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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 th... 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... 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
AirportsFraport traffic figures in July 2021: positive trend continues
Cargo at Frankfurt Airport sees further strong growth
Passenger numbers at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continued to rise in July 2021. FRA welcomed some 2.85 million passengers in the reporting month, representing the highest monthly passenger volume since the... more