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AirportsAircraft and finance. President of Tuscany: "We'll sell Pisa Airport shares, it's an opportunity which can't be missed"
Florence, Italy - Corporacion America close to reach the majority
"We will make the joint company of Tuscany airports. We'll sell our shares because the joint company is a guarantee for everyone, for the development of Tuscany but for Pisa as well. It's an opportunity... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Employees of Rio airports stage strike in the World Cup's opening day
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 80% of service will be maintained
Employees at Rio de Janeiro's two airports (Galeao and "Santos Dumont") started a partial 24-hour strike today, Thursday 12 June 2014, which is also the starting day of the Football World Cup in Brazil:... more
AirportsAeroporti di Roma: new flight to New Delhi will depart this evening operated by Air India at "Leonardo da Vinci"
Rome, Italy - The airline, absent from Fiumicino from over ten years, returns to serve the city
The first flight by Air India will depart today at 8:40pm. The airline, after a long absence of over ten years, returns to operate Rome and to offer a permanent connection between Italy and India (the... more
AirportsPisa airport. Commune's appeal rejected:Toscana Region can sell its shares
Florence, Italy - According to the magistrate, the subscription to the Eurnekian's bid "It's not a violation"
Toscana Region can sell its shares held in Sat, the company which manages Pisa airport. That's the decision taken by the Tribunal of enterprises which rejected, today June 3, the appeal presented by... more
AirportsPisa airport. Corporacion America Italia extends the bid to June 17
Pisa, Italy - Payment of amount to the subscribers will be done one week later
Corporacion America Italia extended to June 17 the bid subscription deadline for the takeover of Sat, the company which manages the airport of Pisa, as reported in a press release, yesterday June 2. The... more
AirportsPisa airport. Sat board of directors says the new bid is "Adequate" but the decision is up to the partners
Pisa, Italy - The announcement comes after the new rejection by Pisa Chamber of Commerce
The board of directors of Sat (the society which manages the airport of Pisa) has considered "Adequate" the new price of the bid proposed by Corporacion America, as Sat reported in a press release, today... more
AirportsMilan airports. SEA workers on strike: delays and cancellations
MIlan, Italy - The protest has been subscribed also by easyJet flight assistants, Meridiana's personnel, Aviapartner Handling and Alitalia-CAI's workers
A national air transport workers strike is underway, in Italy, and will going on for the rest of the day, May 30. The protest has been subscribed by SEA and SEA Handling employees too, the society which... more
AirportsItalian air transport to liberalize regulation fares
Rome , Italy - The Authority aims to create aupair conditions in the negotiation between companies and airlines, as Brussels requested
Transparency and non-discrimination between carriers. They are the new standards which are going to determine the Italian air transport regulation fares, in the wake of the European directive of 2009. The... more
AirportsTurin airport. Barbieri, CEO Sagat: "Ticket fares might decrease"
Turin, Italy - The top manager was thought in Piemonte regional government
At Turin airport, two air links were just inaugurated (to Zurich and Amsterdam), the Vueling Spanish airline will operate starting from September and a 6% volume of passengers growth than the same period... more
AirportsTurin airport, Giuseppe Donato new Sagat president
Turin, Italy - The former SKF Swedish corporation executive replaces the outgoing Maurizio Montagnese
He hasn't been officially presented yet but new Sagat (the society which manages the Turin airport) president is Giuseppe Donato. Donato, 70 year old and Consul of Sweden in Turin, has a long experience... more
AirportsTurin Airport: press conference for the new Turin-Amsterdam flight
Turin, Italy - At 10:30 at the airport
Roberto Barbieri, CEO of Sagat (Turin airport management company) and Pieter Elbers, KLM COO and Deputy CEO, communicate that the press-conference of the Turin-Amsterdam flight will take place next Wednesday,... more
AirportsItalian airports plan, in Venice a second runway within 2025
Venice, Italy - The society which manages the "Marco Polo" thinks to start up the "People mover" in December
Venice-Tessera, just listed by the Italian ministry of Transports between the eleven "Strategic" national airports, could have a new runway within 2025. The "Marco Polo" is also one of three Italian... more
AirportsPisa and Florence airports. Tuscan regional council approves the sale of Sat's shares
Florence, Italy - It will be held the 5,01% as well as in AdF, the company which manages Peretola
