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2013 Skytrax World Airport Awards 0

This week: world’s best airport, 500 flights cancelled and a VIP’s African troubles

It’s been a rather busy week in airport news-land: There was an award given out to the best airport of the world, a storm cancelled

April 25, 2013 Africa, Airports, Americas ...
Diamond Heist at Belgium's Brussels Airport 0

This week: airport heist, budget cuts, fog and clever menus

It’s been a massive week for airport related news. Unless you live under a rock, you probably heard of the airport heist in Belgium. However,

February 25, 2013 Airports, Americas, Europe ...
Miami Airport in the spotlight this week 0

This week: boy finds airport blueprints, Miami stars in TV show & more

Believe it or not, but we don’t have any strikes to report this week. Instead we found quite a few other (more?) interesting airport news

October 03, 2012 Airports, Americas, Asia ...
A Boeing 747 landing at Sint Maarten Airport in the Caribbean 0

This week: More strikes, a bomb and a dangerous tourist attraction

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

April 53, 2012 Airports
News pairs like shoe pairs this week! 0

This week: strike pairs, renaming pairs and a new runway

This was an amazingly busy week in airport newsland! We found articles about the renaming of two airports, strike updates from two countries and an

March 44, 2012 Airports, Americas, Asia ...
Vancouver wins best North American airport 0

This week: Vancouver wins, Bangkok loses and London is in question

This week we have three news stories that have all one thing in common: the airports the articles are about are regulars of our little

March 43, 2012 Airports, Americas, Asia ...
Tenzing-Hillary Airport (IATA: LUA), also known as Lukla Airport in Nepal 0

This week: Qantas, east coast storm and stranded Everest tourists

Well, what can I say? For the first time in the history of the weekly LateDeparture airport news round-ups, I decide to take a leave

November 23, 2011 Airports, Americas, Asia ...
Jaeger Mah who stayed at Vancouver Airport for 80 days 1

80 days at the airport without flying anywhere

In Vancouver, Canada, 29 year old Jaeger Mah, won a contest sponsored by Vancouver International airport (IATA: YVR) to mark its 80th year. The airport

November 07, 2011 Airports, Americas
Heath-Wick Airport - the future of England's airports? 0

This week: Cairo to Sydney, Heath-Wick and Sacramento

Wow, what a busy aviation week this one has been! While 2,700 representatives from  300 airlines and 800 airports (BreakingTravelNews.com) gathered in Berlin at the

October 15, 2011 Airports, Europe, In the News ...
Swine flu precautions in Mexico 0

How the swine flu affects your travels

Today, the WHO classified the swine influenza A (H1N1) outbreak as a “public health emergency of international concern.” And while more cases of swine flu

April 36, 2009 Airports, Americas, Asia ...