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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt today dedicated the new $72.6 million air traffic control tower and radar approach control at Memphis International Airport.  The new tower enables air traffic controllers to continue to provide the safest, most efficient service to both passenger and cargo flights.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $2 million grant to San Diego International Airport to reduce the use of conventional fuels at the airport to improve air quality.

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is on schedule with the $1.2 billion expansion of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport where the structural steel frame of the Concourse B extension is now visible.

Doha International Airport (DIA) today opened its brand new Terminal B – a dedicated departures facility for foreign airlines ahead of the busy summer holiday season.

A major earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand shut down the city’s airport and caused the evacuation of the country’s main air traffic control center, grounding flights nationwide.

DUBAI – Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport rose 15 percent in 2010 as the global economy picked up, and is poised to expand 11 percent this year, Dubai Airports said on Wednesday.

With security an imminent consideration in London because of the Olympic Games in 2012 and other reasons, the U.K. government is expected soon to announce a pilot program using the trust-based security (TBS) method at London Stansted Airport.

As many as 10 U.S. airports could be privatized by the end of the decade, predicts Greg Principato, president of Airports Council International-North America. Economic pressures on cities and states will drive local authorities to accept a buyout, leasing or other forms of privatization.

l Bateen Executive Airport (Stand C600) handled nearly 100 private aircraft movements during the recent Ethiad Airways Formula 1 Grand Prix in mid-November. While the peak traffic days were November 13 and 14 overall traffic increased 17 percent when compared with the number of aircraft handled during the 2009 race. Aircraft as large as a VIP Boeing 757 landed at Al Bateen, a former military airbase.

Moscow's Vnukovo Airport is to ban from operation early next year several aircraft types which cannot conform to stricter noise criteria.

Ryanair is planning to make significant changes to its current operating strategy, statements made by CEO Michael O’Leary indicate, by serving more of Europe's larger airports and moving away from discounting as much as in the past.

Operations by the largest business jets using Russia's Vnukovo airport in Moscow are likely to be affected by a runway closure for maintenance as early as October, but most flights will be maintained.

President Barack Obama on Sept. 6 unveiled a massive new infrastructure spending proposal that will encompass airports and air-traffic control modernization, as well as giving new impetus to the concept of a national infrastructure bank.

HUNDREDS of lives are being put at risk by the growing number of cases of people using dazzling laser pens to target planes flying into and out of Southampton Airport.

Irish budget carrier Ryanair is closing its base at Belfast City Airport, blaming its decision on delays to a proposed runway extension.

Stymied in expanding at New York LaGuardia airport, Southwest Airlines has secured another chance to broaden its New York scope through an agreement to lease 18 slot pairs at Newark airport from United and Continental.

UAE (Dubai) - Dubai International started the second half of the year on a positive note as Dubai Airports reported monthly passenger numbers that eclipsed the elusive four-million mark for the first time, according to Press Release.