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AirportsItalian Save purchases the Fast Food Servis
Prague , Czech Republic - A take over of 14,5 million Euros for the food & beverage of the Airport of Prague
The President of Save ("Marco Polo", Venice airport management company) Enrico Marchi says "We can cooperate profitably together with the new Alitalia" because the load factor of Save is around 74-80%.... more
AirportsCremonini wins the bid to wait on the Roman airports
Rome, Italy - Catering with a contract of 30 million Euros per year
The European leader in catering on trains, Cremonini, made a successful bid for a contract to open 12 refreshment points inside the airports of Fiumicino and Ciampino. For all the period of the award equal... more
AirportsAutogrill wins "Best Corporate Governance" Award
Milan, Italy - With the “Oscar di Bilancio 2008”
"Autogrill, the world’s leading provider of travel f&b and retail services, won the 'Oscar di Bilancio 2008' in the corporate governance category 'For its successful development of clear, transparent r... more
AirportsStar Alliance has opened the Lounge at "Charles de Gaulle" airport
Paris, France - 19 member carriers operate from this airport
"Star Alliance has opened a First and Business Class Lounge at Paris-'Charles de Gaulle' (CdG) Airport. The 850 square metre facility is the largest of its kind in Terminal 1 and offers space for more... more
AirportsItalian SEA: new intercontinental routes from Malpensa
Milan, Italy - Korean Air will link Milan to Seoul
"Korean Air, South Korea's flag carrier, will inaugurate, from next December 10, 2008, a new flight with a twice weekly frequency from Malpensa and Seoul, dynamic hub of Far East and important gateway... more
AirportsGrowing trend for the "Aeroporto d'Abruzzo"
Pescara, Italy - The airport records a positive account for that concerning the passenger traffic
Figures relating to 2008 final account show how the "Aeroporto d'Abruzzo" recorded a 12% growing trend considering the last year. If you take as reference point the passenger traffic, you see that from... more
AirportsInvestments for "La Centrale Airport Group"
Rome, Italy - Economic supports to regional airports in order to promote territorial growth
"La Centrale Finanziaria Generale", holding led by Giancarlo Elia Valori and Alberto Gotti, will give the go-ahead to the new platform "La Centrale Airport Group" to support economically the airport societies... more
AirportsGenoa Airport in transitional phase due to the Alitalia-CAI situation
Genoa, Italy - Merlo: "It is necessary to guarantee continuity of service with new low-cost"
Genoa Airport "Is in a transitional phase due to the Alitalia-CAI (Compagnia Aerea Italiana) situation. It is necessary to guarantee continuity of service with new low-cost airlines and without increments... more
AirportsThailand, blocked also "Don Mueang" Airport
Bangkok, Thailand - Troubles for tourists but no risk for safety
Also the second airport of Bangkok, "Don Mueang", has been blocked and occupied by anti-government protesters of PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy), banned the air traffic on the city, where hundreds... more
AirportsBangkok Airport: occupied by an anti-government protest
Bangkok, Thailand - Removed thousand of passengers
Chaos in the International Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport due to anti-government protesters of PAD (People's Alliance for Democracy). The explosion at Suvarnabhumi Airport happened a day after demonstrators... more
AirportsItalian Air Force: "Falco robot" presented to the Comando Scuole in Guidonia, near Rome
Rome, Italy - The radio-controlled model, with the Astore's falcon aspect, could be employed to repel, in a few minutes, the various species of birds present on the airports
"A 'Predator' teleguided model, named 'Falco Robot', has been presented in the last days at Guidonia's military airport, near Rome, in order to remove birds that fly near the runways and always cause of... more
AirportsItalian Southern Airports suffer the Alitalia matter
Bari, Italy - Cuts to flights and cost's increase
"South of Italy suffers the Italianity of Alitalia with the flights' reduction from/to Bari and Brindisi", Pietro Venneri, CISAL Secretary with proxy to Transport reported. "With this situation AirOne... more
