Air Transport Command
United States Army Air Forces command responsible for transport and ferrying aircraft
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| 2025 | LAX/Metro Transit Center station is scheduled to be completed, connecting to the terminal area by the APM. |
| 2025 | Renovation of Terminal 6 is scheduled to be completed. |
| 2025 | LAX Automated People Mover (APM) project is scheduled to begin operation, connecting terminal areas, parking facilities, and transit centers. |
| 2025 | Expansion of the Midfield Satellite Concourse to add 8 gates is scheduled for completion. |
| 2025 | Future plans include constructing Terminals 4, 5, and 6 to increase airport's annual passenger capacity to 100 million, with international flights to be transferred to these new terminals and Terminal 3 dedicated to domestic traffic. |
| 2025 | Expected completion of the new railway line connecting Belgrade city center and Nikola Tesla Airport, following an anticipated 18-month construction period starting in 2024. |
| 2024 | A suicide attack occurred at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, resulting in multiple fatalities. |
| 2024 | LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility was completed, connected to the terminal area by the LAX Automated People Mover. |
| 2024 | LAX served 76,587,980 passengers, representing a 2.04% increase from the previous year. |
| 2024 | Achieved a record of 73.6 million passengers in the financial year, the highest in the airport's history. |
| 2024 | Original scheduled completion date for the Bijwasan railway station redevelopment project, which remains unoperational as of the current date. |
| 2024 | Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure announces plans to construct a new railway line connecting Belgrade city center with Nikola Tesla Airport, with construction scheduled to begin this year. |
| 2024 | Air Serbia plans to open a new Premium Lounge next to gate C10, which will be twice the size of the existing lounge and accommodate up to 160 guests simultaneously. |
| December 2024 | Introduction of 20 eGates for passport control (10 in departures and 10 in arrivals), expanding automated entry/exit processes. |
| December 16 2024 | Indira Gandhi International Airport became the first in India to connect directly to 150 airports/destinations, launching a Thai AirAsia X direct flight between Delhi and Bangkok's Don Mueang airport. |
| September 2024 | Airport market share data reflects dominance of Delta Air Lines, with Spirit Airlines ranking second at 11.75% market share (3,780,000 passengers) and SkyWest Airlines third at 9.22% market share (2,651,000 passengers). |
| September 2024 | Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) issued tenders for constructing an Automated People Mover (APM) system, a first-of-its-kind system at an Indian airport. The 7.7 km elevated and at-grade line will connect T2/3, T1, Aerocity, and Cargo City, with an expected completion by the end of 2027. |
| July 8 2024 | A United Airlines Boeing 757-200 (registration N14107) experienced a main wheel detachment during initial climb from runway 25R while departing for Denver. The aircraft successfully continued its flight and landed safely with no casualties. |
| June 28 2024 | A portion of Terminal 1's roof collapsed during heavy rains, killing one person and injuring eight others. |
| April 2024 | The old control tower and connected hangar at CFB Goose Bay suffered structural damage in a fire, rendering the historic structures unusable. |
| April 24 2024 | Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali announced an 18-month extension of the airport's concession to 1 July 2044, aimed at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| April 19 2024 | Hangar 8 and the old control tower were destroyed in a structural fire, with large pieces of metal debris found the next morning due to explosions inside the hangar. |
| February 18 2024 | Air Serbia Flight 324, an Embraer E-195 aircraft, sustained serious damage to its fuselage and tail after colliding with the runway's instrument landing system array during takeoff. The flight, carrying 106 passengers and crew, was en route to Dusseldorf when it failed to gain altitude and was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing, which was safely completed with an evacuation. |
| January 2024 | New York–JFK emerged as the top domestic destination from LAX, with 1,397,000 passengers served by American, Delta, and JetBlue airlines. |
| January 2024 | Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) released its busiest domestic routes data for the period January 2024 to December 2024, highlighting key passenger traffic trends. |
| January 2024 | January saw 570,937 passengers, continuing the airport's growth trend with a 28.1% increase from the previous year. |
| 2023 | LAX handled 75,050,875 passengers, ranking as the world's eighth-busiest airport according to Airports Council International rankings. |
| 2023 | Renovations of Terminals 2 and 3 were completed. |
| 2023 | Proposal for the Aerocity Inter-State Bus Terminus near Terminal 1 of IGI Airport, to be located adjacent to the Aerocity Metro Interchange Station. Construction is currently underway. |
| 2023 | Handled 65.5 million passengers, becoming the busiest airport in Asia by passenger traffic. |
| 2023 | Honored as the Cleanest Airport in the Asia-Pacific Region. |
| 2023 | Record-breaking year with 7,948,202 passengers, representing a 41.5% growth, signaling complete recovery and potential expansion of airport operations. |
| December 2023 | By the end of 2023, the top three airlines at LAX were Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and United Airlines, collectively representing nearly 50% of the airport's passenger traffic. |
| November 13 2023 | Turkish Airlines began service to Detroit. |
| October 2023 | Delta Air Lines becomes the top airline at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, holding a 55.70% market share with 16,010,000 passengers during the period of October 2023 to September 2024. |
| July 14 2023 | Fourth runway and Eastern Cross Taxiways were inaugurated, with each taxiway spanning 2.1 km and capable of handling large aircraft like Airbus A380s and Boeing 747s. |
| April 2023 | Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar approved the Hisar International Airport-IGI Airport line (HIAIGI Line) rail link, connecting IGI Airport with Hisar International Airport via multiple cities and regions. |
| January 2023 | Delta Air Lines emerged as the top airline at Los Angeles International Airport, capturing 19.76% market share with 14,831,038 passengers during the year. |
| January 2023 | Airport passenger numbers significantly increased to 445,840 in January, representing a 28.3% growth compared to January 2019 and an 85.0% increase from 2022. |
| 2022 | Three additional gates were added to the north end of the concourse. |
| 2022 | Detroit Metropolitan Airport was named the best large U.S. airport in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates for the third time. |
| 2022 | Ranked as the fifth-busiest airport in the United States by passenger boardings. |
| 2022 | Maintained its position as the second busiest airport in the United States for international passenger traffic, behind JFK in New York City. |
| 2022 | Terminal 4.5, a building connecting Terminals 4 and 5 to the LAX Automated People Mover, was completed. |
| 2022 | Ranked first in the Airport Service Quality Awards in the category of airports handling over 40 million passengers annually. |
| 2022 | Construction began on the ₹270.83 crore Bijwasan railway station redevelopment project to transform it into a state-of-the-art regional multimodal transport hub near Indira Gandhi International Airport. |
| 2022 | Terminal 1D underwent a full expansion, adding an arrivals hall and increasing its annual passenger handling capacity from 18 million to 40 million passengers. |
| 2022 | Construction commenced for the Dwarka Inter-State Bus Terminus, located adjacent to Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, spanning 27 acres of land. |
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