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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 ($29.7m) for the reconstruction of an international airport in the city of Vladivostok. The airport, located 44km outside V... more
AirportsTallest ATC tower in India at "Indira Gandhi" International Airport
Delhi, India - The project will cost the Airports Authority of India nearly 53 millions of US Dollars
The "Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI)" in India will receive the tallest air traffic control tower (ATC) in the country by 2013. The Airports Authority of India is finalising the design of the... more
AirportsMunich Operator wins Oman airport contract
Munich, Germany - FMG plans to begin work by November 2010
Munich Airport operating company FMG has won a contract to oversee the development of two airports in Oman. The multi-million dollar contract will include commissioning, relocation and operation work... more
AirportsAustralia launches air navigation upgrade programme and infrastructures
Sydney, Australia - For a A$ 200 million value
Airservices Australia has launched a A$200m (US$180m) modernisation programme to upgrade air traffic control (ATC) and navigation infrastructure in Australia over the next 12 months. The government... more
AirportsNorthrop Grumman gets Vietnamese Airport contract
Hanoi, Vietnam - Under the contract, the company will provide its Air Traffic Management Systems
Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide air traffic control tower communications equipment and a surface movement guidance and control system for the... more
AirportsCatania: 100 million Euros by 2012 in the airport business plan
Catania, Italy - Traffic in 2009 declining by 1.9%. Mancini (Sac President): "Crisis is behind us"
A business plan for about 100 million Euros in planned investment by 2012. This is in the immediate future of Fontanarossa airport, which filed a 2009 with a decline of 1.9%. A past year which is defined... more
AirportsMilan-Linate's airport partially closed next Sunday to arriving airplanes
Milan, Italy - Due to a deactivation of a war bomb into Segrate's Municipality
Enav (Italian Flight Assistance Company), on the request by Milan's Prefecture and on disposition by Enac (Italian Civil Aviation Authority), has issued a NOTAM (Notice To AirMen) for Linate's airport... more
AirportsAugust 8th: air traffic halved in Italy's Milan-Linate airport
Milan, Italy - Flights suspended for seven hours due to the "Bomb day"
Hardships, on Sunday 8th of August, to passengers travelling from and to the Italian Milan-Linate airport. All the flights from and to the airport between 07:00 am and 10:00 am and 12:00 am and 4:00pm... more
AirportsAirgest. Ryanair will operate also in the Italian city of Palermo
Trapani, Italy - Ombra:"An important and eminent presence for Sicily, which improves the airport system of our region"
Salvatore Ombra, president of Airgest, the Italian management trust of Trapani airport, positively commented on the news that the airline Ryanair has renewed its engagement in Palermo's "Falcone e Borsellino"... more
AirportsIncrease to fees, now it's official arm-wrestling Rome airports-minister Tremonti
Rome, Italy - Integration of 3 Euro / passenger has not yet been activated by CIPE, despite Italian minister Matteoli gave as to conclusion the procedure
Financial data released yesterday by AdR (Rome airports management company) are now the official confirmation of what was long feared by analysts (see news by AVIONEWS): delay activation of fares increases... more
AirportsRome airports group (AdR): Board approves 1st half 2010 results
Rome, Italy - Weighs the failure to implement the law to rise fares of 3 Euro
The board of Aeroporti di Roma SpA (AdR), chaired by Fabrizio Palenzona, looked at the ADR Group's consolidated results of the first half of 2010. The Board first noted the positive results achieved... more
AirportsMalpensa Express shuttle to start in December, an investment of 87 mln euros
Milan, Italy - Linking airport to Milan Central railway station
Integration of Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord companies rail services will start, from December, the new shuttle service "Malpensa Express". It will link the airport to Milan Central railway station. The... more
AirportsAthens International Airport: 7,2 million passengers in the 1st semester
Athens, Greece - AIA traffic at 2009 levels (+0.1%)
For the period January–June, Athens International Airport traffic remained at the corresponding 2009 levels (+0.1%, 7.2 million passengers), despite a 3.5% drop in flights mainly attributed to the negative s... more
AirportsAirgest: meeting in Dublin with Ryanair's top brasses, yesterday
Trapani, Italy - Carrier confirms Birgi airport as a good choice in Sicily
Meeting in Dublin, yesterday, between Airgest (management company of the port of Trapani) and Ryanair's senior. Issued some technical and operational aspects, related to the presence of the carrier at... more
AirportsEUR 350m by EIB for Schiphol's innovative baggage handling system
Amsterdam, Holland - Started in 2004 it will be completed by 2013
Schiphol Group signed yesterday a EUR 350 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank to finance the continued upgrading and expansion of the baggage handling system at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol,... more
AirportsRegional act unlocks 94.3 million for the Sardinian airports
Cagliari, Italy - No more duplication of routes and flights reduced
Stop the overlap between routes with public service obligations and those in competition or low-cost, fewer resources in the high season of summer, but at the same time more during low season. These... more
