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Science and technologyMacquarie Bank allied of Grupo Ferrovial in the bid for BAA
London, UK - Spanish company assigned to Australian bank the role of advising
The power of the Spanish company Grupo Ferrovial is increased slightly in view of the hike of the colossus of world airport management BAA, British Airports Authorities. Spanish company gave the writ to... more
Science and technologyBAA aims to China
London, UK - The company wants to utilize Asiatic giant's boom
BAA, the British company which manage several airports among which the Londoners air stations of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, at the center from several weeks of the attention of some foreign companies... more
Science and technology"Galileo Galilei" Pisa's airport: six new links served by Ryanair from next September 14
Pisa, Italy - It was unveiled during a press conference organized yesterday by SAT and Ryanair
During the press conference held yesterday morning at Pisa’s airport and made by Ryanair and SAT, the management society of the Tuscanian airport, has been announced that from September 14 Ryanair will l... more
Science and technologySEA: the public sale to sell the 33% of the company's shares is failed
Milan, Italy - It was made known by a statement of the City commission named to make the sale
A statement of the city commission nominated to sale the 33% of the shares of SEA (the company which manages Milan airports) made known that there were no offers for the share offered by Milan Municipality.... more
Science and technologyPassengers traffic data of Pisa airport in 2006
Pisa, Italy - 64% growth compared to January-March 2005
During the press conference which took place this morning in Pisa (Italy), Pier Giorgio Ballini, CEO of SAT (management company of the airport in the Tuscanian town), successfully announced data registered... more
Science and technologySAB: new flights to Dublin and Helsinki
Boulogne, Italy - Both served by low-cost carriers
"Two new direct links from Boulogne, both served by low-cost airlines, to Dublin (Aer Lingus) and Helsinki (Sterling)started from today. The connection towards the Irish capital has three weekly frequencies... more
Science and technologyPecs-Pogany Airport: from ultralight and sport aircraft airport to international air station
Budapest, Hungary - The new air station launched by Austrian Airlines
The day before yesterday the first international Austrian Airlines flight coming from Vienna landed in the new international airport in Pecs, Hungary, actually launching the Hungarian air station recently... more
Science and technologyToday the "Sirocco runway" in Palermo airport has been closed
Palermo, Italy - It will be closed for two months because of maintenance works
Because of rebuilding and reorganization works of paving stones in its terminal head, one of the two runways of "Falcone-Borsellino" Airport in Palermo, Sicily, the one which is 2150 meters long and called... more
Science and technologySOGAER: press conference for flights to Germany served by Hapag-Lloyd Express
Cagliari, Italy - It will hold tomorrow morning at 10am at the Sardinian airport
Hapag-Lloyd Express and SOGAER (Cagliari-Elmas’ airport management society) communicate that the press conference will take place tomorrow, Tuesday March 28 at 10, at the Business Center of the Sardinian a... more
Science and technologySOGAER: press conference for flights to Germany served by Hapag-Lloyd Express
Cagliari, Italy - It will hold tomorrow morning at 10am at the Sardinian airport
Hapag-Lloyd Express and SOGAER (Cagliari-Elmas’ airport management society) communicate that the press conference will take place tomorrow, Tuesday March 28 at 10, at the Business Center of the Sardinian a... more
Science and technologyBooming SEA (Milan airports) in 2005
Milan, Italy - Positive offset and air traffic numbers
SEA SpA, management company of Milan’s airports, communicated numbers of its 2005 offset: EUR 46.2m net profits (+12.8%), EUR 638.1m total revenues (+3.1%), EUR 201m gross operating margin (+5%). The B... more
Science and technologyGESAC: new flight to Oslo served by SAS
Naples, Italy - The press conference for presentation will take place tomorrow at 1pm
Gesac, Naples’ airport management society, communicates that the press conference for new flight Naples-Oslo’s presentation, served by SAS, will happen tomorrow, Tuesday, March 28 at 1pm at the Alabardieri’s Palac... more
