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AirportsBologna: customs barrier procedure innovation at the airport
Bologna , Italy - From next January there will be the new procedures
"What is going to change in the import and export activities with the introduction of the new customs barrier procedures next January? What kind of consequences for people who work with freight in transit... more
AirportsGatwick Airport appoint Human Recognition Systems to investigate new innovations in security operations
London, UK - The aim is to provide the airport with a reasonable level of certainty
Human Recognition Systems (HRS) has signed a contract with Gatwick Airport to support them with a number of innovative technology trials to existing and future airport security operations and operational... more
AirportsAena invests 6 million euros at Menorca airport
Menorca, Spain - Works are necessary in order to adapt the air station to international standards
The board of directors of Aena (Spanish airports operators) decided to commit to Ute Copcisa all the works concerning the adjustments and the improvements of Menorca airport for which about 6 million euros... more
AirportsMunich airport extends new video surveillance to terminal 2
Munich, Germany - The airport has now a total of 1,900 cameras in both terminals
Aimetis corporation, a global society in intelligent IP video management software, announced that Munich Airport has expanded the use of Aimetis Symphony™ video surveillance to Terminal 2, bringing the t... more
AirportsBelfast airport puts car parking service on-line
Belfast, Northern Ireland - It offers customers more self service capability at the airport
Fast-growing "George Best" Belfast City Airport has teamed up with Chauntry Corporation to implement a new online pre-booking solution, Chauntry Parkspace. Keen to increase the parking options offered... more
AirportsThe marketing plan of the Italian Abruzzo airport
Pescara , Italy - Less funds, same routes
The Italian Abruzzo airport won't be closed, it will be re-launched indeed. That's what Giandonato Morra, councillor for regional transportation, said Thursday 30 September, during the presentation of... more
AirportsItalian Airgest: airport's on-line presentation brochure, available also in the "Specials" section on AVIONEWS home-page
Trapani, Italy - Twenty pages in less than 1,2 mb, easy to view and, above all, easy to download
From Friday 1 October 2010 the company's website, www.airgest.it (Trapani's airport management society), is supplemented by another tool for consultation and circulation of the airport's capabilities.... more
AirportsTerminal renovations continue at Helsinki Airport
Helsinki, Finland - Next week the fully renovated passenger facilities and check-in area in Terminal 2 will be opened
Helsinki Airport's extensive renovation and redevelopment projects are already entering their second year. Next week the fully renovated passenger facilities and check-in area in Terminal 2 will be opened. In... more
AirportsEuropean and North American airports call for more efficient, sustainable aviation security
Pittsburgh, Usa - During a joint board of directors meeting
During a joint board of directors meeting of the North American and European regions of Airports Council International (ACI-NA and ACI EUROPE), US, European, and Canadian airport directors discussed current... more
AirportsPalermo's "Falcone-Borsellino" airport: after the danger, everybody ask for a greater safety
Rome , Italy - Italian Enac is peremptory: "Vital the installation of a radar against wind-shear"
The incident occurred to a Wind Jet aircraft, which recently went out of the runway, has generated fear, delays and controversies. Discussing about how to avoid future accidents, the discussion gets heated. The... more
AirportsLiverpool Airport: easyJet launches more Winter routes
Liverpool, UK - To Grenble with twice weekly flights
easyJet, the UK’s airline has launched another new Winter route from Liverpool "John Lennon Airport", with twice-weekly flights from Liverpool to Grenoble. Earlier this year the low-fares airline a... more
AirportsAir transport strike in France: cancelled 17 flights in Bologna
Bologna, Italy - Arrivals and departures
Following to the French air traffic controllers' adhesion at the 24 hour general strike ongoing today in France, also at Bologna's airport some effects on the schedule of the arrivals and departures for... more
