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AirportsEurope's worst airport? It's Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - Endless waiting lines at metal detector, the 50% of the flights in delay
The hard Summer of the air transport of this year caused by the high traffic has a symbol: is the airport of London-Heathrow, that has the worst performances regarding delays, queue at the check-in and... more
AirportsMilan, subway's line 4-Blu: the works will start in 2008
Milan, Italy - Estimated EUR 1700 millions for the project
The route 4-Blu of Milan's underground that will connect the airport of Linate to the city is at the starting line. The dates have been fixed, at least for the first connection: starting of the works... more
AirportsFiumicino: extraordinary inspection by ENAC
Rome, Italy - It will verify the quality and efficiency of the handlers
An extraordinary inspection was started at the airport of Fiumicino following the debates opened regarding the delays in the airport baggage sorting. ENAC Director General, the Italian Civil Aviation... more
AirportsAirport of Barcelona-El Prat, Zapatero government's investment
Barcelona, Spain - EUR 500 million to enlarge the air station
EUR 500 million for the airport of Barcelona-El Prat: it's the plan of Zapatero's government to enlarge the air station. The tender for the allocation will be launched by the Department of presidency... more
AirportsRonchi dei Legionari: passenger traffic + 11.08% in June
Gorizia, Italy - The busier month in the history of the airport
The airport of Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia) has closed positively the month of June: passenger traffic +11.08% compared with the same period of 2006, equal to 75.943 transits against the 68.368 in 2006. Thanks... more
AirportsCorporation America wants to invest in Italy
Naples, Italy - The airports of Naples, Genoa and Reggio Calabria in the sights
Corporation America, the Argentinian holding headed by Eduardo Eurnekian, is interested in investing in Italy. The society is considering the possibility to buy a stake of Geasc, the management society... more
AirportsSAGAT: operative from Caselle the connections to Bucharest and Bacau
Turin, Italy - National flag carrier TAROM operates four flights per week
"The new flights of the Romanian air carrier TAROM from Turin-Caselle to Bucharest and to Bacau are operative since last week-end. The flight to Bucharest leaves on Mondays and Saturdays at 5:30pm and... more
AirportsAdR: the investments for the strengthening of Fiumicino have been approved
Rome, Italy - New mandate for the Board President
A series of investments for developing and strengthen the intercontinental airport of Rome-Fiumicino have been approved by the Board of Directors: a master plan 2007-2011 worth EUR 2.2 billion. Among the... more
AirportsNew control tower for the airport "Nicelli" in Venice-Lido
Venice, Italy - By the end of this year
Almost completed the new control tower of the airport "Nicelli" of Venice Lido. The air station, that after the modernization has reopened last May, can have since next months a structure to improve the... more
AirportsWhirlwind at Orio, 4 flights transferred
Bergamo, Italy - On July 30
Four flights landing to the airport of Orio al Serio in the evening of July 30 have been transferred to other airports for a strong whirlwind that has made impossible the landing in the air station. The... more
AirportsTroubles at airport's runway in Parma
Parma, Italy - 24-hours closing decided by ENAC
For the subsidence of a trap, the airport's runway of Parma has been closed for a whole day, from 1 pm of July 30 to the same hour of the following day. The last flight left before the closing has been... more
AirportsFiumicino: works for the new terminal from next October
Rome, Italy - Works for EUR 179 million
The terminal C of the international airport of Rome-Fiumicino "Leonardo Da Vinci" will be renewed and enlarged. The works will start next October and should be finished in 2011. Such works have been... more
AirportsMalpensa: +9.5% the passenger traffic in the first six months 2007
Milan, Italy - Maurizio Merenda, SEA commercial manager
"In the first six months 2007, the airport of Malpensa has increased the passenger +9.5%, cargo +20% and the traffic +7.4% compared with the same period of 2006. Malpensa is the airport with the major... more
AirportsPower reduction for hours, dark Sunday for Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Delays and cancellations in the day of highest affluence
A reduction of power of the grid at Fiumicino's airport has caused yesterday countless discomforts. Delays for over 80 flights, sorting luggage system and air-conditioning system out of order, endless... more
AirportsRyanair flight Bari-Orio al Serio
Bari, Italy - Operative from December 13
Third Ryanair flight for "Karol Wojtyla" airport of Bari. On the routes to London-Stanstead and Frankfurt-Hahn it is added the first Italian destination: the airport of Bergamo-Orio al Serio. The route... more
AirportsLampedusa airport: approved the 2000-2006 intervention plan
Lampedusa, Italy - Environmental impact Commission too gives the ok
ENAC (Italian Authority for Civil Aviation) informed that the Environmental impact Commission of the ministry of Environment has approved the intervention of the 2000-2006 plan regarding the airport of... more
AirportsAdR: Leonardo will merge in Gemina within this year
Rome, Italy - A play of Chinese Boxes for a value of EUR 1.25 billion
By the end of the year, Leonardo (owner at 51% of Aeroporti di Roma) will merge in Gemina, the Holding that owns it at 100%. Gemina President Guido Angiolini declared it after the assembly of the shareholders... more
AirportsSEA: Monday morning inaugural flight by Uzbekistan Airways
Milan, Italy - From Malpensa to Tashkent
SEA, Milan airports management society, informs that on Monday July 30 at 10:00am (Malpensa Terminal 1 - Gate b9) there will be the inaugural flight Malpensa-Tashkent, operated by Uzbekistan Airways. Some... more
AirportsPisa airport ready for negotiations
Pisa, Italy - EUR 12.35 per share
This morning, SAT (Pisa airport's management society) gave the ok for the negotiations at EUR 12.35 per share. Last July 9 the company received the admission to its ordinary shares sales. 69% of... more
AirportsHoliday exodus’s first week-end, discomforts at Capodichino
Naples, Italy - Long waiting and lost luggage. Poor services even in Alghero
The holiday exodus’s first week-end will be a test for the capability of the international airport of Capodichino (Naples): about 250,000 passengers are expected in the air station during there three d... more
AirportsSEA: an alliance among five Italian Northern airports?
