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ID: 24968 Date: 07/09/2010

July 2010

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for July 2010 was 827,741, up 5% compared to July 2009. July 2010 enplanements totaled 417,893, up 6%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 290,749, down 2.5% compared to July 2009; American Airlines passengers totaled 172,887, down 7%; Delta Air Lines passengers totaled 98,944, up 53%; Continental Airlines passengers totaled 85,839, down 2%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 52,379, up 32%; United Airlines (including SkyWest, Shuttle America, GoJet, and Mesa) passengers totaled 45,860, up 0.1%; U.S. Airways (including Mesa) passengers totaled 33,685, down 3%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 23,190; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 19,947, down 20%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 2,416; Branson Air Express passengers totaled 1,301.

July 2010 air cargo totaled 12,916,047 lbs., down 0.4% compared to July 2009. International air cargo totaled 726,027 lbs. Federal Express carried 8.6 million lbs., up 3.5%; and United Parcel Service carried 2.1 million lbs.

Air Services transferred 369,036 lbs of mail, down 17.5%; and 1,104,675 lbs. of belly freight, down 11%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 4,210, down 9%. Combined operations (including commercial and military) totaled 14,468, down 1%.

January - July 2010 Year to Date

Passenger Activity: Total passenger traffic for January - July YTD was 4,940,756 up 5% compared to January - July 2009. January - July 2010 enplanements totaled 2,481,386, up 5%. Southwest Airlines passengers totaled 1,816,756 up 1%; American Airlines passengers totaled 1,041,525, down 4%; Continental Airlines passengers totaled 521,852, down 4%; Delta Air Lines (including SkyWest and Shuttle America) passengers 516,120, up 53.5%; JetBlue Airways passengers totaled 292,022, up 18.5%; United Airlines (including SkyWest, Shuttle America, GoJet, and Mesa) passengers totaled 283,919, up 8%; U.S. Airways (including Mesa) passengers totaled 206,762, down 4%; Alaska Airlines passengers totaled 123,832; Frontier Airlines passengers totaled 122,698, down 8%; Sun Country Airlines passengers totaled 4,716; Branson Air Express passengers totaled 3,321.

July YTD (January - July 2010) air cargo totaled 89,575,818 lbs., down 0.2%. International air cargo totaled 4,763,115 lbs. Federal Express carried 60.2 million lbs., up 3%; and United Parcel Service carried 14 million lbs.

Air Services transferred 3.3 million lbs of mail, up 6%; and 7.6 million lbs. of belly freight, down 14%.

Aircraft Operations: General Aviation operations totaled 33,032 for January - July YTD, down 4%. Combined operations (including Commercial and military) totaled 100,667, down 1%.

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ID: 24972 Date: 06/09/2010

JUNE:

Passenger traffic

In June 2010, passenger traffic at Aeroports de Paris increased by 2.3% compared with June 2009. The Paris airports handled a total of 7.5 million passengers, 5.2 million of them at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (+2.5%) and 2.3 million at Paris-Orly (+1.7%).

- International traffic (excluding Europe) grew by 5.1%. Except for Latin America (-2.5%) and the French Overseas Territories (-1.9%), all market sectors recorded varying growth rates: Africa: +4.4%, North America: +5.1%, the Middle East: +12.6% and Asia-Pacific: +9.2%.

- European traffic (excluding France) grew by 1.2%. Traffic within the Schengen area increased by 1.6%. The combined Great Britain and Ireland market dropped by 4%.

- Traffic within metropolitan France dropped by 0.8%.

- The number of connecting passengers decreased by 2.1%, resulting in a transit rate of 22.5% (against 23.6% in June 2009).

For the first six months of the year, passenger traffic decreased by 2.1% against the same period in 2009. The number of connecting passengers declined by 5.8%, resulting in a transit rate of 23.5% (against 24.4% for the first six months of 2009).

Aircraft movements

The number of aircraft movements dropped by 2.1% in June 2010 year on year (with -3.6% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and +1.4% at Paris-Orly). For the first six months of the year, the number of aircraft movements fell by 7.0%.

In June 2010, the passenger load factor rose to 78.1%, compared with 75.8% in June 2009.

JULY:

Passenger traffic

In July 2010, passenger traffic at Aéroports de Paris increased by 3.1% compared with July 2009. Paris airports handled a total of 8.5 million passengers divided up between 5.9 million for Paris-Charles de Gaulle (+3.2%) and 2.6 million for Paris-Orly (+2.8%).

- International traffic (excluding Europe) grew by 5.8%. Except Latin America, all market sectors recorded a growth: French Overseas Departments & Territories: +3.5%, Africa: +8.1%, North America: +3.2%, Latin America: -2.9%, the Middle East: +15.9%, and Asia-Pacific: +4.3%.

- European traffic (excluding France) grew by 1.9%. Traffic within the Schengen area increased by 2.1%. Great Britain-Ireland market dropped by 3.3%.

- Traffic within metropolitan France was down 0.4%.

- The number of connecting passengers decreased by 6.3%, coming in at a connecting rate of 20.2% (against 22.2% in July 2009).

Since the beginning of the year, passenger traffic has decreased by 1.2% year on year.

For the same period, the number of connecting passengers declined by 5.9% resulting in a connecting rate of 22.9% against 24.0%.

Aircraft movements

The number of aircraft movements dropped by 2.0% in July 2010 year on year (with -1.9% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle and -2.1% at Paris-Orly). Since the beginning of the year, the number of aircraft movements has fallen by 6.2%.

In July 2010, the passenger load factor rose to 82.0%, compared with 79.8% in July 2009.

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ID: 24973 Date: 07/09/2010

For the period January - June, Athens International Airport traffic remained at the corresponding 2009 levels (+0.1%, 7.2 million passengers), despite a 3.5% drop in flights mainly attributed to the negative second quarter of the year. This satisfactory result amid the ongoing adverse conditions, maintained Athens International Airport slightly above the major European airports’ performance* both in terms of passengers (European average at -0.3%), as well as flights (European average at -3.8%).

Analytically, in the first six months of 2010, international passenger traffic posted a small increase (+0.4%, 4.5 million passengers) on a year-to-year basis, while the domestic sector dropped slightly by 0.4% (2.8 million passengers). This marginal variation was achieved despite both markets experiencing a drop during the second quarter - especially the domestic sector. As per geographical regions, Middle East posted a significant rise (+18%), followed by Asia (+4%).

New incentive package for airlines

Aiming to support its airline partners in their development efforts, the Airport Company has ‘frozen’ all airport charges for 2010; moreover, taking into consideration the traffic’s negative trend during the second quarter, Athens International Airport offers a new package of airline incentives:

-. Seasonal financial incentive for the airlines with passenger growth, valid until October 2010

-. Access in new, enhanced data base and provision of additional market research tools, offering the airlines a chance to promote their products in the Greek market more efficiently

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Regarding traffic development in the first semester of 2010 and the airport’s cooperation with its airline partners, the CEO of Athens International Airport, Dr. Yiannis Paraschis, said: "Our traffic for the period January through June 2010 was contained at last year’s levels - mainly thanks to a strong first quarter - keeping Athens International Airport above the major European airports’ average. However, a weakening trend that started in the second quarter and is due mainly to the domestic market, is indicative of the challenges we are facing. In response, we consistently support the developmental efforts of our airline partners, offering new initiatives, in a spirit of cooperation and sound planning."