AirportsAir transport: the St. Petersburg airport selects Sita's check-in technology
Rome, Italy - For its six million passengers
St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, the fourth busiest in Russia, today announced a major improvement to passenger services with the selection of SITA’s AirportConnect Open platform which will provide age... more
AirportsWind Jet: the link between Bergamo and Moscow inaugurated yesterday
Bergamo, Italy - By an Airbus A-320 plane
The first direct flight at Moscow-Domodedovo airport has taken off yesterday, on Tuesday September 21, at 11:55am from the Bergamo-Orio al Serio's runway. There were 99 passengers on board of an Airbus... more
AirportsThe one millionth passenger flying to Asia passed through Helsinki Airport in September
Helsinki, Finland - The destination countries are Japan, Thailand and China
The popularity of Helsinki Airport among passengers travelling to Asia is growing. This year, the airport passed the millionth-passenger milestone in mid-September. In all service to Asia has increased... more
AirportsUSA: FAA approves Virginia Airport runway extension
Abingdon, USA - Federal government to pay 95% of the cost
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has approved a plan to extend the runway at Virginia Highlands Airport (KVJI) in Abingdon, finding "No significant impact" for the project. The extension was first... more
AirportsMilan-Linate's airport: partial closure on Sunday for airplanes in arriving
Milan, Italy - Due to a deactivation of a war bomb in Segrate; hardships also for departures
ENAV (Italian Flight Assistance Society), on request by Milan's Prefecture and on disposition by ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), has issued a Notam for closure of the Milan-Linate's airport for... more
AirportsDrones: Sigonella becomes the most important European pole in the field of Uav Hale airplanes
Catania , Italy - Global Hawk, US unmanned airplane, debuts
US Air Force's first airplane Global Hawk RQ-4B landed at US Navy's "Naval Air Station", based in Sigonella (Catania) military airport. The aircraft will be re-aligned as falls within the application of... more
AirportsEmergency exercise at "Reagan National Airport" tomorrow
Washington, Usa - For about two hours, from 9am to 11am
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will conduct an emergency exercise at "Ronald Reagan" Washington National Airport on Saturday, September 18 from 9 am to approximately 11 am. A river rescue... more
AirportsItalian Comiso airport, in Sicily, becomes national
Rome, Italy - ENAC and Sicily satisfied of the agreement protocol signature
The airport -which costed about 53 million euros- has been ready to start since a long time, but it was thwarted because of a series of delays. Yesterday, Sicily's president Raffaele Lombardo finally signed... more
AirportsLufthansa A-380 plane lands today at Helsinki Airport
Helsinki, Finland - At 2:45pm
A Lufthansa Airbus A-380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, lands at Helsinki Airport today, on 15 September at 2:45pm. The plane will be parked at the airport for approximately two hours, during... more
AirportsNew Florence-Marseille link served by CCM Airlines
Florence, Italy - From February 14, 2011, twice per week
AdF (Aeroporto di Firenze SpA) and CCM Airlines announce the launch of a new flight Florence-Marseille from next February 14, 2011 twice per week (on Thursday and on Saturday). The flight served by... more
AirportsComiso Airport: Sicily to sign protocols tomorrow
Rome, Italy - Vito Riggio received assurances this morning from governor Lombardo
It seems a done deal. The longed for - and often expired - signature of Raffaele Lombardo (governor of Sicily) on the protocol to begin the commercial traffic at the airport of Comiso (Sicily) will arrive... more
AirportsFraport traffic figures in August 2010
Frankfurt, Germany - It records unprecedented boom
Fraport AG’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base excelled with a new historical daily record right on the first day of August 2010 when it served 184,825 passengers. This exceeded the previous daily r... more
AirportsAirgest: nearly 7,000 passengers a day travelling from and to Trapani-Birgi airport
Trapani, Italy - Another record growth in the month of August
214,868 passengers travelled from and to "Vincenzo Florio" Trapani-Birgi's airport in the month of August 2010 (an increase of 61,61% with respect to 132,951 passengers in August 2009). An average of nearly... more