AirportsAeroporti di Puglia issued petition against Alitalia and Air France
Bari, Italy - For debts oh over 2 million Euros
Aeroporti di Puglia, Bari, Brindisi, Foggia and Taranto Airports Management Company, issued a petition to the Bari Prosecutor’s Office against Alitalia to verify the extreme of offence for a debt of o... more
AirportsItalian SAB about all day's strike: 25 flights cancelled
Bologna, Italy - 12 arrivals and 13 departures
"Following to the strike announced by RdB-CUB unions for today at 'Marconi's airport in Bologna (SAB, airport management society), the airlines have cancelled overall 25 flights between domestic and international:... more
AirportsHeathrow Airport, the London Mayor against the expansion's plan
London, United Kingdom - A proposal for a new airport on the Thames Estuary
Boris Johnson, London Mayor, continues his campaign to find another alternative to the expansion of the Heathrow Airport, currently identifies in the realization of a new airport on the Thames Estuary. According... more
AirportsBologna's airport about strikes fixed for next Tuesday
Bologna, Italy - The 24 hour strike at local level together with that at national's one by pilots and flight assistants
"SAB (Bologna's airport management society) informs passengers that next Tuesday, November 25, the airport services could not be ensured, because of a local 24 hour strike announced by RDB-CUB for workers... more
AirportsFire in Tegel Airport: stop air traffic for half-hour
Berlin, Germany - Hard intervention by firemen
50 firemen and 35 fire-means have been involved in the military zone of Berlin-Tegel Airport to extinguish a fire burnt this morning in a wooden chalet and then extended it in an over 1,000 square metres... more
AirportsTSA at Miami International Airport named best in Agency
Washington, Usa - MIA’s TSA team wins Airport of the Year Honors
"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) named Miami International Airport (MIA) as the agency's Airport of the Year during the 7th annual national honorary awards ceremony. The award recognizes... more
AirportsLatina Airport: its Municipality binds the areas around the "Comani" airport
Latina, Italy - City council discusses on future possible projects of amplification
Last 10th November the president of the Latina Province, Armando Cusano, in the provincial council suggestion of Latina, despite the choice of the third airport in Rome is fallen on Viterbo, he has inserted... more
AirportsAirports of Paris: turn of business in growth
Paris, France - For the 2009 AdP promises to increase the volume of the entrances
The AdP (Aeroports de Paris), society that manages the airports in Paris, Le Bourget, Roissy, "Charles de Gaulle” and Orly, has made known the financial results of a growth that, despite the weakness o... more
AirportsFlorence-Peretola: it ignites the hope of widening the "Amerigo Vespucci"
Florence, Italy - Retrain as city airport
The airport in Florence offers an ample net of national and international connections and is one of the principals Italian airports. The AdF, society for management of the airport “Amerigo Vespucci” in... more
AirportsACI Special Recognition Award goes to Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing, China - Three key achievements
"ACI (Airports Council International) announced that the recipient of the highly prized ACI Director General’s Special Recognition Award is Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA). In presenting t... more
AirportsMilan-Linate’s airport: it changes course since November 20th
Milan, Italy - To reduce the acoustic impact in the zone East-North in Milan
Enav, Italian Flight Assistance Society, has decided that since 20th November it will return to fly in the zone 340, from Segrate to St. Donato. The experimentation in the zone 330, from Ribattino to Loreto,... more
AirportsRome-Fiumicino: false air accident in footstep
Rome, Italy - An exercise with simulation of corpses and wounded
To the 2:10pm on last Saturday on the footstep 3 of Rome-Fiumicino airport the airplane, a B-737 flight Dog 123 coming from Olbia, had launched a may-day to the tower of control for smoke on board and... more
AirportsSicily: the municipality decision to cancel name's airport Pio La Torre
Comiso, Italy - The son makes recur to TR
