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AirportsDubai International Airport confirmed as world's leading A-380 aircraft hub
Dubai, UAE - According to published airline industry flight schedule data for 2012
Dubai International, the fastest growing airport in 2012 according to OAG statistics and the second busiest airport for international passenger traffic according to Airports Council International data,... more
AirportsAci Europe about the EP vote on revised ground handling regulation
Brussels, Belgium - The declarations of its Director General Olivier Jankovec
Earlier today, the European Parliament adopted in first reading its amendments to a proposal from the European Commission for a new Regulation on ground handling services at EU airports. ACI EUROPE is... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Project for Milan-Malpensa Airport's third runway suspended. But is it really needed?
Milan, Italy - The hub handles a traffic which is a lot lower than its maximum capacity, with a decreasing trend
The Italian civil aviation authority (ENAC) communicated that the decision regarding the Master Plan for the development of Malpensa Airport has been postponed to November 2013. The reason of this decision... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Berlin Airport launches action plan "SPRINT" to swift opening
Berlin, Germany - The remaining works will be divided into modules, which will be guided by different managers
Hartmut Mehdorn, Chief Executive Officer of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg, the management firm of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, presented "SPRINT", his action plan for a speedy opening of the new German hub,... more
AirportsAirplanes and airports. AEA: European Parliament vote should facilitate the gradual opening of the ground handling market
Brussels, Belgium - The decision tomorrow, essential part of the ‘Better Airport Package’ proposed by the EC
The European Parliament is preparing to vote tomorrow on the so-called ground handling regulation, which is an essential part of the "Better Airport Package" proposed by the European Commission and which... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Turkish Airlines increases links Rome-Fiumicino/Istanbul
Rome, Italy - The fourth weekly connection from the end of April
Turkish Airlines continues to reinforce its own network of links in Italy: in fact a fourth weekly connection on the route Rome-Istanbul will be inaugurated in the last week in April. This new service... more
AirportsAirports and store. Autogrill: agreement to set up jv in Vietnam
Milan, Italy - Over 80 points of sale in the country’s main airports
Autogrill Group, through its HMSHost International division, and local F&B operator Vietnam Food and Beverage Services Company Ltd. have entered an agreement to set up Autogrill VFS F&B Company, a Newco... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Possible partnership between Nice and Cuneo airports
Cuneo, Italy - The Piedmont facility might operate as a satellite of the French hub
Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur (ACA), the management firm of Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport, might enter in the ownership structure of Geac, which operates Cuneo-Levaldigi Airport: however, official confirmations bo... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. FAA: 3.5-million-dollar fine to operator of New York airports for training deficiencies
New York, USA - The Port Authority and the agency reach a settlement agreement
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) have reached a settlement agreement about aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF)... more
AirportsLondon City Airport: the "Internet of things" will be trialled
London, UK - The project is due to be completed in March 2014
London City announced that the Technology Strategy Board will help support LCY with investment of the “Internet of things” (IOT)– demonstrator. The TSB have only funded a small number of organisations with... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. G8 summit: police announces possible disruption in and around Belfast International Airport
Belfast, United Kingdom - Meeting scheduled on June 17 and 18
The Police Service of Northern Ireland warned the residents living around Belfast International Airport that some disruption might occur in the area during the G8 summit, which is scheduled on June 17... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructures. Copenhagen Airport accelerates refurbishment works in view of the Summer season
Copenhagen, Denmark - 72-million-Euro investment to improve terminals and baggage system
In view of a Summer season which will be particularly busy Københavns Lufthavne, the management firm of Copenhagen Airport, one of the busiest hubs in Northern Europe, speeded up the refurbishment works... more
AirportsAci Europe: weak results about airport traffic in February
Brussels, Belgium - The integral version of the report in the "Specials" section of AVIONEWS
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE released on April 4 its traffic results for the month of February, across the European airport network. The overall passenger traffic at Europe’s airports saw a... more
AirportsDubai's second airport: passenger aircraft will start flying on October 27
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - The new hub will launch its operations with Nas Air and Wizz Air
Dubai Airports communicated that Dubai World Central will open its doors to passengers on October 27, 2013 when launch carriers nasair and Wizz Air commence operations into Dubai’s second airport. The a... more
AirportsRunway renovation at "Chopin Airport" in Warsaw: works postponed due to the weather conditions
Warsaw, Poland - Until April 22
The Warsaw's airport management company has decided recently and communicated in a note to postpone the works beginning until April 22 due to weather conditions in the city (see for details AVIONEWS). The... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. One runway at Warsaw "Chopin" Airport will be closed for six months starting from today's night
Warsaw, Poland - Reopening scheduled for early September
In the night between today, Tuesday 2 April 2013, and tomorrow one of the runways (15/3, 3690 m) at Warsaw "Frédéric Chopin" Airport will be closed for six months due to major repair work, and all the a... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Opening of Hamad International Airport delayed: Doha like Berlin?
