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Heathrow airport to build new terminal for London 2012 Games
Monday, January 23, 2012 The British Airports Authority (BAA), which operates Heathrow Airport, is to build a temporary terminal for departing athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in...

UK Government considers Thames Estuary airport plan
Friday, January 20, 2012 The UK Government is to hold a formal consultation on the future of aviation in the country, including an assessment of plans to build a £50bn airport in the Thames Estuary instead of...

Mobile boarding passes prove popular at Frankfurt airport
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Frankfurt International Airport in Germany has seen a 37% rise in passengers using mobile-boarding passes, according to a new survey by...

London Luton Airport to expand capacity
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The UK's London Luton Airport will increase its passenger capacity to 18 million passengers a year by 2020, a 57%...

PPL to upgrade Warsaw Chopin passenger terminal
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL), which manages Warsaw Chopin International Airport in Poland, is to reconstruct the old part of the airport's main passenger terminal at a cost of zl300m...

Frankfurt Airport records December 12% traffic rise
Monday, January 16, 2012 Frankfurt Airport in Germany reported a 12.2% rise in passenger traffic to 4.35 million during December 2011, compared with the same month in...

Berlin Brandenburg Airport to use Arinc passenger handling systems
Friday, January 13, 2012 Arinc has secured a contract for the installation of passenger check-in and departure systems at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which is under construction in the German...

UK CAA calls for airport capacity expansion
Thursday, January 12, 2012 The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has called for an expansion of the country's airports, urging the government to draw up a long-term aviation policy that includes adding a runway in...

GMB calls for third Heathrow runway
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 GMB, the UK union of airport workers has urged the government to consider building a third runway at Heathrow Airport in London and to link it to the recently approved high speed rail project...

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol traffic rises in 2011
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AAS) has reported a 10.2% rise in passenger traffic to approximately 49.8 million in 2011, compared with 45.2 million in the previous...

ERA to deliver A-SMGCS to Heydar Aliyev International Airport
Monday, December 19, 2011 ERA has won a contract to supply an Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control system to Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku,...

Airport Technology launches major airports survey
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 To understand what our readers view as the most important business issues for 2012–2013, airport-technology.com is launching a major industry survey covering all its readers...

Thales to develop DSNA's future ATM system
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Thales has signed a framework agreement and development contract with the French Air Navigation Service Provider (DSNA) for the development of the 4-FLIGHT...

Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport to unveil new terminal in 2015
Friday, November 25, 2011 Aerodrom Ljubljana, operator of Ljubljana Joze Pucnik Airport in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is to spend €70m on building a new terminal to cater for an expected increase in passenger traffic by May...

Gatwick Airport completes north terminal extension
Monday, November 21, 2011 The UK's Gatwick Airport has finished a £73m project to extend its north terminal as part of its goal of handling 20 million passengers a year by...

TIE-Ictas consortium wins $104m Bulgarian airports contract
Friday, November 18, 2011 Bulgarian-Turkish consortium TIE-Ictas has won a BGN150m ($104m) contract from Bulgarian airport concessionaire Fraport Twin Star Airport Management to build terminals in Varna and...

Honeywell wins Heathrow's $21.7m terminal 2 contract
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Honeywell has secured a $21.7m contract to provide Heathrow's new terminal 2 with an integrated fire safety, public address and voice alarm...

EU bans airport X-ray scanners over health concerns
Thursday, November 17, 2011 The EU has banned airport scanners that use X-ray technology amid fears they could put travellers' health and safety at...

Carlyle to bid for Edinburgh Airport
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 A consortium led by US-based Carlyle Group is to bid for the acquisition of Edinburgh Airport in...

Vilnius Airport reports October passenger traffic rise
Monday, November 07, 2011 Passenger traffic at Vilnius International Airport in Lithuania rose to 168,200 in October 2011, a 53.7% increase compared with the same period last...