10 December 2019
A new opening date might not be the end of troubles for Berlin’s cursed BER airport
Launched in 2006, this project was supposed to be completed in 2011 within a EUR1.7bn ($1.88bn) budget.
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15 November 2019
Putting Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh back on the tourist map will require clever marketing
Sharm El Sheikh aerial view from the air.
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30 September 2019
Suspected drone activity shuts down Dubai airport
Suspected drone activity closed Dubai International airport for 15 minutes on 22 September and forced two inbound Emirates Airline flights to land at nearby airports.
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28 August 2019
Clarity needed over Thomas Cook rescue deal amid reports of ‘difficulties’
Chinese tourism group Fosun has been in negotiations with Thomas Cook over the acquisition of a controlling stake for some time. Just a few weeks ago, the deal seemed a...
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26 July 2019
Oman to get world’s first airport drone detection system
Drone detection system at Muscat International is a first for a major commercial airport.
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22 July 2019
Flight cancellations at American Airlines go beyond the issue of Boeing’s Max 737 groundings
According to AirHelp Global Airline rankings for 2019 - which ranks airlines in terms of service quality, flight timeliness and customer complaints handling - American Airlines, currently ranks second in...
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28 May 2019
Whether passengers like it or not, airport biometrics are here to stay
Between 2018 and 2022, 77% of airports and 71% of airlines are planning trials or full rollouts of biometric scanning systems, according to SITA.
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2 July 2018
JFK Airport’s big push for affordable virtual reality
The tourism industry has begun to recognise the enormous potential that computer-mediated reality has to transform the whole travel experience.
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4 May 2018
Airport Industry Review: Issue 31
In this issue: Cashing in on Chinese routes, the latest technologies helping to relieve gate anxiety, the world’s most environmentally friendly airports, Auckland’s new traffic measurement project, and more.
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5 March 2018
Ryanair to slash Glasgow flights
On Tuesday, Ryanair announced that it will cut 20 of its 23 flights from Glasgow Airport in November 2018. This will jeopardise around 300 jobs and 500,000 passengers will be...