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For the first time, researchers at King’s College London measured ultrafine particles (UFP) in European cities and detected airport emissions. In the paper, published in Environment International, the researchers identified, characterized and quantified the sources of PFU in four European cities (Barcelona, Helsinki, London and Zurich) between 2007 and 2017. They measured particles and gaseous […]
The workers of the Portuguese company of ‘handling’ airport Portway began this Friday a three-day strike at the airports of Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal due to the company’s refusal to defrost wages after three years without pay increases. The strike was called by the National Union of Civil Aviation Workers (Sintac) after the company […]
The Canary and Balearic airports descend their daily traffic The control centers of Barcelona and Madrid, as well as the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport are among the 20 European infrastructures that registered the most delays last November, a month in which the daily traffic falls in airports of Balearic and Canary Islands, according to Eurocontrol […]
Iberia wants to congratulate Christmas this year to its passengers in a big way, for this it has prepared the biggest and brightest congratulation in the world. The airline has installed on a video surface 28,800 square meters near Madrid airport, 2,600 LED screens in a matrix of 120 x 240 meters, with a total […]
The demand for global air cargo (measured in tons of cargo per kilometer) decreased 3.5% last October compared to the same period in 2018, according to data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This is a weak start for a season that is considered high for global air cargo and the 12th consecutive month […]
The United Kingdom Police have arrested a man on Thursday at Heathrow airport on his arrival in Turkey due to suspicions of terrorism against him for actions committed in Syria. The Metropolitan Police has indicated in a brief statement that the 26-year-old man «has been arrested after arriving at Heathrow Airport on a flight from […]
The airport of Malaga-Costa del Sol has hosted a simulation of air hijacking on Tuesday, at the initiative of the State Air Safety Agency (AESA) of the Ministry of Development, with the participation of the Ministry of Interior (Secretary of State for Security, Police National and Civil Guard), of the Air Force, Aena, Enaire and […]
European airports registered more than one million flights last September, which represents an increase of 0.3% compared to the same month last year, according to data made public by Eurocontrol that they figure at about 13/14 minutes delays recorded in takeoffs and landings. The report indicates that a failure of the French central communications system […]
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is the European airport with the most expensive parking of those analyzed by Taxi2Airport.com which has verified the cost of one hour of parking at the 28 busiest airports in Europe. The Swedish airport has the most expensive parking of those analyzed with an hourly price of around 9.28 euros, followed by Heathrow […]
Japan Airlines has announced a plan to introduce smart check-in self-service machines, as well as others with facial recognition technology at Tokyo’s Narita airport starting next year. With this new concept, JAL aims to «offer a quiet and uncomplicated airport experience and provide multiple options to meet the needs of each client and support tables […]