AirportsLombardy Region self-committed to support Malpensa airport
Milan, Italy - Regional council votes act for airport completion and infrastructures upgrading
Lombardy Regional Council approved a resolution on Malpensa airport, which commits the council to continue its efforts to support and strengthen the hub; to complete the program of infrastructure and accessibility... more
AirportsInViaggi from Perugia airport, direct flights to Rhodes, Greece
Perugia, Italy - From August every Thursdays
Tour operator InViaggi intensifies its operations from the airport of Perugia-Sant'Egidio. The start to activity in the high Summer season will be the direct flight on the island of Rhodes, from the first... more
AirportsItalian Censis welcomes the potential of Fiumicino, Italian Legambiente called "Unthinkable" the doubling of the airport
Rome, Italy - Social Investment Research Center survey clashes with environmentalists' report
The survey by Censis (Italian social investment research center) entitled "Grow to grow. The social-economic development of the airport of Fiumicino and expected impacts on lives of communities involved",... more
AirportsFlorence Airport: Tuscany Region takes the lead
Florence, Italy - Governor Rossi: "We will listened to all, mayors, associations, committees, including the Union pilots and ENAC. Maybe Fiorentina football club, too"
The Tuscany Region has approved the decision to integrate the region territorial masteplan (PIT) with the participation procedure. Mission: design the new runway at Florence airport, putting constraints... more
AirportsBerlin Airports welcomes Air Berlin’s accession to the Oneworld alliance
Berlin, Germany - Other long-haul flights to follow in Autumn
Berlin Airports welcomes Air Berlin’s (AB) prospective accession to the Oneworld alliance and the announced code-share agreement with Oneworld members American Airlines and Finnair. AB is already t... more
AirportsFiumicino: Scott Wilson wins tender to the terminal Masterplan
Rome, Italy - The English consortium wins thanks to a fall of over than 40%
British engineering company Scott Wilson wins the contract for the masterplan for the extended Fiumicino airport of the next 30 years. Even if the three other proposals (by the group led by Ove Arup &... more
AirportsNew business terminal at Vnukovo-3, the contract within 20 days
Moscow, Russia - Two bidders for the contract: Kubinka Airport (Nafta Moskva) and Balt Invest
According to rumors, Russian ministry of Defence received two bids for renewal of Moscow-Vnukovo-3 airport: one from Kubinka Airport, which belongs to Nafta Moskva, and the other from Balt Invest. The... more
AirportsMilan-Malpensa: faster refuelling, airplanes more on time
Milan, Italy - At start first airport testing in Italy
Save money and time for airlines needing supplies in Malpensa Airport with the new procedure. It allows refuelling with passengers on board without the presence of firemen. Thus, Malpensa ranks to major... more
AirportsTurin-Caselle closes air-traffic for 63 hours, since 09:00 pm
Turin, Italy - Due to important works on runway; flights will be operated from Cuneo-Levaldigi, Milan-Malpensa, Genoa
Since next 09:00 pm Turin-Caselle Airport will be closed, as it has announced by Sagat (Turin's airport management society), due to reconstruction works on the runway and ending works on radio aids. The... more
AirportsMilan airports pursuant to accessibility for people with mobility difficulties
Milan, Italy - Malpensa and Linate certified by the Dasa-Rägister
The Milan airports of Linate and Malpensa have obtained certification by the Dasa-Rägister D-4001: 2008 for accessibility for people with mobility difficulties. The standard specifies the requirements... more
AirportsTrapani airport: 2 mln passengers with Ryanair since September 2006
Trapani, Italy - Airgest aim is getting same numbers in whole year 2010
Two million passengers. So much Ryanair has transported operating from Trapani, since start of operations in September 2006. A goal achieved yesterday and, by implication, the goal of reaching the same... more
AirportsItalian Bologna's airport: increasing passengers (13.4%) in June
Bologna, Italy - More than half million only in the last month, also 2,5 millions from the beginning of the year
New record of traffic for Bologna's airport. It's the first time, in its history, that half million passenger limit has been overpassed in June, arrived to 510,606 with an increment of 13.4% compared to... more
AirportsACI Europe: passenger traffic up 5.4% during May 2010
Brussels, Belgium - Cargo +32.7% and movements +1,5%
European airport trade body ACI EUROPE released its figures for May, reporting a positive growth trend for much of the continent. The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by +5.4% in... more
AirportsAEA: European airline traffic in May
Brussels, Belgium - Preliminary results for June
The Association of European Airlines has released traffic and capacity data for its members in May 2010, along with a projection for June. The May figures continued to be somewhat affected by the Icelandic... more
AirportsFiumicino's airport: technical note of the new transfer baggage handling system
Rome, Italy - The system extends over more than 7,000 square meters, on two levels
The system extends over more than 7,000 square meters, on two levels. It features all the main functions of a BHS (Baggage Handling System): baggage loading, identification, tracking and tracing, security... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: today inaugurated new transfer baggage handling system in Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - The works have begun in March of this year and ended after only four months
