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AirportsDHL Express inaugurated its international base in Milan-Malpensa
Milan, Italy - An EUR 3.8 million investment
DHL Express and SEA (Milan's airports management company) inaugurated yesterday the new DHL Express international hub in Milan-Malpensa. With the new hub, that manages today 12,000 consignments per... more
AirportsAirplanes and environment. Singapore: the trend of "Green" airports will start from here?
Singapore, Singapore - EUR 726 million for a stopover multipurpose that will host a huge greenhouse
The expansion project of the Singapore-Changi airport is really ambitious: in the coming years, next to the first terminal of the city-state airport, the study Safdie Architects will build a new multipurpose... more
AirportsPlanes and attacks. Egypt: explosion in the Cairo’s city center and two bombs found at the airport
Cairo, Egypt - High alert at the airport of the Egyptian capital, police is studying the security video
The tension backs high in Egypt; this morning, a bomb exploded in Qasr al-Nil Street, in the central district of Cairo not far from Tahrir Square. Egyptian police officials have indicated it was an... more
AirportsDubai International Airport: 70.47 million recorded in 2014
Dubai, UAE - 79 million projected in 2015
Dubai Airports today released its year-end traffic report which confirm that Dubai International (DXB) has secured its position as the number one airport for international passenger numbers. Full year... more
AirportsLondon City Airport welcomed over 3,5 million passengers in 2014
London, UK - Representing an 8 percent increase compared to 2013
A bounce-back in business travel has resulted in a record-breaking year in 2014 at London City Airport (LCY). The only airport actually in London, LCY welcomed 3.65 million passengers in the 12 months... more
AirportsAirplane. Aci Europe: EU and Non-EU airports report similar traffic performance in November
Bruxelles, Belgium - Balanced growth that drives exceptional economic performance, especially in Greece, Luxembourg, Belgium, Ireland, Romania, Portugal and Croatia
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its traffic report for November. The report is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights: network,... more
AirportsAircraft and finance. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund interested in Adr
Rome, Italy - Atlantia would sell a 20-30% share
Atlantia might open AdR-Aeroporti di Roma’s capital to a new partner. As reported by sources quoted by “Milano Finanza”, the holding controlled by the Benetton family has committed to the advisor Lazar... more
AirportsDubai International Airport: passenger traffic at DXB climbs 4.3% in November 2014
Dubai, UAE - A step closer to being confirmed as the world busiest international airport
Dubai Airports maintained its growth trajectory in the second half of 2014 with passenger traffic at Dubai International rising 4.3 per cent in November, according to the latest traffic report issued by... more
AirportsBergamo airport in Italy: direct flights to Costanza, in Romania
Bergamo, Italy - Served by Blue Air twice per week (Wednesday and Saturday)
The direct links from Bergamo to Costanza by Blue Air (Romanian smart flying flag carrier) will take off next April 1st, 2015. The airline will connect the Bergamo airport to the port-city of Romania... more
AirportsAircraft and airports. Fog disrupts flights in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - The city’s main hub staid closed for an hour and twenty minutes
The Abu Dhabi International Airport was closed this morning between 7:30 and 8:50 am local time because of heavy fog. According to the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology visibility was reduced... more
AirportsAirplanes and traffic. Dubai Airports delivers smooth experience on busiest week-end in DXB's history
Dubai, UAE - Airport welcomed more than 600,000 travellers over three days
The busiest weekend in the history of one of the world’s busiest international airports –Dubai International– was managed without a glitch following days of planning and preparation by operator Dubai Airpo... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. European airports to use common decision making system with EU support
Brussels, Belgium - The TEN-T programme will invest over EUR 3 million for the A-CDM in eight airports
The EU's TEN-T Programme will invest over €3 million for the deployment of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) in eight European airports. The project is expected to improve flight predictability a... more
AirportsAirports and safety. Security flaws at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt, Germany - Undercover EU investigators smuggled arms through security checks
Frankfurt Airport, the third in Europe for number of travellers after London-Heathrow and Paris-"Charles de Gaulle" is not safe. As reported by the Deutsch media on Sunday December 21, investigators posing... more
