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Prague Airport is launching its new website. Prague Airport Authority‘s new website design is a novelty in the history of the company’s web-based presentation, being even more customer-focused as far as content, as well as its graphical appearance is concerned.

BA’s summer promotion campaign aimed at encouraging airport shopping, entitled “Win&Fly”, has been launched.

In the first two quarters of 2008, Warsaw F. Chopin Airport served 4 548 078 passengers i.e. 8,37 % (351 413 passengers) more than in the same period of the previous year. With the increase of over 51 % in passenger volume the charter flights recorded the most rapid growth.

Grozny Avia has launched scheduled services to Grozny, Chechnya out of Vnukovo International.

From 30-Jun-08 to Jul-06 at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport there was 1.190 aircraft movements which is total number of takeoffs and landings.

In order to meet the strong demand registered in the market, TAP will launch two new direct flights a week between Lisbon and Zagreb running on Tuesdays and Fridays during the period between 22-Jul and 12-Sept .

This summer Sarajevo International Airport has enriched its choice of scheduled operations by introduction of new air services to Scandinavian countries.

Budapest Airport presented its new passenger security screening system on 09-Jun-08. BA Deputy CEO, Dimitrios Gatsonis, Malév CEO, Peter Leonov and brigadier-general, Jozsef Duzs, the director of the Airport Police Directorate tested the devices, purchased for a total of EUR3.7 million (HUF900 million).

Budapest Airport (BA) purchased new X-ray machines, magnetic gates and other passenger screening equipment for more than EUR3.5 million. The airport commenced the operation of the equipment serving Terminal 1 last week. BA will use the devices to completely replace the passenger screening systems used on the departure levels of all three terminals. After the comprehensive testing by the Authorities, out of the 12 hand baggage screening devices, three will operate at Terminal 1, five at Terminal 2A and four at Terminal 2B.

Moscow International Airport Domodedovo and GE Security, a business of GE Enterprise Solutions, announced GE's Homeland Protection business has been chosen to provide two integrated advanced technology CTX 9000 DSi/XRD 3500 system-of-systems explosives detection solutions to the airport. The systems are planned for commercial operation at the beginning of next year.