Science and technologySonAir orders three Class 3 EFBs from Boeing
Seattle, USA - Electronic Flight Bag is a digital system supplying navigation data
Sonagol, Angola’s oil company, and its air transportation arm, SonAir, announced orders of three Class 3 Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) to be installed on two B-737/700s and one B-737/700C. EFB is a digital t... more
Science and technologySOGAER: press conference for new flight Cagliari-Paris served by Meridiana
Cagliari, Italy - It will take place tomorrow morning at the Sardinia's airport of Elmas
Meridiana and SOGAER (Cagliar-Elmas’ airport management society) in collaboration with the Transport Councillor of Sardinia’s region communicate that the press conference will take place tomorrow, Fri... more
Science and technologyThe Alghero airport reopening slides to March 27
Alghero, Italy - Further delay because of rain
Sogeaal, management company of "Riviera del corallo" Alghero-Fertilia Airport, announced that the air station will reopen on March 27. After March 7 enclosure for works in landing and taxi strip and in... more
Science and technologyeasyJet would open a base at Madrid's Barajas Airport
London, UK - Good growth opportunities for the Spanish air station
Low-cost carrier easyJet made known to be interested to Madrid’s Barajas Airport as a possible base in Southern Europe. A carrier spokesman confirmed that there have been discussions with AENA, Spanish a... more
Science and technologySAT will increase the capital
Pisa, Italy - Within the Summer the shares will be allocated on the market
Officials of SAT, which is the company that manages Pisa airport, decided to increase company’s capital for the quotation in the Exchange. Shareholders’ assembly so deliberated to adopt a new social sta... more
Science and technologyBelfast airport will be titled to George Best
Belfast, UK - The cerimony will take place next May
The authorities of Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland, decided to title the city airport to George Best, the football champion dead last November because of his alcol addiction. The name of the Manchester... more
Science and technologyBencini: Malpensa will grow with or without Alitalia
Milan, Italy - The hub is grown of the 60% by the opening
Yesterday, during an audition at the regional Consilium of Lombardy, Giuseppe Bencini, President of SEA, the company which manages Milan’s airports, declared that Malpensa airport will grow with or without A... more
Science and technologyBritish Government awarded the bidders of BAA
London, UK - Heavy investments are necessary in the sector
British Government awarded the possible bidders of BAA company, which manages Londoners airports, that they will need heavy investments to increase the air traffic from and to south-east England. In particular... more
Science and technologySagat: SkyEurope flies from Caselle to Krakow from the end of March
Turin, Italy - Three times per week on a B-737
"SkyEurope, the low-cost carrier of the Middle-West Europe, in collaboration with Sagat (Turin’s Airport) announced officially the opening of new flights from Turin to Krakow, city situated on the south o... more
Science and technologyMalaysia launches a new low-cost airport
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Three days after, Singapore will do the same
A new low-cost airline terminal will be launched March 23 in Malaysia, exactly three days before rival Singapore opens it own budget terminal. The departure tax is 22% lower than that being charged at... more
Science and technologyThree new low-cost airlines at Brussels airport
Brussels, Belgium - They come from East Europe and will link Prague, Krakow and Munich
Brussels-Zaventem Airport is not much attended by low-cost airlines, because of its very high taxes. However three of these, coming from East Europe, will link the Belgian capital to Prague, Krakow and... more
Science and technologySITA DCS will be presented in Italy March 29
Rome, Italy - It is an automation system of boarding modalities
SITA DCS (Departure Control System), a new system allowing total automation of airport ground handling processes, will be presented March 29 at Hotel Hilton Airport in Rome-Fiumicino. SITA is an Amsterdam-Geneva-based... more
Science and technologyBaghdad airport closed for two days at least
Baghdad, Iraq - For maintenance and not security reasons
The spokesman of Iraqi Transport Ministry, Ahmad Abdelwahab, declared yesterday that Baghdad International Airport was closed for maintenance operations and that it won’t be re-opened before two days. T... more
