Emirates opens second UK regional lounge within 6 months Emirates has doubled its regional lounge offering in the UK within the space of just six months. A brand new luxury lounge has been officially opened in Birmingham, the first dedicated... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 14 Mar 2010)

February 2010 Traffic Shows Across-the-board Increase Boosted by strong Chinese New Year (CNY) traffic, passenger and cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered year-on-year growth of 17.0% and 30.1% respectively, to 3.9... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 14 Mar 2010)

Illicit Trade in Tobacco – Industry calls for strong Protocol without unjustified targeting of duty-free Airports, airlines and duty-free operators call upon WHO Member States to agree a strong Protocol on illicit trade in tobacco products during negotiations being held in Geneva from 14-21 March.... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

SAS Group postpones publication of the Annual report for 2009 due to late completion of union agreements SAS Group postpones publication of the Annual report for 2009 due to late completion of union agreements SAS Group postpones the publication of the Annual Report for 2009 from Friday March... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

Ryanair Calls on Aer Lingus to Scrap its Fuel Surcharge Rip-Off Ryanair today (12 March) called on high fare Aer Lingus to scrap its unfair and unjustified fuel surcharge, after Aer Lingus confirmed yesterday that it had reintroduced these surcharges only on ... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

British Airways Statement on Unite strike dates British Airways is extremely disappointed that Unite has announced plans for massive disruption for hundreds of thousands of our customers in the run-up to the Easter holidays. Unite's action ... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

New vision unveiled ten years on from terminal opening Bristol Airport has marked the tenth anniversary of its terminal building by unveiling a new brand identity to guide its business over the next decade. The new brand represents ‘people', ‘plac... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

ADR BoD approves 2009 draft financial statements The Board of Directors of Aeroporti di Roma SpA, chaired by Fabrizio Palenzona, has approved today the draft financial statements of the company Aeroporti di Roma SpA and the consolidated... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

Avinor: International traffic up by over 6 percent A total of almost 2.9 million passengers travelled to and from Avinor's airports in February, an increase of 5 per cent compared with February 2009. International traffic increased most, by 6.4... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)

Air Canada to expand service to Jamaica Air Canada today announced that beginning this May it will significantly increase its service from Toronto to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston by doubling the number of weekly ... (From: www.airtransportnews.aero - 12 Mar 2010)