Airport News

Kirkwall and Inverness Airports are set to receive a £9 million upgrade to new energy efficient Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) systems. The new system will be installed at Kirkwall by contractors GM Henderson following an open tender process and G&A Barnie will carry out the work at Inverness. The new [read more]

Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) has been awarded three best airport in Europe (under 2 million passengers) award for the fourth consecutive year running. The award comes from Airports Council International (ACI), which represents the global airport industry. Inverness Airport, which is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) was praised [read more]

Travelling on holiday with young children in tow can make navigating the airport a stressful experience so getting the holiday off to the right start at a family friendly airport can make a big difference. That’s why travel insurance experts at PayingTooMuch analysed 30 of the UK’s most popular airports to find out [read more]

Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will take up cancelled 737 Max slots as airlines show mixed confidence in the single-aisle airliner. United Airlines has recently said it doesn’t see the 737 Max as part of its future fleet plans and throwing doubts over an order for 250 of [read more]

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed that German carrier Eurowings is set to launch direct flights between the North West and Stuttgart, Germany from Spring 2024. Operating four times per week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays the service will be operated by an Airbus A319. Stuttgart will be the 8th [read more]

According to a report from AeroCloud, the intelligent airport management platform, over half of UK airports are worried about financial stability following the global pandemic. The “Getting on the runway to growth” report showed that 58% of UK airport leaders were concerned about their financial stability despite air traffic returning [read more]

Low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has secured its future at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) after signing as new long-term deal which will see it remain as Gatwick’s largest operator. The deal was announced as the LCC released its full year results which also included the news that easyJet was returning 3,000 slots [read more]

The Routes World 2023 show and exhibition hosted by iGA Istanbul Airport earlier this month has been hailed as a success by airlines and airports alike. This year’s event saw the world’s airlines, airports and tourism organisations welcomed to Istanbul to discuss route development, opportunities and tourism with a key [read more]