Science and technologyAlert at Amsterdam airport's railway station
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Fear for possible attempts
The situation at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport is normalized after that yesterday some people have been seen walking in the tunnels of the railway station which connects the air station with the city. F... more
Science and technologyGrupo Ferrovial does not give up its aims to BAA
London, United Kingdom - The Spanish Group would lobby English shareholders
After last Friday refusal of 15.5 billion pounds by BAA (British Airport Authority) as takeover bid, Grupo Ferrovial could start lobbying major shareholders in the British company regulating several airports... more
Science and technologyUnmanned aircraft for volcanos' exploration realized in Italy
Palermo, Italy - It will be soon put on trial on Etna volcano
An aircraft for Volcanos’ exploration , realized by the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) in cooperation with Catania’s University, has been presented in Palermo during the European mee... more
Science and technologyDisturbed frequencies at Miami airport
Miami, USA - A pirate radio interferes with communications between airline pilots and control tower
Lately pilots of planes landing and taking off from Miami International Airport, instead of hearing the voice of control tower operators in their headphones, they hear hip hop tunes broadcast by a pirate... more
Science and technologyAlso Linate airport hit by a radars’ breakdown
Milan, Italy - Problems for the air traffic in Northern Italy
On last Friday, after the breakdown of the previous day at "Leonardo da Vinci" airport in Rome (see for details AVIONEWS), also at Milan’s Linate airport there were problems at the radar system which c... more
Science and technologyGrave lacks in US airports' security
Washington, USA - An NBC's news revealed it
Yesterday evening the NBC’s news revealed that in a recent test, conducted by Governmental authorities, to control the security of 21 airports in the country, no air station passed the exam. Federal a... more
Science and technologyAir traffic crazed at Fiumicino because of a breakdown to the radars
Rome, Italy - ANSV started an enquiry on the event
Yesterday evening the air traffic of the most important air station of Italian capital, "Leonardo da Vinci" airport at Fiumicino, went in tilt because of a radars’ breakdown. The damaged hit the SAF s... more
Science and technologyGreen light to the enlargement of Berlin-Schoenefeld airport
Berlin, Germany - The works will finish in 2011
German Federal Court yesterday gave green light to the enlargement of Berlin-Schoenefeld airport. Thanks to this decision now the German Capital will be provided of a worthy hub for its re-found importance... more
Science and technology5 kg of cocaine seized at Rome-Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - The drug localized by Financial Police's dog
Today at Rome-Fiumicino airport a Peruvian man, coming from Zurich, was arrested because he has 5 kg of pure cocaine. The drug, transformed in a very thin wrap easy to transport, was easily localized by... more
Science and technologySigonella base's radar closed for works
Catania, Italy - The enclosure will have after-effects on Catania and Reggio Calabria airports
Yesterday a meeting of Antisom 41st Wing Command of Italian military aviation, including delegates of ENAC (Italian National Civil Aviation Authority), ENAV (National Flight Assistance Authority) and SAC,... more
Science and technologyAirOne will remain at Fiumicino's Terminal A
Rome, Italy - The Civil Court of Rome decided so
Civil Court of Rome has accepted AirOne’s appeal against the decision of "Aeroporti di Roma" (AdR), the company which manages Italian Capital’s air stations, which wanted to remove the carrier from the... more
Science and technologyFlorence Airport: the Tuscan air station will be opened before expected time
Florence, Italy - The content of the airport management company's press release
"In advance compared with the beginning planning, Florence Airport, AdF SpA, makes known that the expected opening date for the Florence’s air station is Saturday April 8, 2006, except unpredictable e... more
Science and technologySacbo: new route to Leeds-Bradford served by low-cost Jet2.com
Bergamo, Italy - The presentation's press conference will take place next March 21 at 11am
