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Airport Agony: No Excuse for Delaying Medical Aid to Sick Travellers

When acute illness befalls passengers in mid-air, the provision of timely medical help must be the priority. Unfortunately, common sense is sometimes blinded by bureaucracy, as in the case of a critically ill mainland journalist on board a China Southern Airlines flight to Beijing last month. He had...

Singapore's Changi Airport Increases LCC Services

Singapore's Changi Airport will increase its international low-cost carrier (LCC) flights with the introduction of Jetstar Asia services to Indonesia and Tigerair services to India from early December. Jetstar Asia has introduced a new 3X-weekly schedule to Indonesia's PLM (Sumatra)...

Explosives Found in Wonsan Airport Ahead of Kim's Inspection

Explosives found at North Korea's refurbished Kalma International Airport at Wonsan in October caused the cancellation of leader Kim Jong-un's planned inspection of the site, according to a U.S.-based nonprofit international broadcaster, Friday. Citing a source in Pyongyang, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported that 100 devices, each weighing 200 grams, were found in the ceiling of an in...

Automated FODetect Solution Now Deployed in Seattle-Tacoma Airport

The Port of Seattle announced the launch of the state-of-the-art runway management solution RunWize™, which includes FODetect®, automated Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection and BirdWize™, ground level bird hazard management, developed by Xsight Systems and integrated by prime contractor Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a national security, health and engineering solutions company. RunWize h...

Norwegian offers UK travellers more Caribbean connections

New services from New York to Martinique and Guadeloupe offer Brits chance to combine a low-cost ‘sun and city’ break in the U.S. and Caribbean UK passengers travelling on Norwegian’s low-cost flights to the U.S. this winter now have the chance to add some sun to their city break with the launch of flights to the Caribbean from U.S. cities. Norwegian’s inaugural flight...

Tunisia Boosts Airport, Tourism Security Following Terror Attacks

The Tunisian authorities can close any hotel not complying with safety instructions, according to the tourism minister. The country is trying to attract Russian tourists. Tunisian security forces have stepped up security at tourist sites and airports after this year's terror attacks at the Bardo museum and a beach hotel near the town of Sousse, Minister of...

Hampton by Hilton signs on for Stansted property

Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise agreement to bring Hampton by Hilton to the UK’s fourth largest airport. The agreement has been signed with strategic developers Urban&Civic, who secured planning permission to build a new £45 million 357-bed hotel next to the terminal of London Stansted Airport. The move follows a deal to acquire a two acre site from MAG Property, the...

Garuda Indonesia Launches Balikpapan - Jeddah Flights

The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, Wednesday (2/12), inaugurated flights from Balikpapan ( via Medan ) – Jeddah, as an effort to expand interational network, as well as to meet the needs of Garuda Indonesia’s passenger for seamless connection to Jeddah from Kalimantan region. The Inauguration flight service from Balikpapan – Jeddah via Medan was conducted jointly by t...

Macau International Airport Celebrates 20th Anniversary

The Macau International Airport Company Limited (CAM) organized a cocktail reception for the celebration of the Macau International Airport (MIA)'s 20th anniversary on Dec. 2nd, 2015. Vice Chairman of The National Committee of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Mr. Ho Hau Wah, Acting Chief Executive of Macao Special Administrative Region Ms. Chan Hoi Fan, Deputy...

London Stansted Eyes Traditional Airlines

Stansted Airport is to sign a full-service airline in 2016, its owner said, as London's runway capacity squeeze pushes traditional carriers towards the UK capital's third busiest hub and the UK home of budget operator Ryanair. In London, traditional airlines such as British Airways have concentrated on the country's busiest airport Heathrow. But Heathrow is full, and awaiting permis...

Jetstar: Low fares take-off for Singapore travellers to Palembang

Singapore travellers bound for Southern Sumatra start enjoying low fares from today as Jetstar Asia commences direct services from Singapore to Palembang. The only low fares airline flying this route direct, Jetstar Asia will operate three return services a week. The inaugural Jetstar Asia flight from Singapore to Palembang landed at 1.35pm at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport,...

Pearson airport sees greenhouse gas emissions drop almost by half

Leaping ahead of a potential carbon tax, airport makes environmental headway but most of achievement came from greener grid. Toronto Pearson International Airport’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have dropped nearly by half since 2006, a feat it claims is equivalent to 44,800 tonnes worth of carbon dioxide. That fact, nine years in the making, means Toronto Pearson has joined an elite...

Etihad Airways CEO opens First and Business Class Lounge at JFK

James Hogan, president and chief executive officer of Etihad Airways has officially opened the airline's First and Business Class Lounge at JFK International Airport. The new lounge, located close to the gate area after the security checkpoint in JFK’s International Terminal 4, is the second in the United States to join the airline’s collection of premium lounges offe...

The court ordered Transaero to pay the airport of Blagoveshchensk 7.9 million debt

The arbitration court of Amur region has satisfied the claim of the state enterprise “Airport Blagoveshchensk” to the airline “Transaero” and ordered the carrier to pay the debt of 7.9 million rubles, reported Tuesday on the official website of the court. The court fully satisfied the claim of the airport of Blagoveshchensk to Transaero “The court ruled with &ld...

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