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AirportsFraport: results during the first half 2022
The company sees dynamic passenger growth
Following the widespread lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions, the airports across the Fraport Group recorded a strong rebound in passenger traffic. Some of Fraport’s Greek airports serving h... more
AirlinesQantas will employ managers in handling
Airline seeks volunteers to drive vehicles and handle baggage at airport
Australian flag carrier Qantas has asked its managers to work for three months as baggage handlers. An initiative aimed at limiting inconveniences resulting from staff shortages. The German airport company... more
AirlinesHeathrow Airport: stop booking until August 8
British Airways carrier initiative to suspend ticket sales
There is no peace at London-Heathrow Airport. Amid delays, staff shortages and strikes, there continues to be major disruptions in air passenger transport and related services. At the London airport, in... more
AirportsUnited States: inconvenience for wheelchairs at airports
Passengers with reduced mobility complain of longer waits beyond 30 minutes
Long wait times for wheelchairs at airports are a concern for many travelers in a summer already saturated with air travel disruptions with canceled flights, delays and long waits. Passengers who have... more
AirportsF2i reaches 7 billion in funding
And it launches its first infrastructure debt fund
F2i SGR, Italy's largest infrastructure asset manager and leading player in Europe, has topped EUR 7 billion in funding with the launch of its first Infrastructure Debt Fund which has a target of EUR... more
AirlinesShell and Lufthansa Group sign a non-binding MoU
For Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supply
Representatives of Shell International Petroleum Co Ltd. and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa Group) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for exploring the supply of Sustainable... more
AirportsEuropean airports handle an additional 660 million passengers in the 1H2022
Freight and movements -ATTACHMENT
European airport trade body ACI EUROPE yesterday released its air traffic report covering the month of June, as well as Q2 and the first half (H1) of 2022.Exponential passenger growth led by EU+ market... more
AirlinesLufthansa strike: 1,000 flights cancelled and planes at grounf
Mobilization will end at 6 am on Thursday July 28
Germany-based ground staff of air carrier Lufthansa began a strike tonight that will end at 6:00 am on Thursday, July 28. The protest resulted in the cancellation of more than 1,000 flight connections,... more
AirlinesLufthansa: strike on July 27 and 28
Unions demand wage increases to cope with extra work ef inflation
The German service industry union (Greens) has called a strike by ground staff of air carrier Lufthansa. Workers will cross their arms from 3:45 am Wednesday until 6 am the following day to demand improved... more
AirlinesMore than 25,000 flights canceled in August
Emergency mainly affects Europe with disruptions on 60 percent of scheduled air travel
With demand for air travel peaking in the summer season, some chickens come home to roost: despite the measures taken in June and July by airlines and airport operators, with pre-emptive hiring and cancellations,... more
AirlinesLuton Airport: why the runway melt down
Explanation: airport runway collapse shows airports vulnerable to climate change
Last Monday at London-Luton Airport, there was a temporary disruption in the airport's operations due to a portion of the runway's tarmac melt down due to extreme heat. While waiting for the repair,... more
AirportsAVIONEWS exclusive: interview with Marina Bottelli, CEO of Swissport Italy
After awarding of tender and start of activities in the country -VIDEO
Swissport Italia has taken over airport ground handling services at "Leonardo da Vinci" Rome-Fiumicino airport. Activities that belonged until July 14 to Alitalia in extraordinary administration. This... more
AirlinesAVIONEWS exclusive: interview with Umberto Solimeno, GM Sase
Perugia airport's recovery after the pandemic - VIDEO
A June record. Air traffic volume at Perugia's "San Francesco d'Assisi" International Airport recorded more than 41,300 travellers, transited in one month. Almost twice as many as in the same period... more
AirlinesDelta: order for 100 B-737/10 aircraft with option for 30 more
The announcement at the "Farnborough Airshow" and included a signing ceremony with executives of airline and industries
Delta Air Lines will add the state-of-the-art B-737 MAX aircraft to its fleet, as the airline continues to refresh its fleet.The carrier is ordering the largest model in the MAX family, the 737/10, which... more
AirlinesSaudi Arabia opens airports to Israel
Washington: "The announcement paves the way for a more integrated, stable and secure Middle East"
Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) announced a plan to open airspace to connections to and from Israel, as well as to "all airlines that meet the Authority's requirements... more
