 new planes into service by 2015, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov' interview in for ITAR-Tass .

Klebanov said the government plans to double state support for civil aviation from 1.2 billion rubles (USD41 million) to 2.4 billion rubles (USD82 million) in 2002.... [more]

The ten busiest airports in the United States have been rated according to the availability of healthy food choices by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine... [more]

A subsidiary of Spanish-owned hospitality and travel services firm Aereas, Geresa Mexico,, has acquired a 91.3% stake in Mexican retailer Latinoamericana Duty Free.

Aeroflot has awarded a project management contract to Bovis Lend Lease for the design and construction of a new passenger terminal at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

Orthogon has just delivered 39 high-resolution graphics boards to Norwegian Air Traffic and Airport Management (NATAM). NATAM is the Norwegian Government's specialised... [more]

BAE has acquired San Diego-based Extreme Line Services, Inc. (ELS), a company active in the airport operations and maintenance market. Owners Kelley and Christina... [more]

More than 609,000 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport last month, setting two records: It was the busiest April in the airport's... [more]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced that Sacramento International (SMF) will be one of 10 airports to receive funding for clean-air projects.... [more]

British Airways nominated AVIAPARTNER'S Hanover station as the best performing station in the European "shorthaul medium frequency league" for the winter season... [more]

Quantum Magnetics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of InVision Technologies, Inc. announced that the U.S. Patent Office awarded the company a patent to recognize... [more]

The Nuance Group has been named "Asia/Pacific Travel Retailer of the Year" at this year's Raven Fox Awards for Travel Retail Excellence in Asia/Pacific, scooping... [more]

Brisbane Airport has recorded a 30 percent jump in domestic passenger numbers for the six months to the end of April compared with the same period a year earlier.

In an effort to reduce the time it takes to environmentally review airport runway projects, Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta and Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) Administrator Jane F. Garvey today released a report to Congress that identifies measures that will expedite the environmental process.

In anticipation of awarding a contract in June, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management to proceed to contract... [more]

Adacel Technologies Limited has established Adacel Systems Inc in Austin, Texas and appointed former US Air Force Manager, Lee Williams, as its President in the... [more]

A new Ground Run-up Enclosure (GRE) has been inaugurated at Portland Int'l Airport. The GRE is a three-sided structure with walls more than 200 feet long and 55... [more]

According to Schiphol Group chief executive officer Gerlach Cerfontaine, Schiphol might take a stake in Aeroporti di Roma (Fiumicino and Ciampino)

The CEO said that Schiphol's current joint venture with Frankfurt/Main and Aeroporti di Roma will result in future cost savings due tojoint purchasing.

Airport landing and parking fees for new or additional passenger flights operated by foreign airlines into Kuala Lumpur International Airport will be dropped beginning... [more]