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For more airport news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jun 26, 2006

Israel and Jordan could get together to develop a joint airport for Eilat and Aqaba, a plan that has been suggested before but has never actually got off the ground. Last week Israeli veteran Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent.  Shimon Peres met with Jordan's King Abdullah King Abdullah can refer to:
  • Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, regent of Saudi Arabia since 1995 and king since 2005.
  • Abdullah II, king of Jordan since 1999
  • Abdullah I, Emir of Transjordan (1921–1946) and King of Transjordan (1946–1951)
 in Petra at a Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above.  Laureates' conference where the subject was discussed. Aqaba has a little used airport that sits by the border with Israel whilst the Eilat airport Eilat Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה אילת‎, Namal HaTe'ufa Eilat), also known as J.  is virtually in the center of the town and whilst OK for lightly loaded Boeing 757s to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion the runway is short for even medium range services typically to the UK. A rebuilt Aqaba with twin terminals rather like Basle could be to each country's advantage. The idea is practical and has not have political overtures as demonstrated last week by the Royal Jordanian Air Force using Eilat. The closure of the Israeli airport would release very valuable land with a fine location. Currently charter flights from Europe operate from the military airfield at Ovda, about one hour's desert drive from Eilat. http://www.azworldairports.com/cfm/frame.cfm?src=http://www.azworldairports.com/airports/p1850aqj.htmtop

Jun 24, 2006

Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Bangkok's futuristic Suvarnabhumi Airport, which opened in a political sense last September, is now due to receive its first regular scheduled service this coming September, according to reports out of Thailand. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified"
meantime, meanwhile
 the airport, whose name means "golden land" in Thai, has been jogging along for more than 40 years but construction delays and claims of financial irregularities have repeatedly postponed its opening. The latest schedule for commercial opening is 28 September. On 29 July six airlines including flag carrier Thai Airways International Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (Thai: การบินไทย) (SET: THAI) is the national air carrier of Thailand, operating out of Suvarnabhumi Airport, and is a founding member of , Thailand's biggest private airline Bangkok Airways and budget carrier Thai AirAsia, will make test flights, it is said. However there are allegations that only Thai airlines have been invited as the airport does not meet ICAO ICAO
abbr.
International Civil Aeronautics Organization

Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation
International Civil Aviation Organization
 standards. The new airport, with an initial capacity of 45m will relieve Bangkok's current Don Muang Airport currently accommodating 38.5m passengers annually although it was designed to handle only 36m. http://www.suvarnabhumiairport.com Jun 24, 2006

Bermuda Airport

Bermuda Airport Levels Rise. New Airlines, Lower Prices Boost Bermuda Airport Arrivals, Officials Say. New flights and a new airline have produced an increase in the number of arrivals to Bermuda International Airport Bermuda International Airport (IATA: BDA, ICAO: TXKF), also known as L.F. Wade International Airport, is an airport in Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean. , officials said. Overall arrivals were up 6 percent, or about 4,000 people, and arrivals from New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 rose 26 percent last month, Airport General Manager James Howes said Tuesday. Jun 21, 2006

Black Forest airport

Black Forest airport, at Lahr, whose nearest major city is Strasbourg, 30 miles away across the Rhine, is to market incoming charter airline operations. With its 3,000m main runway it will have no problem accepting the type of aircraft used for this style of service. The airport's new owner, Australian Investor Babcock & Brown, is confident that the former NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
NATO
 in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization

International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion.
 air base can attract passengers from a large segment of Europe to the nearby Europa-Park in Rust, currently with 3.5m visitors annually, Germany's largest leisure resort of its kind. The airport is situated with very easy access to the A5, one of Germany's major Autobahns. http://www.blackforest-airport.com Jun 24, 2006

Southhampton airport

Southhampton airport part of BAA plc and now moving around 2m passengers annually looks like becoming the site of an interesting airline war. Flybe have confirmed its intention to replace for the winter season the current Q400 and BAe 146 on its four times daily service to Edinburgh with the brand new EMB EMB

eosin-methylene blue.
 195. It has also signaled to introduce twice-daily flights to Amsterdam on 11 September, jumping in ahead of bmi who have recently announced a four times daily EMB 145 flights in contrast to the Exeter operators Q400. Incumbent carrier Scot Airways is keeping its plans quiet and continues four times a day flown by the popular Dornier 328, also a propjet. From 29 October Flybe will offer a twice-daily (except Saturday) flights to Dusseldorf and a single return service to Hannover. http://www.flybe.com http://www.southamptonairport.com Jun 24, 2006
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