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Croatia shortlists preferred bidder for Zagreb airport concession
Thursday, March 15, 2012 A consortium comprising of France based Bouygues and Aeroports De Paris and Croatia based Viadukt has been finalised as preferred bidder for a €324m concession of Croatia's Zagreb...

BAA reports rise in February passenger traffic
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Passenger traffic at airports operated by BAA increased 2.5% during February this year to 7.3 million compared to 7.1 million during the corresponding month in...

Aeroports de Paris acquires stake in Turkey's TAV
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 French airport operator Aeroports de Paris (ADP) has acquired a 38% stake in Turkish operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding (TAVHL), which operates Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, for...

Cassidian unveils airport surveillance radar
Friday, March 09, 2012 Cassidian unveiled the Airport Surveillance Radar, Next Generation (ASR-NG) system at the ATC Global exhibition in Amsterdam,...

SITA to upgrade air to ground radio network of AENA
Thursday, March 08, 2012 SITA has been selected by Spanish air traffic controller Entidad Pública Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) to upgrade its air to ground radio network to comply with...

European airports report 3.2% rise in January passenger traffic
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Airports Council International (ACI) Europe has reported that European airports achieved a 3.2% rise in passenger traffic in January 2012 when compared to the same month in...

London Heathrow tops off Terminal 2
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 London Heathrow Airport has completed the structural work of its new Terminal 2, BAA announced today at a topping out...

French consortium to expand Zagreb airport
Monday, February 27, 2012 French consortium, Zagreb Airport International Company (ZAIC) has secured a concession contract from the Croatian Government to run and expand Zagreb...

Northrop EFAS completes site acceptance test at Prague Ruzyne International Airport
Friday, February 24, 2012 Northrop Grumman’s Europe based air traffic management subsidiary Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has completed the site acceptance test (SAT) of its NOVA 9000 Electronic Flight Strip...

ENAV and SEA agree to implement A-CDM platform at Milan airports
Monday, February 20, 2012 Società Esercizi Aeroportuali (SEA), Milan airports operator and Italy's air navigation service provider ENAV have signed an agreement to implement a computer platform at Milan's airports...

Boingo to provide Wi-Fi services at ten Portuguese airports
Friday, February 17, 2012 Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has won a contract from Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) to provide passengers with Wi-Fi Internet services at the ten largest airports in...

Ukraine ANSP implements CCAMS solution
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise (UkSATSE), Ukraine's air navigation service provider (ANSP) has become the first ANSP in the world to implement the new centralised SSR...

Thales to design new ATC system for Malaga Airport
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Thales has been awarded a contract by the Spanish public aviation body Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea (AENA) to design and implement a multilateration & ADS-B ground surveillance...

Spain’s Zaragoza Airport deploys Frequentis VCS backup system
Monday, February 13, 2012 A new IP-based backup system has been installed to support the voice communication system (VCS) at Zaragoza Airport in...

Frankfurt Airport reports 5.5% rise in passenger traffic
Monday, February 13, 2012 Fraport, the owner of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany reported a 5.5% rise in passenger traffic in January...

Aberdeen Airport reveals terminal expansion plan
Thursday, January 26, 2012 British Airport Authority (BAA), operator of Aberdeen Airport in Scotland, is to spend £45m on a major revamp over the next ten years to enhance passenger facilities and...

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%...