4G internet for Aeroexpress passengers

Monday, 08 February 2010

RUSSIA: LLC Aeroexpress and Yota, the first Russian high-speed wireless network based on Mobile WiMAX, announced the start of their cooperation in offering the 4G wireless mobile Internet to passengers on high-speed electric trains linking the city center and the Moscow air hub's airports.

888 free KLIA Transit tickets to celebrate the 8th anniversary

Wednesday, 03 February 2010

MALAYSIA: Chinese New Year holiday travellers received 888 free KLIA Transit tickets to Kuala Lumpur International Airport LCCT.

Passenger growth during recession for Aeroexpress

Wednesday, 03 February 2010

RUSSIA: 6.8 million passengers used the LLC Aeroexpress trains to travel from Moscow city centre to capital city Airport’s last year.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Obama signals air-rail bonanza in the USA

Sunday, 31 January 2010

USA: President Barack Obama has announced a USD 8 billion stimulus award to states across the country to develop America’s first nationwide program of high-speed intercity passenger rail services. airrail NEWS reviews the projects with a direct or close connection to International Airports.

Haramain High Speed Rail tender closing day delayed

Sunday, 31 January 2010

SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Railway Organization (SRO) has extended the closing date for bids on an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Haramain High Speed Rail (HHR) project by a month, MEED reported.

Oakland Airport Connector is safe for a couple more weeks

Friday, 29 January 2010

USA: The Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 11 to 5 to keep $70 million in Stimulus funds with the Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) Project until they will revisit the issue at a special meeting on 17 February.

Airtrain will be waking up earlier

Friday, 29 January 2010

AUSTRALIA: Brisbane’s Airtrain will start operating one extra morning service between the city and airport in mid February, Airtrain’s Chairman, Mike Pelly announced.

Malpensa Express slashes journey times by a quarter

Thursday, 28 January 2010

ITALY: A new double track tunnel on the Castellanza line, opened on Saturday 30 January. This will help significantly reduce the Malpensa Express journey time from Milan Cadorna station to the Airport’s Terminal 1.

Contract awarded to build railway station at New Doha Airport

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

QATAR: A joint venture of UAE-based Al-Naboodah Contracting and South Africa’s Group Five has won an estimated QR400m ($110m) contract to build a railway station at the New Doha International Airport (NDIA), MEED announced.

Scottish and Malaysian Airport Rail Links at the airrail EVENTS conference

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

SPEAKER UPDATE: Two new speakers from Scotland and Malaysia will be talking about realising benefits and reputation management of their air-rail services at the ‘Customer growth and retention strategies on Airport Rail Links’ conference on 18 March 2010.