With the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup just a few months away, South Africa has been upgrading all of its main airports in anticipation of the millions of tourists expected to arrive in June. The airports are completed or are due to be completed by the end of the month. With the upgrades, many jobs have been created over the last few years, but the completed airport terminals and aprons will now be ready to create many other airport jobs. OR Tambo International Airport, known as Ortia, cost about $2.3 billion and is 90 percent complete with the 7 new aircraft aprons to be completed next month along with the multi-story parkade. The airport central terminal was completed in December and now has the capacity for 28 million passengers per year. The operational plans are due to be completed in Ma...

Things are picking up for many United States airlines as the low fuel costs helped them to profit this last quarter. Continental Airlines and Southwest Airlines were two of the major improvers in share prices with Southwest gaining by 2.8 percent in the afternoon trading on Thursday. The Chairman of Continental, Jeff Smisek, noted that while the airline was seeing a slight improvement, it would take a long time before they reached a full year’s profitability. With the increased number of corporate travelers, AMR, American Airline’s parent company, have predicted that this will signify a huge turnaround in air travel in 2010. With the fourth quarter improving markedly on the third quarter of 2009, the 2010 year is expected to be a much more profitable one as the recession shows signs of...

There are many people in the world who would love to get into an aircraft and fly for a living. This dream, unfortunately, only comes true for some people, and for the rest, we have to be content with taking other airline and airport jobs such as being an air traffic controller. This is an important job without which planes and other aircraft would not be able to take off and land at certain airports. Most air traffic controllers are employed by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration), and some are employed by the actual airport committee. You will require very particular skills if you hope to take your air traffic controller examinations and pass the courses that you will need to take so that you can be fully qualified. Most air traffic controller job training can be done at an aviation...

If you think that flying is a boring and tiresome experience, then think again. Most airports nowadays have plenty of activities for the entire family and lots of attractions. Here are just some of the best US airport attractions that you can check out when you are next in these cities: Las Vegas offers visitors a unique casino experience as soon as you land. You don’t have to travel to the heart of Vegas to win some money, but you can play some of the nearly 1300 slot machine available while you wait for your next flight. These slot machines have generated about $30 million for the McCarran Airport over the last year. The next airport worth mentioning is the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Here you can relax in true Southern style on one of the many white rocking chairs inside ...

The George Best Belfast City Airport is due to open its brand new departure lounge in three weeks time, which is said to be able to handle 12 thousand passengers a day. The 6 million Pound investment into the terminal has seen the increase in retail and restaurant space by 60 percent with 20 new airport jobs being created. This refurbishment is taking place in the airside lounge on the first floor, after a new trend was spotted in how passengers tend to use airports nowadays. It was found that most people prefer to check in and go through the security gates before they do their gift buying, shopping, and getting a bite to eat. This prompted the airport management at Belfast City Airport to rethink the functionality of its departure lounge. Chief Executive of the Airport, Brian Ambrose, has...

Working in the aviation industry is exciting and with so many different jobs you can get, you should think about choosing to work for the government. There are about 43 thousand airport security screeners, for example, so you can be sure that if you choose to work in aviation you will have some great jobs waiting for you once you have graduated. There are a number of different qualifications that you can depending on what area of the aviation industry you want to work in. Most of the government jobs include working in the following agencies: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The jobs you can get range from workin...

The Hernando Country Airport in Florida currently has 100 businesses on its land which spans 2400 acres. These 2400 acres only accounts for about 26 percent of the available land under that airport’s name. It is hoping to attract yet another large company to lease 100 acres of the land for free which is set to provide 500 more jobs in the aviation industry. The airport’s director Don Silvernell says that the proposal, which was recently approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will be a great boost the economy of the area as well as beneficial to the airport itself and it is set to create 500 job opportunities for the people of Brooksville, Spring Hill, Ridge Manor, Hernando Beach, Masaryktown, Weeki Wachee, and Lake Lindsey. The benefits that were presented to the commis...

With up to date resources, current jobs that are just waiting for your application, resume and job advice, among other benefits, the various job finder websites offer you, the job seeker a host of brilliant reasons to become a member. If you love the thrill and adventure behind the cruise liner industry, then you will love searching for a cruise ship job in the member’s area of Cruise Job Finder. If you dream of becoming a pilot, but have no idea where to start, then joining Airline Job Finder is perfect for you. Working in Alaska as an ice road trucker, king crab fisherman, or at a processing plant will see you earning a large salary, so to get in on the action, become a member of Alaska Job Finder. The oil and gas industry might be calling you, and you can search and apply for current ...

About $14 million is going to be spent on placing solar farms at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. At the moment 7 to 10 acres of the airport’s property is going to be set aside for these solar projects. The solar power will only be enough to power a small percentage of the airport’s energy, but eventually the airport wants to expand its solar farms to cover much more of Charlotte/Douglas International’s 6000 acres of land. Jerry Orr, the airport director says that if the project proves to be economically feasible, they will be expanding the solar farms in the near future.  This move was inspired largely by Denver International Airport, who completed their solar farm project last year, as well as Long Beach Airport in California. Denver International opted for a 5 acre solar ...

When you are flying to a holiday destination or to a new home, one of the worst parts about the trip is figuring out what to do with your kids. Children need to be entertained and a 6 hour stop-over or other delays can have you pulling your hair out, as your kids get bored and frustrated. Finding the most child friendly airport is one way you can avoid the stresses and strains of travelling with children. Many airports have realized the demand and great customer service they would be offering by having activities and entertainment for children, and they are employing more and more child care staff and children’s entertainment staff to deal with the demand. You can search for airport jobs easily on Airline Job Finder. Here are the top airports named in 2008 that are child friendly: Balti...