Posts Tagged ‘Airport’

Zurich Airport Part-Closed After Threat

  Zurich Airport Part-Closed After Threat Zurich airport was partially closed on Monday evening after receiving an unspecified threat, a spokeswoman said. The airport closed Check-in 1 and 2 as well as Arrivals 2, and pass...


Element Frankfurt Airport Hotel Opens

Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) today announced the debut of its Element brand in Europe with the opening of Element Frankfurt Airport. This marks the first Element hotel outside of North America. Offering b...



Dubai To Spend USD$32 Billion On Airport Expansion

Dubai To Spend USD$32 Billion On Airport Expansion Dubai will spend USD$32 billion on expanding its second airport to handle over 200 million people annually next decade, roughly three times the current level of passenger traff...


Runway Work Limits Dubai Airport Traffic

  Passenger traffic through Dubai’s main airport fell 2.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.09 million people in May because of construction work on its two runways, operator Dubai Airports said on Monday. Dubai Inter...



SeaTac Jetway Fails As Passengers Exit Plane

  A jetway collapsed on Tuesday at Seattle-Tacoma Airport as passengers were exiting a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix, but no one was injured in the incident, an airport spokeswoman said. About half the passengers ...


Sydney waited 50 years To Get Second Airport

Australia has approved a AUD$2.5 billion (USD$2.34 billion) project to build a long-awaited second airport for Sydney, likely boosting near-term investment and jobs in a bet that the city’s air travel demand will grow eno...