Low-Cost Airline To Invest $US10-M For Subic Operations

September 17, 2009 | Airline Industry, Airports, Aviation

Pacific Pearl Airways (PPA), a private airline offering domestic and foreign chartered flights, has set up its home base at the Subic Bay International Airport (SBIA) here and said it plans to infuse US$10-million for its startup operations scheduled in December.
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Pittsburgh International Airport To Get $800K For Green Lighting

August 18, 2009 | Airline Service, Airports, Aviation

Pittsburgh International Airport has received an $800,000 grant to install “green” LED lighting at its parking lots, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato announced Monday.

The grant, from the Pensylvania Energy Development Authority, will allow the Allegheny County Airport Authority to replace 1,471 existing lights with high-efficiency LED fixtures in the long term and extended parking lots, and the three-level parking garage, according to a release from Onorato’s office.
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John F. Kennedy International Airport Now Operating With Sensis ASDE-X

Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X, a runway incursion detection and alerting system, is now operational at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Seventeen of the 35 airports to receive the technology through the FAA’s ASDE-X program are now operational. Read more

Shenzhen Airport Customs Provides Good Services , Buiding Bridge For Cross-Strait Flight

August 8, 2009 | Airports, Aviation

The press was informed from Shenzhen Customs that since December 15, 2008 when Shenzhen Baoan International Airport opened the cross-strait line, the business of the flight has been keeping a stable improvement, market becoming maturing , Read more