AirportsAircraft and airports. India: “Navi Mumbai” airport operative in 2019
Mumbai, India - The new facility will reduce traffic on the “Chhatrapati Shivaji”, the only airport of the town
Heavy air traffic congestion is a great problem for Mumbai. Flights are often forced to keep circling the “Chhatrapati Shivaji” airport –the only one in town- for up to half an hour before landing. On Th... more
AirportsAir Moldova-Sagat: new Turin-Chisinau link served by an Embraer 190 airplane
Turin, Italy - The flight landed with 100 passengers on board and 85 were departing
Air Moldova and Sagat (Turin airport management company) gave the welcome to the Turin-Chisinau flight, the first direct link between the Italian city and the Moldavia Republic. The new route will serve... more
AirportsToo many aircraft on Beijing: approved project for third airport
Beijing, China - The facility, designed by a Dutch company, will handle 72 million passengers a year
Beijing has two airports: the “Beijing Capital International Airport”, the world's second-busiest with more than 83 million passengers in 2013 and the “Nanyuan”, a former military airfield with limited... more
AirportsAirplanes and infrastructures. Philippines launch tender for the development of six airports
Manila, Philippines - The project is part of an infrastructure upgrade plan launched in 2010
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) announced that next year it will offer for tender the renovation and development of six airports in key cities for the national t... more
AirportsAircraft and strikes (2). SEA: possible effects on the operativeness at Milan airports tomorrow
Milan, Italy - Due to the protest announced from 10am to 6:00pm
SEA (Milan airports management company) communicates that the flights planned tomorrow at Milan-Malpensa and Milan-Linate airports could have delays and/or cancellations, due to the general national strike... more
AirportsAutogrill grows in Germany and signs a new contract at the Frankfurt hub
Milan, Italy - Total revenues estimated at about 150 million euros over the ten-year contract term
Autogrill Group has signed a new contract with Frankfurt Airport to open three new points of sale and renew seven others in which it already operates. The contract will run for ten years, from 2015 to... more
AirportsAirplanes fly back to Mitiga airport
Tripoli, Libya - Meanwhile the Italian minister of Foreign Affairs Gentiloni says Italy is likely to be involved in a new international mission in Libya
After last days airplane raids, Mitiga airport, the only one active in Tripoli, have been reopened this morning (see also AVIONEWS). As reported by Libyan media, operations began again with two flights,... more
AirportsMichael Brown’s case. Riots in Ferguson (Missouri): airplanes redirected from St Louis airport
St Louis, USA - The decision was taken following the unrest that burst after a grand jury declined to indict the police officer who shot the young man
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is diverting flights scheduled to land at St Louis to other airports as of 11:30 local time Monday November 24. The decision was taken after gunshots were fired... more
AirportsItaly. Palermo's airport: four links to Zurich and new route to Geneva
Palermo, Italy - SWISS redoubles the destinations and the frequencies to Switzerland
SWISS International Air Lines doubles the frequencies to Zurich and announces the new route to Geneva from Palermo's airport for the Summer 2015. The Helvetic carrier of the Lufthansa Group has confirmed... more
AirportsAirplanes and conflicts. Libya: Mitiga airport in Tripoli still closed
Tripoli, Libya - The airport was replacing the capital’s main hub, closed since summer after being damaged in combats between government forces and Islamist militias
Tripoli’s Mitiga airport is kept close after fights broke on Sunday between Islamist militias of “Libya Dawn” and forces loyal to Abdullah Al-Tinni’s government. According to military sources, at leas... more
AirportsAci Europe: the Airport Carbon Accreditation goes Global. Puerto Vallarta Airport in Mexico become the 111th in the programme
Brussels, Belgium - And it is the first to become certified in Latin-America and Caribbean
Ahead of this year’s United Nations COP20 Conference Of the Parties on the issue of Climate Change, taking place in Lima in early December, a key development in the airport industry’s efforts to address the... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. The United Kingdom weighs costs and benefits of three airport development projects
London, United Kingdom - The major benefits should come from building a third runway at Heathrow, but Gatwick’s expansion is cheaper
The United Kingdom Airport Commission issued the latest update of its evaluations on three competing projects to solve the country’s air traffic problems (see also AVIONEWS). There are three options: b... more
