Mexico offers to buy debt of canceled airport, but work continuesTourism Insight News

Mexico offers to buy debt of canceled airport, but work continues

Mexico said yesterday it would repurchase some of the debt used to fund a partly-built airport canceled by the new…

In blow to business, Mexicans spurn new Mexico City airportTransport

In blow to business, Mexicans spurn new Mexico City airport

Mexicans voted to scrap a part-built $13 billion new airport for the capital in a divisive referendum pushed for by…

No-deal Brexit risks travel chaos, nightmare at airports -IATATourism Insight News

No-deal Brexit risks travel chaos, nightmare at airports -IATA

A no-deal Brexit could wreak chaos for travellers and a nightmare at airports, global airline industry body IATA warned, calling…

UK’s Gatwick mulls using its emergency runway to boost capacity

UK’s Gatwick mulls using its emergency runway to boost capacity

Gatwick airport, the second-busiest in Britain, said in draft expansion proposals that it wanted to bring its second, emergency runway…

New Istanbul airport to only open fully at end of yearAirports

New Istanbul airport to only open fully at end of year

Istanbul’s new airport will not open fully until the end of this year, a newspaper cited the general manager as…

Sunk costs: Airports taking action against rising seas, storms as climate changes

Sunk costs: Airports taking action against rising seas, storms as climate changes

Global airport operators, faced with rising sea levels and more powerful storms as the climate changes, are starting to invest…

Turkey jails 24 Istanbul airport workers pending trial after protests

Turkey jails 24 Istanbul airport workers pending trial after protests

A Turkish court has jailed pending trial 24 people involved in protests over work conditions at Istanbul’s new airport last…

Work resumes at Istanbul’s new airport under police presence

Work resumes at Istanbul’s new airport under police presence

Construction workers at Istanbul’s new airport resumed last Monday, with heavy police and gendarmerie presence at the site, two labour…

Xiamen Air passenger jet skids off runway in Manila, no casualties

Xiamen Air passenger jet skids off runway in Manila, no casualties

A passenger plane operated by China’s Xiamen Air veered off a rain-soaked runway after landing at Manila’s main airport, disrupting…

British Airways boss says two-hour Heathrow passport queues unacceptable

British Airways boss says two-hour Heathrow passport queues unacceptable

Two hour-long queues for passport checks at London’s Heathrow Airport are unacceptable and improvements are needed if Britain wants to…