Sochi airport infrastructure has added a brand new GA terminal. The opening ceremony took place on December 10, 2013. New terminal, managed by the Airport Authorities, was tested during the recent economic forum and at the moment, just 2 months ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, it is ready to serve international traffic. The terminal,...

Chopin Airport has installed the so-called Virtual Assistant to help passengers with self-service check-in, the first of its kind in Poland and one of the first in Europe. Now passengers don’t have to look for airport personnel to ask how to use self-service check-in kiosks, which documents they have to prepare or how to print a boarding...

chopiThe number of Poles willing to pay more for the comfort of flying in business class is growing. Even airline managers are surprised by the actual traffic figures and revenues, says Polish daily newspaper “Rzeczpospolita”.  5 December 2013 marked the first anniversary of the launching of a Warsaw route by Qatar Airways, which made...

The number of airline passengers in November was decreased by 10% in comparison with the same time of the previous year. The decrease was similar to the previous months the main reason lying in the sharp change in strategy of Estonian Air made at the end of the last year. Besides, the tourism season in Turkey ended in November and the rapidly...

On 1 December 2013 at 22:00, the first Qatar Airways Cargo shipment was received at the new Hamad International Airport. The shipment for Qatar Petroleum was transferred from Europe to Doha. The new cargo terminal, which is one of the largest in the world, has the capacity to move 5,700 shipments simultaneously and to handle 1.4 million tonnes...

The presentation of the scale model of the “Tomorrow’s Airport” was held on 5th of December, at Chisinau International Airport terminal. The scale model was officially launched and displayed for all the airlines representatives, the main partners and mass- media representatives. The scale model was placed in the center of the departure...

Warsaw Chopin Airport has served 10 million passengers in one year for the first time in its history. Never before has the Warsaw airport been so busy. Anna Holande The lucky 10 millionth passenger was Ms Anna Hollande from Łódź, Poland, who was travelling for leisure on a LOT Polish Airlines plane en route to New York. Chopin...

CEOs of international airports are extremely occupied to handle all interests of the aviation community and infrastructure that may be called the gateway to a city or region. Their schedule is loaded with appointments and obligations. CEPA-EXPO is extremely pleased that Jiri Pos, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Prague Airport, Ivan Thrlik, CEO...

Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague Central Europe is a steady growth market for business aviation with a continuing growth potential. That may be the correct way of describing it. “Emerging Market” is a trendy expression just as “Innovation” has become a trendy word. One cannot draw a zero on a dollar bill and claim it was a 10 dollar bill...

  AVIA INVEST LLC, has initiated bilateral cooperation with Manas International Airport from Kyrgyzstan. During the visit undertaken by the Vice President of Economic and Investments  Development of Manas Airport, Mr Tokobaev Dair, to Chisinau International Airport, was decided to sign thememorandum, which provides cooperation, exchange...

Jet Aviation has signed a Fixed Base Operation (FBO) service agreement with VistaJet, the owner and operator of the largest privately owned Bombardier business aircraft fleet, to provide handling services through its network of FBOs in EMEA & Asia. Building on a recent agreement between the two companies in the U.S., Jet Aviation has signed...

Jet Aviation Dubai's fully operational FBO at Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport is expanding its services in preparation for an increase in traffic. As more companies expand operations at Dubai World Central (DWC), the Al Maktoum International Airport is experiencing an increase in passenger traffic. In response, Jet...

November 14, 2013 - Aeroflot’s modular data center (DC) received a prestigious IT award CNews as High-Tech DC of the Year. CNews AWARDS distinguishes key milestones on the Russian market of information and communication technologies (ICT); the best Russian and international developments in the field of ICT which significantly...

Tallinn Airport was rewarded with national Logistics award for opening the Istanbul route in cooperation with Turkish Airlines. Turkish Airlines commanced flights to Tallinn in June 2013. During first months of operation Turkish Airlines has gained relatively strong position and marketshare and has great potential to grow. The number of...

In October 2013, Riga International Airport reached a new cargo handling record – 7809 tonnes, or 215 per cent up year on year, and 290 tonnes more than in April 2012 when for the first time in its history the airport attained an unprecedented record – 7519 tonnes. It should be noted that the biggest part of the cargo handled at the airport (~...