A Day in the life of an Airport FireFighters
Airport firefighters in many countries are specially trained in hot fire emergency response in which increasingly sophisticated specialist training rigs are used. The sight to be seen at the training facility of Munich Airport’s fire department is like one out of a...
Sphinx International Airport received first charter flight from Jordan
Sphinx International Airport Sphinx International Airport (IATA: SPX, ICAO: HESX) is a public airport, serving the city of Giza, on the western side of Cairo, Egypt. The airport is adjacent to and shares some infrastructure with the Cairo West Air Base. It is located...
AVB AWARDS 2019 WINNER: Dubai International-Technology Innovation
Dubai International was crowned the winner of the Technology Innovation of the Year category. This award recognizes specific technology innovations in the Middle East that have a direct impact on aviation operations About Dubai International Since it opened in 1960,...
When Will Berlin’s Brandenburg Airport Finally Open?
The seemingly doomed Brandenburg Airport may finally be ready to open, following a meeting of its management company. The Supervisory Board of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH, tasked with overseeing construction of the hugely delayed airport, held a meeting on...
Are Driverless Vehicles The Future At Airports?
In an age where everything from baggage systems to check-in desks is becoming automated. What might come next? it’s like the answer could be driverless vehicles to drive aircraft on the runways. British Airways is already using driverless Vehicles to push their...
Dublin Airport installs automatic visual docking guidance system
The new automatic visual docking guidance system will cut back delays through faster turnarounds. While simultaneously heightening safety, as part of Eurocontrol’s Europe-wide initiative. Dublin airport is installing the new system (AVDGS) on all aircraft contact...
Runway Lights Color & Spacing Explained
If you’ve been to any major airport at night, you may have noticed on the runway there are a lot of different kinds of lights, ranging from flashing white or pulsating yellow to steady red and even blue. And the lights are spaced at defined intervals. Runway...
Ice Runway Registered & Approved by FAA
Looking for a winter adventure in your airplane? how about landing on the sole ice runway charted by the Federal Aviation Agency in the lower 48? Here’s what you need to know… The Airport During the winter months, the Alton Bay Ice Runway and Seaplane Base...
What is the Best Airport in New York to Fly into?
New York is a bustling metropolitan city, with three major airports servicing the area but which airport of them is considered to be the best to fly into? Two are international airports while the third operates primarily short- and medium-haul flights. These airports...
Why Holding Stacks Is So Important to the Busiest Airports?
Let’s begin from the start! The definition of holding (or flying a hold) in aviation field means that some manoeuvres of airplane before the landing. Incoming airplane should generally be stacked when an aircraft that has arrived at their destination however cannot...
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