Aviation News

NATS, has handled its 1,000,000th flight of 2006.
Jun 16, 2006
Author: press release


This milestone reflects the continued growth in UKflights in the first five months of the year. In May, NATS handled 213,288 flights, an increase of 3.9 per cent over the same month last year.

SITA expands into the Greek market with Athens International Airport
Jun 16, 2006
Author: Press Release


SITA, the market leader in the provision of IT solutions to the world’s leading airports, today announced details of a partnership with Athens International Airport (AIA) as SITA continues to develop the $2 billion mass airport market by creating a global network of resellers.

BA World Cargo launches New premium products
Jun 16, 2006
Author: press release


BA World Cargo has today announced the launch of two new premium products, set to form a key offering of the newly named £15m 'Premia' premium facility at London Heathrow.

Swissport Aviation Security (Checkport),
Jun 15, 2006
Author: Press Release


Swissport Aviation Security (Checkport), a product line of Swissport International, the world’s Number 1 ground handler starts to provide full security services including passenger profiling for US carriers outside the States.

American Science and Engineering, Inc (AS&E)
Jun 15, 2006
Author: Press Release


Visitors to this year´s Airport Build & Supply Exhibition will see the new SmartCheck Personnel Screening System in action.

Case Studies

Airport Development


African Aviation: Should Governments own their own airlines ? 268kb

Air Traffic Control


Federal Aviation Administration: Meeting Sky-High Storage Needs 295kb
Aviation Electronics Leader Soars with Reactivity 105kb
For IAI, it’s critical to give pilots aviation-specific weather data thatcovers both local and national weather conditions. 68kb
EDS, FAA team to boost industry safety and convenience 299kb
Era AviationLake Charles, Louisiana 87kb

Design & Construction


HOCHTIEF augments Management in the business segment of privately financed infrastructure 87kb
AirPort: New terminal opens up growth prospects 87kb

Ground & Cargo Handling


Aircraft maintenance… by specialists for specialists 194kb
Logistic Services International, USA 251kb
Wearable Computing for Aircraft Maintenance 367kb

IT & Communications


BROADBAND APPLICATIONS TO AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SAFETY 32kb
Maximizing network performance while reducing cost andenhancing customer service 303kb
Integrating voice and data in the information age 208kb
Working together to securely offload lower-priority network traffic onto the Internet 193kb
Raytheon Aircraft Company 254kb
Allowing the counselor to concentrate on customer service 121kb
EDS axsMaintenance flies Lufthansa CityLine to success 118kb
Transforming the oldest North American airline into a next-generation agile enterprise 130kb
Association transforms members’ operations by enhancing its own 100kb
Comair resolves logistical challenges with SITA’s FleetWatch® 42kb
SITA Passenger and Travel Solutions1provided us with a ready-to-gosolution to our information retrieval problems. 113kb
British Airways streamlines its cateringsupply chain with SITA’s Aerocater 412kb

Security & Safety


Aviation security poses unique challenges to the security manager. 545kb
Aging Aircraft, Computational Materials Institute, Cornell University 298kb

Special Reports


Aviation and global climate change 562kb
BROKEN PROMISES: 4 Airports, 4 Communities, 1 Environment 301kb
FROM PLANES TO TRAINS: Realising the potential from shifting short-haul flights to rail 536kb