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AirportsTaliban ask Europe to help control Afghan airports
Request made in a meeting with the aim of improving diplomatic relations
Afghanistan's Taliban government has asked for help from the European Union to keep the country's airports running and safe. The request came during talks in Doha, Qatar, last week-end. The goal of the... more
AirlinesAircraft and carriers. Air Serbia and ITA Airways ink code-share agreement
In order to provide a wider selection of destinations
Serbia’s national airline, Air Serbia, and Italy’s national carrier, ITA Airways, became partners by entering into a code-share agreement, in order to provide a wider selection of destinations and bet... more
AirportsUnited Arab Emirates interested in Kabul airport
Abu Dhabi Government would like to manage it
In a series of intergovernmental talks with the Taliban, the executives of the United Arab Emirates would have advanced its interest in the technical-logistical management of the international airport... more
AirportsEU (2) proposes black-listing of transport operators
Involved in facilitating the smuggling or trafficking of people
As part of the European Union's united response to state-sponsored instrumentalisation of people at the EU's external border with Belarus, the Commission and High Representative proposd yesterday measures... more
AirportsDisruption at London-Heathrow Airport on Boxing Day
Metro and railway connections closed for two days due to works
Anyone who wants to travel abroad by plane on Boxing Day will have to expect serious disruptions due to the suspension of rail and underground connections to London-Heathrow. The UK's busiest airport will... more
AirlinesWizz Air presents fifth aircraft at Rome-Fiumicino
AVIONEWS interviews the Chief Commercial Officer George Michalopoulos - VIDEO and GALLERY
Sustainability, resilience, expansion. These are the three key words to understand the current vision of the Wizz Air carrier. The low-cost airline based in Hungary announced this morning in Rome the introduction... more
AirlinesAirplanes and airlines. Code-share ITA Airways-Tap Air Portugal
Started from today
ITA Airways and TAP Air Portugal have signed a code-share agreement connecting Italy and Portugal through the networks of the two airlines. Thanks to this commercial partnership, which first day of operations... more
AirportsEU. Question on plan to extend the airport in Parma (Italy
By Eleonora Evi (Verts/Ale)
"Parliamentary questions29 October 2021 Question for written answer E-004941/2021to the Commission Rule 138Eleonora Evi (Verts/ALE) Subject: Plan to extend the airport in Parma, ItalyThe MasterPlan 2018-2023 a... more
AirportsChina: bad weather blocks Harbin-Taiping airport
This is the effect of an unprecedented snowstorm
In these hours China is shaken by an unprecedented snowstorm. According to the railway company China Railway Harbin Group, around 60 trains were blocked throughout the province, while others had to reschedule... more
Airports"Cop 26" (2): Global airport industry showcases increased climate ambition
Milan-Linate Airport and Japanese airports achieve the highest levels of ACA
On the occasion of the "COP 26" side-event co-hosted by ACI World and ACI EUROPE, the global airport industry marked progress towards Net Zero CO2. In particular, the highest levels of the worldwide carbon... more
Airports"Cop 26". "A decarbonised future for aviation is now emerging"
Plans for a solar farm at Glasgow Airport; the initiatives of other four airports
The airport industry took centre stage in COP26’s Climate Action Hub today, reaffirming their global commitment to Net Zero and highlighting the evolving and renewed ambitions held by the industry despite t... more
AirlinesSharing the skies can save airlines fuel and reduce CO2 emissions
The next step is to get the support of the authorities
Airbus has performed the first long-haul demonstration of formation flight in general air traffic (GAT) regulated transatlantic airspace with two A-350 aircraft flying at three kilometers apart from Toulouse,... more
AirlinesEmirates: code-share with Garuda Indonesia
It is expected to come into effect from January 2022
Emirates and Garuda Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a code-share partnership between both airlines. The new partnership allows customers of the international airline,... more
AirportsSydney Airport towards sale
The BoD agrees to USD 17.5 bn buyout deal
The Board of Directors of Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney, Australia, has announced that it has agreed to USD 17.5 bn buyout deal from a national consortium of local investors. The BoD... more
AirportsEuropean Parliament: question on Foggia airport’s compliance with EU regulations
By Mario Furore
"Parliamentary questions 26 October 2021Question for written answer E-004847/2021 to the Commission Rule 138Mario Furore (NI) Subject: Foggia airport’s compliance with EU regulationsIn 2019, the Ministry of... more
AirlinesITA Airways and Air Europa sign a code-share partnership
Increased connectivity and travel options
ITA Airways and Air Europa have signed a broad code-share agreement connecting the networks of the two airlines. Thanks to this commercial partnership, which starts today 8th November 2021, ITA Airways... more
AirlinesQatar Airways brings its A-380 aircraft back into operation
After grounding of 19 A-350 fleet
A Qatar Airways A-380 airplane took to the skies for the first time in more than 18 months earlier this week, positioning the aircraft from Doha International Airport to Hamad International Airport after... more
