VIDEO: The biggest challenge for intermodality is to be flexible
Monday, 23 January 2012
airrail TV speaks with Matthew Coogan, Director of The New England Transportation Institute about the strategies for airport capacity problems, intermodality and air-rail cooperation.0 Comments
Thales awarded signalling contract for automated people mover within Hong Kong international airport
Monday, 23 January 2012
HONG KONG: Thales has been awarded a contract by IHI Corporation to re-signal the automated people mover (APM) located within Hong Kong international airport, with a state-of-the-art solution.Vienna City Airport Train: “Half of our customers use the in-town check-in”
Monday, 23 January 2012
INTERVIEW: Vienna City Airport Train (CAT), operating since 2002, is Europe’s one of the most well known dedicated airport rail links. CAT connects Vienna International Airport and the Airport City Terminal in 16 minutes non-stop journey. CAT also is the only air-rail operator in Europe that successfully operates in-town check-in facilities.Will Washington Airport eventually get the Dulles Metro station?
Friday, 20 January 2012
USA: It seems that the controversy surrounding the Dulles Airport Metrorail Station is still not over. After long debates on where the air-rail station should be located – above ground, unerdground, near the terminal, further away the terminal and so on – new suggestions have arisen, this time from within the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority (WMAA).ERL extension to KLIA2 will benefit the low cost carrier market
Friday, 20 January 2012
MALAYSIA: The extension of Kuala Lumpur’s Express Rail Link (ERL) to the new KLIA2 terminal is expected to be completed by October 2012, the Minister of Transport Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha heard.New design concept saves Denver Airport $150m
Thursday, 19 January 2012
USA: Denver International Airport (DIA) has unveiled a revised design concept for the South Terminal Redevelopment Programme, which includes smaller train station.EuroMaint Rail and Flytoget sign an agreement on sourcing services
Monday, 16 January 2012
NORWAY: EuroMaint Rail has signed an agreement with Norwegian Flytoget, a high-speed train that takes passengers to and from Oslo Airport, concerning sourcing services for suppliers who deliver and repair spare parts for Flytoget.Plans for UK’s first ‘Airport City’ unveiled
Saturday, 14 January 2012
UK: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has unveiled plans for the development of a £659million ‘Airport City’ – the first of its kind in the UK – at Manchester Airport, Britain's biggest and busiest Regional Airport.VIDEO: Two years with Canada Line, Vancouver Airport comment
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
airrail TV speaks with Dave Harkness, Director of Parking and Transportation of Vancouver International Airport about the Canada Line, a rail link between Richmond, downtown Vancouver and the airport and its first two years of operations.COMMENT: HS2 will significantly increase passenger numbers at Birmingham Airport (video)
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
John Morris, Head of Government and Industry Affairs, Birmingham AirportThe irony of the Financial Times carrying a report calling for more air capacity in the south-east (“CAA adds to pressure for new south-east runways”- 10 Jan) on the day the Secretary for State for Transport announced the go-ahead for HS2, should not go unnoticed. In fact, what is needed is capacity for the south east, and not in the South East.




