Northrop Grumman Corporation’s U.K.-based air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by NAVIAIR, the Danish air navigation service provider, to replace the existing ground-to-air communication equipment for Denmark’s airports and en-route operations. The replacement will introduce the new Park Air T6 radio from the Sapphire range, with 8.33 kHz voice channel spacing and VoIP …

SITA is providing wireless connectivity on the ground to Air Mauritius’ new fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft, keeping the new-generation aircraft connected to the vital back-end systems no matter where they fly. In October 2017, Air Mauritius introduced the first two new-generation Airbus A350 aircraft with a further four expected to join the fleet over the next few years. The …

A major redevelopment and construction project is designed to completely transform New York’s LaGuardia Airport into a world-class transportation hub that will more easily serve the tens of millions of travelers that pass through the airport each year. The Siemens Building Technologies Division is working with Skanska Walsh Joint Venture, the design-build contractor for the redevelopment of Central Terminal B, …

Changi Airport Group (CAG) and Xiamen Airlines have signed a second Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to grow network connectivity and passenger traffic between Singapore and China. The MOU was inked today by Mr Lim Ching Kiat, Changi Airport Group’s Managing Director for Air Hub Development, and Mr Zheng Congming, Director, Passenger Marketing & Sales Committee, Xiamen Airlines. Also present at …

Following a very successful year for Kos airport, marked by a 20.7% increase in passenger traffic and an overall number of 2.3 million passengers, Fraport Greece is now implementing major upgrades to the airport. The development works will begin with the restoration of degraded asphalt lawyers on the runway and the apron. These works require a partial suspension of operations …

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has engaged HOK to design a regional transit centre and passenger processing facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The first phase of the new facility could be in place by the mid-2020s. The GTAA, which forecasts that Toronto Pearson will grow to handle as many as 85 million passengers annually by 2037 (up from …

Papua New Guinea’s National Airport Corporation has selected SITA AirportHub to boost connectivity at Port Moresby Jackson’s International Airport. SITA AirportHub is an airport-wide shared connectivity platform that enables Port Moresby airport to provide airlines, ground handlers and other tenants with secure and reliable bandwidth, including wireless connectivity to access off-airport applications. The system is currently operational at more than …

Swedavia has extended its decade-long partnership with Aptilo Networks to enable carrier Wi-Fi services for all of Sweden’s state-owned airports. The extension is for another three years of using the Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) as a managed service. With Aptilo, Swedavia Wi-Fi has experienced zero downtime since 2005. Swedavia operates ten airports including Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Göteborg Landvetter Airport …

AirAsia and Avalon Airport announced today that AirAsia will move its Melbourne operations to Avalon Airport from Melbourne Airport, effective later this year. AirAsia X Malaysia will operate twice daily flights as the first international carrier at the airport, making long-haul flying affordable for Melbourne and the Victorian region, and improving access to more than 130 destinations in Asia and …

Signature Flight Support, a BBA Aviation company, announced that it has received approval from the Santa Barbara Airport Director to purchase the only existing Self-Service AvGas 100LL facility at the Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) in Santa Barbara, California. The self-service fuel facility, expected to be officially servicing Signature’s customers in the coming weeks, will offer recreational pilots an additional option for …