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ID: 24980 Date: 24/08/2010

Dubai International Airport started the second half of the year on a positive note as Dubai Airports reported monthly passenger numbers that eclipsed the elusive four-million mark for the first time.

Dubai International handled a total of 4,307,926 passengers in July compared to 3,768,965 in July 2009, a year on year increase of 14.3 per cent. The year to date traffic reached 26,862,371, up 16 per cent compared to 23,166,054 in the corresponding period in 2009. The closest the airport has previously come to the four million mark was in March 2010 when the monthly traffic reached 3,968,672.

The largest regional traffic growth in July was recorded in Eastern Europe (+219 per cent), Asia (+34 per cent) and Russia & CIS (+29 per cent). The highest passenger volumes were recorded in the Western European sector, the AGCC and the Indian Subcontinent driven by capacity increases and new routes launched by Emirates to Tokyo, Amsterdam, Prague and Madrid.

Continuing its upward trend, Dubai International reported its tenth consecutive month of double-digit cargo traffic growth as the airport handled 197,845 tonnes of freight compared to 160,289 tonnes during the same period in 2009, an increase of 23.5 per cent. Year to date Dubai International has handled a total of 1,299,701 tonnes of cargo, up 25.5 per cent compared to 1,035,118 tonnes during the same period last year.

"This is an important milestone that reflects the consistent growth we have seen over the past years. Compared to July 2009 Dubai International handled over half a million more passengers and we surpassed the highest ever monthly traffic total by over 300,000 passengers," said Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports.

"As we are experiencing such high levels of growth consistently, we will be extending our ‘Summer Mission’ programme, which we have been operating for three years now, and deploying additional service personnel across the airport to make sure that our service remains at a world class level," said Griffiths. "This is particularly important during the holy month of Ramadan, which began on August 11 and will culminate in the peak of the year, which is the festival of Eid-Al-Fitr in September."

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ID: 24981 Date: 26/07/2010

Dubai International notched up a solid first half with Dubai Airports announcing year-to-date (June) passenger traffic of 22,554,445, compared to 19,397,089 in the corresponding period in 2009, an increase of 16.3 per cent. This follows Dubai International’s twelve consecutive months of double-digit growth in passenger traffic from June 2009 to May 2010.

Dubai International handled a total of 3,684,192 passengers in June 2010 compared to 3,361,413 in June 2009, a growth of 9.6 per cent. The average monthly passenger traffic in the first half this year stands at 3.7 million as compared to 3.1 million during the corresponding period in 2009. The year to date daily average passenger throughput at Dubai International has reached 123,000.

Cargo continued its upward trend throughout the first half ending with a year to date movement of 1,101,856 tonnes of freight compared to 874,828 tonnes during the same period in 2009, an increase of 26 per cent.

Dubai International handled a total of 184,576 tonnes of cargo in June 2010, up 21.2 per cent compared to 152,258 tonnes in June 2009. It marks the ninth consecutive month of double digit growth in cargo tonnage at Dubai International after a sharp upturn in freight began with the start of the final quarter of 2009.

Commenting on the report, Paul Griffiths, CEO, Dubai Airports, noted that the growth in passenger traffic and cargo volumes is a sign of improving economic situation around the world. "As the numbers clearly suggest, many major airports around the world are starting to display positive growth following an almost year-long spell of double-digit decrease in traffic. Dubai International was the only airport among the major international hubs recording positive growth throughout this period. As the global economic situation continues to improve further, our performance will only grow stronger," he said.

Griffiths said that in the first half of 2010 over 145 weekly flights were launched to over 21 destinations across Asia, Europe and Africa by different passenger carriers, including Emirates and flydubai. Dubai International currently serves 130 airlines flying to over 220 destinations across six continents.

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ID: 24959 Date: 06/03/2010

The Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) said it has launched the construction of passengers’ terminal in Assosa airport at a cost of over 90 million birr.

EAE General Manager Shiferaw Alemu told ENA that the construction of the terminal which include waiting room for passengers, banks, restaurants, shops and offices, is being carried out on 2,200 sq.meters.

The terminal, which would be completed in two years time, can accommodate up to 176 passengers at a time, he said.

According to EAE public relations head, Wondim Teklu the airport would help develop the investment and tourism potential of the region.

It was noted that a 2500 meters long concrete asphalt runway, which can accommodate modern aircrafts like Boeing 737, constructed at cost of 92 million birr was inaugurated in Feb.2010.

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ID: 24960 Date: 01/09/2010

Airphil Express has renewed its partnership with Sabre Airline Solutions as its main ecommerce technology partner to support its business transformation and ambitious expansion plans.

In Philippines’ high growth travel market, Airphil Express is a burgeoning airline that earlier this year re-engaged in the market as a full-fledged low-cost carrier, offering customers easy and seamless access to its inventory, competitive pricing and quality service. It is also on an ambitious plan to expand regionally, starting with services to Singapore this October. Domestically, the airline has steadily increased its frequency of flights as well as its number of destinations. The expansion will continue well into the next quarter.

To support this phase of the airline’s development, Airphil Express has extended its relationship with Sabre Airline Solutions for another five years. Sabre will provide the airline the solutions it needs for growth and customer service, including SabreSonic Customer Sales and Service (CSS), the industry’s most robust revenue-generating reservation system and departure control solution. Airphil will also leverage Sabre’s eCommerce expertise for the carrier’s online channel.

This enlarged scope of partnership will allow Airphil Express to enhance its customer offerings to include unbundled fare structures with ancillary and self-service options.

"Airphil Express is about responding to the needs of our passengers in the most cost-effective manner possible. In the very competitive low-cost arena of the Philippine travel market, Sabre Airline Solutions shares our commitment to provide our customers with thrifty fares and flexible travel options. In turn, we hope to see a significant return on our aggressive investments into technology platforms such as Sabre," said Maria R. Java, Vice President for Marketing, Media, eCommerce and Product at Airphil Express.

The airline will continue to use SabreSonic CSS and SabreSonic Web to boost its sales and service processes. The airline’s website (www.airphilexpress.com), which will be the lead revenue channel for the airline, will be further enhanced by the key benefits that SabreSonic Web delivers.

"We are truly excited to continue our relationship with Airphil Express. This is a huge expression of confidence in Sabre’s solution flexibility and configurability, allowing it to cater to different airline business models worldwide, yet respond to the needs of emerging cash markets such as the Philippines. By continuing to engage Sabre to support its business transformation and growth plans, Airphil Express is banking on Sabre’s ability to scale up and adapt to its changing business needs. We expect to fully deliver on these expectations," said David Chambers, Sabre Airline Solutions’ regional vice president, Asia Pacific.