AirlinesITA Airways: the AZ608 Fiumicino-"Jfk" flight departed
First intercontinental aircraft link by the new flag carrier
ITA Airways' first intercontinental flight took off from Rome-Fiumicino to New York- "Jfk" and will land in the US after 9 hours at 15pm local time.The flight was carried out by a 250-seat A-330 airplane,... more
AirportsAVIONEWS interviews Bauer, Volocopter commercial director
On the occasion of the presentation of eVtol Volocity - VIDEO
AVIONEWS talked with Christian Bauer, the commercial director of Volocopter, the German company that developed Volocity, a vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVtol) presented in these days at the... more
AirportsAutogrill signs a financing agreement
For one billion Euros for five years
Autogrill SpA announced yesterday the signing of a 5-year multi-currency, medium-long term cash financing agreement for a maximum total principal amount of one billion euros with a pool of primary banks.The... more
AirlinesPlanes and carriers. SkyTeam welcomes ITA Airways on board
700 million customers of the alliance
SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has welcomed ITA Airways -Italy’s new national carrier- into the alliance, replacing Alitalia. With ITA Airways on board, SkyTeam’s 700 million customers will con... more
AirlinesAircraft and airlines. Ita Airways-Air Malta: partnership signed
Increased connectivity and travel options
ITA Airways and Air Malta have signed a broad code-share agreement connecting the networks of the two airlines. This new commercial partnership, which applies to flights departing from Sunday 31st October,... more
AirportsJavier Marín elected to lead European airport association
He replaces Jost Lammers, CEO of Munich Airport
European airports’ trade association Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) yesterday held its General Assembly as part of its 31st Annual Congress and General Assembly, hosted by Geneva A... more
AirportsAci Europe reveals "Best Airport Award" winners for 2021
In all categories
Aci Europe announced the "Best Airport Awards" winners yesterday during the Conference Dinner of its 31st Annual Congress and General Assembly, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by Génève Aéroport. Airports in... more
AirportsEuropean airports face dual challenge of recovery and decarbonisation
ACI Europe's DG at the keynote address at 31st Annual Congress
ACI EUROPE today opened its 31st Annual Congress (October 26-27 at Geneva Airport) by setting out both the immediate and longer-term outlook for its 500 strong airport membership spanning 55 countries. In... more
AirportsAci Europe Annual Congress: traffic data, forecasts and report published
On the eve of its 31est edition
On the eve of ACI EUROPE’s 31st Annual Congress and General Assembly, the airport association has set the scene with the release of its latest traffic data, revised forecasts, and the publication of t... more
AirlinesIberia to schedule 70 flights per week to US
During Winter season
The US Government has announced that on 8 November the country’s airports will be open to holiday travellers from the European Union.In the US and other markets where Covid restrictions are being lifted, I... more
AccidentsThe Milan-Linate plane crash twenty years ago
Ground collision between two aircraft caused 118 victims
A little less than a month after the air strikes in the US, another tragedy occurred in the same year 2001.It was in the morning (8:10 am) of Monday October 8, 2001 when a collision on the runway between... more
AirlinesITA: on sale from today tickets for flights to/from the USA
They will be operated by A-330 aircraft
ITA has begun today the sales for its intercontinental flights to and from the United States. The Italian airline will operate direct services to Rome-Fiumicino from New York-"JFK", Miami, Boston and Los... more
AirlinesChina Eastern Airlines to host 78th IATA AGM in Shanghai
It will take place in June 19-21 of the next year
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that China Eastern Airlines will host the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Shanghai, People’s Republic o... more
AirportsIata. Infrastructure costs increasing $ 2.3 billion in a crisis
They will stall recovery in air travel and damage international connectivity
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) warned that planned increases in charges by airports and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) will stall recovery in air travel and damage international... more
AirportsAéroports de la Côte d'Azur group obtains the highest climate accolade in global CO2 standard
The other airports in the different levels of the program
Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur has achieved Level 4+ ‘Transition’ of Airport Carbon Accreditation, the first airport group in France to do so. The successful accreditation at the new highest level of the r... more
AccidentsItalian Ansv: investigation report on F-27 plane crash of 2016
Registration SE-LEZ, occurred at Catania airport at the end of April -ATTACHMENT
Ansv, Italian Flight Safety Agency, announces that it has published a document.This one concerns in particular:investigation report on an accident occurred to the Fokker F-27MK50 aircraft, registration... more
AirlinesAeroflot Group: operating results for August 2021
Key highlights and aircraft fleet update
Aeroflot announced Aeroflot Group operating results for August and 8M 2021.Key highlights of August 2021:Aeroflot Group carried 5.5 million passengers, 50.3% up year-on-year and 10.9% down vs. 2019;4.5... more
