Airports

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) concluded the year 2011 with record traffic figures once again. For the first time, FRA served more than four million passengers during a December month. A total of 4.35 million passengers in […]

A total of 44,275,213 passengers travelled through Avinor´s airports in 2011. That is four million passengers more than in 2010 and represents a record. “These traffic figures are a good illustration of how great a […]

Central London is suffering a major increase in aircraft noise as Heathrow operator BAA conducts a four month flight pattern trial, according to one London council. Wandsworth Council has received more than 100 reports of […]

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has advised its Government that although currently the UK is extremely well-connected, that situation is changing and will not last without a robust aviation policy setting out clear objectives […]

While Europe is in the process of reforming its air traffic control system in order to improve the performance of air traffic management, the European Commission has outlined what it plans to do to improve […]

A ‘Thames Hub’ vision conceived by the architects Foster & Partners and engineers Halcrow could see a new airport in the Thames estuary replace capacity-constrained London Heathrow. Lord Foster, chairman and founder of Foster + […]

A trial starting 1 November will be undertaken at Heathrow to explore if the runways and the airspace around the airport can be used in a more efficient and flexible way. The trial will take […]