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AirportsMinister Bianchi about Alitalia's slot decision in Malpensa
Rome, Italy - He has expressed his own opinion to the Premier
"The Italian Transports Minister, Alessandro Bianchi, unveiled to have expressed his own opinion about the decision by Alitalia on slot at Malpensa's airport, to the Premier, exclusively, abiding to his... more
AirportsBerlin, referendum on Tempelhof will be summoned
Berlin, Germany - But the Mayor advises: "The airport will shut down anyway"
The signatures collected in Berlin among the residents to call for a referendum on the decision made by the authorities to proceed towards the closure of the historical city-airport of Tempelhof have reached... more
AirportsParma "Giuseppe Verdi" Airport as future competitor of Malpensa?
Parma, Italy - New development and strengthening policy
After the go-ahead of the Parma airport's Board that approved unanimously the new industrial plan with the new entry of a private partner for the cession of the majority (see AVIONEWS), here emerges the... more
AirportsTowards a new airport in the New York area
New York , USA - "Stewart International Airport"
In order to alleviate the air traffic congestion in the area of New York, served at the moment by the three main airports of JFK, Newark Liberty and Fiorello La Guardia, the Port Authority aims at the... more
AirportsBerlin, airports keep on dividing the politicians
Berlin, Germany - Regional Minister in favour of Tempelhof inflames debate
Airports and their construction, enlargement, reduction and closing are a politically-hot matter everywhere, since they require political choices, which then always have positive and negative aspects.... more
AirportsCiampino, tribunal says yes to Ryanair flights after midnight
Rome, Italy - But only in "Exceptional cases"
The Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR) expressed itself in favour of an appeal of Ryanair, reassigning it the faculty to land at the "Pastine" airport of Ciampino also after midnight, but only "In... more
AirportsMalpensa, Formigoni reclaims again 3 years of moratorium
Milan, Italy - "Otherwise the North will march on streets"
With the Government crisis, Air France is losing its most valuable ally in Italy: the Economy Minister, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa. And the supporters of the hub of Malpensa and the offer of AirOne regain... more
AirportsVicenza, end of the run for the civil airport?
Vicenza , Italy - Bonotto: "Where are now all the politicians?"
They had hoped, at the aero club of Vicenza, that at last the civil airport at the "Dal Molin" could remain open, despite the controversial enlargement of the US military base. In favour of the maintenance... more
AirportsRyanair counts to expand in Bergamo rather than Ciampino
Rome, Italy - "In the low-cost war wins Milan"
"We will bring to Orio al Serio four million passengers in consequence of the expansion of the connections net. While the 'Giovan Battista Pastine' will remain as it is now". These are, in the words released... more
AirportsFiumicino, today meets the board of AdR
Rome, Italy - Investments for €1,6 billion planned
The board of directors of the Roman airports' managing society AdR is expected to meet today. On agenda there is in the first place the discussion of the ten-year financial plan of expenditure, until 2017,... more
AirportsMalpensa (2): probable general strike in Lombardia
Milan, Italy - Formigoni will meet today some representatives of the economic-financial sector
Great period of crisis for Italy. A general strike of the Lombardia Region is ahead, and this one could be announced by Lombard CGIL, CISL, UIL Unions in favour of the Malpensa airport's future. The... more
AirportsMalpensa: the Lufthansa hypothesis emerges for the future of the airport
Milan, Italy - "Our analysis concern also Italy"
The Lufthansa hypothesis emerges among the solutions to save the airport of Malpensa. According to the German daily "Handelsblatt", negotiations would be in progress between the carrier and SEA, Milan... more
AirportsThe airport of Parma towards privatization
Parma, Italy - Six investment funds in competition
Approved the cession of the majority of the Parma airport. The shareholder assembly of the Parma Airport Management Company yesterday approved unanimously the new industrial plan that forecasts the... more
AirportsAdF SpA: chosen the project for architectural concept of the "Vespucci" air station
Florence, Italy - Contest winners: Pascall+Watson Architects Limited-Ausglobe Formula SpA
"AdF, Aeroporto di Firenze SpA, announces the winning project of the international contest of ideas for the architectural concept of the air station 'Amerigo Vespucci'. The project was planned by the... more
AirportsGerman airports (3): Tempelhof is not going to become UNESCO Heritage
Berlin, Germany - Candidacy lacks of formal requirements
Another attempt to save the historic city-airport of Berlin, Tempelhof, seems to doomed. While the signatures collection, which at three weeks from the deadline have reached the number of nearly 149.000,... more
AirportsGerman airports (2); Düsseldorf expands
Düsseldorf , Germany - Investments for €120 million
Last year the airport of Düsseldorf, in Germany, recorded 17,8 million passengers, 1,2 million more compared to 2006. And the growth perspectives aim at well above the 20-million threshold, also because... more
AirportsGerman airports: Schönefeld will invest € 100 million against the noise
Berlin, Germany - All clear to the noise containment programme
The managing society of the airport Berlin-Schönefeld has started its programme for noise containment, which is expected to increase in the coming years with the growth of the traffic and the development... more
