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AirportsCrete Airport: awarded for a Greek-Indian jv
Construction work may begin next year
By the end of the year the Greek parliament should vote for the green light to work on the construction of the new Kasteli airport on the island of Crete, which will replace the old Heraklion airport currently... more
AirportsPresented the future look of Thessaloniki’s “Makedonia” Airport
During a ceremony on the site of the new 34,000sm passenger terminal
Fraport Greece presented the future look of Thessaloniki’s “Makedonia” Airport (SKG) at a ground-breaking ceremony held September 19 on the site of the new 34,000-square-meter passenger terminal that... more
AirportsIstanbul: the airport of the scandal?
Workers returned to work under police control
The workers' strike at the new Istanbul airport has exposed the poor working conditions faced by people in Turkey, but above all put at risk the opening scheduled for October 29 of what will be one of... more
AirportsSingapore Airport: more robots and less men at work
Automation that will shorten the times for the aircraft
The Singapore-Changi Airport -considered the best in the world in the last 6 years- is constantly growing and evolving. Firstly physically, since the huge Terminal 5 is under construction, which alone... more
AirportsAci Europe. Passenger traffic growth decelerates in July
Freight remained moderate and aircraft movements were up +3.5%
European airport trade association ACI EUROPE today releases its traffic report for July 2018, during which average passenger traffic in geographical Europe expanded by +4.8% compared with the same month... more
AirportsMumbai Airport: work on the runways next year
There will be a lot of cancellations of the flights
Aircraft taking off and landing at Mumbai International Airport -India's second airport for the traffic of passenger- will suffer delays or cancellations, due to work taking place between February 16th... more
AirportsAirplanes and airlines at Hamburg Airport: new allocations to Terminal 1 and 2
As of next September 19
As part of a new terminal plan at Hamburg Airport, several airlines will be changing terminal during the night of 18 to 19 September. As of 19 September, passengers on these airlines can only check in... more
AirportsHong Kong Airport: Works for $ 18 billion in the next few years
Third track and new facilities to manage the increase in passengers
Despite the fact that the new airports are always larger and full of high-level technologies, the international airport of Hong Kong -opened 20 years ago- is still considered one of the best in the world,... more
AirportsOsaka Airport: the terminals will be partially reopened in the week
International flights dropped by 92% and domestic by 70%
Breaking international news. After last Tuesday's "Jebi" typhoon, both the two terminals of the Osaka-Kansai International Airport should be partially re-opened by this week. While operations at Terminal... more
AirportsDublin: EUR 900 million to expand the airport
In anticipation of the increase in the number of aircraft in transit
By 2023, works should begin to expand Dublin airport in order to allow it to manage up to 40 million passengers a year, for an expense of around 900 million euros, to be added to the 320 million that will... more
AirportsLiverpool Airport: results in August
Growth in passenger number continued last month
Growth in passenger numbers continued at Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" ("LJLA") during August as passenger numbers rose by over 3% compared to August 2017.Over 535,000 passengers travelled through the... more
AirportsO'Leary: a new airport in Warsaw is a "stupid" idea
According to the CEO of Ryanair, the current two airports should be upgraded
During a press conference in Warsaw yesterday Ryanair's Chief Executive Officer Michael O'Leary called the plan of Poland to build a new airport in the capital "stupid"; an investment of about 8 billion... more
AirportsBelgrade Airport: Vinci airports will manage it
The goal is to make it the Balkan landmark
The tender called for the management of Belgrade airport -the main one in the Balkan country- was won by the French private company Vinci airports, which for the commission created specifically by the... more
AirportsOsaka: Kansai airport evacuated this morning
After the damage assessment it will be decided when to reopen it
The consequences of the typhoon "Jebi" that hit the coast of western Japan yesterday was 10 dead and more than 300 injured, and the important damage caused to the main infrastructure including the Osaka... more
AirportsAircraft. Japan (2): huge damage to Kansai airport
In addition to flooding, an oil tanker hit the ground connection bridge -2 VIDEO
One of the largest airports in Japan namely the "Kansai" in Osaka will be closed from today for a period not defined yet due to the damage caused by the most powerful typhoon in the last 25 years. The... more
