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Malware Found in International Airport in Ukraine

Malware has been discovered in a computer network of Kiev's main airport, Reuters reports. The report states the malware was found last week in the IT network of Boryspil International Airport, located near Kyiv, which reportedly included the airport's air traffic control system. Andriy L...

Iberia has announced plans for direct flights from Madrid to both Tokyo and Shanghai

Luis Gallego, Iberia’s Chairman and CEO, says: “We have always wanted to be a global airline. With these routes to Tokyo and Shanghai, we take a step in that direction, while we bring closer our country to two economical and touristic powers such as Japan and China”. Pendin...


PAL launches flights to Kuwait

Philippine Airlines’ inaugural flight to Kuwait marked the start of the flag carrier’s route network expansion for 2016. The send-off ceremony held at the NAIA Terminal 2 last Sunday (January 17) was attended by PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Jaime J. Bautista and Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines Waleed Ahmad Al Kandari. Joining them were, from l...

Royal Jordanian's Crown Lounge wins the Priority Pass Lounge of the Award Year 2015

Royal Jordanian's Crown Lounge, at Queen Alia International Airport, was named the winner of the Africa & Middle East Lounge of the Year Award 2015, by Priority Pass, part of the Collinson Group. This is the 11th year the prestigious Lounge of the Year Awards  have taken place; Priority Pass named just 17 winners from over 850 international lounges in the Priority Pass program...

Helsinki Airport sees substantial cargo tonnage fall

Tonnage figures at Helsinki Airport fell by a substantial 13.8 per cent in 2015, coming in at 167,980 tonnes down from 194,932 tonnes in 2014. The Finnish airport’s international volumes were the main reason, down 13.5 per cent and totaling 154,869 tonnes, compared to 179,028 tonnes the year before. Domestic cargo also suffered in 2015 and there was 20.2 per cent fall in volumes to 3,9...

Russian experts start checking Cairo airport security

A team of Russian experts arrived in Cairo on Monday to launch checks into security measures at the Egyptian capital’s airport. The El Fagr newspaper said the outcome of this trip will make it clear how soon the air service between Russia and Egypt will be restored. On Tuesday, the delegation led by deputy head of transport security department of Russia’s federal air transport ag...

Virgin Australia’s new Perth terminal a seamless passenger experience

Thanks largely to a revitalised and business-focused Virgin Australia, Perth Airport is now home to what is possibly the best domestic terminal in Australia; Virgin’s T1 Domestic Pier. Over 4,200 people were involved in the construction of T1 Domestic. The project took 1.8 million man-hours, resulting in a concourse that stretches 250 metres; longer than the height of WA’s largest s...

Airliner makes emergency landing at Norfolk airport

An airliner with over 200 people on board diverted to Norfolk International Airport after experiencing engine problems while in flight Sunday morning. According to Robert Bowen with Norfolk International Airport, United Airlines flight 1470, a  Boeing 757, left Newark Liberty Airport at 9:21 a.m. en route to Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic with 213 people on board. About two h...

Never get stranded on the tarmac again: new MIT system cuts down airplane queue time

Nobody likes waiting at airports. But one of the only things worse than waiting beside the gate is waiting on the airplane itself, stranded on the runway, and an MIT engineering team has set out to solve that problem. Using a new queuing model, the MIT system can predict how long a plane will have to wait before takeoff so that air traffic controllers can better manage planes on the tarmac, cut do...

Lebanese official says Beirut airport needs "improvement"

A Lebanese official on Friday acknowledged European concerns about safety regulations at the Beirut airport, saying the facility needs improvement but adding that recent reports that the airport does not meet international safety standards are "exaggerated." Mohamad Kabbani, head of Parliament's public works and transport committee, also said that Lebanon will use part of a $25 mi...

What makes a great branded airline outstation airport lounge?

It seems like the branded outstation airport lounge is having something of a renaissance. With airlines continuing to fight for lucrative business and first class passengers — not to mention the frequent flyers in economy who are often on high-value last minute fares — there’s a lot to be said for an airline having its own space to serve its own passengers rather than leaving the...

Man Uses Boarding Pass Implanted in His Hand at Security, Lounge, and Gate

I hate paper, so don’t love paper boarding passes – whether printing them at home or queuing up at the airport. Since I mostly fly American Airlines domestically I use their mobile app. One catch though is that I always pull up my boarding passes when I check in for a flight, even my connecting pass, in case I don’t have great connectivity (or there’s some other glitch) whe...

Istanbul’s Airport Beats Frankfurt to Become Europe’s Third Busiest Airport

Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport overtook Frankfurt to enter the European top three for the first time in 2015 as Turkish Airlines continued its rapid expansion and strikes at Deutsche Lufthansa AG hurt the German hub. London Heathrow, the main base for British Airways, remains Europe’s busiest airport, even as it struggles to add flights on runways that are effectively full, while Paris...

Ryanair Adds Palanga To Expanded London Stansted Summer Schedule

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today (15 Jan) announced further expansion to its Stansted Summer 2016 schedule with a new route to Palanga in Lithuania (in addition to Milan Malpensa, Sofia & Verona), bringing to 130 summer 2016 routes, which will deliver 20m customers p.a. and support 15,000* “on-site” jobs at Stansted Airport. Ryanair’s Stansted summer 2016 s...

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