Tag: Infrastructure

Fulton County to make $6mn upgrades ahead of 2026 World Cup

Fulton County to make $6mn upgrades ahead of 2026 World Cup

Fulton County Executive Airport is set to undergo a multi-million-dollar infrastructure project ahead of the 2026 World Cup.   The airport, located in Atlanta, Georgia, has received a $6mn FAA grant to upgrade the existing runway and build a new customs facility.   The project is expected t...

Skyports and Parkin partner to shape the future of transport infrastructure in Dubai

Parkin Company PJSC, the largest provider of paid public parking facilities and services in Dubai, has today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with Skyports Infrastructure, the leader in the development and operation of vertiport infrastructure for the advanced air mobility (“...

Lilium signs infrastructure partnership with Galaxy FBO

Lilium is today debuting the Lilium Jet, at fully electric jet that can take off and land vertically, to the U.S. market. The Lilium Jet is designed and optimized for regional travel with an aerodynamic shape and ducted electric fans that prioritize efficiency and speed during forward flight. ...

ExecuJet to prepare its FBOs for eVTOL Lilium Jet

ExecuJet to prepare its FBOs for eVTOL Lilium Jet

eVTOL developer Lilium and private air charter company Luxaviation Group will expand their partnership to prepare ExecuJet's FBOs for the Lilium Jet.   Lilium announced this expansion will "unlock and leverage" ExecuJet’s network of fixed based operations (FBOs) - together with newly develope...

INTERVIEW: Pipistrel’s Tine Tomažič navigates the infrastructure challenges posed by the electrification of private air travel

'Sustainability' is a word the aviation industry knows all too well. In commercial aviation, airlines are committing to sustainable aviation fuel programmes in order to meet government or agency imposed mandates. For airside operations, OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) are increasingly beginn...

Gatwick Airport sign - RAAC concrete story

Gatwick and Heathrow airports found to have RAAC concrete

RAAC has been found onsite at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, amid the school concrete crisis. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), which is estimated to have a lifespan around 30 years, is less durable than traditional concrete and has been used in the construction of public sector buil...

London Oxford Airport continues its investment in infrastructure

London Oxford Airport is stepping up its infrastructure projects to support its historic general aviation (light aircraft /pilot training) customers and its expanding commercial business aviation activity.  The latter experienced more growth in 2021 in percentage terms than other UK peer airports ...

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