News about airport

Philippine leader apologises over 'world's worst airport' Philippine President Benigno Aquino publicly apologised on Wednesday for failures in air conditioning at Manila airport, already named by an online travel guide as the world's worst.
17 April 2014 14:27
Brake failure in Astana airport, aircraft smoking on runway Brake system has failed Scat's Boeing-757 during landing at Astana airport.
01 April 2014 16:18
Kazakhstan Interior Ministry explains origin of blank passports seized from Chinese at border The Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan denies that the blank Kazakhstan passports seizing from two Chinese nationals was obtained illegally.
19 March 2014 17:09
Kazakhstan’s President approves of a new airport near Almaty Its projected capacity of 10 million passengers a year might be brought up later on to 40 million passengers.
19 March 2014 09:36
Ethiopian plane forced to Geneva, hijacker arrested: police An Ethiopian Airlines flight en route to Rome was on Monday hijacked and forced to land in Geneva, where the hijacker has been arrested.
17 February 2014 17:44
Turkish F-16s scrambled for 'drunken' Sochi hijack attempt Turkey scrambled two F-16 jets Friday to force down an airliner from Ukraine when an apparently drunk would-be hijacker ordered it to Sochi where the Winter Olympics opening ceremony was underway.
09 February 2014 15:30
Hundreds of reptiles, amphibians found dead at S.Africa airport Several hundred reptiles and amphibians were found dead at Johannesburg airport when a routine inspection uncovered some 1,600 of the creatures crammed into two crates destined for the United States.
01 February 2014 10:49
Astana and Almaty to expand airports before 2017 Kazakhstan is getting ready for an inflow of tourist during EXPO-2017 and will increase the capacity of Astana and Almaty airports.
31 January 2014 18:09
Canada captured data from airport travelers via Wifi: report As a trial run for the NSA and other foreign intelligence agencies, Canadian intelligence collected data from Canadian travelers who passed through major airports and connected to Wifi.
31 January 2014 18:06
France launches express rail project linking Paris to airport France's government has launched a 1.7-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) project to link Paris to its main international airport, Charles de Gaulle, with an express train that will go into operation in a decade's time.
24 January 2014 10:32
Foreign charter flights ban causes annual loss of $4.5 million to Almaty airport The Airport of Almaty is loosing $4.5 million annually because of the ban on foreign charter flights from Kazakhstan.
20 January 2014 19:36
Almaty Airport increases jet fuel prices The Almaty International Airport is charging $1,290 for a ton of jet fuel.
16 January 2014 16:15
Mumbai bets on airport revamp to boost global standing Mumbai will unveil its lavish and long-awaited new airport terminal Friday, part of a $2 billion revamp that aims to challenge India's reputation for shoddy infrastructure and boost the financial capital's status.
11 January 2014 17:42
No summer vacation season for Kazakhstan? Kazakhstan's civil aviation is not ready to service the summer tourist season of 2014.
09 December 2013 17:57
One dead as gunman opens fire at LA airport A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Friday, killing a security agent and wounding seven people.
02 November 2013 16:02
Kangaroo checks in to Australian Airport Australian police had to lock down part of Melbourne Airport Wednesday after a kangaroo bounced into the terminal and surprised passengers shopping in a pharmacy.
16 October 2013 11:27
Singapore to double capacity of Changi Airport Singapore will build a new terminal that will double the capacity of Changi Airport in a bid to retain its edge as a regional aviation hub.
19 August 2013 19:05
Chaos as huge fire guts Nairobi airport A devastating fire shut down Nairobi's international airport for much of Wednesday in a "major crisis" that forced the cancellation or diversion of scores of flights at east Africa's biggest transport hub.
08 August 2013 11:36
Almaty airport to be overhauled The project envisages expanding the current terminal to accommodate 2600 passengers an hour as compared to the current 1600 passengers an hour.
05 August 2013 16:36
Astana airport fined for leaking kerosene into Yessil river Astana international airport was fined over 13 million tenge ($87 thousand).
31 July 2013 11:42
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