In May 2016 Airport Gdansk serviced 349,409 passengers which means 8.1% rise compared to analogous period of time in year 2015. From the beginning of year 2016, Airport Gdansk serviced 1,438,818 passengers already. That means average rise of 8.8% percent compared to analogous period of time in year 2015.1 million 80 thousand passengers were...

The peak of Lithuanian holidays is already coming to an end, although in aviation the summer season will end on last Sunday of October. The three Lithuanian airports – in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga – have serviced over 1.3 million passengers during the three calendar summer months, i.e. by 9% more compared to the same period last year. In...

Budapest International Airport was named ‘Best Airport – Eastern Europe’ at the latest Skytrax World Airport Awards ceremony. Receiving this esteemed Award is an accomplishment and testimony to ongoing developments as well as a commitment to continuously delivering best-practices in all areas. The results of the Skytrax Awards are based on...

The first stage of the new restructuring programme has come to an end at Polish Airports. The end of June saw nearly 500 employees go. Polish Airports’ employees are resigning under a Voluntary Redundancy Programme, agreed with trade unions. At the end of June employment at the company dropped by 485 jobs and by the end of the...

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is taking part in the 9th Annual Aviation Forum Routes Europe 2014 held in Marseille. The event is attended by 115 airlines, 380 airports and more than 1,200 aviation industry experts, suppliers and service providers, investors, representatives of international and regional associations, national tourism organizations,...

More than 350,000 people used Chopin Airport Executive Lounges in 2013, a 5% increase year on year. Premium passenger services are becoming more and more popular. In 2012, the visitor count stood at 337,000, only to reach 353,000 a year later (+5%). Premium passenger services are available in three executive lounges at Chopin Airport:...

Michał Kaczmarzyk Poland’s Minister of Infrastructure and Development has dismissed Michał Marzec from the position of General Director of Polish Airports and Warsaw Chopin Airport, appointing Michał Kaczmarzyk in his place. Michał Kaczmarzyk is a graduate of the Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme...

10 new bars and restaurants and as many as 15 new shops will open in the modernised part of Warsaw Chopin Airport’s Terminal A next year. The outlets will be operated by HDS Polska, which plans to introduce a number of new brands to the airport. Polish Airports has just closed the process to choose operators of retail and catering space in...

The Civil Aviation Authority informs that new rules for the screening of liquids, aerosols and gels at EU airports will come into force as of 31 January 2014 (Friday). According to new provisions of the Commission Implementing Regulation no. 246/2013 of 19 March 2013, the airport operator will conduct the screening upon entry to the airport...

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...