Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) unveiled its newly renovated runway at a launch event held at the airport on Friday, 30th June 2023. The second largest cargo hub in the Netherlands has invested EUR35.3 million to upgrade the airstrip as part of a plan to extend its operational length to 2,750 met...

The development plan of the capital airport until 2050 was presented The concept of the project to develop the master plan for airport development until 2050 was presented at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport. Talgat Lastaev, Chairman of the Civil Aviation Committee of the RK IIDM, Daulet...

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), operator of Toronto Pearson International Airport, today announced the re-opening of Runway 06L/24R, the airport's second-busiest runway, after an eight-month rehabilitation. The project is one of the largest in Pearson's history and required careful...

The beginning of the cold season also marks the start of the winter maintenance team’s work at Munich Airport, with the specially trained employees available around the clock from next Tuesday, November 1. The winter maintenance convoy comprises 181 vehicles, including 66 tractors from the area...

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) conducted an aircraft crash and rescue exercise today, in preparation for the commissioning of the Third Runway this year. Conducted in accordance with aerodrome licensing requirement, the exercise aimed to provide Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and the ...

A Russian strike hit the airport in Odesa, southwestern Ukraine, on April 30, 2022, destroying the runway. The runway was a new development opened last July, taking 10 years of construction. Odesa regional governor Maksym Marchenko said Russia had used a Bastion missile, launched from Crimea,...

The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA announced the completion of research and testing on a software capability that calculates gate pushbacks at busy hub airports so that each plane can roll directly to the runway and to take off. The FAA plans to dep...

Officiating by Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) today held a ceremony to mark the completion of runway pavement works for the new Third Runway, a major milestone of the Three-runway System (3RS) project at Hong Kong Internat...

Palanga Airport is preparing for an important reconstruction in the autumn of 2021, as the runway of the airport will be reconstructed and other works will include renewal of the taxiway and other parts of the apron. The search for a contractor for these works will be announced this week and the con...

The renovation works on runway 07L/25R at Brussels Airport and the final tests will be completed on the 23rd of August at 6 am, at which time the runway will be taken in use again. The contractors worked day and night, 7 days a week, to limit the duration of the runway closure and the impact of thes...

Auckland Airport’s runway returned to its full length after a successful maintenance programme to replace 280 large slabs of concrete earlier this month. On 24 May, the runway was reduced by 1100m to allow for planned maintenance to take place – works which were brought forward following the...

Boschung, world-renowned manufacturer of equipment for mobile and fixed surface condition management, especially in the field of ice early warning systems, launches ATLAS, the new automated system to fulfill ICAO’s requirements for runway condition reporting. Boschung today announced the launc...

From 13 July to 23 August, Brussels Airport will be renovating runway 07L/25R under strict observance of COVID-19 measures. The extensive renovation of this take-off and landing runway is necessary to continue to guarantee safe air traffic in the future. After extensive renovation works on ru...

John Holland-Kaye the chief executive of Heathrow today said, due to the coronavirus crisis it could be 10 to 15 years before the UK need a third runway. “In 10 to 15 years, if we are successful in rebooting the UK economy and getting back to full swing, then I think we will still need a third...

Ireland West Airport has officially opened a new €11 million refurbished runway, designed and project managed by Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group. The 2,400m runway handles all flights at Ireland West Airport making it central to the airport’s vision of attracting one million passen...