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Four hundred new jobs are to be created at Dublin Airport with the opening of a new terminal-linked four star hotel which is to be built adjacent to Terminal 2. The new hotel will provide employment for 250 people, while an additional 150 new jobs will be generated during the …

Gatwick’s world-first waste plant has been shortlisted for a prestigious Sustainability Leaders Award, the airport announced today – as Gatwick becomes one of first signatories to the international Airports Sustainability Declaration. The awards are run by Edie – leading providers of environmental news and commentary – and Gatwick has been …

An airline passenger at JFK Airport swiped $5,600 in cash and yen from a fellow flier on a screening line, then tried to stash some of the money in a Cheerios box, police said Monday. Cops pulled Nadira Malilk, 61, a Bangladeshi national, off her Air Emirates flight before it …

Talk about a very serious and Focused Airline …… Africa’s largest Airline Group, Ethiopian Airlines, is pleased to announce that its newly built, state of the art In-flight Catering Facility will be officially inaugurated on  October 29, 2016. The new G+1 In-flight Catering covers a total area of 11,500m2, encompassing …

Top British brand Liberty London has created an exclusive range of washbags for customers flying in First with British Airways. The sleek, slim and stylish washbags feature a contemporary look using a range of carefully chosen prints from Liberty London’s vast textiles archive, updated for today’s modern traveller. The new …

In its continued efforts to provide airport users with hassle-free and world-class travel experience, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), has launched a mobile app. With the launch, MMA2 has recorded another first as the only airport terminal in Nigeria to launch …

  DOHA, Qatar – Qatar Airways and Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) have announced that a new transit visa scheme, which allows passengers with layovers of five hours or more in Hamad International Airport to request a complimentary transit visa, will go into effect as of 1 November 2016. The new system …

A Boeing 737-700 carrying the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump skidded off a wet runway after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York late on 27 October. The Eastern Airlines-operated charter flight came to a stop on the grass beyond the runway, according to local reports. Immediately …

Ah! Another Plane fire?… FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A FedEx cargo plane caught fire on the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Friday. According to the FAA, the landing gear on FedEx 910, a DC-10 aircraft, collapsed as it was on the runway shortly after landing. The plane was flying …

Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines that crashed on 29 October 2006 shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at 11:30 am local time. Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and …