Airport

The number of security traffic controls in Greece have increased prior to the upcoming Labor Day (May 1) holidays. Travelling of cargo vehicles has been banned.

Meanwhile, flights to and from Greece have been cancelled on account of a three-hour strike. Additionally, marine transport will also be cut for several hours as workers have scheduled massive protests.

The number of passengers having transited through the airports close to the Romanian capital city saw a 15.5 per cent increase in Q1 this year, as compared with the same interval of last year, with the Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport and the Bucharest Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport scoring together a record traffic of 1,809,228 passengers, the Bucharest National Airport

By Stathis Kousounis

The increase in international flights to Greece is leading local tourism to another record season, as the industry?s first-quarter data, presented on Wednesday, point to one more year of double-digit growth.

Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis said on Wednesday he is in favor of public-private partnerships with more than one stakeholder for the privatization of the country?s infrastructure.

An Air Canada passenger jet ran off the runway after a “hard landing” at Halifax Stanfield International.

Due to bad weather the plane of flight AC624 crashed on runway at Halifax airport.

Fortunately no passenger seriously injured but many sent to the hospital.

TAV Airports Holding's joint venture, ATU Duty Free, has acquired the right to operate duty free shops at the Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport for the next decade.

The tender enables ATU Duty Free to operate in 700 square meters of duty free area in the airport, which was visited by more than 41 million passengers last year, the company said in a statement March 27.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the UK is conducting a survey to help improve special assistance to disabled passengers when flying from UK airports. The online poll is gathering research for a year and its results are to be published early in 2016.

Turkey's TAV Operation Services has won the tender to operate the advertisement areas of Carthage Airport in the capital of Tunisia for four years, the company said by a written statement on March 2.

The number of airports whose advertisement areas are operated by TAV Operation Services has now increased to three, the company added.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Traveling voters and the choice of air travel over other means of transport brought about a 40.2 percent annual rise in domestic passenger traffic through the country?s airports last month, according to figures published on Thursday by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov returned safely to Sofia Airport on Wednesday evening after his aircraft developed a technical malfunction shortly after takeoff, 24 Chasa daily reported.

The aircraft was carrying Borisov, his head of staff and several members of his office to Brussels for the European Council meeting on Thursday.