Airport News Stories
United's O'Hare Computer Outage Addressed
July 3, 2009
United Airlines said on Thursday that a computer outage that had caused flight delays with its operations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was being resolved, but advised passengers to continue to check the status of flights.
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BAA Competition Hearing Set For October
July 2, 2009
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has set October 19 as the hearing date for BAA to appeal a decision requiring it to sell three of its UK airports.
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Bird Strikes A Growing Problem At US Airports
July 2, 2009
Despite renewed efforts by New York officials to keep skies around the city's airports clear of wildlife, a passenger plane was damaged after hitting a bird as it landed this week in what is a growing industry problem.
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Vienna Airport Halts Building Of New Terminal
June 30, 2009
Vienna airport operator Flughafen Wien has suspended construction of its new Skylink terminal but still expects it to be finished in 2011, chief executive Herbert Kaufmann said on Tuesday.
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BAA Finances Held Back By Delayed Gatwick Sale
June 26, 2009
Investors are holding off buying bonds in British airports operator BAA due to uncertainties about the sale of London Gatwick airport, as the company said its debt level would not fall as quickly as previously expected.
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US Airways Flight Narrowly Misses Truck
June 19, 2009
A US Airways aircraft with 89 people on board taking off from Boston's Logan Airport narrowly missed a truck on the runway on Thursday, in an incident described by airport authorities as "serious."
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London Stansted Expansion Inquiry Delayed Again
June 18, 2009
A public inquiry into a possible second runway at London's Stansted Airport has been delayed for a second time while an appeal against an anti-competition ruling awaits, the government said on Wednesday.
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Aeroports de Paris Lowers 2009 Earnings Forecast
June 17, 2009
Aeroports de Paris on Tuesday lowered its EBITDA forecast for 2009, citing a larger-than-expected drop in traffic due to the economic crisis.
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Incheon Voted World's Best Airport
June 10, 2009
South Korea's Incheon International Airport was voted the best in the world for 2009 in an annual survey dominated by Asian airports.
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UK Gov't Airport Proposals Bad For Investors - BAA
June 8, 2009
UK plans to change the financial regulation of airports will create extra uncertainties for investors and increase the costs of investments, British airports operator BAA said on Monday.
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Flughafen Wien Q1 Net Drops 16 Percent
May 26, 2009
Vienna airport operator Flughafen Wien reported a 16 percent drop in first-quarter net profit, weighed down by a sharp decline in traffic to emerging Europe, but slightly better than the market had expected.
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Macquarie Airports To Sell Japan Airport Stake
May 20, 2009
Australian investment bank Macquarie has offered to sell all of its 19.9 percent stake in Japan Airport Terminal, ending a showdown with the Japanese government.
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Schiphol Union Deal To Cost 1 In 5 Jobs
May 19, 2009
One in five jobs will be lost at Schiphol Airport after unions signed up to the Amsterdam airport operator's staff reduction plan in exchange for a guarantee of no forced redundancies.
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TAV Posts Q1 Net Loss Of TRY61.9 million
May 18, 2009
Turkish airport operator TAV said its first quarter loss increased by 12 percent to TRY61.9 million lira (USD$39 million), due partly to the cost of financing the construction of an airport in Tunisia.
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European Q1 Airport Passengers Down 12.4 Pct
May 15, 2009
The number of passengers passing through European airports fell 12.4 percent in the first quarter of 2009 and freight traffic was down 23.1 percent, airports body ACI Europe reported on Friday.
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