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    Birmingham Airport announced (12-May-2026) Aspire Pre-Flight Hospitality plans to open an extended, upgraded and fully refurbished 135-seat Aspire Lounge at Gate 1 for summer 2026. The company also plans to open a new lounge location featuring:

    • Luxe by Aspire: A 104-seat space providing business and upscale leisure facilities within an exclusive, private area;
    • Suite by Aspire: A 52-seat offering "crafted for the most discerning travellers" and featuring exclusivity, à la carte menus and personal table-side service. [more - original PR]

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    Birmingham Airport previously announced it planned to open an executive lounge and three new F&B outlets in the Departures Lounge, phased through 2026, including a 363sqm Wagamama between Gates one and 20.1 Birmingham also unveiled extended boarding gate lounges at Gates 58 to 60 under its largest annual capital investment plan, involving GBP76.5 million over 12 months from May-2025.2 Aspire’s tiered lounge concepts, including Luxe and The Suite, were introduced at Newcastle after a refurbishment and expansion.3

    Dublin Airport reported (12-May-2026) Qatar Airways plans to increase Doha-Dublin frequency from 12 to 14 times weekly, commencing mid May-2026, further increasing frequency to 17 times weekly from mid Jun-2026. The airport also confirmed Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways are operating twice daily Dubai-Dublin and Abu Dhabi-Dublin services, respectively. [more - original PR]

    Background ✨

    Dublin Airport said Middle East connectivity was set to rise further in winter 2025/26, with Emirates planning to lift Dubai International-Dublin from twice to three times daily and Etihad to operate Abu Dhabi-Dublin up to 11 times weekly.1 Dublin was also included in Qatar Airways’ wider winter 2025/26 frequency increases, with Doha-Dublin planned to grow from 14 to 17 times weekly from 02-Dec-2025.2 3

    Paphos International Airport reported (12-May-2026) an increase in passenger numbers of 6% year-on-year to 3.84 million in 2025. The second phase of the terminal expansion is underway, with the airport's handling capacity expected to increase to five million passengers p/a following the project's completion. Unserved destinations from the airport include Frankfurt Airport, Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, Madrid Barajas Airport, Nuremberg Albrecht Durer Airport, Leipzig/Halle Airport and Copenhagen Kastrup Airport. [more - Aviation Week]

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    Hermes Airports reported Cyprus’ airports handled 13.75 million passengers in 2025 (+12% year-on-year), with Paphos at 3.84 million (+5%) and Larnaca at 9.91 million (+14%), supported by 60 airlines operating 160 routes to 41 markets, led by the UK, Greece, Israel, Poland and Germany1. Hermes Airports said Paphos’ second-phase expansion works included a 30% terminal enlargement and taxiway extension, with surface access disruption from 03-Nov-2025 to 08-Dec-20252. Hermes Airports outlined EUR75 million of Paphos upgrades, scheduled for completion within 18 months, alongside a wider EUR170 million programme across both Cypriot airports3.

    Larnaca International Airport Glafcos Clerides handled (12-May-2026) 9.9 million passengers in 2025, up 15% year-on-year and up 21% compared to 2019 levels. The second phase of terminal's expansion works is underway, with the airport's handling capacity expected to increase to 12.5 million passengers p/a following the project's completion. The list of unserved routes from Larnaca Airport includes Dublin Airport, Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport, Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport, Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, Zagreb Airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, Nantes Atlantique Airport, Nuremberg Albrecht Durer Airport, Bremen Airport Hans Koschnick, Dresden Airport, Cologne/Bonn Airport and Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport. [more - Aviation Week]

    Background ✨

    Hermes Airports said Cyprus' airports handled 13.75 million passengers in 2025, up 12% year-on-year, with 60 airlines operating 160 routes to 41 markets; key source markets were the UK, Greece, Israel, Poland and Germany.1 Hermes confirmed a EUR170 million second-phase development programme at Larnaca and Paphos, including a 20,000sqm Larnaca terminal expansion, with construction scheduled for completion within 30 months.2 3

    London Stansted Airport reported (12-May-2026) it handled 2.6 million passengers in Apr-2026, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year and a new record for the month of April. The most popular countries during the month were Spain, Italy and Türkiye, with the top individual destinations being Dublin, Istanbul and Edinburgh. The airport reported the conflict in the Middle East "did impact some services", including twice daily Emirates service to Dubai. Airport operations director Nick Millar stated: "Even with a record number of passengers using London Stansted in April, I'm delighted we were able to deliver a really very strong operational performance, both on the airfield and in the terminal". [more - original PR]

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    London Stansted Airport reported Mar-2026 traffic fell 1.5% YoY to 2.3 million, although it still marked the airport’s second busiest March and capped its busiest ever winter season with 10.6 million passengers across Nov-2025 to Mar-20261. Airport operations director Nick Millar said the summer schedule began with Turkish Airlines joining, plus new easyJet services to Paris and Ryanair flights to Malmo, following strong Easter demand1.

    Tecnam and Saint Barth Executive deployed (12-May-2026) Tecnam P2012 STOL aircraft on Sint Maarten-Saint Barthelemy service on 30-Apr-2026. [more - original PR]

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    Tecnam continued to place the P2012 family with operators globally, including delivering a P2012 Traveller to Aerovías DAP on 02-Apr-2026 for Porvenir services1. In the Caribbean, Tecnam previously planned a third P2012 STOL delivery to Air Inter Iles for its Guadeloupe–Saint Barthélemy VIP operation, which ran three times daily and rose to six in high season2.

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    Riyadh Air applied (05-May-2026) to the US Department of Transportation (DoT) for an exemption authority and a foreign air carrier permit to operate scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail between Saudi Arabia and the US. [more - original PR]

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    Riyadh Air previously received its air operator certificate from Saudi Arabia's GACA, after earlier planning domestic and international non-commercial flights while working towards AOC approval.1 2 It also signed a strategic cooperation MoU with Delta Air Lines covering interline and codeshare links and exploring a future direct US-Riyadh service, subject to regulatory approvals.3 Riyadh Air launched daily Riyadh-London Heathrow service on 26-Oct-2025.4

    Travelport group VP and global head of travel partners Damian Hickey, speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition, stated (24-Apr-2026) that in order for New Distribution Capability (NDC) to deliver its promised return on investment (ROI), the aviation industry needs "to have the courage to actually move beyond where we are today", to simplify, unify and modernise its technology and platforms. Mr Hickey commented: "NDC has absorbed years of investment… but many are still asking 'where's the payoff?'". He noted that airlines have each implemented NDC differently, with unique integrations through different APIs, schemes, standards, service rules and workflows. Mr Hickey stated: "While NDC was meant to simplify, it's just got a lot more complicated". He said: "Normalisation can become that economic engine to unlock profitability and generate that return on investment". [more - CAPA TV]

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