AirlinesWhat happens at Heathrow Airport
Hiring and "Brexit" among causes of gridlock at one of Europe's leading airports
Britain's Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have ordered airlines, under threat of fines, to reduce the number of flight connections to avoid delays and last-minute cancellations.... more
AirlinesLufthansa cancels 2,000 more flights
The decision due to lack of staff and to stop passengers inconvenience
German aviation group Lufthansa has announced the cancellation of an additional 2,000 air connections in its Summer schedule. These are mainly domestic routes and direct flights to neighboring countries,... more
AirlinesHeathrow airport limits passengers
Stop ticket sales if 100,000 transits per day is exceeded
The management company of London-Heathrow Airport has introduced a limit of 100,000 transits per day until September 11. This would be the maximum passenger volume that the British airport can efficiently... more
AirportsInconvenience at London-Heathrow airport
Dozens of disruptions and canceled flights daily, airport among worst in UK
There is no peace for one of Europe's major airports. Yesterday at London-Heathrow Airport 61 flight connections, operated by the airlines British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Air France were canceled.... more
AirportsAci Europe-TSA: collaboration to open architecture for airport security systems
Along with airports and industry stakeholders
The chief executives from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International), along with airports and industry stakeholders, including London-Heathrow, Avinor,... more
AirlinesSpain: maxi tender for airports
A 5 billion procedure for handling services at 45 stopovers and heliports
The company Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (Aena), which controls most of Spain's airports (43 airports and 2 heliports) with the exception of the private ones, has launched a new tender to... more
AirlinesLisbon airport: Parliament convenes managers
Hearing on the 30 air connections cancelled on average each day
At least 30 air connections are cancelled daily at Lisbon-Portela's "Humberto Delgado" airport. Over the last week-end, more than a hundred were cancelled, including flights to London, the Azores islands,... more
AirportsAircraft. USA: air traffic is on tilt
Cancellations and delays for US Fourth of July Independence Day
Independence Day in the United States, which is celebrated every year on July 4, lived up to expectations. It was another day of chaos for the air passenger industry: 1,400 connections canceled and 14,000... more
AirportsFacial recognition at Detroit airport
Delta Air Lines experiments with instant information for travellers
US carrier Delta Air Lines unveiled a new facial recognition-based device called Parallel Reality at Detroit Airport in recent hours. It is a system, installed at Concourse A in McNamara Terminal, designed... more
AirlinesAircraft and transport: 30,000 delays in two days
Copenhagen, Stockholm, London-Heathrow and Amsterdam the most affected airports
More than 30,000 air connections delayed and more than 3,200 flights cancelled. This is the toll of the last two days of operations of airport companies and airlines around the world, grappling with staff... more
AirlinesSpain: 12-day Ryanair strike
Some 41,000 flight connections cancelled across Europe from July to September
Some 11,000 flight connections were cancelled across Europe in June; at least 70,000 have been cancelled since April. As companies risk paying 453 million euros in compensation to some 1.5 million travelers... more
AirlinesStrikes at the two Paris airports
The mobilization could last until Sunday July 3
The airport workers' strike in France caused numerous cancellations of flight connections departing from Paris-Roissy "Charles de Gaulle" airport and other airports across the Alps today. The protest... more
AirlinesITA Airways ahead of its time
tickets for the Summer 2023 season are already on sale
ITA Airways announces that from today, it will be possible to book flight tickets for Summer 2023 on the company’s network. The airline has uploaded the Summer 2023’s schedule on all sales channels, allo... more
AirlinesITA Airways: Face Boarding trials start at Catania's-Fontanarossa airport
From next July
ITA Airways in collaboration with SAC SpA, the Catania’s Airport management company. has launched the Face Boarding testing phase at Catania Airport.From next July, after checking in on the web or at t... more
AirportsAci Europe: Best Airport Award winners for 2022 revealed
Confirmation of a second term of office for current President, Javier Marín -ATTACHMENT
The Annual ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards winners were announced yesterday during the Gala Dinner of the 32nd ACI EUROPE Annual Congress and General Assembly, taking place in Rome, Italy, and hosted by... more