Doha, Qatar - Inauguration indefinitely postponed because of safety issues
Now also the Middle East has its Berlin: the inauguration of Brandenburg, the new airport of the German capital, is similar to an odyssey, which from delay to delay carried the opening of the facility... more
AirportsAircraft and finance. Purchase of Cardiff Airport by Welsh Government is raising controversies
Cardiff, United Kingdom - Bristol's CEO shares competition concerns expressed in January by MEP Ashley Fox
The purchase of Cardiff International Airport by the Government of Wales for 52 million pounds (about 61.5 million Euro or 79 million dollars), which was concluded on Thursday 28 March 2013 (AVIONEWS),... more
AirportsJetairfly: new links from Bologna to Morocco
Bologna, Italy - To Marrakesh and Casablanca
Morocco is three hours far from Bologna. The new seasonal scheduled flight from Bologna to Marrakesh will take off next May 22, 2013. It is served by Jetairfly, the Belgian airline, by a B-737/700 airplane... more
AirportsNaples-Capodichino Airport: traffic previsions during the Easter week-end
Naples, Italy - About 70,000 passengers
There will be 70,000 (34,000 on national routes, 31,000 international and 5,000 charter) arriving and departing passengers expected from Naples International airport, as of Friday March 29 to Tuesday April... more
AirportsA-380 stand for the aircraft at Gatwick Airport: success or failure?
London, United Kingdom - The structure cost seven millions Euros is in the center of debates
An intense fervor during the morning of March 27 at London Gatwick Airport where finally there was an A-380 landing that marked the airport's suitability for the world's largest commercial aircraft made... more
AirportsNew Cagliari-Barcelona direct link by Vueling
Cagliari, Italy - Initially served three times (June-September) and in August four weekly flights
Vueling announces the starting of the operations at Cagliari airport with a direct flight to Barcelona, from next June 21 and a total offer of 14,160 seats for all the Summer season. The new connection... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Welsh government purchases Cardiff Airport
Cardiff, United Kingdom - Operation concluded on the basis of 52 million pounds
On Wednesday 27 March 2013 the Prime Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones announced that his government has purchased Cardiff International Airport for a total investment of 52 million pounds to be paid to TBI,... more
AirportsSAT (Pisa Airport). AirOne: novelties for Summer season at "Galileo Galilei" Airport
Pisa, Italy - With links to Russia and other seasonal
The new connections to Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the main novelties of the Summer season 2013 by AirOne, the Smart Carrier of the Alitalia Group, explained on March 25 at Pisa airport by Gina Giani,... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. London City Airport: increase of Alitalia flights to Milan-Linate and Rome-Fiumicino
Milan, Italy - From March 31 and April 1st
London City Airport is increasing the connections with Italy introducing new flights from and to Milan-Linate and launching a new to Rome-Fiumicino. Both routes will be served by Alitalia. The Italian... more
AirportsLondon City Airport: growth in passengers' number on the Italian routes
Milan, Italy - Destinations as Linate (Alitalia), Florence (CityJet) and Venice (British Airways)
2012 a record year for the London City Airport that decided to bet on Italy as one of the key-countries through an ambitious growth plan aim at reaching 6 million passengers per year within 2030 (from... more
AirportsSagat: new Turin-Casablanca flight by RAM
Turin, Italy - Three times per week, from next June 11, 2013 by a B-737/800 airplane
The Turin airport and Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the Moroccan flag carrier, announced the new Turin-Casablanca flight, as of next June 11, 2013. The link will be served with three weekly frequencies (Tuesday,... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: more than 500,000 passengers in Rome for the Pope Francesco's inauguration day
Rome, Italy - During the days over March 19
Great flow of pilgrims in Rome in the occasion of the Bergoglio Pope's inauguration day. The Roman airport system (42 million passengers in transit between Fiumicino and Ciampino last year) welcomed about... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. TSA: "Waiting time in US airports might double because of the budget cuts"
