Entire Car Hire - Worldwide Airport Car Hire Blog http://blog.entirecarhire.co.uk Worldwide Airport Car Hire Blog Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:53:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Honored By Balchen Post Award http://blog.entirecarhire.co.uk/2012/04/27/ted-stevens-anchorage-international-airport-honored-by-balchen-post-award/ http://blog.entirecarhire.co.uk/2012/04/27/ted-stevens-anchorage-international-airport-honored-by-balchen-post-award/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:53:36 +0000 admin http://blog.entirecarhire.co.uk/?p=342 The purpose of Alaska International Airport System (AIAS) is “To Keep Alaska Flying and Thriving” is succeeded fifth time when American Association of Airport Executives (NEC AAAE) honored Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) by the Balchen Post Award, on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.

Zaramie Lindseth, Assistant Manager of Airfield Maintenance praised the ANC Snow Removal Team for ice and snow control as it played a very important role in moving over 6,000,000 tons of snow from November 2011 to March 2012 from the runways, taxiways, and ramps.

The AIAS is a combination of Ted Stevens Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports which serves nearly 6 million passengers per year. It provides passenger and cargo service to over 30 international and domestic airlines throughout Alaska, the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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28,000 passengers will be flying through Shannon Airport and same number of passengers expected from Cork Airport. So it’s advisable to passengers to be in the terminal building at least 90 minutes before the flight departure time. Even rail service expects 200,000 train journeys and Bus Eireann expects 250,000 journeys will made between Friday and Monday.

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The new gateway which is located in south East Berlin will replace existing Berlin Tegel Airport, and Schonefield airports that serves the German Capital.

5000 builders are currently involved to complete this construction work of terminal interiors and creating new green spaces around the airport.  Airport is 715 meters long with 16 glass walled gates, transparent walkway for passengers in transit, 32 metre high observation tower for visitors to the airport.

Also around 10,000 airport testers are working on new IT systems and operation equipment like check-in, baggage and security check-in technology since November 2011.  Shopping units are also filled with goods.

The new airport will be able to handle up to 27 million passengers, with the potential to expand to 45 million.

The airport will be officially opened by the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, the governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, and Brandenburg’s minister president, Matthias Platzeck.

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This high jump is by domestic traffic which show increase by 8.2%, while international traffic increased by 6.1%.

Norway’s Stavanger Airport Sola show increase in traffic by 8.7%, while Trondheim Airport, show growth by 7.8 %.

Oslo Airport Gardermoen and Bergen Airport Flesland also show growth by 7.8% and 3.4% respectively. Alesund Airport Vigra showed greatest increase by 23.1%.

Thus, overall growth for the country’s regional airports was 7.8%. Also aircraft movement in January was up by 6.5%.

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According to Vienna airport, passengers transfer at the gateway has increase by 19.4 % when compared with January 2011. But flight take off and landing has decrease by 2.7% and cargo also decline by 10.1% in the same period.

Also report says, passenger traffic to Eastern Europe show growth by 26.1% and passengers traveling to Western Europe and Middle East rise by 6.5% and 5.8% respectively, as compared to January 2011.

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The airport ranks ahead of globe contenders like Abu Dhabi, Adelaide, Geneva, Cape Town, Hamburg and London Luton Airport by Airports Council International (ACI), say GMR.

The airport had consistently raised its standards since 2009 when it scored 4.44.  While in 2010, airport score was 4.51 points overall and 2011 score was 4.57 in the category.

Officer at GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), the operator of RGIA says airport will do all good efforts and takes full responsibility to improve facilities and more better and convenient service to passengers.

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The six new routes are:

Newcastle to Newquay on Saturdays, starting May 5 and to Bergen, Norway three times weekly (Tuesday/ Thursday/Saturday)

Belfast City to Newquay on Saturdays, starting May 5

Leeds Bradford to Knock, three times weekly (Tuesday/ Thursday/Saturday)

Birmingham to Waterford, daily Southampton to Tours, France on Wednesdays and Saturdays, starting May 16.

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The plan will include terminal expansion with new arrival and departure hall and a new pier enabling more planes to land and take off. The Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications has already given green signal to it.

With increase in passenger traffic and terminal expansion, demand for car hire will also increase. Get your car booked in advanced and avoid paying more for last minute car hire. We at Entire Car Hire in Norway offers great deals on car hire at Oslo, car hire at Tromso Airport, car hire at Trondheim Airport.

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Road improvement plans have been submitted to Luton Borough Council.

Improvement plan will include two new traffic lanes are to be built south of airport way through an existing underpass leading directly into a newly created set down point.

This will relieve congestion en route to the airport. Work is expected to be finished by mid of June.

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Technology will be set up on all of virgin’s flights flying from Gatwick airport.

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