- Wizz Air Plane Catches Fire at Romanian Airport[May 30, 2007]
On May 30, a Wizz Air Airbus A318 caught fire at an airport in Bucharest, but all the 76 passengers on board were evacuated safely, state news agency Rompres said.
- New Qantas First Lounges - The Best in The World[May 10, 2007]
Qantas First class customers are being treated to a range of luxuries from chair-side waiter service to complimentary spa treatments at the airline's new First lounges in Sydney and Melbourne.
- SITA CUSS Kiosks Major Part of IT Revamp at South Korea's Incheon International Airport[May 22, 2007]
Already voted World's Best Airport for the last two years in the Airports Council International annual passenger surveys, South Korea's Incheon International Airport is taking service provision to an even higher level with the deployment of SITA's new self-service kiosk for passenger check-in. Several airlines will participate as part of a three-year, multi-million dollar investment plan by the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC).
- Qantas Announces New Melbourne-Shanghai Service[May 29, 2007]
On May 29, Qantas announced it would introduce a new service between Melbourne and Shanghai, offering two flights a week on the route from March 2008.
- Expansion of SITA's VHF Air Ground Communications to Enhance Indian Air Traffic Control Services[May 18, 2007]
On May 18, SITA announced that it is working with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy an additional 17 VHF ground stations at the nation's airports to allow Indian airlines and the AAI to exchange real-time data with aircraft that will enable increased safety and efficiency of operations in the country's increasingly crowded skies.
- Chinese Entrepreneur Buys into German Airport[May 24, 2007]
Pang Yuliang, an entrepreneur from central China's Henan Province and board chairman of the logistics company Linde Group, has entered the history books by becoming the first Chinese person to acquire the permanent operating rights of an airport in Europe.
- CSIA Becomes First Indian Airport to Install SITA's Airport Management System[May 03, 2007]
On May 3, 2007, Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL) announced that it is going live with India's first modern airport management system at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA), Mumbai.
- Grob Aerospace Establishes US Entity to Support Spn Customers[May 21, 2007]
Grob Aerospace is establishing a US entity to provide a complete, world-class ownership experience to North American customers of its all-new composite light business jet, the spn, the company announced on May 21. The move reflects the fact that approximately half the spn customer base to date, as well as three-quarters of the world's business aircraft fleet, is US-based.
- Venezuela Names Three Airports for Copa America Tournament[May 23, 2007]
On May 22, Venezuela's Infrastructure Ministry unveiled plans to upgrade three airports for use as international airports for the Copa America tournament between June 15 and July 25.
- Israeli Plane Makes Emergency Landing[May 23, 2007]
An Israeli plane with 163 passengers on board made an emergency landing at a Berlin airport and a terror attack can not be ruled out, an airport spokeswoman said on May 23.