Airservices Australia has started the first phase of an upgrade to the Instrument Landing System at Alice Springs Airport. The existing 18 year old ILS on runway 12 at the airport will be progressively upgraded over the next four months, with the new ILS to be brought into service by late September. “ILS is a
Virgin Australia has commenced work on a significant refurbishment of its domestic terminal at Melbourne Airport, which it says will bring the facility into line with the airline’s new branding. “Melbourne is one of our busiest domestic airports and we serve over seven million guests every year – more than 19,000 every single day,” said
Long planned Boeing 787 services between Houston and Auckland have apparently fallen victim to airline arm wrestling over Houston’s airports. The 787 services, which was to have been operated by United Airlines (after its merger with Continental Airlines), were originally scheduled to commence in 2011 but had already been pushed back due to long delays
A French airport is launching a trial run of a mobile phone check-in system using SIM card based Near Field Communication technology. The trial, involving 50 passengers at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, will use Blackberry smartphones equipped with NFC radios that allow short-range communication with other NFC-enabled devices. The phone will effectively become the passengers’ boarding pass
Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has approved Gold Coast Airport’s 20-year Master Plan but says the airport must do a better job communicating with the public about aircraft noise and other issues. “I expect to see genuine engagement with the community as Gold Coast Airport develops in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games,” Albanese said
The federal government will move ahead with a “detailed investigation” into building a second Sydney airport in Wilton, but stopped short of endorsing that option. Transport Minister Anthony Albanese announced the plans today, saying the inquiry would include “preliminary economic, social and environmental studies.” Albanese said a decision on whether to go ahead with an
