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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL/EGGP) has been voted the best airport in the UK for customer satisfaction according to a new survey from Which?. Criteria surveyed by Which? included queues at check-in and security, baggage reclaim, seating, staff, the range of shops and wifi. The airport ranked highly in all [read more]
The UKs leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is celebrating 300,000 passengers at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT). To celebrate the milestone Loganair awarded the 300,000th passenger, medical-student Emma Pattie, with free flight vouchers. Emma said: “It was such a wonderful surprise to be given these tickets – I wasn’t expecting that at [read more]
Cambridge Airport (CBG/EGSC) is partnering with Altitude Angel, the world’s most trusted UTM (Unified Traffic Management) technology provider, to deploy an Approval Services Platform (ASP) for drone users wishing to operate within the airport’s Flight Restricton Zone (FRZ). Drone laws in the UK mean that operators cannot fly within a [read more]
The government has approved passenger expansion plans for London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) but stopped short of allowing extra weekend flights. The approval means that London City can operate with up to 9 million passengers annually as opposed to the previous cap of 6.5 million. Plans were originally rejected by Newham [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has called on the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to scrap the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) after it was warned it would not receive extra slots for sporting events or extra Christmas flights. The cap means that Dublin Airport is currently running [read more]
As of 15:00HRS today 3,343 flights have been cancelled globally due to the failed update from Cyber-security specialists Crowdstrike that has hit Microsoft Windows according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium Airlines are amongst many of the large companies hit by the corrupt update which causes Windows systems to [read more]
Edinburgh headquartered ground handling specialists Menzies Aviation have increased their footprint at Budapest Airport, Hungary after agreeing a partnership with Airport Services Budapest Zrt. (AS Budapest). The partnership will see all existing ground handling contracts and assets transferred from AS Budapest to Menzies Aviation and employees will be offered new [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has told passengers to stay away this morning and to check with their airlines on the status of their flights before travelling to the airport following a major power cut which struck in the early hours of this morning. The outage has affected both Terminal 1 and [read more]
Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF) has officially unveiled its 17,000sq ft Domus III hangar facility offering state-of-the-art facilities with sustainability built in. The new facility is part of a £55m investment in infrastructure by the airport which will create jobs in the local area and generate growth. Domus III is a 300m [read more]
Research carried out by AeroCloud has found that 82% of passengers would spend more in airports if their journey through the airport was smoother and more streamlined. The intelligent airport management platform provider surveyed 2,000 people and over two thirds said that if they could move through check-in and security [read more]
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