YOUR DAILY NEWSROUND OF AVIATION STORIES IN EUROPE
20 September 2016
Manchester Airports Group delivers '£6.2 billion of economic value'
For every £1 the group earned in revenue, economic activity worth another £8 is generated in the wider economy as a result.
Source:
Travel Weekly UK
Link:
http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/
Interview with
Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
The aviation strategy adopted at the end of last year takes for the first time a holistic view of the challenges we are facing in European aviation and brings in a very strong European component. In doing so we look at all the different elements in the value chain and we strongly emphasize that they are equally important - that means airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, aircraft manufacturers and the European regulatory framework in terms of safety, security and so on.
Source:
Air Transport News
Link:
http://atn.aero/
L'Union des aéroports français dénonce la suppression de 13 points de passage frontaliers
L'Union des aéroports français (UAF) a dénoncé lundi la "suppression brutale" de 13 des 85 points de passage frontaliers (PPF) en France signifiant l'arrêt du trafic de l'aviation d'affaires en provenance ou à destination des pays hors Schengen dans ces aéroports.
Source:
Le Figaro
Link:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/
Air France plans low-cost startup to counter long-haul challenge
Air France-KLM Group said it's examining a range of options for entering the low-cost, long-haul travel market in a move that would parallel developments at German rival Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
Source:
Bloomberg
Link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/
The Airbus Group launches its Leadership University
The Airbus group launched its Leadership University yesterday, the 19
th
September, near Toulouse in Blagnac (south-western France). It's been under construction for the past 20 months and cost 36 million euros to build.
Source:
aeronewstv
Link:
http://www.aeronewstv.com/