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Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority GM Jayjay Neri, speaking at Routes Asia 2025, stated (26-Mar-2025) the airport's new parallel runway should be operational by late May-2025 or Jun-2025. Once the new runway opens, the airport will close its main runway for repairs. Following the repairs, the runways will be able to operate simultaneously, increasing capacity by approximately 25%, which Mr Neri expects will reduce waiting times, speed up taxiing, reduce the airport's carbon footprint and save costs for airlines.

Perth Airport chief commercial and aviation officer Kate Holsgrove, speaking at Routes Asia 2025, confirmed (26-Mar-2025) the airport is targeting completion of its new terminal in 2031 and works on its new parallel runway will "start imminently".

Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority GM Jayjay Neri, speaking at Routes Asia 2025, stated (26-Mar-2025) the airport's domestic-domestic hub connectivity is now in full operation. The airport plans to launch domestic-international connectivity for same airline connections in the coming months and offer domestic-international hub connections across all airlines by the end of 2025. Mr Neri said Mactan-Cebu International Airport will be the first airport in the Philippines to enable such connectivity.

Cebu Pacific group director operations contracts and asset management Rohan Kapoor, speaking at Routes Asia 2025, stated (26-Mar-2025) the airline has "a lot of flexibility with Airbus" on its upcoming A320neo Family aircraft deliveries. As previously reported by CAPA, the airline announced an MoU for up to 152 A320neo Family aircraft in Jul-2024 and firmed up orders for 70 A321neos in Oct-2024. Mr Kapoor said the first of these deliveries is expected close to 2029, but he added that the carrier will continue to take deliveries from its existing order book in the meantime. He said Cebu Pacific aims to transition to an all neo fleet by "around the end of this decade", subject to supply chain challenges.

UK NATS deployed (26-Mar-2025) Leidos' Intelligent Approach runway approach tool at London Gatwick Airport (LGW). The solution separates approaching aircraft by dynamically calculated time-based intervals, allowing air traffic controllers to safely reduce the gaps between arriving aircraft in strong headwinds to maintain the landing rate. The resulting reduction in airline fuel burn is predicted to save between 11,000 and 19,000 tonnes of CO2 p/a. LGW COO Mark Johnston said the technology will "provide more reliable landing times for our aircraft and will minimise delays". The airport is the first single runway airport to utilise the technology. [more - original PR]

Embraer reported (26-Mar-2025) Helvetic Airways operated a service between Zurich and London City Airport with an E195-E2 on behalf of SWISS. The service is the first time the carrier has operated an E195-E2 at London City. Helvetic Airways CEO Tobias Pogorevc stated: "We are proud to be the first airline to bring the larger E195-E2 to London City Airport following its premiere with the E190-E2 in 2021. This makes us the only airline in the world to land at London City with three different Embraer aircraft". [more - original PR]