Sentences with phrase «european hub airports»

Heathrow was also becoming increasingly uncompetitive in relation to other major European airports; although it handled more passengers per year than any other European airport, it had less runway capacity than competing major European hub airports.

Not exact matches

U.S. Global Airways on Thursday announced their intention to make Stewart Airport their hub as the facility begins to offer low - cost European flights.

But Clegg said he accepted the need to preserve Heathrow's status as a hub and that ministers were «not sticking our heads in the sand» as business groups warn that Britain is losing business as new routes open up to China from continental European airports.

Icelandair operates from ten gateways in the U.S. and an even greater number of European destinations making Reykjavik Airport (or, in Icelandic, Reykjavíkurflugvöllur) an efficient transit hub and a long - standing carrier of travelers between North America and Europe.

The airport has ambitious expansion plans to double its passenger numbers to ten million in the next ten - 15 years, with a focus on developing more routes to major European hubs to complement is popular holiday routes.

Flybe has commenced its new service to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from Liverpool John Lennon Airport giving passengers the ability to connect onwards to the host of European and long haul destinations available from the busy international hub.

The Court largely upheld this reasoning in its judgment on appeal, recalling that the Leipzig - Halle airport was in competition with other regional airports to become DHL's European hub for air freight (paragraph 40 of the judgment).