This one has been a rather busy week with lots of airport delay news flowing into our news desk . Fortunately most of them were rather minor on the “delay gravity” scale. Here are our topics: Chaos at Copenhagen airport Sydney Airport power outage Europe’s Airport strike disruptions Ryanair jets damaged at London airport VietJet … Continue reading This week: Europe’s flight delays, VietJet lands at wrong airport & more
We’re back in business! Do we hear you say, it’s about time? Yes, we agree – but it’s good to have a break every now and then. Mind you, our twitter feed continued to be maintained throughout the holidays covering some massive stories such as the crazy ice-age conditions in North America or odd ones … Continue reading This week: The wrong airport & amnesty boxes
Another week has passed and it’s therefore our job to once again recap some of the main airport news articles from the week. This week we have the following for you: LAX security scare delays flights Plane landed at wrong airport New low-cost carrier airport to be built near Moscow Chennai’s anti-hijack drill turned into … Continue reading This week: Dreamlifter landed at wrong airport, LAX security scare & more
Planning to travel to Catalonia by plane? Depending on your destination (Barcelona/Costa Brava/Costa Dorada) and your budget, it might be interesting to consider all three main airports within the northeastern Spanish region: El Prat, Girona and Reus. Here’s what you should know before buying your ticket. Airport El Prat The main airport of Catalonia and … Continue reading Guest blog: The 3 main airports in Catalonia
It’s been a super interesting week this one, with some of the stories from airports around the world having the potential to make a feature movie production. Here’s what we found in our overview: UK delays airport expansion decision until mid 2016 Chinese airport fire fighters foam the wrong plane Who owns these three 747s … Continue reading This week: The UK’s airport dilemma continues, whose B474 are they & more
We’re back with our weekly airport update and here are the topics for this week: Atlanta’s partial shut-down after bomb threats The best airport bars uncovered Jet Blue’s scary aborted take off Airport carpet makes news
More interesting airport related stories reached us from across the world this week. Here’s what we found: Strike delay & plane damage at Rome Airport How to calculate when to get to the airport Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 opens Yoga at Helsinki Airport
Easter is finally here and with that all the usual airport delays. All of them? Not so much! Travellers of the British Stansted Airport (IATA: STN) got off with a slap on the wrist as the announced baggage handler’s strike was called off. Nevertheless, we found a few (other) interesting stories in the lead-up to … Continue reading This week: Tornadoes, an April’s Fool’s prank gone wrong & more
This is going to be fun, as we have another one of our rivalry reports between Heathrow and Gatwick. And this week it’s all about the luggage which went right for one and oh so wrong for the other; more about that in a few paragraphs.
Our lovely friends over at Forbes have recently come up with their selection of the best international airport for layovers. It’s a great idea and something we have been discussing for a while here at LateDeparture. So, in true LD-style, let’s get that red pen out and add some notes to their recommendations: London Heathrow … Continue reading Best International Airports for Layovers Critiqued
