King Salman International Airport Development Company (KSIADC) has selected Jacobs, Mace and Foster + Partners to design and build the 57 km2, six-runway airport development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The expansion of London City Airport from 6.5M to 9M passengers per annum has been approved by the government, subject to conditions including a ban on some weekend flights.
The TransiT Hub (Transit) has secured £46M to explore digital twinning for the decarbonisation of transport, including futuristic projects such as electric roads.
Only £3.6M has been invested into UK spaceports by the UK Space Agency (UKSA) under its launch budget in the last five years, despite ambitions to become the European leader in small satellite launches, NCE can reveal.
The government’s policies on space have been criticised in a value-for-money report produced by the National Audit Office (NAO) which evaluated the work of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA).
The new Labour government has arrived in Number 10 – we look at the decisions relating to infrastructure such as energy, transport and planning that need resolving by the new ministers.
A new spaceport will be developed in Las Vegas following approval from the USA’s Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
A group of 27 Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists were arrested on 28 June on suspicion of plans to interfere with key national infrastructure and disrupt UK airports.
The nature of post-Covid recovery for the UK aviation sector will put pressure on capital projects, British Aviation Group (BAG) deputy chair Jane Thompson has warned.
The Liberal Democrats’ election manifesto has pledged a crack down on the aviation industry and a significant boost for rail travel if elected.
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