New York JFK Terminal 4 expansion plans were unveiled last month Ryanair said it will close its Belfast City base Hanjin Group, parent of Korean Air, announced the opening of a new cargo terminal Aviapartner last month gained ISAGO certification
Shannon Airport said in late August that it will increase its "passenger charge" by €1.58 ($2.03) to €6.32 per passenger, the first pricing increase since 2004. All other aircraft-related charges including landing charges are "being frozen at current levels," the airport said in a statement. Ryanair, which bases one aircraft at the airport, threatened to "shortly announce further flight and traffic cuts" if the charges are not reversed.
Munich remains one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe. According to ACI, it handled 15.8 million passengers in the first six months of 2010, up 2.7% compared to the same period in 2009. "We enjoyed an unexpected growth rate," MUC CEO Michael Kerkloh told ATW's Airports Today. "The negative trend is broken; the crisis is over…Even though we had ash-cloud air traffic closures [in April], strikes, etc., MUC can expect a passenger growth of 5% for 2010."
Riga International and its largest customer airBaltic agreed to what the carrier called a "peaceful" solution to their dispute over ground handling and passenger charges. Both parties signed an MOU on Aug. 17 terminating the legal proceedings they had launched against each other and pledging future cooperation.
World airport passenger traffic rose 6.9% in July compared to July 2009 to 342.2 million arriving and departing travelers, according to Airport Council International's latest PaxFlash traffic report. Domestic traffic climbed 4.5% to 174.6 million passengers while international traffic increased 9.5% to 165 million. Airfreight also continued its strong recovery, with total traffic up 17.9% to 5.8 million tonnes. International airfreight leaped 23.3% to 4 million tonnes and domestic freight rose 7.6% to 1.8 million tonnes.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol operator Schiphol Group reported a net profit of €69.2 million ($89 million) for the first half of 2010, more than three times the €22.4 million it earned in the year-ago period, despite the impact of the volcanic ash-related airspace closures in April and May.
The Indian capital of Delhi is in the middle of a massive makeover as it gets set to host the Commonwealth Games starting in October. Apart from new stadiums and roads, one elegant element of the package is a new integrated terminal for Indira Gandhi International, by far the largest airport in the country. About 55 international airlines already have started using Terminal 3 since it opened at the end of July. Glitches in power and water supplies have delayed the opening for domestic passengers until the end of this month from a planned start date of Aug. 27.
