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Fraport expands electric vehicle fleet at Frankfurt Airport

10 new passenger cars and a new prototype container-transporter join the Frankfurt Airport company’s growing e-fleet Airport operator Fraport AG continues to expand its fleet of electric-powered vehicles at the company’s Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base with the addition of 10 more e...

NATS installs electronic flight strips at Newcastle

Newcastle International Airport has become the latest UK airport to transition to using state-of-the-art electronic flight progress strips. Moving from traditional paper to electronic flight strips will offer major efficiency benefits for Newcastle, allowing for the seamless sharing of operationa...


Jakarta Limits Flights Over Safety Concerns

Indonesia will cut the number of flights allowed per hour from Jakarta's main Soekarno-Hatta Airport due to safety concerns, following a series of major crashes that have killed more than 300 in the last year. Indonesian airports have struggled to cope with the huge expansion of air travel in Southeast Asia's largest economy, getting poor marks in a 2014 ICAO safety audit due to insuffi...

Jetstar Japan Eyeing Taiwan Market with Three New Routes

Jetstar Japan, the largest low-cost air carrier (LCC) in Japan, said Wednesday that it will launch direct flights from the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya to Taipei from Nov. 27 to tap into the Taiwan market. Jetstar Japan will introduce the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport-Tokyo Narita route Nov. 28, the Osaka route Dec. 11 and the Nagoya route Dec. 13. The budget carrier sai...

Aer Lingus Announces Major Long-Haul Expansion for 2016

Aer Lingus today announced a major expansion of its transatlantic route offering for 2016 with three new routes from North America to Dublin. In addition to its nine existing routes from Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and Toronto to Dublin and Boston and New York to Shannon, Aer Lingus will introduce three new routes from Los Angeles, Newark and Hartford in 2016...

Lisbon airport accidentally shows porn at baggage reclaim

Airline passengers waiting for their luggage at Lisbon airport were surprised to find a porn video playing on a television screen above one of the baggage carousels. The video, which appears to have been fairly graphic, was playing at about 3am and is said to have remained on the screen for several minutes before an airport employee reported it. One passenger videoed the incident and posted...

Bavarian companies back third runway at Munich Airport

The construction of the third runway at Munich Airport in the near future will be vital for the ongoing competitiveness of the Bavarian economy, according to a new study. German business association VBW, which represents the interests of the state’s business community, states that Munich Airport “is a decisive factor behind the high level of prosperity in Bavaria.&rdq...

Cargolux Italia adds second weekly flight to Zhengzhou

Cargolux Italia has started a second weekly flight from Milan (Italy) to Zhengzhou (China), leaving on Sunday and travelling via Novosibirsk (Russia). Flight number C8 8777 leaves Milan Malpensa Airport on Sunday at 11.50h and is the second weekend flight to Zhengzhou. It is also the first Cargolux service to Russia. Cargolux says it is the only direct co...

Vueling Airlines reveals two new Manchester flights

Vueling Airlines has said it will launch two new routes from Manchester Airport for summer 2016.  Part of International Airlines Group, Vueling will offer direct services to Alicante and Rome from June 2016. The Spanish low cost airline will operate three flights a week to Alicante and two flights a week to Rome in addition to their existing service to Barcelona, which started in June 2...

Nakhchivan International Airport reconstruction comes to the final stage

Azerbaijan continues to actively implement regional airports modernization program. In the nearest future new passenger terminal of the Nakhichevan International Airport will be opened. Nakhchivan International Airport ( Naxçıvan Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı) (IATA: NAJ, ICAO: UBBN) is an airport and located in Nakchivan, the capital of the Nakchiva...

Cathay Pacific to Discontinue Doha Service "for Commercial Reasons"

Cathay Pacific Airways has announced it will discontinue its daily flight between Hong Kong and Doha "for commercial reasons". In a statement on its website, the airline said the service, which launched in March 2014, is being discontinued with effect from February 15, 2016. Cathay Pacific said it will continue to work together with Qatar Airways as strategic airline part...

More Eco-Responsible Cleaning for FedEx Aircraft

New Procedure Implemented at the Roissy-Charles De Gaulle European Hub FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and the world's largest express transportation company, has implemented a new fuselage cleaning procedure for the 13 aircraft serving Europe from its Roissy-Charles De Gaulle hub.  In addition to the visual advantage, this new technique is also helping FedEx to be more...

Austrian Airlines Increases Flight Frequencies to Teheran

One additional daily flight to Teheran starting on March 11, 2016 · Andreas Otto: “Clear signal for the upturn in economic ties between Austria and Iran“ Austrian Airlines is expanding its flight service to Iran, offering one additional daily flight to Teheran starting on March 11, 2016. As a result, Austria’s national carrier will be departing from Vienna up to twice...

Brussels Airlines launches five new destinations next summer

Brussels Airlines adds five new destinations and many extra flight frequencies to existing destinations in the summer offer, which can already be booked as from tomorrow. Tourist attractions such as the Greek Crete and the South Spanish Jerez are added to the summer offer. With Belfast Brussels Airlines also expands her network to Northern Ireland. Tenerife and Las Palmas / Gran Canaria –...

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Baltic Ground Services (BGS), a global provider of ground handling and aircraft fueling services, has initiated cooperation with Airest, taking over into‑plane fueling operations at Kaunas (KUN) and R...