AirportsChicago-O'Hare: protest today that aims to block the airport
The demonstrators want to occupy the highway
Yesterday during a demonstration held in Chicago, it was threatened the blockade of the access routes of the Chicago-O'Hare airport for the "Labor Day" scheduled in the United States today. The goal of... more
AirportsDaxing Airport: 8 thousand workers at work to respect the times
The opening is scheduled for June 2019
Today at Daxing International Airport, which will open to the public in June 2019, a visit was made to Li Jianhua, the Executive Director of the project made and built by the Beijing Urban Construction... more
AirportsSydney Airport: a 51% increase in passengers is expected over the next 20 years
From 2019 work will start at the airport terminals
At regard of Sydney airport -which saw 43.4 million passengers in transit last year- it was envisaged in the Master Plan 2039 -released yesterday- a 51% increase in passengers over the next 20 years, despite... more
AirportsMexico: referendum about the airport of the Capital at the end of October
Announced after the delivery of the technical report to the new president
In the last week of October the Mexican referendum should be held to decide whether or not to approve the construction of the new "fharaonic" Mexico City airport. A decision taken and announced to the... more
AirportsTwo Canadian low-cost carriers enter the Miami market in Winter
Flair and Sunwing Airlines announced it last week
Canadian low-cost carriers Flair and Sunwing Airlines both announced last week that they will enter the Miami market beginning this winter, with Flair launching service from Miami International Airport... more
AirportsCroatia: China interested in Osijek airport
The reason? The great potential for the transport of goods
China would not want to invest only in the port sector of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, but would be willing to increase its presence also in European airports as in that of Osijek in... more
AirportsSchiphol Airport: September 4 strike by security guards
At risk are the movements of 200 thousand passengers
On 4 September the security guards of the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol -the third largest passenger number in Europe- will be absent for 24 hours from work in a protest to demand an increase in salaries;... more
AirportsAtlantia crisis: what will be the repercussions in the aeronautical services?
In case of the floated revocation of the concession
What repercussions could there be for Aeroporti di Roma (AdR) if the Italian government decides to remove the motorway concession to Atlantia? A good question but for which it is not easy to find an exhaustive... more
AirportsKathmandu: from February start the works for the runway
Airport will remain closed 10 hours a day for six months
The only international airport in Nepal -the Tribhuvan at Kathamndu- will be closed 10 hours a day for four months starting from mid-February 2019 in order to allow the complete overhaul of the runway.... more
AirportsLiverpool Airport: Widerøe’s first flight from Bergen
The airline operates by a E-190E2 jet aircraft
Scandinavia’s largest regional airline Widerøe has today commenced flights between Liverpool "John Lennon Airport" ("LJLA") and Bergen in Norway.Widerøe operates a 114 seat E-190E2 jet aircraft on the... more
AirportsIata. Steady passenger traffic growth of 6.7% at Europe’s airports during H1
Freight growth fading, but aircraft movements still up
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its air traffic report for June, Q2 & H1, revealing that during the first half of this year (H1), passenger traffic at Europe’s airports grew by a... more
AirportsBrief. Podgorica and Tivat airports soon privatized
Montenegro: concession for a period from 25 to 30 years
Brief from the world. The Montenegrin government recently adopted the information on the concession of the Podgorica and Tivat airports, currently State-owned. The Infrastructure Minister, Osman Nurkovic,... more
AirportsInvestment air base modernization in Albania
According to the NATO spokesperson
The investment of EUR 51 million, only for the first phase, will serve to modernize the Albanian air base in Kucova, in the south-east of the country. NATO spokesperson Piers Cazalet said it in an interview... more
AirportsFrankfurt (2): airport resumed activities
Many flights cancelled following the temporary closure of T1
As reported by the Frankfurt airport police, Germany's main airport has resumed full operational activity after area A of Terminal 1 was evacuated and closed due to a man who had evaded security controls;... more
AirportsHeathrow: it's unacceptable waiting 2 hours for passport control
Hard words of the British Airways CEO to the May Government
Two hours in a row to pass the passport checks at Heathrow International Airport, in London, are to be considered unacceptable and absurd for British Airways CEO Alex Cruz, who sent a letter to "The Times"... more