Milan, Italy - The proposal by Giuseppe Bonomi
Giuseppe Bonomi, president of SEA, Milan airports management society, puts forwards the possibility of alliance involving five Northern Italian airports: Milan-Malpensa/Linate, Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Brescia-Montichiari... more
AirportsDubai Aerospace Enterprise, maxi-offer for Auckland's airport
Auckland, New Zealand - More than USD 1 billion
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, the group which controls also the carrier Emirates Airlines, has offered over USD 1 billion to buy the majority of Auckland's airport (from 51% to 60%), the most important air... more
AirportsSASE’s board reduced
Perugia, Italy - From 11 to 3 the members’ number
Notable reduction for SASE’s board, the society that manages the airport “Sant’Egidio” of Perugia: the number of members shifts from 11 to 3. It says the society through a communicate: the reduction has bee... more
AirportsAdR: Clessidra fund interested in 15% of the society
Rome, Italy - The share price is EUR 1.237 billion
"We are interested in taking over 10-15% of AdR - Aeroporti di Roma" said Alessandro Grimaldi, representative of Clessidra fund ready to join the capital stock of the management society of the airports... more
AirportsRome-Urbe air station closed for works from July 30 to August 10
Rome, Italy - For runway renovation
ENAC (Italian Authority for Civil Aviation) informs that the airport of Rome-Urbe will be closed from next July 30 to August 10 for the completion of the runway renovation works. The works will concern... more
AirportsSea: Malpensa, first airport in Europe, to install the RFID system
Milan, Italy - For the recognition and sorting of luggages
"SEA has signed an agreement with the Lyngsoe System society for the installation of RFID system in the management of baggages at Malpensa's airport. The RFID system is the first in Europe and the third... more
AirportsMinistry of Transport: signed today the decree of reliance of management of Pescara's airport
Rome, Italy - Even for runway extension and Perugia's airport
"Italian Minister of Transport, Alessandro Bianchi, has signed today the decree of reliance to SAGA (Società Abruzzese Gestione Aeroporto) the management for thirty years of airport of Pescara. At... more
AirportsPisa, SAT's IPO: stocks at EUR 12,35
Pisa, Italy - Next Thursday the payment and the start of negotiations
Fixed at EUR 12,35 the ordinary share's prices of SAT (Società Aeroporto Toscano), that manages Pisa's airport "Galileo Galilei": the highest indicated by analysts was EUR 12,5 for share. The IPO (Initial... more
AirportsCustoms officers on strike at “Leonardo Da Vinci”
Rome, Italy - From Thursday July 26 to Saturday 28
Customs employees at the “Leonardo Da Vinci” airport of Fiumicino will go on strike from next Thursday, July 26, to Saturday July 28 as a protest against the lack of personnel. The greatest inconveniences are... more
AirportsFiumicino: bomb alarm for a flight to London
Rome, Italy - The aircraft took off after hours of scrupulous checks
Last Saturday July 21 an anonymous phone call to the "Leonardo Da Vinci" airport of Rome-Fiumicino announced the presence of a bomb on board an Airbus A-321. It was flight AZ-204 bound for London-Heathrow. The... more
AirportsRadar at Isola, no by town council
Palermo, Italy - Next meeting in August to save the project
The tiring conflict continues among Isola delle Femmine's municipality and the authorities about the project of realization of radar to monitor the wind-shear phenomenon. Isola's mayor, Gaspare Portobello,... more
AirportsSolar panels for Bari's airport
Bari, Italy - Di Paola (AdP): "A similar project for Brindisi too"
Bari's airport "Karol Wojtyla" has now a photovoltaic lighting: it's the first time in Italy. Satisfaction by the chief executive of AdP (Aeroporti di Puglia), Domenico Di Paola, who has stated that a... more
AirportsBulgaria: a new airport for the city of Plovdiv
Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Military airport will be transformed in civilian
Transport and Defense Ministries of Bulgaria have agreed on transferring the ownership of Plovdiv Airport, the Bulgaria's second greatest city. The airport of Plovdiv will be owned by the Transport... more
AirportsAirports of Rome: expected 350.000 pax during the week-end
Rome, Italy - 308 thousands just in Fiumicino
For the week-end July 20-22, the managing company "Aeroporti di Roma" (Adr) foresee a number of approximately 350.000 passengers transiting in the two Rome's airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino. Particularly... more
AirportsAirport of Abruzzo: formalized the EUR 5 million financing
Pescara, Italy - For the security of the airport and the renewal of the thirty-year licence
Recently, Italian Transport Minister, Alessandro Bianchi, signed two important regulations for the Airport of Abruzzo strengthening. These two rules provide for a EUR 5 million financing, in order to carry... more