AirportsFiumicino, goods handling contracted by Argol SpA
Rome, Italy - Objections to ENAC for the approval
For a total amount of € 1.518.000, the airport manager of Rome-Fiumicino, Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), has divested its subsidiary for cargo handling, Cargo Merci Fiumicino Srl, to Argol. Argol SpA is a... more
Airports"No Dal Molin", next Saturday mobilization day
Vicenza, Italy - Acoustic protest against residencies of US military
The protests against the announced intention of the US armed forces to enlarge the use of the military air base "Dal Molin" in Vicenza, northern Italy, go on. The next meeting was summoned by the "No... more
AirportsPalermo and Catania airports, new destinations by Transavia.com
Palermo, Italy - Starting from next April
Transavia.com, French airline with headquarters in the airport of Paris-Orly, will launch 12 new destinations with the Summer timetable and with the arrival in fleet of three new Boeing 737 aircraft. Among... more
AirportsVerona airport, the "Catullo" remains united to the "D'Annunzio"
Verona , Italy - Yet Brescia-Montichiari will be more independent
The election of Fabio Bortolazzi as new Chairman of the managing society of the "Catullo" airport in Verona-Villafranca, along with the new Board of Directors, has been the occasion for making the point... more
AirportsSEA, reopening of "Open SKy" agremeents with 25 Countries
Milan, Italy - Guarantees to favour the access of other airlines to the Italian market
About the Alitalia matter, SEA - Milan Airports Management Company - intends to advance a new proposal to the Government in order to save the airport of Malpensa: reopening of a series of "Open Sky" agreements... more
AirportsEU-Parliament: "Common rules for European airports"
Strasbourg, France - For the airports with more than 5 million passengers
Guaranteeing more transparency, and strengthening the position of the airlines: these are the tenets of the reform proposed by the European Parliament in regard to the setting of airport tariffs. The report... more
AirportsAéroports de Paris: 86.4 million passengers in 2007
Paris, France - A total increase of 4.7%
Paris airports operator ADP said on Thursday it handled 6.7 million passengers in December, up 3.7% year-on-year, thanks to increased traffic on European and international routes. For full year 2007, ADP... more
AirportsFrankfurt Airport, 54.2 million passengers in 2007
Frankfurt, Germany - A 2.5% increase compared with 2006
Fraport AG's Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest, handled 2.5% more passengers last year as intercontinental traffic increased, exceeding its own target. The German airport served 54.2 million travellers... more
AirportsAdR replies to Gasbarra: "150 million invested this year"
Rome, Italy - After the appeal of the Province President
"We will invest in the airport of Fiumicino € 150 million in 2008". This is, in sum, the core of the answer of the President of Aeroporti di Roma, Fabrizio Palenzona, to the appeal made to his company f... more
AirportsProtests against enlargement of US Air Force base in Vicenza
Vicenza, Italy - "We will boycott the clearance works"
In the anniversary of Prime Minister Prodi's decision, made on January the 16th 2007, to grant the Italian Government's authorization to the widening of the US Air Force base at the "Dal Molin" airport... more
AirportsMalpensa case: positive the yesterday meeting on the airport's future
Milan, Italy - Moratti favourable to the cession's graduality of the flights
The yesterday meeting among the Economics Minister, Tommaso Padoa Schioppa, the Milan Major, Letizia Moratti, and the Lombardia Region, Roberto Formigoni, on the Milan airport's future, ended with positive... more
AirportsAlitalia (3): less cuts for Malpensa and increase of the long-range flights
Rome, Italy - The proposal of the Premier Prodi and the Minister Padoa Schioppa
The eight weeks of negotiations between Alitalia and Air France-KLM will expire on March 11th, and the most delicate point will be the talk about 1,700 redundancies, Alitalia Service and about the flight... more
AirportsSagat: over 3 and a half million passengers
Turin, Italy - 2007 a record year
"Passengers record in 2007 at the airport of Turin: between arrivals and departures, customers transited at the airport have been 3,509,253, 7,6% more than the 3,260,974 of 2006 (from the month of July... more
AirportsSACBO: Board's green light for adjustment works in the airport of Orio al Serio
Bergamo, Italy - To end in 2009
"The Board of SACBO (Bergamo airport management company), gathered today in the airport of Orio al Serio, gave start to the realization of the adjustment interventions in the air station which will end... more
AirportsAeroporti di Puglia, record traffic for 2007
Bari, Italy - A 19% increase with reference to the previous year
Traffic record for the airports of Bari and Brindisi which closed 2007 with a record increase: 2,365,699 passengers for Bari and 930,125 for Brindisi. Altogether, the passengers - arrivals and departures... more
AirportsAstaldi is awarded a contract for the development projects of Bucharest airport
Milan, Italy - A deal worth 76 million Euro
Astaldi, Italian company for the infrastructures, is awarded also the third phase of the development and modernization project of the Cluj-Napoca airport of Bucharest, a deal worth 76 million Euro. The... more
AirportsMalpensa case (2): Lufthansa ready to move in gap left by Alitalia
Milan, Italy - After the coming into force of "Open Skies"
Lufthansa would be set to jump into the "Breach" left over by Alitalia in its intercontinental links on Malpensa, making it one of its main airports. This is reported by Italian press sources, according... more
