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Handling up to 450 take-offs/day, Runway West is Frankfurt Airport’s busiest runway. Over 50% of the aircraft taking off from the airport uses Runway West, and a point worth noting is that this German airport is one of the busiest in Europe. In 2016, Frankfurt Airport handled nearly 61 million passengers, surpassed by Schiphol in Amsterdam and Charles de Gaulle in Paris, Europe’s third and second busiest airports respectively. Meanwhile London’s Heathrow remained Europe’s busiest airport

The Misano racetrack in Italy has benefited from the use of the latest milling technology to deliver a new surface. Contractor Pesaresi Giuseppe decided to take advantage of the cutting-edge technologies of Wirtgen and Trimble. In less than three weeks, all irregularities were removed from the track, leaving it ready for motor sports racing. When the call for tender was issued to modernise the track, the construction of two new track sections was also planned. These plans included measures to boost safety

The new Zeno GG04 smart antenna from Leica Geosystems is said to increase access to GIS and boost tracking performance. This is said to deliver a versatile solution that can improve the accuracy of GNSS mobile devices with real-time Kinematic (RTK) and precise point positioning (PPP). Paired with the Zeno GG04, any Zeno or third party mobile device with Android or Windows OS can now collect precise positioning data with Leica Geosystems’ GNSS technology and 555-channel tracking performance. With PPP, users

Strada dei Parchi, an Italian highways management company, has put forward a proposal for the redevelopment of two motorways' worth up to €6.5 billion.

The latest machine control technology has played an important role in an airport runway upgrade for Mallorca. The Spanish island has long been a major tourist destination and its airport has been struggling to cope with demand, handling around 26 million passengers in 2016. Palma de Mallorca Airport is the third largest airport in Spain and during the peak summer holiday period, the massive influx of tourists makes it one of the busiest airports in Europe.