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NEWS<br />
LATEST UPDATES<br />
Metro Link<br />
for Liberty?<br />
THE PORT Authority of New York<br />
and New Jersey has granted a<br />
$6.4m three-year contract to HNTB<br />
Corporation to examine a proposal<br />
to extend the PATH (Port Authority<br />
Trans-Hudson) Metro to Newark<br />
Liberty International Airport.<br />
The authority recommended the<br />
project in 2012 and has included it<br />
in its latest $27.6bn ten-year capital<br />
plan, launched in February. It has<br />
asked HNTB to come up with a more<br />
accurate cost estimate for the Metro<br />
extension, currently estimated at<br />
$1.5bn. If the go-ahead is given,<br />
work could start in 2018 and take<br />
five years to complete.<br />
The extension would run beside<br />
the Northeast Corridor main line<br />
from Newark Penn Station to the<br />
airport’s mainline station. The<br />
latter would be an interchange<br />
between PATH, AirTrain monorail<br />
and NJ Transit services.<br />
Bratislava Welcomes flydubai<br />
Dubai-based flydubai has introduced three flights a week between the Middle East and the Slovakian capital Bratislava. Cutting the ribbon after<br />
the arrival of the inaugural service from Dubai are, from left to right: Director VIP services Bratislava Airport Dana Madunická, flydubai CEO Ghaith Al<br />
Ghaith and the airline’s Vice President Commercial Operations Jeyhun Efendi. (Bratislava Airport)<br />
MARSHALL AVIATION Services,<br />
the business aviation-focused arm<br />
of the Marshall Aerospace and<br />
Defence Group, has acquired the<br />
executive aviation handling facility<br />
(FBO) at Birmingham Airport and<br />
will formally open for business<br />
within the next few months. The<br />
company has agreed a long-term<br />
lease of the FBO which was built<br />
in 2011 and is to the west of the<br />
main terminal. The glass-fronted<br />
444,000sq ft 4,088m 2 ) facility<br />
includes hangar space, which<br />
New FBO at Birmingham<br />
will be available both to resident<br />
and visiting aircraft. Under the<br />
previous operator, the facility was<br />
named Best Handling Agent/FBO<br />
by industry peers of the Baltic Air<br />
Charter Association (BACA) in 2013.<br />
It is regularly used by executive<br />
charter operators Cello Aviation and<br />
FlairJet. Marshall Aviation Services’<br />
aircraft operations, charter and<br />
management company, will also<br />
have a presence and the facility will<br />
continue to provide fuel via Avfuel.<br />
The company intends to position the<br />
facility as a world-class FBO, offering<br />
comprehensive amenities for both<br />
flight crew and passengers, including<br />
crew rest facilities, flight planning<br />
rooms, prayer room and visitor or<br />
residential crew offices. Marshall<br />
is to work closely with Birmingham<br />
Airport to increase business through<br />
the FBO, including offering business<br />
jet travel for premium passengers<br />
arriving on long-haul flights and<br />
needing onward connections within<br />
the UK or Europe.<br />
Birmingham Airport’s Head of<br />
Property, Melanie Cameron said:<br />
“It is a very exciting time for us, with<br />
record passenger numbers and the<br />
recent completion of a multi-million<br />
pound redevelop programme to<br />
allow for the growth of our long-haul<br />
route network so we are delighted<br />
to welcome the Marshall team this<br />
year. The new operation will provide<br />
first class facilities for airlines and<br />
passengers, and aviation business<br />
services that are much needed in<br />
the Midlands to support the thriving<br />
local economy.”<br />
Lithuanian<br />
<strong>Airports</strong>’<br />
Record Start<br />
PASSENGER NUMBERS using<br />
Lithuania’s airports increased by<br />
16.5% during January, compared<br />
with the same month in 2014.<br />
Kaunas Airport served 29%<br />
more passengers, Vilnius Airport<br />
15% and Palanga Airport 0.2%.<br />
Totals for the three facilities<br />
were 44,000, 203,500 and 9,000<br />
passengers respectively.<br />
Gediminas Almantas, Chief<br />
Executive Officer of SE<br />
Lithuanian <strong>Airports</strong>, said: “The<br />
beginning of this year is really<br />
record-breaking for us – the<br />
number of passengers at all the<br />
three airports has significantly<br />
exceeded last year’s result.<br />
Dedicated Parking in Salzburg<br />
Women travelling alone have been provided with a dedicated parking area at Salzburg Airport in Austria.<br />
The ‘Frauenparkplatz’ is on the ground floor close to the exits and is designed to make lone female<br />
travellers feel more secure by reducing time spent within the multi-storey car park. (Jan Blazej)<br />
Transatlantic<br />
A321neo Could<br />
Help <strong>Airports</strong><br />
AIRBUS OFFICIALLY launched its<br />
A321neo variant with a 97 tonnes<br />
maximum take-off weight (MTOW)<br />
on January 13 after securing its<br />
first commitment from Air Lease<br />
Corporation (ALC). This latest variant<br />
of the A320 Family will have the<br />
longest range of any single-aisle<br />
airliner available or in the near<br />
future, according to the European<br />
manufacturer, allowing it to fly up<br />
to 4,598 miles (7,400km) – ideal for<br />
transatlantic routes. It will also allow<br />
airlines to tap into new long-haul<br />
markets that were not previously<br />
accessible with the current<br />
generation of single-aisle aircraft. It<br />
could potentially open opportunities<br />
for new city pairs across the Atlantic,<br />
notably for smaller regional airports.<br />
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