It has been called "NET 6000", after the name of the location (Nuovo edificio transiti, new transfer building) and the number of baggage units handled in 1 hour (as many as 6,000). The new transfer baggage... more
AirportsApulia airports, six-month 2010 at + 24.1%
Bari, Italy - .. And thieves steal copper phone cables to Bari control tower
Apulia air traffic grows in the first six months of 2010. Today Bari airport is +18.9%, Brindisi is even more than +42% and goes well Foggia with +9.5%, bringing the total to 2,209,410 passengers, compared... more
AirportsDelta Air Lines, June traffic rise 4.2%
Atlanta, USA - Load factor almost 88 percent
Delta Air Lines said on Tuesday that its June traffic rose 4.2 percent — enough to fill almost 88 percent of its seats. Delta is the largest US carrier in the Pacific, and its traffic there jumped 2... more
AirportsNo full-body scanners allowed in Dubai: "In contradiction with Islam"
Dubai, UAE - "Out of respect for privacy of individuals and their personal freedoms", according to the emirate Police
Forbidden in Dubai airports the hi-tech full-body scanners: they "Contradict Islam and violate passengers" privacy, according to reports. "The scanners will be replaced with other inspection systems... more
AirportsItalian minister Matteoli to AVIONEWS: next week green light to airports charge increases
Rome, Italy - The adjustment approved in November, waits since January activation from Committee
Seems on home-run the longed - for airport management companies, at least - charge increases, approved last November by the CIPE (Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning). This was announced... more
AirportsIrregular immigration: practises and good standard procedures of control on the air borders
Milan, Italy - The research promoted by SEA, Milanese airports management society, is presented
"'SEA- aeroporti di Milano e i controlli sull’immigrazione irregolare: pratiche e buone' (Milanese airports and irregular immigration control: practises and good standard procedure), this is the title o... more
AirportsBologna airport: call for tenders published for the restyling of the terminal
Bologna, Italy - For a total ammount higher than 23 million Euro
The procedure for the call of bids for the the passenger terminal restyle of Bologna airport are officially started. The contest has been published on the European Union official gazette in order to determine... more
AirportsCuneo-Levaldigi airport: a record June; Turin's airport closed at half of July for three days
Cuneo, Italy - Over 15,600 passengers transited in June and more than 75,000 from the beginning of the year
The Cuneo-Levaldigi's airport (Piedmont Region) continues to grow in a marked manner thanks to the activity by five low-cost airlines that operate regularly on it (Blue Air, Belle Air, Ryanair, Wizzair,... more
AirportsMalpensa terminal 2: new VIP lounge club 2 opened in the last days
Milan, Italy - "Smart club for smart people"
SEA, company that manage the Milanese airports, opened on July 1st the club[2], "Smart club for smart people", the new VIP lounge inside the Terminal 2 of Malpensa. In this way the supply for VIP spaces... more
AirportsItalian Minister Matteoli assures: the Viterbo airport is going to be done
Rome, Italy - Ryanair: "Rather that leave Ciampino, we will abandon Italy". Does anyone believe it?
Viterbo is going to become the second Rome's hub with more than 10 million passengers a year, it will absorb the low-cost airlines from Ciampino, while Fiumicino will double in 2020 and will reach 100... more
AirportsAdR. Fiumicino's airport: delays into the departing baggages' sorting with effects during the morning
Rome, Italy - Due to a malfunctioning of a data server situated in UK
Due to a malfunctioning occurred in a data server situated in UK that provides information for routing of baggages to almost all European airports, some delays have been recorded in Rome-Fiumicino's airport... more
AirportsWizz Air links Catania with Prague and Budapest
Catania, Italy - The airline is present in ten Italian airports
From Catania to East capital cities: Prague and Budapest, starting from EUR 43 per leg. It's the promotion offered by Wizz Air, the Hungarian airline, until September, that has presented in Catania new... more
AirportsPisa-Budapest: direct flight by Wizz Air
Pisa, Italy - Starting from tomorrow, on Saturday July 3rd
The direct flights Pisa-Budapest will begin tomorrow Saturday, on July 3rd, served by Wizz Air, the Hungarian low-cost carrier, with twice weekly frequency. The new connection to Budapest enriches... more
AirportsAbu Dhabi Airport: passenger traffic up by 12.2% in May 2010
Abu Dhabi, UAE - Cargo increased by 19.4%, aircraft movements up by 12.4%
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) today released its monthly traffic report, which showed a 12.2% increase in passenger traffic for the month of May 2010, compared to the same month last year. Cargo movements... more
AirportsMilan airports management: contract to 51.1 million euros for Terminal 1, Satellite C and expansion in North
Milan, Italy - Works will enable Malpensa-Linate to handle a traffic of 50 million passengers
Green light to Sea's (Milan airport's management company) contract for building works for the extension north of Malpensa airport, with the completion of Terminal 1 and the realization of satellite C.... more
AirportsGreen light from Kenya government to Nairobi airport renewal
Nairobi, Kenya - A 95 mln Euros works contract
The Kenyan government has removed all obstacles to starting work on expansion and modernization of the airport of Nairobi, one of the largest airports in the continent for freight and passenger traffic. Work... more