The growth trend at Dubai International Airport continues unabated, with passenger numbers reaching record levels during the first half of 2013. A total of 32.6 million passengers passed through the airport in the January-June period, the highest number handled in a six-month period in the history of the airport, according to Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) president Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Swiss International Air Lines is evaluating establishing its own terminal at its Zurich Airport hub to gain more independence from airport operator Flughafen Zurich AG.
Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, which is majority-owned by Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport, has officially inaugurated a new passenger terminal at Bulgaria’s Varna Airport.
A consortium of South Korean companies, headed up by Incheon International Airport Corp., has been selected as the preferred bidder to build and operate a second international airport to serve Myanmar capital Yangon. The Hanthawaddy International Airport will be built 48 miles northeast of Yangon at a cost of $11 billion.
SR Technics and Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), both members of the Mubadala Aerospace MRO network, have signed a long-term general terms agreement with Moog, which makes precision-control components.
HEICO’s net income increased 25% to a record $28.9 million, or 54 cents per diluted share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2013, up from $23.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2012.
Eastern Siberia’s Alrosa has chosen Lufthansa Technik to provide total component support for the four Boeing 737NGs that are replacing Alrosa’s Tupolev Ru-154s.
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have received US Department of Transportation (DOT) backing for their planned transatlantic joint venture (JV).
Vienna Labor and Social Affairs Court is questioning the legal validity of Austrian Airlines’ transfer of flight operations—which included a fleet of some 80 aircraft and 2,100 employees— to subsidiary Tyrolean Airways.
Irish regional Aer Lingus, which was looking to combine with another carrier in 2012, has more recently explored a variety of merger and acquisition scenarios, according to information released by the UK Competition Commission (UKCC).
Aegean Airlines has rebounded in its second-quarter performance, posting €17.7 million ($23 million) in net profit, a considerable turnaround from a loss of €13.5 million during the year-ago period.
China Eastern Airlines reported a first-half net profit of CNY763.3 million, down 23% compared to a net income of CNY995.1 million in the year-ago period, according to the carrier’s statement released by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Lufthansa Group is reportedly planning to cut costs by renegotiating its pension payment contracts for around 60,000 employees, who will be informed this week.
United Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation for authority to operate flights between San Francisco and Chengdu, the capital of China’s Sichuan province, starting next year.
