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London Biggin Hill Airport ready to welcome ACE '17 next month

London Biggin Hill Airport, the capital's premier business aviation airport, is gearing up to host 2017's Air Charter Expo on 12th September 2017. Dubbed ACE '17, the event is the UK's only conference and exhibition dedicated to the air charter industry. Organised for the first ti...

US F-18 closes Bahrain Airport after "uncomfortable" landing

An American Navy F-18 crashed on the runway at Bahrain's Muharraq International Airport Saturday. The fighter had taken off from USS Nimitz, an aircraft carrier on duty in the Gulf and suffered an engine malfunction and diverted to Bahrain. Initially it has attempted to land at...

Bombardier C Series Aircraft Completes First Commercial Flight into London City Airport

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft celebrated another important milestone for the C Series aircraft program with the first revenue flight into London City Airport, a Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) CS100 jetliner from Zurich. “We are proud to see the C Series aircraft in SWISS livery landing at London City Airport for the first time. This new milestone continues the momentum propelling t...

HNA Group Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

HNA Group announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of an 82.5% equity interest in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The transaction is valued at €15.1 million. HNA Group issued the following statement regarding the closing of the transaction: “We are pleased to complete the acquisition of Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, which we bel...

Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 2 million passengers over seven months of 2017

In January-August 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served about 2.2 million passengers, which is 30 percent more than the previous years. During this period Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 1.25 million passengers, 329,000 of which were carried on domestic flights. 85 percent of passengers were carried by international flights. 49.6 percent of the total international traffic of th...

Vilnius Airport runway already has a new pavement, reconstruction will be finished on time

Vilnius Airport runway reconstruction will be successfully completed, as scheduled, on August 17th, 23:59 p.m., notes Olaf Martens, director of Vilnius Airport. This conclusion is based on the evaluation of the current state of works: the contractors have already strengthened the ground around the runway, changed the old runway pavement with the new one as well as started installing drainage and r...

Pulkovo Airport Welcomes First airBaltic CS300

On August 2, 2017, Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport welcomed the first commercial flight of airBaltic Bombardier CS300 aircraft from Riga, Latvia. Wolfgang Reuss, SVP of Network Management of airBaltic: “We have received a lot of positive feedback from our passengers about the improved flying experience with the new Bombardier CS300 aircraft. With the arrival of our sixth CS...

Riga Airport Handles More than 40% of the Baltic Region Passengers and Cargo in the First Half of 2017

In the first half of 2017, Riga International Airport has convincingly retained its leading position among Baltic airports, servicing more than 40% of the region's passengers and cargo. In the first six months of the year, Riga Airport handled more than 2.7 million passengers or 46% of the total number of passengers serviced at the airports of the Baltic States. 49% of the total air c...

Fraport Signs Concession Agreements for Fortaleza and Porto Alegre Airports in Brazil

Fraport AG has signed the concession agreements with the Brazilian government for managing and developing Fortaleza (FOR) and Porto Alegre (POA) airports. Following its double airport win at the government’s public auction on March 16, 2017, Fraport AG has been planning and creating the foundation for the new Fraport Brasil airport companies, which are expected to take over operations...

BGS to provide fuel for Turkish Airlines in Boryspil, Riga and Vilnius airports

BGS, an international provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, has won a fuel supply tender for Turkish Airlines operations in Boryspil, Riga and Vilnius International airports during 2017-2018. Fueling partnerships were extended in Boryspil and Vilnius International airports, whereas Riga’s International airport is a new service location. Fueling services will be provi...

Wizz Air Opens 28th Base In Varna

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and Bulgaria’s leading carrier, today celebrates the major milestone of opening its 28 base in Varna, Bulgaria. The airline has based one of its new Airbus A320 aircraft at Varna Airport, starting six additional low-fare routes from its second Bulgarian base to Dortmund and Munich Memmingen in Germany, Eindhoven in The Neth...

PRIMERA AIR announces three new bases in Europe to serve North American destinations

Primera Air announces the opening of 3 new bases in Europe: London (Stansted, STN), Paris (Charles de Gaulle, CDG) and Birmingham (BHX) for starting flights to New York (EWR airport) and Boston Logan (BOS airport) in April 2018. Two more transatlantic routes from the new bases will be announced by the end of summer 2017. “We are very proud to announce our new bases and routes to the US....

Vilnius Airport is closed for runway reconstruction, Kaunas has become Lithuania`s capital of aviation

A significant increase in the number of staff, additional parking places and temporary terminals. This is how Kaunas has prepared for becoming the temporary capital of Lithuania`s aviation when, from July 14 to August 17 11:59 p.m., Vilnius Airport runway will be under reconstruction. For 35 summer days aviation activity in Vilnius Airport will not be carried out, and Kaunas Airport, with crea...

In June Heydar Aliyev International Airport achieved highest growth rate in passenger traffic

In January-June 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 1.69 million passengers, which is 31 percent more than the same period of last year. Only in June 322,000 passengers were served, it is the highest figure for the first time since 2014 on the total number of passengers and since 2012 - on growth indicator. During the first half of this year Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 960,0...

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