The Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport will only keep Terminal 4 operational as of April 1 due to the reorganization of infrastructures that Aena is carrying out throughout its network in response to the decrease in traffic due to the coronavirus. All flights, regardless of the company that operates them, will take off and land at […]
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Belgium’s second airport closes until at least April 5 due to coronavirus
The Charleroi-Brussels South airport, 50 kilometers south of the Belgian capital and second largest in the country, has reported this Friday that it closes the infrastructure until at least April 5 as a result of the reduction in flights and the closure of borders in many countries to try to stop the spread of the […]
Gatwick Airport in London had to close in December 2018 due to the presence of drones
Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport is not the only one that has suffered the closure of its facilities and the cancellation of flights due to a drone, in December 2018 the London Gatwick airport had to be closed due to the presence of two drones Hi-tech in the vicinity of the terminal, which forced the runways […]
Airport pollutants reach the center of European cities
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 handling workers of the Portuguese airports start a three-day strike
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 air control centers of Barcelona and Madrid among the European infrastructures with more delays in November
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 congratulates Christmas in a big way
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 […]
Global air cargo demand fell 3.5% in October, accumulating a year of consecutive falls
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 […]
A man suspected of terrorism on arrival from Turkey was arrested at Heathrow Airport
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 […]
Malaga-Costa del Sol airport hosts an air hijack drill
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 […]