AirportsAci Europe: passenger traffic up 3.9% at Europe's airports during September
Brussels, Belgium - Freight +2.9% while aircraft movements +2.8%
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE released its traffic report for September. The report is the only air transport report which includes all types of civil aviation passenger flights: network, low-cost... more
AirportsF2i: new pole for renewable has born
Milan, Italy - Closing between Edison and EDF Energies Nouvelles
The transfer of the capital among F2i, Edison and EDF Energies Nouvelles completed last Wednesday. The new pole counts on about 600 MW of the eolian capacity mainly and will contribute to the growth... more
AirportsExceptional cloudburst on Rome-Fiumicino airport. Refuelling and engine aircraft operations suspended for a quarter-hour
Rome, Italy - A task-force for about 150 people implemented
The refuelling and the starting operations of airplane engines, as security procedure, have been suspended from 3:19pm to 3:33pm, during more acute phase of the extraordinary downpour still ongoing at... more
AirportsAutogrill grows further in the UK and enters in Manchester Airport and in London-Stansted Airport
Milan, Italy - Total points of sale operated in the UK will rise to 37
Acting through its HMSHost International subsidiary, Autogrill Group is growing in the United Kingdom, having secured a new seven-year contract at Manchester Airport entailing the opening of new points... more
AirportsAirplanes and safety. Saab achieves IOC milestone for seventh RWSL deployment in the USA
Linkoping, Sweden - Runway Status Lights deployed to a total of 17 airports nationwide
Defence and security company Saab has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Runway Status Lights (RWSL) program has achieved the Initial Operating Capability (IOC) milestone at seven... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Malpensa on the hunt for new partners in Asia
Milan, Italy - The president of the company operating Milan airports went to Asia with a Government delegation
After the “Linate decree”, Malpensa airport tries to recover competitiveness looking for new partners in Asia. Pietro Modiano, president of Sea, the operator of the two Milan airports, left Italy together wit... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Autogrill continues its expansion in South-East Asia
Milan, Italy - A new 5-year concession at Bali-Ngurah Rai Airport in Indonesia
Through its HMSHost International division, Autogrill Group is carrying forward its expansion in South East Asia, where it has secured a new 5-year concession at Bali-Ngurah Rai Airport in Indonesia, where... more
AirportsAirplanes and finance. Aena case: if a solution is not found within two days, November 12 Stock exchange quotation could fall through
Madrid, Spain - The reason why the Spanish Government did not approve the initial public offering is still not clear
After Aena’s presentation to institutional investors, scheduled yesterday, was cancelled (for details see AVIONEWS), legal services of the Ministries of Economy, Finances and Public Works are urging a... more
AirportsAircraft and airports. Dubai International’s passenger traffic up 9.9 per cent in September
Dubai, UAE - According to the latest report issued by operator Dubai Airports today
Passenger traffic at Dubai International continued its upward trend in September by registering 9.9 per cent growth, according to the latest traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports today. Passenger... more
AirportsFAA awards environmental grant to six airports
Washington, Usa - For USD 10.2 million
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently awarded $10.2 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to six airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through... more
AirportsF2i: BoD named Renato Ravanelli as CEO
Milan, Italy - He replaced resigning Vito Gamberale
The Board of Directors of F2i -Fondi italiani per le infrastrutture SGR (Società di gestione del risparmio)- gathered last Tuesday, co-opted and then named Renato Ravanelli as CEO. The appointment... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Gatwick president in Belfast to promote new runway project
Belfast, United Kingdom - Gatwick is competing with Heathrow to get green light over expansion plan
The “War” between Gatwick and Heathrow to get the UK Airports Commission’s approval on their development plans goes on, no holds barred. The Commission is currently considering which airport should be al... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Heathrow’s owner to sell its other three airports
London, United Kingdom - The buyer is a consortium between the Spanish Ferrovial and the Australian bank Macquaire