Sacbo, Bergamo’s airport management society, communicated that next Tuesday, March 21 2006 at 11 the press conference will take place for the presentation of new route Orio al Serio/Leeds-Bradford served b... more
Science and technologyAlghero airport will open again on March 24
Alghero, Italy - Works will have six-days delay compared to the predicted time
Because of bad weather, "Riviera del corallo" Alghero-Fertilia’s Airport will postpone its opening to 3pm on March 24, instead of March 18, as it had been announced (see AVIONEWS for details). The works f... more
Science and technologyPlan to upgrade Lisbon's airport
Lisbon, Portugal - Moreover it is scheduled the construction of a new air station
Lisbon airport’s authorities decided to expand the passengers terminal and to improve its runways to increase the number of flights it can host and manage. The works should start in September and will a... more
Science and technologySogas: a weekly link to Krakow from Sunday April 2
Reggio Calabria, Italy - By a flight with more than two hours
From Sunday, April 2 it will possible to reach Krakow directly from Aeroporto dello Stretto (Sogas, Reggio Calabria’s airport management society) with a flight with more two hours. The link served by I... more
Science and technologyBulgarian military airports: they could be presently licensed to private subjects
Sofia, Bulgaria - This what Bulgarian Government thinks to strengthen civil airports network
It has been told that Bulgarian Government is going to license the management of 20 national military airports at least to private subjects. The Bulgarian executive’s target is to attract necessary investments t... more
Science and technologySAB: new direct flight to Budapest by SkyEurope in April
Boulogne, Italy - On B-737/300 from 149 seats with three weekly frequencies
The direct flight Boulogne-Budapest will begin next April 13 (on Thursday). Served by low-cost carrier SkyEurope with B-737/300 from 149 seats, the link will have three weekly frequencies: Tuesday, Thursday... more
Science and technologyBomb alert at "La Guardia" airport in New York
New York, USA - An electronic device's mistake
Last Friday there was a bomb alert at "Fiorello La Guardia" airport in New York. The alarm of an explosive detector turned on after to have analyze the shoes of a man who was immediately stopped at Delta... more
Science and technologyMacquarie Bank could launch a bid for BAA
Sydney, Australia - Alternative bid to Grupo Ferrovial's one
Australia’s Macquarie Bank refused to comment on a report it is considering to launch a bid for BAA, British company which control several airports among which Londoners Heathrow one. Macquarie should b... more
Science and technologyNew optic scanner at "Heathrow" airport
London, UK - Currently it is in service only in airport's terminal 1
Londoners "Heathrow" airport has been chosen by British authorities to test the new Iris Recognition Immigration System (Iris) to identify the immigrants who arrive in Great Britain. Currently the sophisticated... more
Science and technologySlivengrad's airport will be built with European funds?
Sophia, Bulgary - Greek city Trigono's authorities asked its realization
A little airport could be built soon in the small Bulgarian town of Slivengrad, situated near the three Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish borderlines. Greek city Trigono’s authorities asked it. For Greek o... more
Science and technologySepang's new airport will open by March
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The air station built in a record time
Malay Transport Minister, Chan Kong Choy, announced that by two weeks for new low-cost connections the Sepang’s airport will be opened, far only 20 kilometres by the main airport of Kuala Lumpur. The a... more
Science and technologyA problem to computers for the New York's air traffic management caused hardships to the US air transport
New York, Usa - FAA has immediatly activated the emergency system
Yesterday it has been very difficult to fly in the US’ skies because of a failure to main computer that manages the air traffic from/to New York’s airports. The fault to this pc and despite of the FAA... more
Science and technologyAlghero-Fertilia airport closed until March 18
Alghero, Italy - Cancelled flights because of requalification works
Requalification works on taxiway and runway caused "Riviera del corallo" Alghero-Fertilia Airport’s enclosure, and the flights from yesterday until March 18 have been cancelled. Sardinia Region have o... more