Both Institutional Affairs and Infrastructure Tuscany Region commissions gave the go-ahead, yesterday May 27, to the council resolution regarding the sale of Società aeroporto toscano's (Sat, the company... more
AirportsItalian airport plan, 11 "Strategic" and 26 of "National interest"
Rome, Italy - The ministry of Transports draft will have to be approved by the Council of ministers
Eleven "Strategic" airports and 26 of "National interest". That's the ministry of Transports draft to be examined and eventually approved by the Italian Council of ministers regarding the "National airports... more
AirportsAncona airport is of "National interest" but it will be closed to freighter airplanes in the night
Ancona, Italy - Despite being in the Italian government plan, Enav will reduce its workability to only 18 hours
Ancona's airport is among those listed by the Italian ministry of Transports as of "National interest" in range of Italian airports' plan to be approved by the Council of ministers. But, at the same... more
AirportsAirports transit plan, Brindisi will be managed by Italian Enav
Brindisi, Italy - Civil aviation will substitute the air force starting from Rome-Ciampino, yesterday
The transit plan from military airports to civil aviation developed by Enac (Ente nazionale per l'aviazione civile, the Italian civil aviation authority), started from yesterday, May 27, at Rome-Ciampino,... more
AirportsQatar Airways from today operates at the "Hamad International Airport"
Doha, Qatar - The first flight landed this morning, coming from Bahrain
Qatar Airways today commenced full operations at its new state-of-the-art hub, "Hamad International Airport" (HIA), at 09:00 local time. With its commercial flight QR1113 from Bahrain landing at HIA at... more
AirportsCrotone airport: Five Star Movement calls ILS installation into question
Crotone, Italy - According to the local section, ENAV's inspection was due to "Scheduled checks"
Last week ENAV's (Società nazionale per l'assistenza al volo, the Italian air services provider) inspection, at Crotone airport aimed to calibrating and installating the Instrument Landing System (ILS,... more
AirportsPisa airport, Tuscany Region deliberates to hold 5% of shares
Florence, Italy - Only 11,8% of SAT will be sold to Argentinians of Corporacion America
Tuscan Regional committee decided "To sell only a part of shares held in SAT", the company which manages the airport of Pisa. In particular, it was approved that 5% of Società aeroporto toscano (SAT)... more
AirportsItaly. Pisa airport. Eurnekian raises the bid and rejects a new cogovernance agreement: Gina Giani’s reconfirmation in doubt?
Florence, Italy - The goal is to reach the 51% within the end of both the tender offers for Pisa and Florence whose deadline is June 3
Finally Corporacion America raised the bid to acquire the whole block of shares of Pisa airport. The international holding led by Argentinian tycoon Eduardo Eurnekian announced on May 22 the new offer:... more
AirportsItaly. Pescara airport. Saga and Abruzzo Region make an EUR 8 million agreement
Pescara, Italy - Money will be directed to the requalification and conclusion works for the “Airside” and “Landside” areas
Abruzzo Region and Saga, the company which manages the airport of Pescara, made on May 23 an EUR 8 million agreement directed to the structure requalification and conclusion works. In particular, money... more
AirportsCrotone airport. Italian Enav technicians' inspection to calibrate ILS system
Crotone, Italy - Possible installation would allow Ryanair to serve the Sant'Anna's stopover
The Instrumental Landing System (ILS) could be installed at the Crotone airport in a short while. Enav technicians (Società nazionale per l'assistenza al volo, the Italian air services provider) went... more
AirportsAirplanes and environment. ACI Europe: ACA programme commended by International Transport Forum (ITF)
Liepzig, Germany - The Airport Carbon Accreditation has already won praise from ICAO, UNEP, EU
The airport industry’s efforts to address its carbon emissions were highly commended at the annual global "International Transport Forum (ITF) Awards" announced at this week’s "ITF 2014 Annual Summit". The... more
AirportsPescara airport. Arriving 9 million Euros from the Region, but nocturnal closure is more likely
Pescara, Italy - In Enav's plan all the activities will be interrupted starting from July 1st, in the time slot between midnight and 7 am
More than 9 million Euros from FAS (fondi per le aree sottosviluppate, underdeveloped areas funds) are about to arrive to the Aeroporto d'Abruzzo. Money that the Region planned to spend in order to restyling... more
AirportsComiso airport, MUOS disturbances are not exlcuded
Comiso, Italy - A document would prove a relationship between aircraft safety and radiations
In addition to the risks for the environment and the population health, the Niscemi MUOS (Mobile User Objective System, a global satellite communications system used by the US Navy) negative effects could... more
AirportsPisa airport, debates between Sat and Corporacion America don't stop