Airphil Express flies to 28 destinations in Philippines and will begin services to Singapore in October. This year, Airphil Express operates 16 planes in its fleet and carries about 1 million passengers annually. Its service mission is to "endeavor for the most cost-effective, well-served adventure in flight."

The announcement of Airphil Express’ renewal follows Sabre’s recent news that it has expanded its presence in Philippines, boosting e-Commerce services to the airline industry. Sabre Philippines, based in Manila, is primarily tasked with the development, customisation, hosting and support of Sabre Airline Solutions’ e-Commerce solutions for airlines. The office has a staff of 130 people, compared to 70 people in the first quarter of 2009, and has doubled its office space during the same period.

While he was in Manila officiating the recent opening of Sabre Philippines’ newly-expanded office, Sabre’s president of airline products and solutions, Steve Clampett, reiterated Sabre’s commitment to the country. He said Sabre will continue to recruit top-class talent in the areas of product development, business analysis, customer support, solution delivery, quality assurance, and general management.

Clampett explained that Manila was chosen as Sabre’s regional base because of the quality of its manpower resources. Its strategic business location was another reason. "The Philippines is located right in the heart of Asia, just four hours flying time away from major capital cities in the region," said Clampett. "Sabre has many customers in this region and it’s important for us to have resources close by to provide the best customer service."

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ID: 24961 Date: 03/09/2010

Lufthansa Technik Philippines, one of the biggest providers of aircraft maintenance services in Asia, is set to further expand its range of products for airline customers with increased capacity. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and the MacroAsia Corporation, Bernhard Krueger-Sprengel, President and CEO of the company, said that the number of international customers had increased in an encouraging manner and that the range of technical services would be further expanded.

"In view of the growth, especially in the Asian market, and our competitive product, we intend to win new customers not just in the region. We will be offering new products such as overhaul layovers and cabin refurbishments designed specifically for low-cost airlines," Krueger-Sprengel said. "Lufthansa Technik Philippines is an outstanding example of a successful joint venture in Asia."

Having started up in 2000 with a workforce of 1,300 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, today Lufthansa Technik Philippines has 2,700 employees and is an internationally respected MRO provider specializing in the Airbus A330/340 and the A320 aircraft families.

August Wilhelm Henningsen, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG, underlined: "The Manila operation has become the Lufthansa Technik Group's most important internationally active maintenance organization for the overhaul of Airbus aircraft. I would like to formally thank our joint venture partner, MacroAsia Corporation, for the professional and successful collaboration and Philippine Airlines, Lufthansa Technik Philippines' most important customer, for its trust and tremendous loyalty from the outset. Without the support of these two companies, the success story of Lufthansa Technik Philippines would not have been possible."

As well as Philippine Airlines and Lufthansa, Lufthansa Technik Philippines provides aircraft maintenance services for a further 22 airlines. Its aircraft overhaul customers number 24. As Krueger-Sprengel explained, "Thanks to lean processes and above all to our highly skilled staff, we have been able to reduce the layover for an A340 D-check, for example, to 22 days - the best time offered anywhere in the world - at competitive prices and to the same standard of quality for which Lufthansa Technik is renowned."

In 2004, four years after commencing operations, Lufthansa Technik Philippines opened a second overhaul line for long-haul aircraft. Since 2005 the expanding company has also offered overhaul services for the A320 family and has started repairing engine components. It has gained more and more international airline customers and in 2007 opened a second widebody hangar for aircraft overhauls. In 2009 the company completed its 100th heavy check.

Lufthansa Technik Philippines

Founded in the year 2000 as a joint venture of Lufthansa Technik AG and Philippine aviation service provider MacroAsia Corporation, Lufthansa Technik Philippines offers a wide range of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to customers worldwide. It has an extensive line and base maintenance approval from major aviation authorities including the United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Europe's EASA. The company has a workforce of 2,700 highly skilled mechanics, engineers and support personnel. Five hangar bays and workshops have been upgraded to the latest industry standards to support aircraft maintenance and

overhaul, major modifications, cabin reconfigurations, engine maintenance and painting for Airbus A320, A330/A340, Boeing 747-400 aircraft. LTP also provides manpower support to airline customers, other MROs and affiliates in the Lufthansa Technik Group.

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ID: 24962 Date: 27/08/2010

Every 25 seconds, somewhere in the world an airline calculates a load sheet for a flight using NetLine/Load. Taking its advanced weight & balance solution to the next level, Lufthansa Systems has introduced a functionally and technically enhanced version of NetLine/Load. Airlines will benefit from the more flexible operation and new features of the solution. The fully-automated planning process streamlines their operations and saves time and cost.

The new release of NetLine/Load enables airlines to calculate the best possible loading pattern in order to achieve an optimum center of gravity. With NetLine/Load, airlines can therefore cut their fuel consumption by up to 0.5 %. For a medium-sized network airline, this means fuel savings of up to 4,000 tons and cost reductions of up to 2.5 million euros per year - even more for larger airlines. Because of the simplified and clear user guidance of the new release time and costs for training can be reduced. New staff can start to work on their own much sooner. All this contributes to an airline’s bottom line.

NetLine/Load is used by international airlines around the world. Customers include Lufthansa, Air Canada and Virgin Blue as well as cargo carriers Air China Cargo. During the past years, the customer base for the solution has steadily grown.

NetLine/Load is part of the Integrated Operations Control Center (IOCC) Platform from Lufthansa Systems. The IOCC Platform is the first integrated IT platform able to control and monitor all aspects of airline operations which are closely interlinked in practice, including schedule management, operations control, crew management, flight planning and weight & balance. Because of the synergies it generates the IOCC Platform offers airlines much greater economic benefits than standalone systems.

As a key airline IT provider and a leading industry member, Lufthansa Systems is in close contact with its customers. This enables us to recognize the airlines’ requirements early and tailor our products to the market’s needs. The new NetLine/Load is just another example in a history of innovation.

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ID: 24963 Date: 28/08/2010

Making the right decisions quickly is essential in a fast moving and highly competitive environment such the airline industry. Lufthansa Systems has now further enhanced its Sirax AirFinance Platform by introducing new features for the SiraxView module. The analysis tool enables airlines to be aware of their financial position and adapt quickly to changing conditions to secure their success in the market.

SiraxView gives airlines a prompt, precise overview of their revenues and cash flow and generates timely, accurate and valuable management reports. Furthermore, airline can quickly perform ad hoc queries, retrieve system usage statistics and productivity analyses. SiraxView also provides detailed evaluations of all existing sales units and code-share agreements with other airlines. The module’s near real-time, accurate reporting of sales and flight revenue figures enable airlines to closely monitor operations, optimize route and network structures - prerequisite for making the optimal decision as fast as possible.