Heathrow Airport Holdings, company operating four airports in the United Kingdom, decided to focus only on Heathrow. The airports of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton are going to be sold to the Spanish... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Mexico City: the “Benito Juárez” will be converted in a green area
Mexico City, Mexico - Airplanes and airports. Mexico City: the “Benito Juárez” will be converted in a green area
The most important Mexico’s commercial airport will be transformed into a huge green lung in the Federal District (the metropolitan area of the capital) with a rain water basin. A public open competition w... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Aena privatization: the committee selects the three new shareholders
Madrid, Spain - 28% of the stake will be divided between two Spanish companies and an English investor
The committee for proposals evaluation decided over the purchase of Aena, the Spanish airport management giant: the core of private shareholders will be made by Corporación Alba with 8% of shares, Ferrovial... more
AirportsAustralian investment fund interested in a stake in Vienna airport
Vienna, Austria - IFM investors is also in the shortlist for the purchase of 49% of the Italian F2i
The Australian fund Ifm investors offered 502 million Euros to buy a stake in Vienna Airport management company. The news involves indirectly Italy too, because according to unconfirmed press reports Ifm... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Italian Enac and AdR announce measures to overcome luggage-chaos in Rome-Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Operators reduced to a maximum of three and investments for new facilities
Four years after the savage liberalization of baggage handling services, the Italian national authority for civil aviation (Enac) has decided to bring back order in Rome-Fiumicino airport. In few weeks... more
AirportsAeroporti di Puglia: Bari will be the tenth Italian destination in 2015 for Turkish Airlines
Rimini, Italy - The announcement during the opening of a three day tourism event "TTG Incontri 2014"
Aeroporti di Puglia and Turkish Airlines announced today the decision to inaugurate the Bari-Istanbul route in 2015. They made it during the opening of a three day tourism event "TTG Incontri" in Rimini.... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. ACI Europe: airports ready to play their part in Italy's economic recovery
Brussels, Belgium - After the meeting last week with Minister Lupi and Assaeroporti
Last week, ACI EUROPE met with the Italian Transport Minister, Maurizio Lupi, together with Italian airport association Assaeroporti. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the work programme of the... more
AirportsHeathrow airport: construction worker dies after being hit by a lorry
London, United Kingdom - The accident happened at dawn on a building site in Terminal 2
Fatal accident this morning in Heathrow airport (London) Terminal 2, recently reopened after revamping. A construction worker, believed to be in his thirties, was run out by a lorry on a building site... more
AirportsAirplanes. United Kingdom: minor airports allied against Heathrow
London, United Kingdom - Birmingham airport CEO endorses Gatwick’s expansion
Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham airport, manifested his support to the construction of a second runway in Gatwick during the Conservative Party Conference. Kehoe’s move might be the sign of an unprecedented a... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Aena: Stock exchange quotation forecast for November
Madrid, Spain - The Spanish State might cash in 2.5 billion Euros from the privatisation of 49% of the company
The procedure leading to the Stock exchange quotation of Aena, the Spanish airport management giant, might end in early November. The privatisation moved its first steps in September, when a tender for... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. Spain privatises the airport management giant Aena
Madrid, Spain - The company manages 46 airports in Spain and 15 more around the world
The airport management company Aena made the first step towards privatisation. The deadline to apply was September 23. The Minister of Public Works and Transports Ana Pastor -from Berlin where she was... more
AirportsAirports and investments. Italy: Lamezia Terme looking for new partners
Lamezia Terme, Italy - There might be an offer from Argentinian giant Corporación America
Lamezia Terme airport (Calabria Region) is looking for a fresh start with new capitals and investments. Among the societies interested in entering in Sacal, the airport managing company, there might be... more
AirportsDubai at "Expo 2020" with the biggest airport in the world
Dubai, UAE - The prime minister approved a 32 billion dollar project to enlarge Al Maktoum
Dubai will have the biggest airport in the world. Last September 9, sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates vice-president and prime minister, allocated 32 billion dollars to enlarge... more