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Passenger traffic of Heydar Aliyev International Airport approaches its next record high

In January-August 2017, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 2.7 million passengers, which is 29 percent more than the previous year. It is expected that by the end of 2017 the final passenger count will exceed the last year's figure of 3.5 million passengers, which will be another re...

Air BP renews contract at Albert Picardie Airport

Air BP, the international aviation fuel products and service supplier, continues to strengthen its presence in France with the announcement today that it has renewed its contract to provide fuel operations at Albert Picardie Airport (BYF/LFAQ) for 15 years. The contract which is effective immediatel...


London Biggin Hill welcomes the Piaggio Avanti EVO

London Biggin Hill Airport, the only dedicated business aviation airport within the capital, is to welcome Piaggio Aerospace's Avanti EVO for the first time, during a series of showcase events by ConnectJets commencing on September 11th. Gabriella Somerville, CEO of ConnectJets, says: “As the exclusive sales agent for the EVO in the UK, Channel Islands, Ireland and Isle of Man, we are...

airBaltic to Operate Geneva, Tampere, Gothenburg Flights Year-Round

The Latvian airline airBaltic announces its plans for the winter season that will begin in late October. airBaltic will continue to fly to Geneva, Tampere, Gothenburg also during the winter as well as re-introduce popular skiing destinations of Salzburg, Verona and Poprad in the High Tatras Mountains. airBaltic has also significantly improved service for the winter of 2017 by increasing frequen...

Heydar Aliyev International Airport switches to new technological solutions due to increase in passenger traffic

Passenger traffic of Azerbaijan’s main air harbor - Heydar Aliyev International Airport continues to increase steadily every year. Only for the first seven months of this year the Airport served 30 percent more passengers than the same period in 2016. Thus, the Airport achieves its main goal – to become one of the main hubs in the region in the near future. In order to freely scale...

Wizz Air Launched Operations to Pulkovo Saint Petersburg Airport

On 27 August 2017, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe Wizz Air launched scheduled service from Budapest (Hungary) to Saint Petersburg (Russia). The first flight was traditionally greeted at Pulkovo airport with a water cannon salute from the airport firetrucks. “We are delighted to welcome Wizz Air, the first foreign low-cost carr...

Dnata commits to a greener future with its new recycling programme

Dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has ramped up its recycling programme for its fleet of 12,000 units of GSE (Ground Services Equipment) in both of its Dubai hubs (DXB and DWC). Since the launch of the recycling programme this year, over 80 units of GSE have been renewed at the GSE maintenance base, reducing waste generated from GSE by 110 tonnes while passing...

Vilnius Airport reopens after reconstruction

Vilnius Airport runway reconstruction has been successfully completed, as scheduled, on August 17th, 23:59 p.m. The renovated runway was opened yesterday during the official ceremony with invited guests that took place on the same runway. Today, after a break of 35 days, most of the flights are coming back to Vilnius and will operate on their regular schedule.   “We are glad to a...

M3 smart motorway provides faster link to TAG Farnborough Airport

Following three years construction work and a GBP174m investment, the new four-lane M3 smart motorway between Farnborough jJunction 4a) and the M25 interchange (junction 2) has now opened bringing an immediate benefit to clients of TAG Farnborough Airport, Europe's leading business aviation airport. This substantially enhances one of the key trunk roads linking the airport to both central Lond...

Emirates A380 Colombo flight marks a milestone

An Emirates  A380 superjumbo landed at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Katunayake on Monday, helping Sri Lanka and the airport to achieve an aviation milestone. Sri Lanka’s minister of transport and aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva was at the airport to greet Abdul Hameed Abdul Fattah Kazhim Al-Mulla, the UAE Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Emirates' senior vice pr...

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 time by BACA the Air Charter Association, the event brings key networking opportunities to the best of...

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 Sheikh Isa base but went on to the international airport where it touched down on the runway but cou...

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...

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