Cutting edge business intelligence software based on the latest SAP BI (Business Intelligence) technology combined with the comprehensive and accurate data from the Sirax Revenue Accounting system forms the basis for the intelligent reporting. SiraxView is constantly enhanced to provide a complete view about all financial figures. With the latest release the analysis tool leverages two more information sources: production control data and credit card data. By analyzing production control data, airlines can identify inefficient areas where e.g. process optimization or training is needed. In addition to this, it is possible to easily control service level agreements with suppliers. The information about the usage of credit cards displays detailed revenues per credit card institute, analyzes credit card fraud as well as customer complaints in connection with credit card usage. This gives reliable information to identify and exploit future market opportunities.

SiraxView is part of the Sirax AirFinance Platform - the first integrated platform to support and optimize support and optimize all of an airline’s financial processes from revenue accounting to cost controlling. The accelerated pace of reporting achieved by the Business Intelligence solutions of the Sirax AirFinance Platform has already proved to be of major benefit to its customers.

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ID: 24964 Date: 07/09/2010

Lufthansa Consulting recently became an industry partner of AACO, the Arab Air Carriers Organization. AACO was founded in 1965 within the framework of the Arab League of States and is the regional association of the Arab air carriers with home bases in member countries of the Arab League. The organization serves the Arab airlines, represents their common interests and is the catalyst for their cooperation.

As one of the leading management consultancies in the aviation industry, Lufthansa Consulting is naturally also active in the Middle East region in the course of its worldwide business activities. Building a network of cooperation partners is essential for the company to achieve a market position to satisfy the continuing demand for consulting services from airlines, airports or related organizations.

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ID: 24965 Date: 06/09/2010

More and more airlines are taking advantage of Lufthansa Consulting's comprehensive Pricing and Revenue Management Check-up service. Combining key elements of pricing and revenue management with efficient processes and an effective strategy is the formula for success.

In recent months, Lufthansa Consulting has supported several airlines to implement its well-accepted product. One of the carriers that have opted for the Check-up service was Sri Lanka's national carrier SriLankan Airlines. The company has commissioned the aviation consultancy to develop recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of its Pricing and Revenue Management (RM) and to equip the airline to handle future growth.

Lufthansa Consulting worked together with the airline and provided a thorough assessment of the existing Pricing and RM functions in terms of organization, strategy, processes and the use of IT tools. The resulting recommendations led to detailed implementation plans. Lufthansa Consulting then accompanied the implementation through regular audits and coaching sessions. Concrete results were achieved for SriLankan Airlines. Thanks to the check-up, the carrier now benefits from a transparent insight into the efficiency of its Pricing and RM, and direct revenue improvements through the implementation of selected quick-wins could be realized. "Our Pricing and Revenue Management department is now well prepared to support the future growth strategy of the company while ensuring enhanced revenue generation", stated M. Fazeel, SriLankan Airlines' Head of Worldwide Sales.

Lufthansa Consulting has broad experience in pricing techniques and implementing target-customer-oriented fare products with their respective processes. The aviation experts also have profound knowledge of today's fare management methodologies in diverse markets. Moreover, they are familiar with all current revenue management systems, whether leg-based or O&D-based, and have in-depth experience of setting up respective RM strategies and optimizing existing RM processes.

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ID: 24967 Date: 07/09/2010

Brüel & Kjaer has been selected by the City of Mesa, Arizona to provide its FlightOps Flight Tracking subscription service to assist in the management of Falcon Field’s (FFZ) "Fly Friendly" program.

FlightOps provides airports with access to highly detailed flight information including:

* aircraft ETAs;

* near-time situation display;

* historical track replay; and

* automated airfield operations reports on an hourly, daily and monthly basis.

Integrated weather information, point of closest approach snapshot, and a number of value-added functions can be utilized by several airport departments to make managing internal and outreach programs easier.

Falcon Field is unique in its residential encroachment and elevated aircraft operations activity. At last count, with more than 324,000 annual aircraft operations, FlightOps is the perfect solution to efficiently track and manage these aircraft as they arrive/depart FFZ, flying over the airport’s noise sensitive neighbors.

"As the nation’s 4th busiest general aviation airport, it is important that the needs of Falcon Field Airport’s tenants and users remain balanced with those of the surrounding community. Brüel & Kjær’s new FlightOps flight tracking solution allows the City to respond to citizen concerns about aircraft noise and safety more effectively and will greatly enhance the effectiveness of Falcon Field’s "Fly Friendly" Program." explains Mr. Bob Brown, President of the Falcon Field Tenants and Users Association and a member of the City’s ad-hoc noise task force which convened to explore the noise issues and the airport’s "Fly Friendly Program".

With FlightOps providing the entire airport a single user-interface to perform tasks including complaint management, aircraft planning statistics, and operations reporting, it goes way beyond what any other company might deliver. No other single-solution presents aircraft positions in Live, Historic and Predictive modes with ETAs, operations, and weather data displayed on multiple dashboards detailing when, where and how operations really happened.

"Brüel & Kjaer is proud to have been selected by the City of Mesa to deliver FlightOps for FFZ, its operators and communities.", reports Matt Majoli, Manager of Business Development - Brüel & Kjaer EMS Inc, "FlightOps continues to succeed with airports like Falcon Field who recognize that it is exactly what they need to manage their airport efficiently at a reasonable cost."

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ID: 24969 Date: 18/08/2010

On August 16, 2010, during a visit by the FIFA commission to inspect Russia’s World Cup 2018/2022 bid, the presentation of the project for reconstruction and development of Pulkovo Airport up to 2039 took place.

Sergey Emdin, Director General, Northern Capital Gateway LLC, introduced the airport development project to the members of the International Football Federation. According to the project, the new passenger terminal with capacity of up to 17 million passengers will be built by 2013. The airfield will also undergo major modernization. New airport’s capacity will allow St. Petersburg to host large-scale sport and cultural events, and attract the vast numbers of tourists to the city.

After the presentation at Pulkovo Airport the commission went to inspect other facilities in St. Petersburg.

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ID: 24970 Date: 05/08/2010

Beginning on August 4th, first time in the history of the Pulkovo airport there was started simultaneous independent use of both runways in testing regime.

Earlier the runway operations were carried out alternately. Parallel independent use of runways allows not only to increase the aerodrome carrying capacity, but also to optimize operational activity of the airport. With regard to airlines the advantage shall be expressed in fuel economy at the expense of more convenient AC taxiing and reduction of flights service time.

Optimization of runways operation is possible because of close and productive interaction of the airport services and State Corporation for air traffic organization. In short time there were approved taxiing schemes, procured equipment for organization of salvage and rescue work, prepared personnel.

Upon completion of the testing regime it is further planned to use the runways simultaneously. Potential capacity of the Pulkovo airport runways system with the current operation system is up to 60 million passengers per year.