AirportsThe two charged for omissions in Catania airport could be Manera and Cardi
Catania, Italy - Two other Enac's managers inquired
In the investigation conducted for omissions in the services tower building in Catania-Fontanarossa airport, it seems that the two accused of "Attempt to trasport safety" are two important manager of... more
AirportsCiampino airport: impossible to come back to previous traffic levels
Rome, Italy - Deputy mayor Pede interviewed
In reference with the matter of air traffic in the "Pastine" airport of Ciampino (for details see AVIONEWS), and after the news by the ministry of Transport of the 30% cut to flights from next November... more
AirportsOrio al Serio growth, delays increase
Bergamo, Italy - The last of a Myair flight to Casablanca
The airport of Orio al Serio (Bergamo), increased during last years thanks by low-cost carriers (from January to May 2007 has recorded 2 million and 200.000 passengers), needs to face negative effects... more
AirportsVenice's strike, 25 flights cancelled
Venice, Italy - The agitation regards SAV,SAVE and Alitalia's workers
Simultaneous strikes of SAV (baggage masters), SAVE (airport management) and Alitalia have sent off in tilt yesterday the airport "Marco Polo" of Venice, causing several cancellations of arrivals (11 of... more
AirportsWorld airports: 4.4 billion passengers in 2006
Atlanta, USA - Atlanta is still the busiest airport
4.4 billion transit passengers in intercontinental, international and domestic airports all over the world in 2006, a 4.8% increase in reference to the previous year. The largest increase was recorded... more
AirportsPort Authority of New York and New Jersey to purchase two new airports
New York, USA - The "Stewart International Airport" and another unidentified yet
Richard J. Codey, Acting Governor of New Jersey signed a new regulations that allows to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to purchase, over its jurisdiction, a new airport in both States. According... more
AirportsAldeasa: licences renewed for 14 Spanish airports
Milan, Italy - Until December 31, 2009
"AENA (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegatión Aérea), the public authority managing the Spanish airports, has extended to December 31, 2009 the licences of Aldeasa SA, joint-venture between Autogrill SpA an... more
AirportsAlitalia, group of Italian minors left alone at Heathrow last Sunday
London, United Kingdom - The kids have got back to Milan on Monday
A group composed by Italian minors (from 10 to 17 years old), coming from a school holiday has been forced to "Camp out" to Heathrow airport because were not able to go on board of Alitalia flight that... more
AirportsLazio third airport, a new candidate: Tarquinia
Rome, Italy - The proposal comes from the mayor Mazzola
On the endless fight for the third Lazio regional airport, after the candidatures of Viterbo, Latina and Frosinone, comes out another name: Tarquinia. The proposal has been launched by the mayor of the... more
AirportsRadar, doubts from Isola's mayor
Palermo, Italy - Tomorrow the decisive meeting
It will be tomorrow the meeting among ENAV (Italian authority for flight assistance), ENAC (Italian authority civil aviation), GESAP (the society that manages the airport "Falcone e Borsellino") and the... more
AirportsSao Paulo air tragedy: airport partly reopened to flights
Sao Paolo, Brazil - Just the auxiliary runway, and for some airplanes only
The "Congonhas" airport of Sao Paulo has been reopened to air traffic after the crash that caused the death of about 200 people - some on the ground, some aboard the Airbus of TAM, Brazilian air carrier... more
Airports"Dal Molin": signed the tender for expansion works
Vicenza, Italy - Of no use the protests of Vicentines
"It's my duty to accomplish the best adjustment of the interests involved. This is why over the last weeks I have met representatives of all the categories of the area as well as local administrators and... more
AirportsAn enlargement expected for the Pantelleria's airport
Rome, Italy - A new air station within 18 months
Approximately EUR 19 million calculated to realize a new air station for the airport of Pantelleria in order to face the growing of the air traffic of the Sicilian island, which in the first semester of... more
AirportsTransition phase for Plovdiv airport
Plovdiv, Bulgaria - The Bulgarian government has to decide whether or not to privatize it
The airport of Plovdiv, the second Bulgarian city after Sofia, will be managed by the minister of Transport and not anymore by that of Defence which currently owns it. The air station, which will be... more
AirportsRussia and Liguria, agreements to improve tourism
Ekaterinburg, Russia - Charter flights, trade fairs and commercial partnerships
A Liguria's delegation composed by regional councillors of Tourism, Margherita Bozzano, and of Development, Renzo Guccinelli, together with president of Liguria International Franco Aprile has gone to... more