Flughafen Zurich AG, which operates Switzerland’s busiest airport, said passenger traffic rose 1.6 percent in March from a year earlier. Freight traffic decreased 4.4 percent last month to 37,720 tons.   March    Feb.    Jan.    Dec.    Nov.    Oct.   Sept. 2013    2013    2012    2012    2012    2012 -------------------------YoY%-------------------------- Total Passengers                  1.6%    4.4%   -0.5%   -0.8%   -0.6%   ... Read More

The infrastructure of Nigerian airports needs to be upgraded. TRADE NEWSWIRE takes a look at infra structural challenges and government of efforts, to that effect: (TRADE NEWSWIRE): The recent approval of N106bn by the Federal Government for the construction of 11 international new airport terminals is a good step in ... Read More

In-production Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft for Air India and other airlines sit on the tarmac at the Boeing production facilities in Everett, Washington, on February 17, 2012. (AFP/File/Saul Loeb) WASHINGTON: US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it delivered 601 commercial aircraft in 2012, substantially more than the previous year, while ... Read More

The British Airways check-in area at Heathrow airport. (AFP/File - Carl Court) LONDON: Severe fog has forced the cancellation of dozens of flights scheduled to take-off and land at Britain's airports on Wednesday with more disruption expected later in the day. Flights to Warsaw, Nice, Stockholm, Aberdeen and several German cities ... Read More

BERLIN: Airport security personnel in Germany staged warning strikes on Monday in a dispute over pay, bringing disruption to several German airports and causing dozens of flight cancellations. Around 1,000 security staff went on strike at airports including Berlin and Frankfurt, Europe's third-busiest, the giant services union Verdi said, although some ... Read More