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ID: 24971 Date: 31/08/2010

Growth in results despite the downturn in traffic

Results in progression despite the decrease in traffic of 2.1%:

- Revenue up by 2.5%1 to €1,318.4 million

- EBITDA2 up by 2.1% to €432.3 million

- Net income attributable to the Group up by 8.2% to €137.7 million

Outlook for 2010:

- Passenger traffic in the same order of magnitude in 2010 as in 2009

- Slight growth in 2010 revenue compared to 2009

- New EBITDA guidance : in slight growth compared to 2009

Economic Regulation Agreement (ERA) for the 2011-2015 period signed the 23rd of July:

- Ambition for decisive improvement in quality of service during the course of the ERA

- €2.4 billion in investments planned for Aéroports de Paris Company including €1.8 billion on the regulated perimeter

- Tariff moderation policy

Pierre Graff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aéroports de Paris, said:

"Traffic was severely disrupted in April by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll. Despite this, Aéroports de Paris Group’s results for the 1st half of 2010 are satisfying, due in particular to the increase in revenue per passenger achieved in shops within restricted areas. These results are due to the efforts made over a number of years to increase the contribution of retail, real estate and subsidiaries to the Group’s growth. Under these conditions and assuming passenger traffic in the same order of magnitude in 2010 as in 2009, we now anticipate a 2010 EBITDA in slight growth compared to 2009.

On 23 July 2010, Aéroports de Paris signed a new Economic Regulation Agreement with the State for the 2011-2015 period. During this period, the quality of service will be the strategic priority of the Company, which will tend to intensify its effort to reach the best standards among service companies in terms of customer satisfaction. Besides, the change in the regulated perimeter (commercial activities and diversification real estate will be out of the till), will constitute a key factor in encouraging improved performance and value creation on both the regulated and non-regulated perimeter."

1 Unless otherwise indicated, all percentages in this document compare data for the 1st half of 2010 with the equivalent data for the 1st half of 2009

2 Operating income from ordinary activities plus amortisation and depreciation of fixed capital net of reversals

Key events during the period

Eruption of the volcano Eyjafjöll

Air traffic was disrupted in April in France and some other European countries because of the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll. The negative impact on Aéroports de Paris' traffic is estimated at around 1.4 million passengers for the five days of interruption of traffic (between Thursday 15 April, 11 pm, and Tuesday 20 April, 12 noon) and the two days of progressive resumption of traffic. The negative impact on Group revenue and EBITDA is estimated at around €23 million and €20 million respectively.

Progression of traffic

Aéroports de Paris’ traffic was down by 2.1% (to 39.1 million passengers) during the 1st half of 2010: it fell by 1.9% at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (27.1 million passengers) and by 2.5% at Paris-Orly (12.0 million passengers). Excluding the volcano effect, Aéroports de Paris’ traffic increased by 1.4%.

After slight growth during the first quarter (+0.8%), and despite the continued recovery in passenger traffic during the second quarter (+3.3% in May and +2.3% in June), the 1st half was adversely affected by the consequences of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll (in April).

During the 2nd quarter of 2010, traffic decreased by 4.5%.

The traffic mix improved, with international traffic outside Europe (40.0% of the total) growing by 0.5% during the 1st half of 2010, while overall traffic fell by 2.1%. The strong growth in the Middle East (+7.3%) and French overseas territories (+2.7%) routes, representing 8.8% of total traffic, and the slight growth in Africa routes (+0.9% and 12.0% of the total) compensated for the fall in North America (-1.7% and 9.4% of the total), Latin America (-4.7% and 3.5% of the total) and Asia-Pacific (-0.3% and 6.3% of the total) routes.

European traffic excluding France (40.9% of the total) fell by 3.3%.

Domestic traffic (19.1% of the total) fell by 4.7%.

The proportion of connections stood at 23.5%, compared to 24.4% during the first six months of 2009.

Low cost companies, which represent 12.6% of traffic, saw their traffic increase by 4.1% during the 1st half of 2010. This trend is due in particular to the dynamism of companies such as easyJet and Vueling.

The number of aircraft movements was down by 7.0% at 343,945.

Freight and post activity increased strongly (+14.3%) to 1.178 million tonnes transported.

Bond issue

In May 2010 Aéroports de Paris, within the framework of an exchange offer relating to 3 bonds issued by Aéroports de Paris and maturing in 2011, 2012 and 2014, issued a new bond to the value of €500 million, with a maturity of 10 years and interest rate of 3.886%. The latter bond has a settlement date of 10 May 2020. At the end of this operation, €240 million in bonds have been exchanged, and €260 million in bonds have been newly issued.

Increase in revenue, EBITDA and net income for the Group during the first half of 2010, despite the decrease in traffic

Revenue for the 1st half of 2010 suffered from the impact of the interruption of air traffic following the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll, which led to a loss of earnings in the order of €23 million with regard to revenue for the 2nd quarter of 2010. Despite this event, consolidated revenue increased by 2.5% to €1,318.4 million. This increase was the result of:

- strong progression in revenue from retail and services (+4.6%), thanks to the good performance of commercial activities, which benefited from the increase in revenue from passengers within restricted areas of 12.9%;

- the impact during the 1st quarter of 2010 on tariff increases applied from 1 April 2009 in accordance with the 2006-2010 Economic Regulation Agreement and the increase in airport security tax from €9.5 to €10.0 from 1 January 2010;

- continued real estate development (+6.0%), in particular through the effect of the acquisition of Roissy Continental Square and new leases, despite the termination of certain leases and the negative impact of indexation clauses;

- and the growth of diversification activities (+8.5%), driven by the perimeter effect linked to the acquisition of the Masternaut group by Hub télécom in 2009.

EBITDA continued to progress (+2.1% to €432.3 million), due to efforts to control operating expenses within the framework of the savings plan. By mid-year, the savings plan has succeeded in making overall savings in expenditure that were in line with the cumulated objective of €62 million by the end of 2010. The negative impact of the volcano was estimated at around €20 million. The margin for the first six months of 2010 was virtually stable at 32.8%.

Raw materials and consumables used were up by 11.6% to €104.5 million, due to increased purchases of goods from subsidiaries, in particular Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire and Duty Free Paris, which are in expansion, and the impact of the acquisition of the Masternaut group by Hub télécom at the end of 2009.

There was a reduction in external services of 3.2% to €317.6 million, due to the effect of the amending of sub-contracting rules relating to baggage sorting system within terminal 1 of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport3.

1 Income from ordinary activities

2 Operating income before the impact of certain non-current income and charges

3 Since 1 November 2009, airlines have been dealing directly with providers of ground-handling services for baggage sorting activity within terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, the corresponding service no longer being provided by Aéroports de Paris, apart from in exceptional circumstances

Employee benefit costs increased by 5.7% to €396.7 million. Staff numbers at the parent company were down by 1.3%, and employee benefit costs increased by 4.1% to €271.8 million. Staff numbers within the Alyzia group fell by 2.7% and employee benefit costs by 1.0%. The increase in staff numbers at the other subsidiaries (+25.0%) could essentially be explained by the increase in staff numbers at Hub télécom, ADPI and Duty Free Paris, resulting from the growth of each of these subsidiaries. As a result, employee benefit costs at these subsidiaries increased by 24.1%.

Taxes fell by 4.6% (to €78.3 million) due to the effect of non-recurring elements and the replacement of the local business tax with the regional economic contribution, and despite the increase in real estate taxes.

