The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and BULATSA, the Bulgarian Air Navigation Service Provider, have agreed to develop and implement a Bulgarian National Airspace Strategy. BULATSA and IATA will strengthen their existing cooperation for this initiative, which is aimed at delivering benefits to the travelling public, while supporting national economic growth and the competitiveness of the Bulgarian aviation sector. Passenger …

Malta International Airport has been granted approval by the Planning Authority for its master plan, through which the company will plough at least €100 million into the development of its terminal infrastructure, as well as the surrounding airport campus. This approval gives the company the green light to proceed to the planning stage of its forward-looking investment programme, which will …

Analogic Corporation announced that the company intends to demonstrate the ConneCT™, Analogic’s next-generation CT scanner for airport checkpoints, at four airports representing four regions around the world by the end of July 2018. The first demonstrations have started in Japan and a demonstration in Western Europe is expected to begin next month. Airports in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the …

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 …

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, …

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 leading private international weather service provider UBIMET and Hamad International Airport (HIA) signed a contract on providing the Weather Cockpit® for three years. The contract was signed jointly by Hamad International Airport Chief Operating Officer, Engr. Badr Al Meer and Mr. Manfred Spatzierer CEO and Founder of UBIMET and attended by Ambassador of Austria to the State of Qatar …

NATS has won the contract to continue providing air traffic management and engineering services to London Luton Airport for five years from this November, it was announced on 22 January. The contract, which was won following an open and competitive tender process, will see NATS controllers in the tower until at least 2023, with the option to extend that for …

When travellers arrive at or depart from Brisbane Airport (BNE), they will soon experience an unprecedented digital currency airport experience. BNE in partnership with a number of terminal retailers is combining its community vision with innovation by working with TravelbyBit to bring decentralised block chain enabled payments into its terminal shopping. Travellers will soon be able to use TravelbyBit’s cryptocurrency …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and ENAV, the Italian Air Navigation Service Provider, have agreed to develop and implement an Italian National Airspace Strategy. ENAV and IATA will strengthen their existing cooperation for this initiative, which is aimed at delivering benefits to the travelling public and the wider aviation community, while supporting the economic growth and competitiveness of the …