Aviator has signed a partnership agreement with Ryanair for ground handling services. Under the new partnership, Aviator will provide Ryanair with full passenger- and ramp-handling services, including de-icing, at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The five-year agreement was...
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All civil and military air traffic controllers to use the same system to manage Belgian airspace
EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC), the Belgian Ministry of Defence and the Belgian air navigation service provider skeyes are jointly developing a new air traffic management system, known as the Shared Air Traffic Services System 3 (SAS3) that...
Air France and KLM move operations to Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport
Air France and KLM have moved from Terminal 1 to the newly expanded Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport and will begin flights from the new terminal as of today. The extended terminal is the centrepiece of the Manchester Airport Transformation Programme and features a...
Update of Ryanair closure of London Southend Airport Base
Esken has provided an update following the announcement that Ryanair had decided to close its base at London Southend Airport ( LSA) with effect from 1 November 2021. David Shearer, Executive Chairman of Esken commented: "The terms of the deal which had been entered...
Gazprom Neft increases jet fuel sales by 16% in H1 2021
Gazpromneft-Aero, the aviation fuel operator of Gazprom Neft, increased jet fuel sales by 16% to 1.6 million tons in H1 2021. The volume of retail sales of ‘into-the-wing’ refuelling grew by 14%, to almost 1 million tons. The largest Russian international airports,...
Avion Flight Training Centre opened at London Luton Airport
Avion Group has opened a new flight training centre in Luton to support the start of a new long-term cooperation agreement with Wizz Air and IAGO Flight Training. The agreement will see the largest Central European A320 low-cost airline utilise the Avion A320 Level D...
Ryanair expands Budapest Airport’s winter offerings
Following on from further successful relaunches with Ryanair to Lviv, Odessa, and Preveza last week, Budapest Airport confirms the carrier has further committed to the Hungarian gateway by announcing an additional four new routes during W21/22. Launching links to...
airBaltic first to implement sustainable flight approaches at Riga Airport
airBaltic has become first to fly the new Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) high-precision flight approaches at Riga Airport with the company’s modern Airbus A220-300 aircraft fleet. These procedures enable more efficient arrival...
Gatwick reports loss and warns of danger to UK aviation
London’s Gatwick Airport has announced a £244.6m loss for the six-month period ended 30 June, 2021and negative EBITDA at -£50.2m. A strategic and sustained reduction in capital expenditure resulted in the deferral or cancellation of over £570m from investment...
Heathrow notes starts of “long road to recovery” as travel restrictions ease
The further easing of travel restrictions throughout July resulted in a 74% upsurge in passengers compared with July 2020, reveals Heathrow airport. With consumer confidence on the rise, over 1.5 million travellers passed through Heathrow last month, marking the...
Ethiopian Airlines and Liege Airport extend partnership
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo and Logistics Services and Liege Airport have announced that they have renewed their long standing partnership agreement until 2026. Liege Airport, Belgium’s largest cargo airport and the 6th largest cargo airport in Europe, will continue to...
Nile Air adds two new weekly flights to Al Ain International Airport
Al Ain International Airport (AAN), owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Airports, has welcomed two new weekly flights between Al Ain and Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The inaugural flight, operated by Nile Air landed at Al Ain International Airport on Monday, July 12 at...