Other operating costs increased by 38.0% to €15.2 million, due to the entering into the accounts of losses linked to irrecoverable debts.

Other income and costs included in particular depreciation of receivables and allocations to provisions (net of reversals). These decreased by 8.7% to €5.2 million.

Depreciations increased by 5.9% to €186.8 million, as a result, in particular of the acquisitions of Roissy Continental Square and Masternaut group. Operating income from ordinary activities fell slightly by 0.7% to €245.4 million.

Operating income stood at €245.1 million, up by 1.1%, the year 2009 having been marked by €4.8 million of non-recurring expenses, essentially linked to the reorganisation plan for groundhandling services.

Net finance income took the form of a €42.7 million expense, down 19.4%, due to the reduction in interest charges linked to bond operations carried out since the beginning of the year, the fall in rates and the increase in foreign exchange gains.

The share of companies consolidated according to the equity method stood at €5.7 million (compared to €2.9 million in the 1st half of 2009), driven by a net increase in the contribution by N.V Luchthaven Schiphol (Schiphol Group).

Income tax expense increased by 8.5% to €70.0 million.

As a consequence, net income increased by 8.1% to €138.1 million.

Income from airport fees1 fell slightly (-0.5% to €374.1 million) during the 1st half of 2010. The impact during the 1st quarter 2010 of tariff increases agreed from 1 April 2009 (+5.5% on average) only partially compensated for the decrease in traffic.

Income from ancillary fees fell by 4.0% (to €82.7 million), due to new tariffs for baggage sorting systems, particularly those within terminal 1 of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. De-icing services were up by €2.7 million, due to periods of severe snowfall during the winter of 2009/2010.

The rate of airport security tax, which mainly funds security-related activities, has been €10.0 per departing passenger since 1 January 2010 (€9.5 in 2009). Income from this tax was €211.6 million, and included €16.0 million in accrued income.

Other revenue consisted in particular of re-invoicing to the French Air Navigation Services Division, and leases linked to the use of terminals. Other income increased by 4.2% to €23.6 million.

Thanks to operating cost control and the decrease in provisions (net of reversals), EBITDA rose by 1.6% to €156.9 million, bringing the gross margin to 22.7%, up by 0.4 point.

Depreciations were stable at €113.2 million. Operating income from ordinary activities increased by 7.0% to €43.7 million. On a like-for-like basis2, current operating income fell slightly by 2.1%.

1 Passenger fee, landing fee (which since 1 April 2009 has included the lighting fee), parking fee (which since 1 April 2009 has included the fuel fee)

2 Change from the 1st half of 2010 in the method of allocating charges and assets linked to the operation of CDGVal. Impact on the Aviation segment: increase of the current operating income of €3.7 million in 2009 (increase in charge of €1.0 million and decrease in depreciation and amortization of €4.7 million)

Strong growth in retail and services due to the effect of increased sales per passenger within restricted areas

Despite the decline in traffic, revenue from commercial activities increased by 9.6%.

Fees from shops, bars, restaurants, advertising, banking and foreign exchange activity, and car rental rose by 8.6% to €131.2 million. As part of this, and despite the decrease in traffic, fees from shops in restricted areas rose by 11.4% due to the continued increase in sales per passenger, which increased by 12.9% to €13.9, driven by the good performances of new installations, in particular in terminal 2E of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, favourable developments with regard to exchange rates for certain currencies during the 2nd quarter and a favourable traffic mix (increase in the weighting of international routes).

Revenue from the subsidiaries Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire and Duty Free Paris progressed by 12.8% to €100.9 million1, due to the effect of good performances in shops in restricted areas, and the ramp up of Duty Free Paris, established at the beginning of 2009 and which has opened 17 shops since the end of the 1st half of 2009.

Revenue from car parks and access rose by 2.7%, due to the increase in average expenditure per customer.

Revenue from the provision of industrial services (electricity and water supply) fell by 3.4% because of the lower gas price during the 1st half of 2010 compared to the 1st half of 2009.

Rental income (leases within terminals) fell by 5.5% to €47.2 million.

Other income essentially consisted of the provision of internal services.

1 Aéroports de Paris portion (50%), including €93.4 million for Société de Distribution Aéroportuaire

On a like-for-like basis1, revenue derived by the Retail and Services segment increased by 2.8%.

EBITDA for the segment progressed by 4.1% to €206.3 million. The gross margin was stable at 45.8%.

Depreciation increased by 16.3% to €44.6 million. Current operating income rose by 1.1% to €161.7 million. On a like-for-like basis¹, operating income from ordinary activities rose by 3.5%.

Strong development of the real estate segment, driven by the acquisition of Roissy Continental Square

In the 1st half of 2010, the real estate revenue increased by 6.0% to €114.3 million due to the strong growth of external revenue. This grew strongly (+7.1%) to €89.8 million, driven by the acquisition of Roissy Continental Square in November 2009 and recent commercial developments such as the extension of the FedEx hub at Paris-Charles-de Gaulle. However, it suffered from the negative impact of the crisis (in particular operators within the freight sector stopping their activity), and the indexation of contracts in line with the cost of construction index (-0.87% on average with regard to buildings and -4.1% on average with regard to land, applied from 1 January 2010).

Internal revenue was €24.5 million, up by 2.2%.

EBITDA rose slightly by 1.3% to €63.0 million, the 1st half of 2009 having been favourably impacted by non-recurring elements (write-back of provisions net of charges) to a value of €7.2 million. The gross margin stood at 55.1%, down by 2.6 points. Excluding these non-recurring elements, EBITDA and the margin increased by 14.5% and 4.1 points respectively compared to the 1st half of 2009.

Operating income from ordinary activities decreased by 7.4% to €43.3 million as a result of the acquisition of Roissy Continental Square. Excluding non-recurring elements (write-back of provisions net of reversals of €7.2 million), operating income from ordinary activities increased by 9.6%.

1 Change from the 1st half of 2010 in the method of allocating charges and assets linked to the operation of CDGVal. Impact on the Retail and Services segment: decreased of the current operating income of €3.7 million in 2009 (increase in revenue of €7.6 million and increase in expense of €6.6 million and in depreciation and amortization of €4.7 million)

Ground-handling and related services: activities that remain in deficit in a difficult environment

Revenue from the ground-handling segment fell slightly to €93.7 million during the 1st half of 2010.

Despite the drop in traffic, revenue from ground-handling services was virtually stable, gains from new contracts having compensated for the loss of contracts. Loss of earnings linked to the cessation of activity of certain client companies stood at around €2.3 million during the 1st half of 2010. The negative impact of the volcano on the ground-handling segment was estimated at around €2.5 million. Security activity was stable at €26.6 million.

EBITDA fell to -€4.0 million compared to -€1.8 million during the 1st half of 2009, affected in particular by the interruption of traffic following the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjöll.

Operating income from ordinary activities stood at -€5.1 million (-€3.0 million for the 1st half of 2009).