AirportsBrussels airport: a passenger increase of 35% in August
Brussels, Belgium - Equal to 556,397
Brussels South Charleroi has registered 556,397 passengers, an increase of 35% in comparison to 411,913 in August 2009. Of all the companies present, Jetairfly has achieved the biggest increase in the... more
AirportsAutogrill renews its concession at Birmingham Airport
Milan, Italy - For ten years, up until 2021
Through its subsidiary WDF, Autogrill Group has strengthened its presence in the UK. The Group has extended its contract for the management of travel retail and duty free business in Birmingham Airport... more
AirportsBologna airport flies over 600 thousand passengers in August
Bologna, Italy - +11,9% on month basis, aggregate 2010 +14,2%
August ends in traffic growth at Bologna airport, which will exceed 600 thousand passengers. These figures are an increase of 11,9% over the same month of 2009. Among the driving forces, international... more
AirportsComiso, in Sicily: without protocol signature, call for new tenders to airport's management company
Rome, Italy - A date to be the meeting of September 14th, pending the Sicilian Region
The President of ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), Vito Riggio, in a statement yesterday postponed to a date to be the meeting originally scheduled for September 14th, pending finalization by Siciliy... more
AirportsCopenhagen airport low-cost terminal inaugurating in October
København, Denmark - In sight rates lower by a third than in the rest of the hub
By the end of October a new terminal at Copenhagen airport will open, dedicated to low-cost airlines. The structure will offer to the carriers rates one third lower than those made in the other terminals... more
AirportsNew Sheraton hotel in the Italian City of Malpensa: the opening at the End of September
Malpensa, Italy - 440 rooms, 1000 seat Congress Hall and "Low-cost" Prices troubling competitors
At the end of September, a new Sheraton Hotel will be open in Malpensa. There will be 440 rooms, a 1000 seat congress hall, and the hotel will be directly linked to the air terminal 1. Hotel-keepers... more
AirportsFrankfurt Airport reports new traffic records in July
Frankfurt, Germany - Exceeding the 5,2 million passenger mark for the first time in a single month
Fraport AG’s Frankfurt Airport home base welcomed 5,281,632 passengers in July 2010 – exceeding the 5.2 million passenger mark for the first time in a single month. This topped the previous record of... more
AirportsBig increase in Kansas City airport cancellations
Kansas City, USA - About 80% more in May and June
Rising numbers for cancelled flights at Kansas City International Airport in May and June. The airport released statistics three days ago, showing 103 flights were cancelled in June, compared with 59 in... more
AirportsHelsinki Airport: transfer traffic between Europe and Asia grows furtherly (+9.4%)
Helsinki, Finland - The routes to Northern Europe increase substantially
International passenger traffic at Helsinki Airport enjoyed growth during the Summer. Since the beginning of the year flight traffic between Europe and Asia has increased the most, with 9.4% more passengers... more
AirportsGreen light for expansion of Terminal 4 at "John F. Kennedy Airport"
New York, Usa - It will become Delta Airlines hub in New York
Yesterday the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, announced that international Terminal 4 at "John F. Kennedy Airport" is to be expanded substantially. This was agreed between the New York and New Jersey... more
AirportsAfghanistan, by November Herat airport open to international flights
Herat, Afghanistan - Afghan transport minister Najafi said to local businessmen
Opening to international traffic for Herat airport in sight, within three months. Herat, one of the most populous provinces of Afghanistan, suffers from the distance of international airports, in Kabul,... more
AirportsSan Francisco Airport: Mayor Newsom introduces legislation for a new control tower
San Francisco, Usa - FAA to cover USD 80 million cost of rebuilding existing seismically vulnerable tower
Mayor Gavin Newsom yesterday introduced legislation authorizing an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the replacement of the Airport Traffic Control Tower and FAA Offices at the... more
AirportsAir space over Delhi closed for 2 hours today and tomorrow