Washington, USA - Hiring frozen for the agency
The "Sequestration", that is to say the budget cuts across US government agencies which went into effect on March 1, is causing serious problems in the air transport industry in the United States. In the... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. 10 airlines for the launch of new Doha Airport on April 1st announced
Doha, Qatar - Qatar Airways will move in the new facility by the end of the year
The management firm of Hamad International, the new state-of-the-art airport which will serve Doha, announced the 10 airlines which, starting from the soft opening scheduled on April 1st, will entirely... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. European Investment Bank approves 120-million-Euro loan for new Zagreb Airport terminal
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - The institution recognizes Croatia's importance in the context of the Pan-European Corridors
On Friday 15 March 2013 the European Investment Bank, the Luxembourg-based European Union's nonprofit long-term lending institution established with the aim to finance those investment able to support... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Athens Airport offers incentives to the airlines to fight the crisis
Athens, Greece - 10% discounts for those companies which will maintain their flights
Athens "Eleftherios Venizelos" International Airport has been harshly hit by the economic crisis, which in Greece is producing its worst effects: the figure of passengers in transit from the most important... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Warsaw-Modlin Airport to ask compensation for works on the runway
Warsaw, Poland - The hub might be operational for the summer season
Warsaw-Modlin International Airport is demanding compensation from Erbud, a construction company which is a general contractor for the hub, for the costs relative to the closure of the facility since December... more
AirportsLondon City Airport: its adhesion at the "Airport Carbon Accreditation"
London, UK - It has been recognised for its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint
London City Airport has been recognised for its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. It has become just the fourth in the UK to become Airport Carbon Accredited by the only independent, institutionally-endorsed... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: traffic figures in February at Fiumicino's airport
Rome, Italy - Positive results also for this year
The Rome's airport system confirms itself also for this year at the sixth place in Europe for passengers' number. The traffic to destinations of Central and South America and the Middle East showed between... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Construction of the new terminal at Zagreb Airport is at risk
Zagreb, Croatia - The consortium awarded with the contract has not managed to find the needed funds yet
The construction of the new 350-million-Euro terminal of Zagreb Airport is at risk, since Zagreb International Airport Company (ZAIC), the consortium of companies which was awarded of the contract to build... more
AirportsAci Europe: update about ACA initiative with new airports
Brussels, Belgium - Four available levels of certification (‘Mapping’, ‘Reduction’, ‘Optimisation’ and ‘Neutrality’)
In parallel to the ongoing discussions on the design of a Market-Based Measure by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) to address international in-flight emissions, ACI EUROPE released on March... more
AirportsFraport: about 3,6 million passengers at Frankfurt Airport in February
Frankfurt, Germany - A slight increase of 0.2 percent over the same month last year
Fraport AG welcomed about 3.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base during the reporting month of February 2013 – representing a slight increase of 0.2 percent over the same month l... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Doha's Airport City tender won by Dutch firm
Doha, Qatar - The 10-square-km to be mostly completed by 2022
OMA, a Dutch firm practicing architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis, has won the tender to design Airport City, the new 10-square-km development area where 200,000 people will live and work, linking... more