Hub télécom benefited from a change in the perimeter linked to the acquisition in 2009 of the Masternaut group, the European leader in tracking solutions. Hub télécom consolidated revenue group increased by 32.0%. It came to €72.3 million, helped by the acquisition of the Masternaut group, which generated extra revenue of €21.0 million. EBITDA amounted to €9.4 million, up by 15.6%. Operating income from ordinary activities stood at €1.5 million, up by 34.1%.

ADPI saw its activity fall back during the 1st half of 2010, due to the slow-down in work being carried out on construction sites in Saudi Arabia and Libya and despite projects in Bahrain and Qatar coming on-stream. Its revenue was €53.4 million, down by 11.0%. Thanks to some contract loss provisions amounting €2.4 million, EBITDA came to €0.3 million, while operating income from ordinary activities was €0.1 million. The order book remained strong at the end of June: it stood at €243.2 million.

Aéroports de Paris Management saw its revenue increase by 2.6% to €5.6 million, boosted by contracts already under way during 2009. Thanks to the decrease of employee benefit costs, EBITDA increased from €0.3 million to €0.7 million, taking the gross margin to 11.9% compared to 5.0% during the 1st half of 2009. Operating income from ordinary activities stood at €0.6 million.

Debt

Gearing stood at 74% as of 30 June 2010, 72% at the end of 2009, and 78% as of 30 June 2009. The Group’s net debt stood at €2,407 million as of 30 June 2010, compared to €2,337 million at 31 December 2009. This slight increase is basically explained by the fall in cash flow.

Outlook

Assuming passenger traffic in the same order of magnitude in 2010 as in 2009, Aéroports de Paris is maintaining its forecast of a slight increase in 2010 revenue compared to 2009. In the light of the performance achieved during the 1st half of 2010, Aéroports de Paris is now forecasting a better than expected EBITDA for 2010 i.e. a slight increase compared to 2009.

Signature of the Economic Regulation Agreement for the 2011-2015 tariff period Aéroports de Paris has signed the new Economic Regulation Agreement relating to the 2011-2015 period with the State. This is the result of a long period of preparation and wide-ranging consultation with the various stake-holding parties, this agreement follows on from the one signed at the beginning of 2006, and covers the main proposals put forward by Aéroports de Paris on 19 February 2010 within the public consultation document.

The main points of the new agreement are:

- the implementation of ten ambitious quality of service indicators, which may give rise to financial incentives in the form of bonuses and penalties, 5 of which directly measure passenger satisfaction;

- a €2.4 billion investment programme for Aéroports de Paris Company including €1.8 billion relating to the regulated scope, focusing in particular on the upgrading of the oldest terminals, combined with financial incentives linked to complying with the schedule for the major investments;

- a moderate rate increase/decrease cap (an average of 1.38% per year above inflation), accompanied by an adjustment clause to partially compensate for the difference noted in traffic.

This modest progress was made possible by continued productivity gains, mainly through efforts to control costs.

This agreement takes into account a change to the company’s regulated scope, which will apply from 1 January 2011, as stipulated by an Inter-Ministerial Order of 17 December 2009. As of this date, real estate activities deemed as diversification will no longer be included within the regulated scope (activities excluding those linked to air freight, ground-handling services, aircraft maintenance and general and commercial aviation), as well as commercial activities (relating to shops, restaurants, hotels, car rental, banking and foreign exchange services, and advertising).

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ID: 24974 Date: 30/07/2010

The announcement by the Labor Government that, if re-elected, it will spend up to $450 million improving the road network in the vicinity of Perth Airport, has been welcomed by the operator of the airport, Westralia Airports Corporation.

"The Gillard Labor Government’s announcement that if re-elected, it will provide substantial funding to upgrade the roads in the vicinity of Perth Airport, is great news for users of the airport, community members in the City of Belmont, Swan and Kalamunda and the hundreds of companies who are located in the Kewdale industrial area" commented Perth Airport CEO, Brad Geatches.

"Perth Airport has been working closely with both the Federal and State Governments to ensure that planning for the redevelopment of Perth Airport is coordinated with urban planning in the Kewdale area and today’s road funding announcement provides much needed certainty on the long-term access to Perth Airport, which is currently hampered by the morning and afternoon peak hours" he continued.

The Federal Government’s Infrastructure Australia process has provided much-needed focus on identifying infrastructure projects of national significance. The current Gateway WA proposal includes:

- Building an interchange at the intersection of Leach and Tonkin Highways

- Widening Tonkin Highway (Great Eastern Highway to Roe Highway) to a six lane freeway

- Building a grade separated interchange at the intersection of Tonkin Highway and Horrie Miller Drive/Kewdale Road

- Upgrading the intersection between Roe and Tonkin Highways to a full freeway-to-freeway interchange

- Building a flyover at the intersection of Leach Highway and Abernethy Road

- Upgrading Orrong Road (from Leach Highway to Graham Farmer Freeway)

Perth Airport is well advanced with the detailed design of the 1st stage of airport redevelopment which will see an investment in the airport exceeding $400 million over the next three years. In the coming months Perth Airport will be releasing further details and images of the 1st stage of redevelopment which will commence in early 2011.

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ID: 24975 Date: 19/08/2010

The Latvian national airline airBaltic has announced an international design contest in early August by inviting world’s architects to submit their ideas/concepts for the new terminal. Architects from 68 countries in all continents have shown interest in participating in the international contest.

Bertolt Flick, President and CEO of airBaltic: "According to Eurostat, Latvia was the only European Union country with growing aviation industry in 2009. The high interest of architects to create ideas for the new terminal clearly suggests that the achievements of Latvia in aviation are recognized at international level."

The purpose of this international contest is to invite architects to create an innovative architectural and functional concept for the new terminal. The winning first stage design/concept would be used in a subsequent second stage with a view towards eventual delivery of the terminal complex. Architects are invited to create their concepts for a terminal with capacity of around 7-8 million annual passengers (14 million eventually) on a designated vacant site at Riga airport.

A jury of internationally recognized professionals, local dignitaries and airBaltic management will assess the submitted architectural design concepts at the end of September and award a cash prize of €100,000 to the selected winner.

The competition is being managed on behalf of airBaltic by Ove Arup and Partners, one of the world’s largest engineering firms, from their offices in London. Architects are invited to register their interest before Monday, 16th August 2010. The architectural design concepts or ideas will be accepted for this contest until September 20, and the jury will assess them by the end of September.

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ID: 24976 Date: 26/07/2010

- A commitment in favour of a decisive improvement in service quality

- An investment programme focussing among other things on renovating the oldest terminals

- A fee moderation policy thanks to the pursuit of productivity gains and continued improvements in operational performance

Aéroports de Paris signed the new Economic Regulation Agreement with the French government for the 2011-2015 period. This comes as a result of a long period of preparation and a wide-ranging consultancy among the various stake-holding parties. This agreement follows on from the one signed in early 2006 and covers the major proposals put forward by Aéroports de Paris on 19 February 2010 in the public consultation document.

The publication of this document enabled the parties involved to express their comments to the government departments. The Airport Consultative Committee, as requested by the French government, provided its opinion on 4 May 2010.