On April 30th of the last year the mayor of centre-left, Giuseppe Di Giacomo, had decided naming the airport of the city Comiso to the secretary general of the Pci killed by the Mafia in 1982: Pio La Torre.... more
AirportsOlbia, Geasar: the sky’s university
Sardegna, Italy - To Form flight’s pilots and professionals to improve the business offer
A center of high formation to train pilots, hostess and steward, over how technical airport. Geasar wants to strengthen one of the strength’s points of the Coast Smeralda, creating a center of excellence f... more
AirportsEmergency exercise to take place at Liverpool "John Lennon" Airport
Liverpool, United Kingdom - For two days, but no passengers or airlines will be affected by it
"An emergency exercise is being staged over 2 days at Liverpool 'John Lennon' Airport starting this evening 18th November at 7:30pm and lasting for 2 hours and then continuing on Sunday 23rd November between... more
AirportsVirgin Atlantic and easyJet joint bid to purchase London-Gatwick Airport
London, United Kingdom - The offer would be about 3 billion Euros
Virgin Atlantic and easyJet are preparing a joint bid for London-Gatwick airport, recently put up for sale by British Airports Authority (BAA). The site is valued at up to 3 billion Euros. The two airlines... more
AirportsLondon-Heathrow: the debated third runway
London, UK - Some alternatives
There is a debate opened in Great Britain on the future of London-Heathrow airport and on the proposal of adding a third runway in order to reduce congestion in one of the most important worldwide hub.... more
Airports"Airport cities: which development model for regional airports?"
Bologna, Italy - The workshop will take place in Bologna on December 16th
"Airport Cities: which development model for regional airports?": this will be the main theme of the workshop organized by "G. Marconi" airport in Bologna, due for December 16th. Faced with a transformation... more
AirportsBrindisi airport: green-light to the civil use
Brindisi, Italy - The challenges ahead
"A. Papola" airport in Brindisi, a military airport, from now on will be used for civil aviation, given for free to ENAC (Italian authority for civil aviation) that will assign it to the airport management... more
AirportsSITA about airports: EUR 2,5 billion against crisis
Milan, Italy - In technologies at service of passengers
"The world airport system bets EUR 2,5 billion in technologies for passengers with the aim to improve the safety and quickness of the boarding operations. It emerges from the fifth survey 'The Airport... more
AirportsAutogrill: HMSHost gains two new airports in the USA
Milan, Italy - The Group active in over 100 airports in North America
"HMSHost, the North American division of Autogrill, secured a contract to operate food & beverage services in ten points of sale in two new airports in the United States: Albany, capital of New York State,... more
Airports"Galilei" airport looks at East
Pisa, Italy - In April Pisa-Bucharest route takes off
"Galilei" airport in Pisa looks at East. From April 3rd, flight connections for Bucharest will be weekly during the first month, two times a week from May 18th and three times a week from July 15th to... more
AirportsAdR Group: Board approves Q3 report
Rome, Italy - This downtrend anticipates the first effects of the international recession also on the air transport sector
"The Board of Directors of Aeroporti di Roma SpA, chaired by dott. Fabrizio Palenzona, approved today ADR Group Quarterly Report at 30 September 2008. Over the last nine months passenger traffic growth... more
AirportsVietnam to build a new international airport on Phu Quoc Island
Hanoi, Vietnam - The project has a value of 943 million dollars
Construction of the Phu Quoc International Airport will start in late November, according to the Phu Quoc district People’s Committee. The airport will be built in Phu Quoc district, southern Kien G... more
AirportsCiampino Airport, restored calm after the stop for the Ryanair's inconvenience
Rome, Italy - The airport reopened yesterday evening at 8:00 pm
About yesterday 8:00 pm the International Ciampino Airport reopened to the traffic after the closure of two days due to the emergency landing of Ryanair Boeing 737/700 for verifying of a bird-strike that... more
AirportsIstanbul, the third airport ready within 2013
