Fraport Group has published the consolidated annual report for the year 2015. The fiscal year 2015 was closed successfully, mainly due to a large number of passengers. Group revenue climbed 8.4 percent year-on-year to EUR 2.58 billion (adjusted for IFRIC 12). The Group's operating profit (EBITDA) increased by 7.4 percent to EUR 848.8 million,...

At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured in Brussels, Belgium after a terror attacks struck the airport as well as a metro station near the EU headquarters. According to witnesses, scenes looked 'like the apocalypse' with blood and 'dismembered bodies everywhere' after two blasts rocked the American Airlines check-in desk at Brussels...

Riga hosted the ceremony where the winners were chosen and awarded with the Annual Latvian Construction Industry Award (“Latvijas Būvniecības Gada balva”). The winners were announced based on the results of the national contest. FBO RIGA, the center of business aviation, which was commissioned in September 2015, also participated in the...

In September, Tallinn Airport announced a public procurement project for the construction work in the Tallinn air traffic area; today they will conclude the construction contract with Lemminkäinen Eesti. In accordance with the agreement, the cost of the construction will be 34.6 million euros, half of which will be covered by the Cohesion Fund...

Avia Invest recently called a group of members of EUACA association (the European Airport Coordinators Association) visited CIA at the request of the company's administrator of Chisinau Airport. The mission of this organization is to deliver a neutral, non discriminatory and transparent service to the aviation industry in order to contribute to...

Hristo Shterionov, the Executive Director of “Sofia Airport” EAD, concluded a cooperation agreement with Chinese company “East Like Information Technology Service”. The event in Shanghai was attended also by Deputy Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communication Anton Ginev. The visit was made in the period 2-6 March in...

Riga International Airport is now one step closer to sustainable business practices as it has purchased four new electric baggage tractors with the view to protecting the environment and the health of airport personnel. The new baggage tugs will replace the tractors with diesel engines. The electric baggage tugs daily transport the baggage of...

Sheremetyevo International airport is the best airport in Europe in service quality by the end of 2015 according to the results of ASQ program research (Airport Service Quality) ACI (Airports Council International). Sheremetyevo is for the fourth time confirms the status of the best airport in Europe. Sheremetyevo is the first...

Prizes in five categories were awarded during the X Chopin Airport Gala, which was held at the Warsaw Horse Racetrack. In the category of the largest increase in passenger traffic the undisputed leader was WizzAir. The Hungarian airline recorded last year an increase in the number of passengers by 380,000, which is a 31% increase. The...

LOT’s first plane took off from Ljubljana to Warsaw inaugurating a new route. From now on, the passengers travelling from Ljubljana via Warsa hub are provided with convenient transfers to attractive destinations in Europe and North America six times per week. Inaugural flight was accompanied by a symbolic cutting of the ribbon, cake pops for...

Chopin Airport had a record breaking February in terms of passengers this year again. More than 741 thousand people were checked-in at Chopin Airport in February. This is yet another consecutive monthly record in the history of Warsaw airport. February 2016 was the best February in the history of the airport, with a 10.1 percent increase...

NAS-ExecuJet, a partnership between ExecuJet Middle East and National Air Services (NAS Holding) expanded its FBO services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the opening of an additional FBO facility in the Royal Terminal at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, on 10 February 2016. The FBO expansion at the Royal Terminal, utilised by...

A major feature of the year 2015 was the change in ownership. In the early months of the year a new owner, Fraport AG of Germany, obtained a 100% holding in Aerodrom Ljubljana, and on the final day of March the company was converted from a public limited company into a limited liability company. Its shares were withdrawn from the Ljubljana Stock...

23 new assistant policemen have joined the North Prefecture. Employment certificates have also been issued to 11 volunteers in the first Border Guard office group, who will ensure safety at Tallinn Airport, where the majority also work on a daily basis. The Police and Border Guard Board entered into such an agreement for the first time in its...

Riga International Airport has accomplished the EU Cohesion Fund co-financed project “Riga International Airport Infrastructure Development”, in the framework of which the last two years have seen significant infrastructure reconstruction works at the airport. The works have resulted in improved flight safety, better environmental conditions...