Pisa, Italy - Argentinian typhoon Eurnekian complained with "Galilei" public partners who referred to an advisor evaluation
Controversies and debates between Corporacion America and Sat (Società aeroporto toscano, the company which manages "Galileo Galilei") seem don't stop. Argentinian entrepreneur Eduardo Eurnekian's... more
AirportsACI Europe: airports react to EC Report on airport charges directive (2)
Brussels, Belgium - The Thessaloniki Forum to take place on 13 June will discuss the application of it and changes
Earlier yesterday, the European Commission released a formal Report on EU Member States’ application of the EU Directive on Airport Charges, which took effect in 2009. ACI EUROPE took the opportunity t... more
AirportsGenoa Airport: the new direct flight to Bucharest inaugurated
Genoa, Italy - Served by Fly Romania three times per week by MD-83 airplanes
The new direct flight Genoa-Bucharest served by Fly Romania inaugurated last Saturday with a water cannon. At the inauguration ceremony with the ribbon cut were present C?t?lin Belciu, Legal advisor of... more
AirportsQatar Airways CEO: "European airports? They should allow aircraft movements 24 hours a day to compete with the Middle Eastern hubs"
London, United Kingdom - Akbar al-Baker pushes for Heathrow's and Gatwick's expansion
In order to compete with the biggest hubs in the Middle East, the European airports should allow airplanes to land and take off 24 hours a day: in an interview released to the "Telegraph", Qatar Airways... more
AirportsPescara airport, no flights to Moscow because of political tensions in Ukraine
Pescara, Italy - First flight was expected for the half of June
The increasing of political tensions in Ukraine and the consequent decrease of Russian tourists towards Western Europe convinced Saga, the company which manages Pescara airport, to postpone the flights... more
AirportsTurin airport, 41 charter flights for the Europa League final
Turin, Italy - Some aircraft with Portoguese supporters will land in Cuneo too
More than 7000 supporters are expected at Turin airport today, May 14, on the occasion of the Europa League final match Sevilla-Benfica, 23 for Spanish and 18 for Portoguese fans. Further 380 of them... more
AirportsBergamo-Orio al Serio airport, works start today. Flights diverted to Malpensa until June 2
Milan, Italy - About 50 million Euros to remake the runway and the technological plant
Three weeks of work in progress, about 600.000 passengers and 90 flights per day diverted to Milan-Malpensa and Brescia-Montichiari airports because of restyling works on the Bergamo-Orio al Serio runway,... more
AirportsForlì Airport. Italian Enac examines the industrial plan
Forlì, Italy - Italian-American entrepreneurial network looks at logistics and maintenance
A cargo port of call for international trades, an airplane maintenance platform and an area where airlines will be able to benefit from fuel at a bargain are the nodal points of the rescue plan presented... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. New 14-billion-dollar airport for Beijing
Beijing, China - Capital, the current hub of the Chinese metropolis, is already operating above its capacity
China is planning to build a new mega-airport for Beijing, aimed to ease congestion of air traffic at Capital, the hub of the Asia metropolis, which is already operating above its maximum capacity. The... more
AirportsPisa airport. Eurnekian to relaunch after Sat's public partners rejection
Pisa, Italy - SAT public partners (holding 54% of the company) considered "Inadequate" the multinational corporation's bid, "Either economically and strategically"
The public partners of Società aeroporto toscano (SAT, which manages Pisa's "Galileo Galilei" airport), as well as the board of directors, rejected the takeover launched by Argentinian businessman Eduardo... more
AirportsBergamo-Orio al Serio airport. Tonight the last aircraft departure, then the closure until June 2
Bergamo, Italy - The flight scheduled to Barcelona at 10:45 pm local time. All "Caravaggio"'s activities will be redirected to Milan-Malpensa
For the next twenty days the Italian airport of Bergamo-Orio al Serio will be closed. Tonight at 10:45 pm the last flight will take-off to Barcelona. Tomorrow runway remake works and taxi ways redevelopment... more
AirportsConstruction of a third runway: Heathrow offers a 675-million-pound compensation scheme to those most affected by aircraft noise
London, United Kingdom - A panel will handle the distribution of the funds if the expansion of the hub goes ahead
London-Heathrow Airport's operator is proposing, in a submission to the Airports Commission this week, a new compensation package for people who would be most disrupted by the expansion of the airport,... more
AirportsPisa and Florence airports. Naldi, Corporacion America: "We will be the majority shareholders"
Florence, Italy - The holding wants to set up an airport hub with the volume of 11,5 million of passengers
