London Heathrow airport's new control tower went fully operational on 21 April, according to UK air traffic services provider NATS. This will prepare Heathrow for the operational opening of the new Terminal 5 next March. The new tower is "paperless"- meaning controllers no longer use paper flight-progress strips. Heathrow approach control is a few kilometres away at West Drayton, but this function will move to Swanwick later this year.
Source: Flight International
American Airlines’ operations were disrupted by a nationwide ground stop on the morning of 24 December, the height of the winter holiday air travel period.
Australia’s Jetstar Airways has increased the number of aircraft based in New Zealand, as part of long-term expansion plans in the country.
Ukrainian carrier SkyUp Airlines is to open a Moldovan base from which it will operate several routes to European destinations. SkyUp will conduct the services through its Maltese arm, SkyUp MT, which secured certification last year. It will offer flights under SkyUp MT’s ‘U5’ designator code from the Moldovan capital ...
