BGS, an international ground handling and aircraft fuelling services provider, has announced a change in its senior management. On the 1st of June G.Gumuliauskas assumed the position of the Chief Executive Officer at the company and has already started to lead its operations in Lithuania. The new CEO has spent his whole career in aviation and...

The beginnings of regular air traffic in Bratislava and its surroundings date back to the first Czechoslovak Airlines flight from Prague to Bratislava on October 29, 1923 when a biplane AERO A-14 landed in Vajnory with a single passenger on board. Even back then in the postwar period it was quite clear that the proximity of the Small Carpathians...

In first 3 months 2015 (January, February, March 2015)  Bratislava Airport handled together on scheduled and non-scheduled flights 215 419 passengers, which is 32 % increase in comparison to the same period last year. Three most popular destinations from/to Bratislava Airport were London-Stansted, Dublin and Milan-Bergamo in the first 3 months...

Budapest Airport has just recorded its strongest-ever first quarter with growth exceeding 12%, showing every sign that it is maintaining the surge which produced a record 9.16 million passengers in 2014. Serving close to two million passengers in the traditional ‘low season’ at the start of 2015, the Hungarian gateway’s above-average...

The first quarter of 2015 saw sky-high passenger figures at Chopin Airport and record financial results for its operator Polish Airports.  Chopin Airport handled over 2.1 million travellers in the first three months of 2015, an 8.7% increase year-on-year. The low-cost sector registered the largest growth – up 43.6% on the first quarter of...

Péter Huszka, COO, Budapest Airport, is presented with the ‘Best Airport – Eastern Europe’ Award by Skytrax Chairman,  Edward Plaisted at last night’s ceremony: “We are highlyhonoured by the recognition of our passengers for our continued commitment to service and quality.” Budapest Airport adds to its ever-growing list of...

For the first time, Chisinau International Airport has presented its stand within one of the most important aviation events in Europe – Routes Europe 2015. The exhibition, which had been hold in the Scottish city Aberdeen between April 12, and 14, gathered more than 125 airlines companies, 350 airports, and over 1200 aviation experts. The stand...

According to the international route development organisation Routesonline, the air capacity within and from Eastern Europe has risen by 97 per cent in the past ten years. Based on the company's calculations, the fastest growing gateway in Eastern Europe between 2010 and 2014 was Vilnius International Airport of Lithuania. “Constant growth of...

Chopin Airport had its six consecutive record month and busiest March on record, with over 800,000 passengers handled. The exact number of travellers served was 804,300, a 10.5% growth year-on-year. It was the first March in its history that the Warsaw airport broke the 800,000 passenger mark. March was the sixth straight month of...

It has been almost one year since Baltic Aviation Academy first introduced Ground Handling training services for the self-sponsored and corporate client segments. The first year has been educational and most definitely successful in the number of markets reached, contacts made, and deals signed. Since the training service introduction to the...

Sheremetyevo International Airport has recently announced the statistics of its operational activity in February 2015. The number of passengers served since the start of the year increased by 1.1% against the same period of 2014, reaching a total of 4,110,000 passengers. Passenger traffic on international airlines in January-February...

Airport modernization projects at Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius airports to enhance airfield safety and availability. ADB Group is participating in upgrades at the airports of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. These special municipalities, part of the Caribbean territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are collectively known as the Dutch...

The representatives of Bucharest Airports National Company enjoyed a big success at Routes Asia 2015, which is currently taking place, between the 15th and 17th of March, in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province, China. This international civil aviation major event brings together representatives of the most important 100 Asian airlines,...

"This day, the 10th of March, Boryspil International Airport, fulfilling its obligations towards the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine on time, has transferred 115.7 million of hryvnias to the Treasury of Ukraine for the first repayment of the loan of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)." The loan agreement for the development...

Jet Aviation Basel has been selected by Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) to complete the interiors of two Boeing B777-300ER aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed client in Asia. The project will be completed in Q3 2018. Following an intense and competitive bidding process that Boeing Business Jets undertook to achieve its customers’ detailed...