Air traffic controllers say airport is not ready for safe operations
Air traffic controllers, a specialised workforce without whom no airport can function, have voiced serious apprehensions on whether the Bangalore international airport can commence operations on March 30.
A senior controller with 17 years of experience told The Hindu, “We can perhaps meet the target in […]

A foot of snow buried parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys early Saturday, shutting down travel and many public events.Blizzard warnings remained in effect in Ohio, with winter storm warnings from Tennessee to upstate New York and northern Maine. Wind up to 35 mph whipped the snow and cut visibility to less than a […]

Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has awarded the licences for the ground handling-operations at South Africa’s airports to Menzies Africa and BidAir Services, and has said that a third licence will be awarded by June.
The appointment of BidAir Services and Menzies Aviation follows a drive by Acsa in 2005 to improve ground-handling operations at airports. […]

System needed to support 12 million passengers a year
Plans to serve more than 12-million passengers traveling through Southwest Florida International Airport by 2018 also include handling more baggage than ever before.
In the complex world of airline baggage handling, experience with post 9/11 rules, regulations and complex equipment ranked high with the airport’s Special Management […]