France to Scrap ‘Obsolete’ Paris Airport Expansion
The French government has decided to cancel a planned expansion of the country’s biggest airport, Paris’s Charles de Gaulle, a minister said in remarks published Thursday.
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United: Small Electric Aircraft Will Zip People to Airports
United Airlines said Wednesday it will buy up to 200 small electric aircraft to help customers in urban areas get to the airport.
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Prickly Customer: Sniffer Dog on Point as Kiwi Cactus Smuggler Pinched
New Zealand authorities have snagged a woman who tried to smuggle hundreds of cactus plants hidden in stockings strapped to her body through airport security.
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Car-Rental App Turo Appears to Stall in Logan Airport Fight
In a key test case for the “sharing” economy, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court seemed highly unsympathetic Friday to a car-share app accused of skirting rental-car rules at Boston’s Logan Airport.
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Yemeni Officials: Blast at Aden Airport Kills 16, Wounds 60
A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At least 16 people were killed and 60 were wounded in the blast.
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UK Supreme Court Rules Heathrow Can Have Third Runway
Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, can build a third runway, overturning a legal decision to block the plan on environmental grounds as the aviation industry looks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Precious Painting Lost at German Airport Found at Dumpster
A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million dollars that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf’s airport has been recovered from a nearby recycling dumpster, police said Thursday.
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EU Magistrate: No Money Back for Flights Rerouted to Nearby Airport
Airlines don’t have to pay passengers for a short travel delay caused by planes landing at another airport in the same destination city, an adviser to the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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Qatar Says Identified Parents of Dumped Baby in Airport Scandal
Qatar said Monday it had identified the parents of a baby girl dumped at its airport, an incident that prompted officials to order departing female passengers to undergo invasive examinations, sparking global outrage.
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Qatar: Officials Behind Women Exams Referred to Prosecutors
Qatar said Friday it referred officials at its international airport to prosecutors for possible charges after women aboard Qatar Airways flights faced forced vaginal examinations following the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby.
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Magistrate Sees No Harm in German Aid Said to Prop Up Ryanair
An adviser to the EU’s top court rejected claims from the Lufthansa airline that Germany granted improper state aid by financing an airport to the tune of $59 million.
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Pandemic Air Travel Milestone; 1 Million Passengers Screened
The number of passengers screened in a single day for flights in the U.S. topped one million for the first time since Covid-19 infections began to spike last March.
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Second Jet Pack Sighted Buzzing Over LAX
A month after a commercial airline pilot reported a person buzzing around in a jet pack, another pilot has their own incredible story to tell — a possible new jet pack sighting was reported Wednesday.
Read moreJudge Slams Trump Officials for Blatant Misconduct in Global Entry Ban
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal judge roasted the Trump administration on Tuesday for its now-abandoned attempt to kick New Yorkers
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San Antonio Agrees to Offer Airport Lease to Chick-fil-A
San Antonio has agreed to offer commercial space at the city’s international airport to Chick-fil-A, the fast-food restaurant that was controversially left out of a vendor agreement last year in a move Republican state officials called religious discrimination.
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German Airport Dog Sniffs Out Big Cash Stashes
Money talks, they say, but for some, money also smells. Aki, a 9-year-old Belgian Shepherd dog based at Frankfurt’s international airport in Germany, sniffed out almost a quarter of million euros in cash from travelers in a few days.
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The Arizona Supreme Court upheld Phoenix’s ordinance imposing trip fees on commercial ground transportation providers like Uber and Lyft who take passengers to and from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, finding the ordinance is constitutional because paying fees to use airport property for commercial purposes is not transaction-based.
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Upgrading LaGuardia Is One Thing Pandemic Hasn’t Derailed
Experts are calling it the worst year in the history of aviation, but New York grasped at some normalcy Wednesday as Governor Andrew Cuomo cut a ribbon at a new LaGuardia Airport concourse.
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Airlines Lose Challenge to Clawback of Italian State Aid
Three budget airlines on Wednesday lost their challenge to a European Union ruling that they received illegal aid from Italy.
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Man Dies After Being Hit by Jet on Texas Airport Runway
Police have yet to release the name of a man who was killed Thursday night when he was struck by an incoming plane at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
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