John Walton

This feature from the January-February 2019 edition of Australian Aviation looks at the lessons learned from Typhoon Jebi’s impact on Osaka Kansai Airport.

Two residents of the town next to London Gatwick are under arrest in connection with the days-long disruption to London’s second airport.

After a day of attempting to return to normal, given the number of flights disrupted by unknown individuals operating drones in proximity to London’s Gatwick Airport, the airfield was again closed due to drone activity at approximately 1700 on Friday UK time, reopening approximately an hour later.

The UK’s second busiest airport, London Gatwick, was completely closed after one or more drones of what UK aviation minister Liz Sugg called “industrial specification” were flown in critical flightpaths and over the airport.

In this November 2018 story from Australian Aviation magazine, John Walton looks at how technology will radically change the airport experience.

The long-haul, low-cost carrier has been an Australasian and Asia Pacific success story, as a region with exploding travel demand meets the needs of a widening range of passengers with new generations of aircraft – plus new takes on what an airline is, and how to run it