Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has proposed building a £528M (€600M) stadium in Bulgaria as part of its bid to operate Sofia Airport.
MAG submitted a bid for the 35-year contract to run the airport earlier this month, in a consortium with China’s Beijing Construction Engineering Group. A MAG spokesperson said that the…
Atkins is working with electric aircraft company Vertical Aerospace to develop intercity air taxi services.
Vertical Aerospace is one of the first companies in the world to build and fly a full scale, fully electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL), andhope to have one flying commercially by 2023. Vertical Aerospace…
Auckland Airport has unveiled its plan to expand its airfield, representing the next phase of its multi-billion pound infrastructure development programme designed to revitalise the airport over the next decade.
Over the next three years more than 250,000m2 of land is set to be converted into new airfield space at the…
A joint venture involving Pomerleau, SNC-Lavalin and Kiewit (PSK) has won the construction management contract for the £1.5bn upgrade of Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Canada.
Under the initial five-year contract, PSK will manage the programme’s design, assess constructability, and identify opportunities to optimise construction scheduling and phasing. PSK was awarded the contract…
Heathrow’s offsite construction and logistics hubs could also be used to facilitate Dublin Airport’s expansion, it has been revealed.
Bosses overseeing expansions at both Heathrow and Dublin said the idea of sharing offsite construction hubs is “being explored”, while speaking at New Civil Engineer’s Future of Airports conference. Heathrow bosses are…
Vinci has officially completed its takeover of Gatwick Airport, purchasing a 50.01% stake in the business.
The French contractor has said that it aims to continue with plans to grow the airport, after completing the deal thought to be around £2.9bn. In October last year, Gatwick Airport bosses unveiled a new…
Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) expansion plans are marching on after surviving five simultaneous legal challenges at the High Court mounted by rival bidders, environmentalists, London mayor Sadiq Khan and local councils.
In the end it was less of a survival and more of a trouncing as judges ruled against 26 grounds for challenge, with 21 not even held to be…
The Arora Group has launched the first stage of consultation on its proposals to develop Heathrow Airport.
The group is inviting feedback from the local community, residents, businesses, local interest groups, and other stakeholders, on its rival proposal to expansion plans by Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL). The consultation is set to last…
Galliford Try has begun work on a £4.4M project to build more aircraft parking space at East Midlands Airport (EMA).
At present, a large concrete area at the M1 end of the airfield is being widened to allow for up to four more aircraft to be parked at any one time.…
A group of High Court judges have rejected a legal challenge mounted against Heathrow Airport’s expansion plan.
Following a judicial review of the government’s National Policy Statement, High Court judges have supported Heathrow Airport Ltd’s expansion plans. The National Policy Statement was approved by MPs in June 2018, paving the way for…
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