"We are confident we can be the majority shareholders when our offer is launched". This is what Roberto Naldi, chairman of Corporacion America Italia, thinks about the possibility to hold 51% of shares... more
AirportsPisa airport. Naldi, Corporacion America: "We are ready for a new offer"
Florence, Italy - Eurnekian's holding Italian representative guaranteed that there won't be any money transfer between airports
In the course of a press conference, held in Florence yesterday May 7, Roberto Naldi, president of Corporacion America Italia suggested that the price proposed for the take-over of Pisa airport is likely... more
AirportsAci Europe: European airports report +4.6% in passenger traffic for Q1
Brussels, Belgium - Aircraft movements for the whole of Europe grew by +2.7%
European airport trade body, ACI EUROPE today released its traffic results for Q1 across the European airport network. Overall, passenger traffic at Europe’s airports reported a healthy increase of +4.6% c... more
AirportsItaly. Milan Airports: shareholders' assembly approves balance sheet 2013
Milan, Italy - The three month report 2014 by the BoD: passenger traffic +1.5%, cargo +9.5%
The shareholders' meeting gathered yesterday, at the Linate's legal head office, under the presidency by Pietro Modiano, examined and approved the balance 2013 that at Group level recorded funded revenues... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Construction of new taxyways at "Ataturk" Airport might cause many cancellations
Istanbul, Turkey - One of the runways of the Turkish hub will be closed for two weeks starting from May 13
One of the runways at Istanbul's "Ataturk" Airport (the 05/23, to be more precise) will be closed for about two weeks starting from May 13, in order to build new taxiways to connect the landing strip with... more
AirportsAirplanes and environment. Aci Europe: more airports working to actively reduce CO2
Geneva, Switzerland - Schiphol certified carbon neutral
At this year’s "Global Sustainable Aviation Summit" taking place in Geneva yesterday and today, ACI EUROPE and ACI ASIA-PACIFIC reported on the on-going work airports are doing to reduce their carbon e... more
AirportsProblems for an aircraft stops traffic at East Midlands Airport
Derby, United Kingdom - The airplane involved is an Air Contractors' Boeing 737/400
Flight operations at East Midlands Airport, in the United Kingdom, have been suspended because of a problem which involved a cargo aircraft today, Tuesday 29 April 2014, in the early morning. A Boeing... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Also Atlanta Airport launches incentives to attract airlines
Atlanta, USA - The world's busiest hub is trying to maintain its advantage on Dubai and Beijing
Also in 2013 Atlanta's "Hartsfield-Jackson" confirmed itself as the world's busiest hub in terms of passengers, with 94,430,785 travellers who used the Georgia's hub (AVIONEWS). However, a slight decrease... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. New Doha Airport: opening in late May for all the airlines
Doha, Qatar - The new Middle Eastern hub has already missed several inauguration dates
The opening of Hamad International, the new airport which is destined to serve the metropolitan area of Doha, Qatar, might take place in late May for all the airlines, according to a bulletin issued by... more
AirportsAircraft and infrastructure. Rome-Urbe Airport is once again isolated because of a theft of copper
Rome, Italy - This is the third occurrence of a problem of this kind in less than a month
For the third time in less than a month Rome-Urbe Airport is isolated, with no phone and internet coinnections, because of a theft of copper. Just like in the other cases, the problem unfortunately... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Transavia Bari-Amsterdam flight inaugurated
Bari, Italy - "It will favour the growth of flows from an area of great interest", Giuseppe Acierno, AdP Chief Executive Officer
Yesterday, Thursday 17 April 2014, the flight operated by Transavia between Bari's "Karol Wojtyla" Airport and Amsterdam-Schiphol was inaugurated: the Boeing 737 aircraft of the Air France-KLM Group was... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Australia gives its go-ahead to the construction of Sydney's second airport
Canberra, Australia - Works are expected to start in 2016
The Australian government has approved the construction of Sydney's second airport, a project which has been debated for almost 70 years, whose realization will have a cost of about 2,4 billion Australian... more
AirportsAircraft and transport. Temporary closure of the runways: Dubai International ready to reduce traffic by 26%
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 14 airlines will move to Al Maktoum International Airport during the period
The management firm of Dubai International Airport confirmed that all systems are go for a comprehensive runway upgrade project set to be launched at Dubai International on May 1, 2014 to boost safety,... more