Posts Tagged ‘Airport’

Snow Causes Frankfurt Flight Cancellations

  Passengers suffered delays and flight cancellations on Monday at Frankfurt airport, Europe’s third busiest, after freezing rain had forced the airport to shut late on Sunday. About 300 of the 1,200 scheduled arriva...


London Heathrow Cancels More Flights Over Snow

  London’s Heathrow airport cancelled 10 percent of flights on Monday, a day after it cut its capacity by a fifth, and said services could face further delays with more snowfall expected. Heathrow, Europe’s bus...



New Berlin Airport Unlikely To Open Before 2015

  Berlin’s delay-hit new airport is not likely to open until 2015, the airport’s technical chief was quoted as saying, more than three years later than original plans envisaged for what was meant as the capital...


Berlin Airport Hits New Snag With Wildlife Threat

  The European Commission is considering legal action against Germany over its new airport in Berlin because of environmental concerns, marking a further setback for the project which has been dogged by delays. The Europea...



New Berlin Airport Delayed Until At Least 2014

  The opening of Berlin’s new airport will be delayed again to at least 2014, more than two years later than originally planned after a series of embarrassing setbacks to what was meant to be a flagship project, a so...


Qatar Air Files Claim Over New Airport

  Qatar Airways said it was filing a USD$600 million legal claim against a contractor for a delay in opening a new airport in Doha. Lindner Depa Interiors, a German-Dubai joint venture, holds a USD$250 million contract to ...