European Investment Bank backs new Heraklion airport with EUR 180m loan
©Richard Willis/EIB The project replaces second busiest airport in Greece and double passenger capacity for Crete Overcoming restricted passenger numbers key for tourism...
Ryanair flight to London Stansted heads back to Bucharest after cabin fills with smoke
On 21 January, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (EI-EVH) operated flight FR1006 between Bucharest, Romania and London Stansted, United Kingdom. The aircraft carried 169 passengers. At 5,000...
Brussels South Charleroi Airport produces its first solar kilowatt-hours
Photovoltaic system commissioned Brussels South Charleroi Airport commissions its photovoltaic system. Installed on the roof of terminal 2, 1,560 photovoltaic panels have been fitted. After...
Budapest Airport boosts Spanish seats with Wizz Air to Santander
Budapest Airport has announced a new route to the Spanish city of Santander with its home-based carrier Wizz Air. Launching the 1,846-kilometre sector with...
SWISS flights to Beijing to serve new Daxing International Airport from end of March
SWISS will be switching its services between Zurich and Beijing to the Chinese capital’s new Beijing Daxing International Airport in March. The move will...
Danish Air Transport connects Berlin Tegel with Saarbrucken
The airline Danish Air Transport (DAT) is now flying from Berlin-Tegel to Saarbrucken Airport (SCN). Starting now, there are three trips a day to...
12.4 million passengers in 2019 at Cologne/Bonn airport (-5%)
As expected, Cologne Bonn Airport has ended the current year with slightly subdued traffic figures – although somewhat better than expected. By 31 December,...
Airports lead the way on tackling Climate Emergency with ACI Europe’s Brussels Summit
European airport trade body brings key actors together for the first Aviation Sustainability Summit With sustainability & the climate emergency firmly established at the very...
Issues with baggage are increasing at international airports
Travellers who travel by plane increasingly have to deal with issues concerning their baggage. A noticeable increase has been visible since 2014. Last year...
China shuts down all transportation (including by air) from Wuhan, epicentre of a deadly coronavirus outbreak
Public transport in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus epidemic started last month, will be suspended from Thursday and residents urged not...
United Airlines announces hourly shuttle between New York/Newark and Washington Reagan National
First of its kind jet (CRJ-550) to shuttle travellers between the Beltway and the Big Apple United Airlines announced a new hourly shuttle service between...
Summer 2020: Air France extends its network of 5 sunny destinations, 16 new routes in total
Djerba, Thessaloniki, Santorini and Mykonos on departure from Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Calvi - Brest Air France will operate five new routes during the 2020...
British Airways Airbus A350-1000 slightly damaged during hard landing at Tel Aviv Airport
On 19 January, a British Airways Airbus A350-1000 (G-XWBD) operated flight BA163 between London Heathrow, United Kingdom and Tel Aviv, Israel. During landing at Tel...
Luxembourg airport recorded 9% increase to 4.4 million passengers increase in 2019
4,4 million passengers in 2019 a plus of 9% compared to 2018 New record month in July 2019 with over 430,000 passengers Visit...
Ryanair launches new Kerry route to Manchester for Summer 2020
Ryanair today (21 Jan) announced a new Kerry route to Manchester which will operate twice weekly commencing in March 2020, as part of Ryanair’s...
Wizz Air announces further expansion (4 new routes) from St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport, Russia
Wizz Air announced its further expansion in Russia by launching four new routes from Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg to Bucharest (Romania), Sofia (Bulgaria), Vilnius...
Finnair opens a route to Bodø, Norway
Finnair will open a new route to Bodø, Northern Norway. The route will be operated on Sundays between the end of May and...
Aeroflot begins phased transition of international flights to Moscow Sheremetyevo’s new Terminal C
Aeroflot today began phasing in operation of international flights from the new Terminal C at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO). The first departures and...
Eurowings flying for peace between Serbia and Kosovo
Today, in the US embassy at Berlin, a letter of intent to initiate flights between Belgrade and Pristina was signed by representatives of Kosovo...
Zurich Airport prepares for Air Force One and President Trump, who will visit Davos, Switzerland
The arrival of Air Force One carrying President Trump will not go unnoticed at Zurich Airport, tomorrow 21 January. President Trump will visit the...