airport
CNN: 2016 in aviation – profits, airport upgrades and the longest flight in the world
Life & Style
December 28, 2015
CNN: 2016 in aviation – profits, airport upgrades and the longest flight in the world
Huge airline profits. New planes. Longer routes. Improved airports. Heightened attention to safety. Throw in an estimated 3.7 billion passengers for 2016 ... and you've…
Airline companies extend flight suspension to Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt
December 24, 2015
Airline companies extend flight suspension to Sharm el-Sheikh
UK Thomson Airways has announced it will continue its suspension of flights to Sharm el-Sheikh until March 23, while EasyJet…
One person killed in blast at an Istanbul airport
Middle East
December 23, 2015
One person killed in blast at an Istanbul airport
One person was killed and another wounded after an explosion of unknown origin Wednesday at an airport in Istanbul, Turkish…
Iraq closes northern airspace over missiles launched at Syria
Middle East
November 23, 2015
Iraq closes northern airspace over missiles launched at Syria
Iraq closed its northern airspace to commercial flights on Monday for at least two days due to military traffic from…
Sharm el-Sheikh airport officials reveal porous security
Egypt
November 8, 2015
Sharm el-Sheikh airport officials reveal porous security
The airport at Egypt's resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has long seen gaps in security, including a key baggage scanning device…
KLM implements hand luggage only policy on flight out of Cairo
Egypt
November 6, 2015
KLM implements hand luggage only policy on flight out of Cairo
The Dutch airline KLM has told passengers departing Cairo they can only take hand luggage. Security officials in the Egyptian capital,…
Revolutions come, presidents go and I still get stopped at the airport
Opinion
October 18, 2015
Revolutions come, presidents go and I still get stopped at the airport
Although this is a personal experience, it proves that the current regime is no different than the old. It is not…
Yemen flies first plane from Cairo to Sanaa in a month
Egypt
September 2, 2015
Yemen flies first plane from Cairo to Sanaa in a month
Yemeni airlines made the first flight in a month from Cairo to Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Wednesday, sources at Cairo…
Dallas airport to mark spot where LBJ was sworn in as president
Archaeology
September 2, 2015
Dallas airport to mark spot where LBJ was sworn in as president
Love Field airport in Dallas will install a brass plaque to mark the spot where Air Force One sat while…
The airport spiking food with ‘happy hormones’
Food
August 26, 2015
The airport spiking food with ‘happy hormones’
Checking in at the airport can be a a dispiriting experience, especially when you factor in delays and long lines…