Customers of a Bristol airport parking firm are still hunting for their cars - and now the Airport management has issued a statement urging passengers to park onsite rather than use independent firms. Yesterday it emerged airport passengers had been left stranded after Absolutely Secure Airport Parking Bristol reportedly refused to return their vehicles . Plymouth man Kamil Medynski ended up waiting more than 24 hours, with his wife and 10-month old baby in tow, to retrieve his car and travel home. Kamil eventually found his car stored in large barn, but some passengers found theirs parked in countryside roads, lay-bys and even a pub car park - and not the secure compound they paid for. And others still have not had their cars returned, or found their vehicles, following the apparent collapse of ‘Absolutely Secure Airport Parking Bristol’, reports The Bristol Post . Bosses at Bristol Airport have now advised its customers to use its own car parks and not to trust … [Read more...] about Bristol Airport urges passengers to park onsite as scandal continues
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Main Moscow airport misses World Cup runway deadline: report
Moscow's busiest airport will not receive a crucial new runway in time for the World Cup, a report said on Thursday, dealing a blow to President Vladimir Putin's prestige event. The Rosaviatsiya state aviation agency has informed the transport minister that the Sheremetyevo airport project would not be ready by the June 14 kickoff, the Vedomosti business daily said. The airport's third landing and takeoff strip was meant to nearly double the number of flights the bustling hub could handle from 55 to 90 per hour. Vedomosti said there was also a possibility that a new runway for Moscow's number two airport Domodedovo would miss its tournament deadline. Russia's World Cup organising committee told AFP the reported construction delays were "possible". "The possible change of delivery of the new runways at Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports will not in any way affect successful execution of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Transport Plan," it said in an emailed statement. Rosaviatsiya spokesman … [Read more...] about Main Moscow airport misses World Cup runway deadline: report
Keflavik International Airport expects passenger traffic increase for 2012
Keflavik International Airport (KEF), Guðný Jóhannsdóttir, passenger traffic at the Iceland airport is expected to increase throughout 2012. “Following the wake of the economical crash in Iceland, passenger numbers at KEF have been on the increase. It’s believed that the reasoning for this increase is due to developments in Iceland, increased capacity of flights, cultural events, and the Inspired by Iceland tourism campaign,” explained Jóhannsdóttir. In 2011, a total of 2,112,017 passengers passed through the Leifur Eiríksson Air Terminal, of which nearly 1.7 million were visiting the country for either business or pleasure – an increase of 17.9 percent compared to those visiting in 2010. Additionally, the number of transit passengers with connecting flights via KEF increased by around 25 percent – from 330 thousand in 2010 to 412 thousand in 2011.Isavia, the Icelandic airport administration, predicts a 7.5 percent … [Read more...] about Keflavik International Airport expects passenger traffic increase for 2012
Record year for Stansted Airport as passenger total nears 26m
PUBLISHED: 11:17 11 January 2018 | UPDATED: 11:36 11 January 2018 Duncan Brodie The main terminal at Stansted Airport. Picture: Stansted Airport Archant London Stansted Airport has confirmed it busiest ever calendar year, despite a dip in numbers during December following the cancellation of hundreds of flights by its biggest operator, Ryanair. London Stansted Airport chief executie Ken O’Toole. Last month’s total of just over 1.8m passengers – 1.2% down on a year earlier but still the second-busiest December on record for the airport – pushed the total for the year to 25.9m, an increase of 6.5% on 2016. The record-breaking performance was achieved with the help of 11 new routes launched during the year with Stansted now serving more than 190 destinations in 38 countries, including more scheduled connections to Europe than any other airport in the world apart from Munich. The airport’s top five destination countries in terms of passenger growth … [Read more...] about Record year for Stansted Airport as passenger total nears 26m
Lufthansa largest European airline by passenger numbers
Germany's Lufthansa announced Wednesday it carried 130 million customers in 2017, edging ahead of Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair to become Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers. Apart from its core brand, the German group includes Austrian and Swiss Airlines, Brussels Airlines and no-frills Eurowings which together logged around 19-percent growth year on year. Lufthansa also gobbled up chunks of insolvent domestic carrier Air Berlin as part of a push to strengthen Eurowings. Lufthansa confirmed it had been able to secure a lot of extra bookings last fall when Air Berlin disappeared from the skies. Neck-and-neck race Ryanair reported growth of around 10 percent to 129 million passengers in 2017. The Irish carrier was unable to retain its crown as Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers as it had to cancel many flight towards the end of last year because of a shortage of pilots. Executives at Lufthansa were left fuming last year by the Irish carrier's arrival at … [Read more...] about Lufthansa largest European airline by passenger numbers