DFW receives $15 million in grants
DALLAS Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport has received two grants for infrastructure improvement from the Federal Aviation Administration totalling $15 million dollars. The Airport Improvement Programme (AIP) grants will be used for the rehabilitation of a taxiway and for the purchase of new equipment and infrastructure at DFW’s Terminal B.“We want to thank our partners at the FAA for these needed infrastructure improvement grants,” said Sean Donohue, chief executive officer at DFW Airport. The larger grant of $13 million will fund Phase 2 of the three-phase rehabilitation project for Taxiway L (Lima), which is already underway. An additional $2 million grant which will fund new and environmentally friendly pre-conditioned air units used to cool jet boarding bridges, and the electrical infrastructure needed to operate those units, has come from the Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) programme of the AIP.Turkish lands in Estonia and LithuaniaTURKISH Airlines launched direct flights to the capitals (and the largest cities) of Estonia and Lithuania – Tallinn and Vilnius respectively, on October 26 this year. Introductory round-trip fares are available from Istanbul to the capital of Estonia, Tallinn starting from €179 ($230), including taxes and fees. Roundtrip flights between Istanbul and Tallinn will be operated four times per week. Introductory round trip fares are available from Istanbul to the second biggest city of the Baltic states, Vilnius, also starting from €179 ($230), including taxes and fees. Roundtrip flights between Istanbul and Vilnius will be operated five times per week.