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AirportsParis airports employees ready to strike in July
Unions ask for five days of demonstration
French trade unions are very angry in relation to air transport: the request of the local unions is that of a five-day strike in the course of next July, as part of the negotiations concerning the country's... more
Airlines"Single European Sky". Council agrees its position on Air Traffic Management reform
This agreement allows the presidency to launch talks with the EP on the final text
The Council today agreed its position (‘general approach’) on the reform of the "Single European Sky". The aim of the reform is to improve European airspace management and the air navigation services sys... more
AirlinesLufthansa Cargo acquires another B-777F aircraft
Its delivery before the end of this year
Another brand-new B-777F aircraft is being added to Lufthansa Cargo's freighter fleet. Delivery of the airplane is expected before the end of this year. A total of fifteen full-freighters will then b... more
AirportsAci Europe: airports send stark warning over potential Summer chaos
Due to Covid-19 checks
ACI EUROPE warned yesterday about the risk of travellers having to spend hours at Europe’s airports over the summer due to COVID-19 checks. With the on-going and expected further easing of travel restrictions bo... more
AirportsFrankfurt Airport: tomorrow T2 reopening
48 airlines ready to start at this Terminal
Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 2 will open it’s doors again on Tuesday, June 1. Terminal 2 parking facilities and the Sky Line and bus transfer connections to Terminal 1 will also be providing regular ser... more
AirportsSpain, covid passport will debut on June 7
It will be essential to revive tourism and air transport
Just under two weeks: very little is missing from the official debut of the so-called "covid passport" in Spain, a fundamental document for reactivating national and international tourist flows, primarily... more
AirlinesIATA: optimism when borders reopen
Forecast highlights and short term restart
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Tourism Economics released a long-term view for post-COVID-19 passenger demand recovery which demonstrates that people remain eager to travel in the... more
AirlinesCargo. Strategic agreement between Budapest and Shanghai airports
This kind of transport will be further enhanced
What do Hungary and China have in common? Those who think that there is very little to unite the two Nations are very wrong, as confirmed by the agreement signed in the last few hours by a Hungarian airport... more
AirlinesChina will ban plastic and packaging in civil aviation
Measures are part of a broader national plan
China is aiming decisively at an increasingly "green" air transport. As the media of the Asian nation has learned in the last few hours, Beijing is about to ban the use of disposable plastic bags, plastic... more
AirportsEelde Airport reports of noise pollution soaring
Over 50% of them originated from two people
The situation that is closely affecting a Dutch airport is very peculiar and bizarre. We are talking about the Groningen-Eelde airport, which is equipped with a terminal, a control tower and two runways... more
AirportsAutogrill Group: results for the four months 2021
New openings at airports in North America
The Board of Directors of Autogrill SpA, which convened today, reviewed and approved the consolidated revenue performance for the four months ended 30 April 2021.30 April 2021 results YTDRevenue: €530.7m (... more
AirlinesBelarus hijacks Ryanair plane to arrest opponent
It was bound for Lithuania
It is still controversial after Belarus literally imposed the hijacking of a low-cost carrier Ryanair aircraft that had departed from Athens and headed for Vilnius, Lithuania. The plane in question landed... more
AirportsAutogrill: new agreement in Bali Airport
The Group gains ground abroad through its subsidiary
Autogrill Group, through its subsidiary HMSHost International, annouces that it has won new tender in Indonesia, at the "Ngurah Rai International Airport" in Bali, Indonesia.The contract, which is expected... more
AirportsAirport Industry reconfirms and accelerates net zero CO2 targets
235 airports across Europe committed by 2050
At the second ACI EUROPE Aviation Sustainability Summit yesterday, the airport trade body made a series of announcements reaffirming the commitment of Europe’s airports to climate action and significantly r... more
AirlinesFrankfurt Airport to reopen Northwest Runway
Fraport expects aircraft movements to rise again this Summer
On Tuesday, June 1, the Northwest Runway (07L/25R) at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will recommence operations. Fraport – the company that operates Frankfurt Airport – has decided to reopen the runway in ant... more
