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New control tower for Salzburg airport
March 9, 2010
Salzburg Airport is to get a new 10 million Euro control tower. The airport will build the 45-metre tower together with federal air traffic control agency Austro Control. The new tower will be located 30 metres west of the present one, which is 40 years old. Construction will begin in early 2011, and the tower will go into service at the end of 2012.
The new tower will have state-of-the-art flight safety technology giving it the same standards as Vienna International Airport. New navigation aids will also be installed.
Carmanah and ADB Expand Partnership Globally
March 9, 2010
Carmanah Technologies Corporation and ADB Airfield Solutions are expanding their partnership agreement to include Europe, South America, the Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific. The new agreement links Carmanah and ADB worldwide, enabling both companies to proceed with a global partnership focused on complementing ADB's line of airfield lighting products with a range of solar powered LED airfield lights manufactured by Carmanah.
In November of 2009, Carmanah and ADB Airfield Solutions LLC (Ohio) announced a partnership to provide a line of solar LED airfield lighting in North America and the Caribbean. With sales and marketing activities well underway in this region, ADB and Carmanah will now work together to deliver an ADB-branded line of solar LED airfield lights to ADB’s worldwide customer base.
Servisair Wins Kuwait Airways Ground Handling Contract at Heathrow
March 9, 2010
Servisair has won a contract to provide ground handling for Kuwait Airways at London Heathrow’s Terminal 4, effective 14th April 2010.
The multi-year contract covers full passenger and ramp handling for the carrier’s daily flights to Kuwait and their three transiting flights to New York. The routes are operated by B772, A342 and A343 aircraft.
Edmonton's City Centre Airport design contest set to start
March 8, 2010
An international design competition for the controversial redevelopment of Edmonton's City Centre Airport is scheduled to start at the end of March. The city plans to invite architects and planners to transform the land into an "ecologically-advanced, transit-oriented" community.
The development, which will be home to 30,000 people, will include a mix of medium and high density housing, as well as business and residential developments. It aims to use 100 per cent renewable energy.
The proposals are expected to be submitted by the end of the year. Each will be judged by a selection committee, which will then choose the successful design.
Edmonton city council decided in July 2009 on a phased closure of the City Centre Airport. One of the airport's two runways is scheduled to close in August. A timeline for closing the second runway has not yet been established.
Two lawsuits have been launched against the city to keep the airport open one filed by the Edmonton Flying Club and another by businesses based at the airport. Trial dates have not been set.
Qantas to build first trigeneration plant at Sydney Airport
March 4, 2010
Australia’s Qantas Airways and GridX Power have signed an agreement to build the first significantly-sized trigeneration plant in New South Wales. The proposed 9.6 MW plant, to be fuelled with natural gas, will provide electricity, chilled water and hot water to Qantas at Sydney Airport Domestic Terminal 3, Qantas Jetbase and the Qantas catering facility. Emissions of carbon dioxide from Qantas' operations associated with its use of electricity will be reduced by around 50%, says GridX, and the trigeneration plant will also relieve pressure on the main electricity grid at times of peak and shoulder use.
Site works are due to commence at Sydney Airport in September, under a 15-year build, own, operate and maintain arrangement with GridX, and the scheduled completion date is July 2011,.
Jet fuel contract for Baltia Air Lines at St. Petersburg
March 3, 2010
Baltia Air Lines, Inc. has entered into a fuel agreement with SOVEX for the purchase and delivery of jet fuel at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg.
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