AirportsMalpensa case: today the negotiation table between Government and Lombard institutions
Milan, Italy - Liberalization of skies, extraordinary income support and gradual flight reduction
The meeting between Government and Lombard institutions will be held today in Rome to find a solution for safeguarding the airport of Milan-Malpensa and all the Lombard economic fabric. The Government... more
AirportsSEA against the creation of the Northern Airline
Milan, Italy - The opinion by the President Giuseppe Bonomi
"The creation of the new Northern Airline is not compatible with the salvation of Malpensa". This is the opinion of Giuseppe Bonomi, President of SEA - Milan Airports Management Company, intervened... more
AirportsLondon City Airport establishes a new traffic record
London, United Kingdom - 2.9 million passengers transited in 2007
The London City Airport has established a new traffic record: 2.9 million passengers in 2007, a 23% increase compared with the previous year, and according to last evaluations, also 2008 will be positive. Among... more
AirportsDi Paola: "For the airports neither dirigism nor Wild West"
Rome, Italy - The President of Assaeroporti worried about the minor airports
In the debate on the consequences that the "Alitalia Earthquake" will have for air navigation in Italy, takes up the word the President of Assaeroporti, the association of Italian airport managers, Domenico... more
AirportsPerini: "I want a Malpensa-Frankfurt shuttle"
Milan, Italy - The President of Milan's Fair is afraid of Alitalia's restructuration
The announced end for Alitalia of the Malpensa hub has been for months object of worry on behalf of Lombardy's entrepreneurial and political world. Now intervenes also Michele Perini, President of Milan's... more
AirportsSAVE announces a strike on January 18th
Venice, Italy - Possible delays in the common passenger assistance procedures
A 24 hour strike has been announced on January 18th by the SAVE personnel and proclaimed by CUB Trasporti Union. Also the personnel of the SAV and GH Handling companies will strike in the same day and... more
AirportsBuenos Aires-Ezeiza Airport, infuriated passengers damage check-in desks
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Due to the repeated cancellation of some flights
The situation in the Buenos Aires-Ezeiza International Airport is returned in these hours to normality after the protest broke out on Saturday due to the cancellation of 14 flights for the Aerolíneas... more
AirportsHere the first flights cancelled on Malpensa
Milan, Italy - The readjustment plan starts coming into effect
The exact scope of the cuts in routes operated from Malpensa after the divestment of Alitalia to Air France-Klm begins to become more precise. At the end, for Italy's former national carrier, in Milan... more
AirportsPlanning ready for the next Summer for Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - With the increase in flights due to the transferals from Malpensa
"Summer of Safety": this is the plan Vito Riggio, President of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority ENAC, has announced so as to keep under control the increase in flights foreseen at the Roman airport... more
AirportsSacbo: 4,000 tourists in transit with Winter charter flights
Bergamo, Italy - Next Saturday the maximum number of seasonal connections is expected
"The program of charter flights arriving weekly continues to the Orio al Serio's airport and dedicated to the passenger's transport towards Winter destinations in Lombardy and Trentino Alto Adige Regions. Next... more
AirportsSEA. Bonomi: Spinetta's declarations were general and superficial
Milan, Italy - Regarding Malpensa as main cause of the Alitalia crisis
"'That Malpensa was the main cause of the Alitalia crisis is a general and superficial statement', declared the president and CEO of SEA (Milan airports management company), Giuseppe Bonomi, after yesterday's... more
AirportsFiumicino, changes in sight after Alitalia's take-over by Air France-Klm
Rome, Italy - As sole hub a growth in traffic is forecast already in 2008
Many things are going to change for the airport of Rome-Fiumicino, when the divestment of Alitalia to Air France-Klm will completed. The "Leonardo da Vinci" will get back to be, after the period began... more
AirportsDoha airport to receive a new runway debris detection system
Doha, Qatar - Tarsier will detect foreign object debris
Doha international airport in the State of Qatar is to install Tarsier, a new runway debris detection system developed by international defence and security technology company QinetiQ. Tarsier will... more
AirportsAlitalia (3): a simulation to verify the next future of Malpensa Airport
Milan, Italy - Less than eight million passengers, 793 cancelled flights and 43 suspended routes
The scenario that the Lombardia region could see in the next future, following the consequences that will affect the airport of Milan-Malpensa about the Alitalia's situation, would be less than eight million... more
AirportsChangi International Airport, inaugurated the Terminal 3
Singapore, Republic of Singapore - The expansion of the SIA operations
The new Terminal 3 of the Changi International Airport, with which Singapore Airlines (SIA) will expand its operations, has been inaugurated today. SIA will fly both from this Terminal and Terminal... more
AirportsMalpensa (2): a professor of the "Sacro Cuore" University addressed on the matter
Milan, Italy - The airport should aim at developing the point-to-point connections
About the matter of Malpensa the professor of Political Economics of the "Sacro Cuore" University of Milan, Andrea Boitani, has been addressed. According to Boitani's statements released to the national... more