AirportsAfghanistan announces: "Kabul airport operational for international flights"
Taleban urge carriers to return to the airport guaranteeing "full cooperation"
A note released in these hours and signed by Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Iea, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan), informs that... more
AirportsBarcelona Airport: protests against expansion
The EUR 1.7 billion project suspended because it threatens the natural reserve
Thousands of people in Barcelona went to the street to demonstrate against the expansion of the "Josep Tarradellas" Barcelona-El Prat airport yesterday. Environmentalists organized the demonstration. The... more
AirportsAci Europe: holiday season improvements in passenger traffic “cannot be called a recovery”
As gradual gains already plateau across Europe -ATTACHMENT
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE, today released its air traffic report for July 2021, as well as preliminary data for the month of August. The report shows that passenger traffic in the European... more
AirlinesAA and Gol: partnership to create network across the Americas
The completion of the agreements are subject to conditions
American Airlines (AA) announced yesterday that it has entered into a letter of intent to further solidify its partnership with GOL, Brazil’s largest airline. AA has served Latin America since 1942 an... more
AirportsMiami Airport. Ralph Cutié named new Director and CEO
He had been serving in the role as Interim Director
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the appointment of Rafael (Ralph) Cutié –who had been serving in the role as Interim Director– as the new Director and CEO of the Miami-Dade Aviation Depa... more
AirportsFraport traffic figures in August
Summer holiday travel boosts passenger numbers at Frankfurt Airport; cargo continues to grow
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) welcomed some 3.37 million passengers in August 2021. This represents a 122.9 percent increase year-on-year, albeit based on a very weak August in 2020. This recovery was driven... more
AirlinesO'Leary (Ryanair): via the municipal surcharge for Italian airports
The low-cost also announces 5 new routes from Rome to European destinations
"Italian air traffic will recover strongly this Winter 2021 - said Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary- . We ask the Italian Government to eliminate the municipal surcharge for all Italian airports, which is... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. The strikes today in Italy
They are scheduled to last for four hours
The ministry has announced and updated the list of strikes scheduled for today on Tuesday September 7, 2021 in the air transport sector in Italy.They are in detail:07/09/2021 Unica union, staff of the... more
AirlinesAir Astana received the sixth A-321LR airplane
And it resumes route to London from this month
Air Astana’s sixth new A-321LR arrived at Nur- Sultan International Airport directly from the Airbus plant in Hamburg, Germany. The entire A-321LR fleet is leased from Air Lease Corporation, with the f... more
AirportsAutogrill increases its presence in the Bali Airport
New contract in Indonesia, worth EUR 34m in six years; second one in a few months
Autogrill Group, through its subsidiary HMSHost International, has been awarded a new contract to open another six stores in "I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport" in Bali, Indonesia.The agreement,... more
AirportsThe ambitious Bangladeshi project at "Cox's Bazar airport"
Not only the runway lengthening in the future designed by the Bangladeshi government
It will also welcome the A-380s more
Airports"Inter Airport Europe 2021" in November in Munich
Currently 226 exhibitors from 29 countries have already registered
"Inter Airport Europe" is going ahead with the first major live event for the entire airport industry, providing a much needed opportunity for airports, airlines, air cargo carriers and aviation-support... more
AirportsGatwick will open a public consultation on the existing Northern Runway into routine use
In the intention there is to bring it into routine use to secure a long-term growth of the airport
Gatwick has today announced that a public consultation will start on plans to bring its existing Northern Runway into routine use alongside its Main Runway. The scheme will help secure the airports long-term... more
AirportsEU. Covid: answer to question on use of the green card by Italy
Given by Didier Reynders on behalf of the Commission
"P-003792/2021Answer given by Mr Reynderson behalf of the European Commission(24/8/2021)The EU Digital COVID Certificate framework is based on Articles 21 and 77 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the... more
AirportsDelhi launches monetization plan and sells off roads, ports and airports
But not just transport: other public goods worth billions of dollars are also part of the privatization program
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced today: India needs to monetize and therefore launches the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) plan. An infrastructural privatization program that provides... more
AirportsChina. The new Qingdao-Jiaodong airport opened
It is capable of handling 35 million passengers and 500,000 tons of freight per year
Qingdao-Jiaodong International Airport, a new airport in Shandong province, in eastern China, has officially entered into operation. The Qingdao Airport Group reports that the airport is classified as... more