Cityhook brings you into the city 1

New website helps you find the best way into

Picture this: you’ve followed our guides and had a great time at your departure airport and your flight was on time. Then you get to your destination and realise you have absolutely no idea how to get into the city.

June 07, 2012 Europe, In the News, Tools and Services ...
An elderly couple took a massive 20-hour detour in Australia after dropping their son off at the airport 0

This week: a 20-hour airport drive, JetBlue...

Yep, it’s that time of the week again: we’ve got your summary of the past week’s airport news ready for you. This time we have, as almost every week, some strike news, however this week they come from two different

June 03, 2012 Airports, Americas, Europe ...
Contents of an entire airport are up for auction 1

This week: an unusual auction, fog and

It was a semi-busy airport week, this one. But, as always, it depends how you actually define “busy”. Surely the news kept flowing in in similar rates, but we didn’t see as much drama as in previous weeks. We think,

May 27, 2012 Airports, Europe, In the News ...
Berlin Brandenburg Airport - new opening date 17 March 2013 3

This week: Berlin disappoints with a 9 month...

Well, of course it happens when I’m away without access to my computer: the site goes down. My sincere apologies for the disruption – it seems like one of the WordPress plugins has caused the crash. I’m still investigating which...

May 21, 2012 Airports, Americas, Europe ...
Queuing - the big topic this week at London Heathrow 1

This week: London Heathrow’s big week of...

Well, well, well, how should we say it? We actually only have one topic this week: London Heathrow (LHR) and its immigration queues. Yes, okay, there were other stories this week too, e.g. a new terminal at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport...

May 06, 2012 Airports, Europe, In the News ...
Expect Delays was again on of the topics of this weeks LateDeparture airport news 0

This week: puppy delays departures, baby closes...

Well, well, we have all the ingredients for a very juicy airport news round-up this week: there are babies and puppies as main actors, for locations with have our favourite spots Heathrow and New York plus there’s also a little

April 29, 2012 Airports, Americas, Europe ...
Virgin Atlantic A330 1

This week: Emergency at Gatwick, Sydney’s...

This week has been a mixed news bag kind of week. We saw some disruptions (England), some new additions (India), a growing debate (Australia) and some new, old winners (Austria). Let’s resolve the riddle by going straight into the first...

April 22, 2012 Airports, Asia, Europe ...
Incheon International Airpot's interior - Winner of the 2012 Skytrax World Airport Awards 2

Seoul’s Incheon wins Airport of Year Award...

It was this time of the year again when the World’s Best Airports are named at the annual Skytrax World Airport Awards. Last Year Hong Kong won the trophy, this year it was South Korea’s Incheon International Airport (IATA: ICN)....

April 20, 2012 Africa, Airports, Americas ...
A Boeing 747 landing at Sint Maarten Airport in the Caribbean 0

This week: More strikes, a bomb and a dangerous...

Gee, what a busy airport week this one was! We’ve got news from Africa, Thailand, the Caribbean Sea and Canada covering a bomb, two strikes and a dangerous tourist attraction. Let’s piece them together

April 15, 2012 Airports
Amsterdam's new Behind the Scenes Tour Bus 0

Amsterdam offers behind the scenes airport

The Netherland’s largest airport, Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (IATA: AMS) surely likes to innovate through new passenger offerings – remember that awesome banner vending machine for example? Today it informed us of a newly launched multimedia bus tour that provides a...

April 12, 2012 Airports, Europe, In the News ...