AirportsLondon-Heathrow Airport: extension of the runways proposed to allow two aircraft to land and take off at the same time
London, United Kingdom - The idea comes from a former Concorde pilot
William "Jock" Lowe, a former pilot of the Concorde supersonic aircraft for British Airways, launched an original proposal which would permit to increase the capacity of London-Heathrow Airport, the busiest... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Former airberlin CEO appointed Chief Executive of Berlin Airport
Berlin, Germany - “I very much appreciate the trust of the supervisory board"
On Friday 8 March 2013 Matthias Platzeck, state premier of the land of Brandenburg and Chairman of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg's supervisory board announced the appointment of Hartmut Mehdorn, former... more
AirportsNTSB releases interim report of the investigation of the Japan Airlines 787 battery fire in Boston
Washington, USA - The agency will be holding both a forum and a hearing in April to provide additional information
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States released an interim factual report and 48 pages of related documents in its ongoing investigation of the Japan Airlines 787 aircraft... more
AirportsAircraft and transport in Italy. Forlì Airport: the Russian possibility fades away, and the deadline of the tender gets closer
Forlì, Italy - Mayor Balzani is pessimistic about a positive outcome
The deadline of the tender to operate Forlì Airport is behind the corner, and the hopes to find someone available to shoulder the facility and take aircraft back on the runway of the "Ridolfi" diminish... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Tokyo-Narita Airport boosts its capacity
Tokyo, Japan - The main Japanese hub is also ready to lower its fees
On Thursday 7 March 2013 Tokyo-Narita International Airport inaugurated some new facilities which will allow the busiest Japanese international hub to increase from 250,000 to 270,000 aircraft movements... more
AirportsSEA: the link to Riga will be moved from Milan-Linate to Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Served by a B-737/300 airplane
airBaltic, the Latvia's airline, will move its flights from Milan-Linate airport to Malpensa from next March 31, 2013. This new service will permit to improve the links between the two cities and to favour... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Lights burn around the clock at Berlin Airport: they cannot be switched off
Berlin, Germany - The technical director of the hub admits the umpteenth problem
Lights of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport burn around the clock, but this does not happen because the construction works of the new facility, characterized by an umpteenth series of delays, go on 24 hours a... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Winner of the 3.2-billion-dollar tender for new Kuwait airport to be announced in Q1 2013
Kuwait City, Kuwait - 18 firms competing, all of which are foreign companies
The government of Kuwait plans to announce the name of the winner of the 3.2-billion-dollar tender (about 2.5 billion Euro or 2.11 billion pounds) for the construction of the new terminal of the international... more
AirportsStansted sale completed, but London's airport will have less Ryanair aircraft
London, United Kingdom - The low-cost carrier will cut frequencies on 43 of its routes from the Essex hub
Heathrow Airport Holdings and Manchester Airports group (MAG) announced the completion of the sale of London-Stansted Airport for 1.5 billion pounds (roughly 1.74 billion Euro or 2.28 billion dollars).... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Astaldi was awarded the contract for the upgrade of Krakow Airport
Krakow, Poland - The works will last two years, starting from the coming spring
Italy's Astaldi Group has been awarded the contract to upgrade Krakow "John Paul II" International Airport, in Poland, worth 72 million Euro. The project involves extension and rebuilding of the international... more
AirportsSagat: new Turin-Iasi link served by the Romanian Tarom
Turin, Italy - From next April 27, three times per week
Turin Airport (Sagat) and Tarom, the Romanian airline, announced the new flight from Turin to Iasi. The second city of Romania, on the North-East of the country, will be linked with Turin three times... more