The points of the new agreement are:

- The introduction of ten ambitious service quality indicators, which may involve financial incentives in the form of bonuses and penalties, five of which directly relate to passenger satisfaction,

- A €1.8 billion investment programme (2010 Euros, excluding financial investments. The planned investment programme for Aéroports de Paris amounts to €2.4 billion.) for the regulated scope mainly focussing on improving the oldest terminals, associated with financial incentives regarding the respect of major investments schedule,

- A moderate pricing cap (average of 1.38% per year above inflation), alongside an adjustment clause to partially compensate for the difference noted in traffic.

The moderate fee policy is possible thanks to the continuation of efforts to improve productivity mainly through maintaining control over operating expenses.

This agreement takes into account an adjustment to the company’s regulated scope, applicable from 1st January 2011, pursuant to a Decree dated 17 December 2009: as of this date, diversification real estate activities will no longer be included in the regulated scope (activities which do not relate to air cargo, ground-handling services, aircraft maintenance or general and commercial aviation), as well as commercial activities (relating to shops, restaurants, hotels, car hire, banking services, foreign exchange counters and advertising).

The Economic Regulation Agreement 2011-2015 can be viewed on the Group’s website:

www.aeroportsdeparis.fr

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ID: 24977 Date: 26/07/2010

ALTA, the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association, in cooperation with OAG, has released its updated 2010 Latin America and Caribbean Capacity Analysis. The free report, available for download at www.alta.aero, is a comprehensive compendium of the region's air transport statistics, including a ranking of the most important airports and city pairs in the region in terms of volume and growth.

This year's results highlight the region's growth despite being faced with challenges due to the world crisis.

Among the many notable facts included in the report are:

* Brasilia-Sao Paulo surpassed Mexico-Monterrey to become the second busiest city pair in the region after Rio de Janeiro-Sao Paulo. The top five city pairs in the region include four Brazilian domestic city pairs.

* Mexico City's International Airport (MEX) is the largest airport in terms of departures, with about 440 departing flights per day (69% more than BOG, the second largest airport).

* Bogota's El Dorado International Airport (BOG) is the fastest growing airport in the region with 13,122 added flights, 16% more than last year.

* Tocumen International Airport (PTY) in Panama is the fastest growing airport in terms of international departures, with 4,947 (15%) additional flights in 2009 vs. 2008.

* Seventeen out of the top 20 city pairs from the Caribbean connect the region with the U.S. and Europe, while only three are to Latin America.

"We are proud to once again present this comprehensive analysis that provides a detailed perspective on trends in the Latin America and Caribbean aviation industry and that has become a useful tool for those doing research and business in the region," said ALTA Executive Director Alex de Gunten. "This compilation of important data is further evidence of the continued growth trend for numerous Latin America and Caribbean destinations, as well as the industry as a whole."

The analysis identifies the top and fastest growing airports (in terms of flights) and city pairs (in terms of available seats) across the region, and is organized in a hierarchical way that allows readers to quickly identify given information. The report separates international, domestic and total flights. This year, the report also includes top airports in the region by seat capacity for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The analysis includes information on 510 airports and 2,192 city pairs from throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and compares overall 2009 figures with 2008, as well as the average annual growth rates between 1999 and 2009.

The analysis is based on data provided by the Official Airline Guide, OAG, which holds an airline schedules database feeding the world's global distribution systems and travel portals. For this reason, non-scheduled flights, or flights from airlines whose information is not included in, or was removed from OAG's database, are not included in the analysis. For this reason, the information presented for certain airports or city pairs may not be consistent with actual events.

A detailed index ensures that the desired information can be easily located, including links to the respective tables in the report. An executive summary provides the main highlights at a glance and also includes details on the analysis methodology. The instructions on "How to Use This Document" also offer an overview of how best to locate the desired information.

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ID: 24978 Date: 07/09/2010

Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia and Herzegovina's main international airport, has announced the launch of a new mobile barcoded boarding pass delivery service for all passengers flying with airlines using the airport's online check-in facilities. Sarajevo Airport has chosen Mobiqa, specialists in mobile barcode and content optimisation, to provide passengers with this mobile boarding pass functionality.

The launch of Sarajevo Airport's mobile boarding pass delivery service is in conjunction with the implementation of its mobile check-in service, m.sia.ba, provided by HP Enterprise Services. With these new mobile services, passengers are able to use a mobile web browser to check-in, select their seats and receive a boarding pass tailored specifically to their mobile device type. Once the boarding pass is received, passengers can head straight to security and then the boarding gate where their mobile barcoded boarding pass will be scanned and validated by 2D airport scanners.

Sarajevo Airport currently serves a wide range of European carriers, including Norwegian Air, BH Airlines, Solinair, Icar Air, Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, Malev, Jat Airways, Adria Airways, and Croatia Airlines. Passengers flying with any airline departing from Sarajevo Airport can take advantage of mobile or web check-in and therefore mobile barcoded boarding pass delivery.

The main advantages of mobile boarding pass delivery include: reduced queues at airport check-in; added convenience for passengers as they no longer require a PC or printer to print their boarding passes; and mobile boarding passes are more eco-friendly when compared to their paper counterparts.

Alan Bajic, CIT Department Director from Sarajevo Airport, comments, "Owing to decisions made by the SIA Management, which insist on dynamic development of IT technologies, as well as on following the trends in aviation IT, SIA is now able to provide the most sophisticated services to its users.

In cooperation with HP and Mobiqa as a leader in mobile phone self-service solutions, Sarajevo Airport has taken a leading position among airports in the region. We have to emphasize that this shared success has received excellent reviews from users of airport services because it positively affected the image of all three companies."

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ID: 24979 Date: 04/08/2010

Mobiqa, in partnership with Sabre Airline Solutions, secured a contract with WestJet, Canada's leading high-value, low-fare airline to provide their passengers with a mobile barcoded boarding pass service. This service will see WestJet's passengers receive Mobiqa's fully Optimised, IATA standard barcoded boarding pass following check-in from web or mobile.

Mobiqa will provide this service in conjunction with Sabre Airline Solutions, a world leading provider of high performance solutions for airlines and airports. More than 300 air carriers and over 100 airports use Sabre's solutions to better market their schedules, sell their products, serve their customers and operate more efficiently.

WestJet's mobile boarding pass solution enables passengers to receive their boarding pass on their phone rather than queuing up to collect it from the check-in desk at the airport. The mobile boarding pass is fully Optimised specifically for the passenger's

mobile device and is delivered as an SMS web-link or email web-link message. Once passengers have received their boarding pass, they can go straight through to security where the barcode on their phone is scanned by existing airport scanners. At the gate, the mobile boarding pass is scanned again, after which, the passenger is free to board their flight.

Nick Rankin, CEO, Mobiqa, comments, "Mobiqa are delighted to be working alongside two of the industry's foremost companies, well known for their innovation leadership. Our mobile barcoded boarding pass service is a great fit with WestJet's commitment to their guests to provide them with only the very best customer services."

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