AirportsEuropean Parliament. Question on divestment of Toscana Aeroporti Handling
Call on the Commission to support and protect the workers affected by the employment crisis
By Susanna Ceccardi (ID) more
AirlinesRyanair reports full year loss of EUR 815 million
As traffic falls 81% due to Covid-19 travel restrictions
Ryanair Holdings plc today (17 May) reported a full year loss of €815m (excl. hedge ineffectiveness), compared to a PY profit of €1,002m. Features of FY21 included:FY21 traffic fell 81% from 149m to 27.... more
AirportsChina cancelled nearly 500 air links for covid
Data was disclosed by local authorities
The coronavirus pandemic has forced to date, therefore in just over a year, the cancellation of almost 500 air connections throughout China. According to what was reported by local authorities, 487 flights... more
AirlinesBritish Airways tests "virtual queue" right at home
Air carrier is offering this system to passengers
British air carrier British Airways has "beaten" the other airlines in the world over time with regard to a particular check-in system. In fact, based on what has been learned in the last few hours, a... more
AirportsAir taxi, Guardia di Finanza discovers one million euros not paid
265 companies did not pay dues in Cagliari
Today, Thursday May 13, 2021, the Guardia di Finanza of Cagliari has completed an important operation that has uncovered almost one million euros of unpaid taxes for what concerns the transport of passengers... more
AirportsAircraft. Cyprus air traffic is recovering
In May comforting data for the Summer
The month of May began as best could not have been foreseen for Cyprus air transport. As reported in the last few hours by Yiannis Karousos, the island's transport minister, the first nine days of... more
AirportsAustralia will keep its borders closed until 2022
National isolation lasted since March 2020
Australians, let's joice, as we are united and free: the start of "Advance Australia Fair", the official national anthem is full of confidence and optimism, too bad the residents cannot enjoy so much... more
AirportsAmsterdam says goodbye to manual baggage checks for passengers
Schiphol Airport will use scanners
No more manual checks: this is the watchword of the Dutch airport of Amsterdam-Schiphol (read also the article published by AVIONEWS), the airport that has decided to modify the operations concerning the... more
AirlinesIATA. "Irresponsible" rise in Spanish airport charges
It will damage economic recovery and jobs
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that proposals by AENA to increase user charges at the 46 airports it operates across Spain could damage Spain’s economic and employment recovery f... more
AirportsBerlin, Tegel is no longer officially an airport
In its place, Brandenburg airport was inaugurated
People who live in Berlin have long since become accustomed to the new Brandenburg airport, an infrastructure that took several years to actually become operational (read also the article published by... more
AirportsStockholm-Bromma Airport definitively closes
Covid-19 has accelerated a choice scheduled for 2038
Among the many "victims" of the aviation sector who have been killed by the coronavirus there is also a Scandinavian airport that has not been talked about for some time. We are talking about the Stockholm-Bromma... more
AirportsSan Francisco Airport opens new Covid testing site, available to all passengers
The new service from tomorrow, on May 6
The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) announced the opening of a new on-site COVID-19 testing facility, which uses the “gold standard” of tests… the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain... more
AirlinesFAA, airlines reported 1300 unruly passengers
Since last February
1300 undisciplined passengers have been reported since last February by carriers to FAA (Federal Aviation Administration). In addition, the US agency itself has identified potential violations in 260 cases... more
AirportsEU Covid-19 certificates must facilitate free movement without discrimination
They are not travel documents
On Thursday, European Parliament (EP) adopted its negotiating position on the proposal for a certificate to reaffirm the right to free movement in Europe during the pandemic.MEPs agreed that the new “EU C... more
AirlinesEuropean Parliament. Question on unequal treatment of ITA compared to Lufthansa and Air France-KLM
By six MEPs
"Parliamentary questions8 April 2021 Question for written answer E-001898/2021to the Commission Rule 138Anna Bonfrisco (ID), Marco Campomenosi (ID), Massimo Casanova (ID), Paolo Borchia (ID), Luisa Regimenti... more