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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
AirportsMalpensa: freezing of the Alitalia routes for one year
Milan, Italy - The possible proposal by the Economics Minister
A very important day for Alitalia and everything that gravitates around it, including the case of Malpensa. In the today's meeting between the Air France-KLM President, Jean Cyril Spinetta, and the Italian... more
AirportsSchiphol Airport, the new environmental tax will block passenger traffic's growth
Amsterdam, Netherlands - It will be introduced on July 1st, 2008
The new environmental tax against the damages of the air traffic, decided by the Dutch Government, will hang over the accounts of the Schiphol Airport. This tax, equal to 11.25 Euro for EU flights and... more
AirportsDi Paola: "The tariffs need to be reviewed"
Rome, Italy - The President of Assaeroporti on the reorganization of the airport system
Domenico Di Paola, President of Assaeroporti (Association that brings together the managers of the civilian airports in Italy) and sole administrator of Aeroporti di Puglia SpA, aligns himself with the... more
AirportsVenice, airport "Nicelli": the plans of president Trevisan
Venice, Italy - The target is reaching 35 thousands movements a year
The Venetian airport "Giovanni Nicelli" of San Nicolà al Lido has a new board of directors installed yesterday which will be in charge for the next three years. Ruggero Poli was elected as CEO of the... more
AirportsSAB: 4,3 million passengers surpassed in 2007
Bologna, Italy - New record for the "Guglielmo Marconi" airport, with a growth equal to 9%
"The Bologna's airport closed 2007 with a new traffic record in the air station's history: the overall passengers have been 4,361,951, with a growth of 9% compared to 2006. In particular, the scheduled... more
AirportsAutogrill: HMSHost starts up in Changi Singapore International Airport
Milan, Italy - The Group continues to grow in Asia
"Autogrill Group strengthens its presence in Asia and, through its American division HMSHost, starts up also in Changi Singapore, a major Southeast Asian hub, having secured contracts to provide food &... more
AirportsCuneo-Levaldigi obtains the "Airport certification" by ENAC
Cuneo, Italy - The future of the "Olimpica" airport has been the theme of discussion
The future "Olimpica" airport in Cuneo-Levaldigi has been the subject of discussion that took place near the Cuneo Province's Room; the General Manager of ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), Cap.... more
AirportsRomanian airports closed due to bad weather conditions
Bucharest , Romania - There are heavy snow precipitations
Romanian capital city Bucharest's international airports Henri Coanda and Baneasa have been closed by authorities due to heavy snow precipitations, and several flights, including those to Italian cities... more
AirportsThe airport of Brescia-Montichiari introduces an experimental project on safety
Brescia, Italy - The meeting will be held on January 10th at 12:00
"Fog and safety: a possible couple" is the new experimental project for the airport safety management in poor conditions of visibility, that will be presented to the Institutions and press on Thursday... more
AirportsBAA, employees call off the strikes
London, United Kingdom - The flights will be regular on January 7th, 14th and 17th
The BAA - British Airports Authority employees have called off the strikes announced in the last month of December following the agreement reached yesterday between the company and the workers. The... more
AirportsMalpensa case: also "Fiera Milano" sides with the airport
Milan, Italy - The statements by the general manager Enrico Pazzali
Also "Fiera Milano" sides with the airport of Malpensa. "As 'Fiera Milano' we want to support the battle that the heads of Lombard institutions - the Lombardia Region President Roberto Formigoni, the... more
AirportsUK, new rules for the hand luggage
London, United Kingdom - Starting from January 7th, 2008
Starting from January 7th, 2008, in 21 British airports - Heathrow included - there will be the possibility to embark two pieces of hand luggage instead of just one, a limit introduced in August 2006. Among... more
AirportsKenya, no flight cancellations
Mombasa, Kenya - The communications of Kenya Tourism Federation
Kenya Tourism Federation informs the flights will not be cancelled and all the airlines are operating regularly from the airports of Mombasa and Nairobi. "There is a great presence of the police along... more
AirportsAéroports de Paris, the 3.3% of the capital passes to the French Group Vinci
Paris, France - The company does not intend to increase its stake
The 3.3% share of the Aéroports de Paris (AdP), Paris Airports Management Company, has been purchased by the French construction Group Vinci. "Vinci does not intend to increase its current stake outside... more
AirportsAirport segment: Oman plans billionaire investments
Muscat, Oman - Development of the airport area, creation of new air stations
Also Oman, which borders with the United Arab Emirates, with Saudi Arabia and Yemen has been infected with the development of air traffic which is concerning the Arabic peninsula, and aims at the tourism... more
AirportsAir China, a new Terminal in the Beijing Capital Airport
Beijing, China - The Country's largest investment project
Starting in March 2008, Air China will begin using the newly constructed Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital Airport. The Terminal 3 is the China's largest investment project for airport, and will be the... more
AirportsGesac: the general data of the Naples-Capodichino's International Airport
Naples, Italy - 28 carriers have operated from this airport this year
"Network 2007 (Spring-Summer 2007). The network of the direct links of the Naples international airport in 2007 has been significantly enlarged: 37 the scheduled international destinations, 14 national... more