New Delhi, India - Due to air exercises part of the Independence Day preparation
The air space within a 60 km radius of the "Indira Gandhi International Airport" in Delhi will be closed from 13:00 hours to 15:00 hours today and tomorrow due to air exercises, as part of the Independence... more
AirportsAntitrust investigations closed up on dominance of Italian AdR and Sea
Rome, Italy - The State Council: "It is not necessary to proceed"
Italian Antitrust authority closed the two investigations for abuse of dominant position against AdR and Sea (the management company of the airports of Rome and Milan, respectively), because in presence... more
AirportsForlì airport: default risk
Forlì, Italy - The alarm from mayor Roberto Balzani
After five years of liabilities in the accounts of Seaf (the management company of the airport of Forlì, 48% owned by the City) in 2009 ends with a red of 6.8 million Euros. And the alarm raised by the... more
AirportsAncona Airport: closes the door of payment for parking
Ancona, Italy - In the plan of reorganization of staff, disruption to services
In the coming days, announce the closing of the door for payment of parking at the airport of Ancona. After a few months ago the car rental agencies which have the door at the Doric airport had complained... more
AirportsAt Rome-Ciampino Airport crashes Ryanair computer system, flight delays
Rome, Italy - Takeoffs with waiting until over an hour and a half to seven flights of the carrier
Slow check-in operations for the fault of Ryanair computer system in Rome-Ciampino airport yesterday morning. Immediate consequence, the crowd of waiting passengers and the obvious protests. Because... more
AirportsAncona Airport: back the specter of layoffs for 87
Ancona, Italy - Negotiations with the unions in September
Turnabout of Aerdorica, Ancona airport operator, at least with respect to the statements of both the director general Marco Morriale, both of the Marche Region Infrastructure assessor Luigi Viventi: the... more
AirportsBrussels South Charleroi Airport: 564,261 passengers in July
Brussels, Belgium - An increase of 40%
Brussels South Charleroi Airport recorded 564,261 passengers in July, an increase of 40% compared with the figure of 402,537 seen in July 2009. Despite the disruption caused by the ash cloud and the strikes... more
AirportsLega Nord party: "So far AdR gave ample proof of inability to manage airport services"
Rome, Italy - Deputate Montagnoli attacks Gemina and its decision not to invest in Rome hub
Does not mince words, Lega Nord party's representative Alessandro Montagnoli, in the question submitted to minister Altero Matteoli. AdR (Rome airports management company), declaring it will not do any... more
AirportsIndia: Bengaluru International Airport terminal expansion plan revealed
Bengaluru, India - Set to begin in September, will cost $ 214 mln
Indian Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has unveiled plans to expand its Terminal 1 (T1) building to increase passenger handling capacity. The T1 expansion project, set to begin in September,... more
AirportsEuropean passenger traffic increases 2.4% during first half of 2010
Brussels, Belgium - According to figures released by ACI EUROPE yesterday
European aviation continues to make a timid recovery, according to figures released by European airport trade body ACI EUROPE yesterday. The accumulated figure for passenger traffic from January to... more
AirportsItalian Gesac: traffic forecasts 6 to 22 August at airport of Naples-Capodichino
Naples, Italy - 345,000 passengers in transit provided
From August 6 to 22, there will be about 345,000 passengers in transit (between arrivals and departures) at Naples airport: 115,000 domestic, 150,000 international and 80,000 in charter flights. The... more
AirportsTrapani: the flight to Goteborg will be served also in Winter season
Trapani, Italy - With a bi-weekly frequency, on Wednesday and on Sunday
"The flight to Goteborg, new destination this Summer introduced by Ryanair with the deployment of a fourth airplane on Trapani-Birgi base, will be served also during the Winter season. Ida Buonanno,... more
AirportsRussian Bank to fund Vladivostok Airport reconstruction
Moscow, Russia - For a worth of almost USD 30 million
Russia’s national development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) will provide RUB 900m ($29.7m) for the reconstruction of an international airport in the city of Vladivostok. The airport, located 44km outside V... more