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Changi's Newest Treasure

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Changi Airport's $1.2 billion Terminal 3 is a sight to behold, especially the green wall.

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T5 Prepares to Go Live

By Anne Paylor

More than 15 years and £4.3 billion in the making, London Heathrow's Terminal 5 opens at the end of this month as the UK's largest free-standing building and British Airways' new home.

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BA: OpenSkies still on track for mid-June launch

Friday May 16, 2008

British Airways said speculation that it will defer the launch of OpenSkies, its new transatlantic subsidiary, to later this year or cancel the project "is not true." [more]

ATA sees challenging summer for delays despite falling traffic

Wednesday May 14, 2008

US air travelers should expect another "challenging summer," Air Transport Assn. President and CEO James May said yesterday in Washington, while adding that "it is our expectation that delays will improve over last summer." [more]

Heathrow MD Bullock to resign

Wednesday May 14, 2008

London Heathrow MD Mark Bullock will leave BAA, the airport operator said, noting that he had "chosen to leave." He will be replaced by Mike Brown, currently COO of the London Underground train system, in September. It is unclear if Bullock will remain on the job through the summer or if an interim MD will hold the post until Brown arrives. Last month, British Airways announced the departure of Operations Director Gareth Kirkwood and Customer Services Director David Noyes following the troubled opening of LHR's Terminal 5.

Wednesday May 14, 2008

Vancouver Airport Authority yesterday said it entered into a "partnership" with Citi Infrastructure Investors, a unit of Citigroup, "to jointly pursue the sourcing, funding and maximization of potential airport opportunities through YVR Airport Services." Under the terms of the agreement, CII will acquire 50% of YVRAS, which "will become CII's exclusive platform for investing in airport assets."

Virgin America wants to add Chicago O'Hare to its network

Tuesday May 13, 2008

Virgin America said yesterday that it will seek government approval to serve Chicago O'Hare and hopes to launch flights to ORD from San Francisco and Los Angeles later this year. Chicago would be the eighth city in its network. "With legacy airlines representing 99% of the domestic departures at O'Hare and low-cost airlines only representing 1%, Virgin America intends to add some healthy competition to the market," the carrier said. "We want to be part of O'Hare's future."

Tuesday May 13, 2008

Lufthansa Cargo, AiRUnion and Krasnoyarsk's Yemelyanova Airport signed an MOU establishing a strategic cooperation that will result in LHC's shift from Astana, where it currently stops on flights to/from Asia (ATWOnline, March 24). The airport and service companies operating at Yemelyanova promised to make necessary investments, including an upgrade of the CAT II instrument landing system scheduled be completed and certified by year end. Test flights are scheduled to start in June and full operations should begin next year.

Tuesday May 13, 2008

Menzies Aviation said it signed a contract with Orient Thai Airlines to provide ramp handling services for 747Fs at Hong Kong International. OX operates five freighter flights per week to HKG. Menzies also provides ramp handling services to OX's passenger aircraft at HKG.

BA to begin long-haul T5 transfer as under-fire BAA gets £400 million injection

Monday May 12, 2008

British Airways will begin shifting long-haul flights to London Heathrow's Terminal 5 next month, it said in a joint statement with airports operator BAA. [more]

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