Istanbul, Turkey - It will hold 10 million passengers
The third airport of Istanbul will be carried out within 2013. According to some press sources, the airport can hold 10 million passengers every year, and will be placed in Corlu (Tekirdag). Over 500 million... more
AirportsBergamo: traffic's figures in October 2008
Bergamo, Italy - Still a positive trend
"The passengers movement at Bergamo-Orio al Serio's airport continues to record a positive trend, thanks to an optimal load factor percentage in the scheduled flights. The passengers' number has increased... more
AirportsAirlineForecasts makes forecasts on airport fares in 2009
Washington, USA - Analysis based on the effects of the oil price's drop
AirlineForecasts, specialized research Institute, makes forecast in 2009 for the tickets' average fares. According to these valuations, based on the effects of the oil price's decrease, prices could be... more
AirportsBrescia-Montichiari airport: Radici arrives
Brescia, Italy - Objectives and future perspectives
“Relaunching Brescia-Montichiari airport": this is the objective of Miro Radici Finance. Ilario Testa, manager for Miro Radici Finance, explains that the society will be in charge of the "Assistance a... more
AirportsVal d'Aosta: the "Committee for a sustainable airport" was born
Aosta, Italy - "Informing on the environmental impact"
"Informing on the environmental impact of the regional airport widening" in terms of environmental and noisy pollution: with this objective the "Committee for a sustainable airport" was born. The initiative... more
AirportsAdR: President Fabrizio Pallenzona asked about airport fares
Rome, Italy - "It is a serious problem and with a no immediate resolution"
The matter of the airport fares "Is a serious problem and with a no immediate resolution", Aeroporti di Roma (AdR), Rome Airports Management Company, Presidet Fabrizio Pallenzona said yesterday during... more
AirportsViterbo airport: "A major impact, if compared with Fiumicino airport"
Rome, Italy - Mayor Alemanno's declarations
Viterbo is a promising airport and it will have “A major impact if compared with Fiumicino”, as Mayor Alemanno declared during the conference "Rome Capital, an historic turn". It will benefit not onl... more
AirportsAlghero: a couple blocked for drug traffic
Alghero, Italy - It hid about 700g of cocaine
Two passengers landed at Alghero's airport came from Spanish city of Girona. They have been arrested thanks to the intervention by men of Financial Police, got suspicious from their tension. More detailed... more
AirportsAutogrill: the Board of Directors approves the interim report as of 30th September 2008
Milan, Italy - Strong cash flow from operations in the first nine months of 2008
"• Revenues in North America: $1,969.5m, up 6.8% against $1,844.2m for first nine months 2007 • Revenues in Italy: €1,001.6m, up 4.4% against €959.8m for first nine months 2007 • Revenues in Rest o... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: inaugural ceremony of the new operational base at Fiumicino airport
Rome, Italy - Tomorrow at 11:30 a.m.
AdR, Rome airports, the company running the airports of the Italian capital, announces that on November 6th 2008 at 11:30 a.m. a press conference will take place in order to present the new operational... more
AirportsIndia: the airports are a rich pickings for Çelebi Hava Servisi
Mumbai, India - Among other targets also Russia and UAE
Çelebi Hava Servisi, a Turkish airport-services provider, seeks a 30 percent market share at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai after winning a contract to provide ground services at... more
AirportsBad weather in Italy: seepage in Malpensa and Fiumicino
Rome, Italy - Minister Scajola's declarations
Over the last few days, the bad weather hitting Italy caused many damages also in some airports, such as Milan-Malpensa, which was built 10 years ago. Heavy rains caused seepage both at arrival floor and... more
AirportsIstanbul Airport, 36 million Euros investments in the offing
Istanbul, Turkey - By TAV Havalimanlar? Holding
TAV Havalimanlar? Holding, which operates Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, said it will invest 36 million euros ($46 million) expanding the airport. Istanbul-based TAV signed an accord with Turkey's airport... more