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Verizon, UPS, and Skyward announce connected drone delivery
Skyward, A Verizon company, and UPS Flight Forward announced at CES 2021 collaborative efforts to deliver retail products with drones connected to Verizon 4G LTE, as well as 5G testing and integration for delivery.
New MD appointed at Gloucestershire Airport
Prior to her new role, Karen Taylor was a driving force for establishing funding for airport improvements
Lidar crowd analytics set to make airports safer
The Indoor Lab and Cepton have partnered up to create anonymised crowd perception technology
Loganair announces Isle of Man summer schedule
New routes to Manchester and Birmingham are set to begin in April, as well as seasonal flights to Jersey
Avinor hit with major passenger losses in 2020
The company lost six out of every 10 passengers last year, with Oslo facing the harshest impact
Orlando named busiest US departure airport over Christmas
Almost 900,000 passengers flew from MCO, exceeding previous expectations
COVID testing campaign inaugurated at Frankfurt
Staff from three major cargo handling companies have been tested to increase safety
ENAV AWARDED CONTRACT IN COLOMBIA
ENAV, through its subsidiary IDS AirNav – global provider of aeronautical information management systems – has been awarded a contract worth 1.95 million euro in Colombia to provide the Colombian air navigation service provider (UAEAC
First military Remote Digital Tower in the United States completes Systems Operation and Verification Test
The Frequentis Remote Digital Tower (RDT) system for the DoD has been installed, configured for use, and is currently under assessment. RDT provides military air traffic controllers with an enhanced, digital “out-the-window” view incorporating a
Rome airports become first to pass Health Measures Audit Programme
Both Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino receive congratulations from ACI
Hamburg Airport faces toughest year in its history
Numbers are down, but introduction of Covid-19 vaccine gives hope that passenger numbers will begin to recover
Air traffic back down to 1980s levels
The volume of air traffic in Germany has more than halved as a result of the coronavirus crisis. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH recorded a total of 1.46 million take-offs, landings and overflights under instrument flight
London Southend awarded post-Brexit trade grant
Out of 53 applications for the port infrastructure fund, Southend was one of only two airports to be awarded the financial aid
Daa International Set to Operate New Red Sea Airport
The project's completion is set for 2030 and will be solely powered by renewable energy
Russia developing technology to integrate drones into common airspace
On December 21, 2020 the technical design stage of the Russian Unmanned aircraft system Traffic Management (RUTM1) was completed and the project team demonstrated the UAV’s onboard module and the operability of various services for UAV, including the service for automatic conflict resolution in real time.