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Tom is the Founder and Chief Blogger of LateDeparture.com. He is a very keen traveller and (obviously) loves to explore airports around the globe. He also enjoys feedback on his posts, so don't be shy and write a comment!
Airports, Americas, Asia, Europe, In the News, Oceania, Weekly

This week: Gossip week

Our news topics this week read a bit like those from a bold headlined tabloid newspaper. But no, we’re not apologising for that, afterall it’s simply a reflection of this week’s airport related news. Plus who doesn’t like a bit of gossip every now and then? So, here they are:

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Airports, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Weekly

This week: Kenya’s fire, China’s highest airport, Spain’s white elephant

Wow, what full week of airport related news this one has been! We’ve seen a huge fire on one side and an exciting new stop-over experience as well as pet-friendly airports on the other, to just name three examples. Here’s our list of items we will be covering this week:

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Airports, Asia, Europe, In the News, Oceania, Weekly

This week: Heathrow tracking system launched, Luton sold, Snowden’s late departure

Once again, we’re a day ahead of our regular time to update you with this week’s airport news. This week we found the following topics for you:

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Airports, Americas, Europe, In the News, Weekly

This week: Delays at LaGuardia after Southwest flight, Gatwick’s second runway & more

This week we recap four topics we discovered throughout the week. Remember, you can always follow us on Twitter to receive timely updates through the week. But here’s what we have summarized for you for this week:

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Airports, Americas, Asia, Europe, In the News, Weekly

This week: Bomb set off in Beijing, turtels discovered in India & more

It’s already Sunday here in Australia and with that time again for our weekly updates. This week we have the following topics for you

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Airports, Americas, Europe

This week: Another Dreamliner fire, UK aviation chiefs unhappy & more

This week’s airport news round up focuses on airport news from the UK and Mexico with the following topics

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Airports, Americas, Asia, Europe, In the News

This week: SFO twice, Snowden twice, Myanmar once

Well, what can we say? Two days ago we thought San Francisco would make it into our weekly news round-up with a funny story, then just yesterday another story from the same airport changed that view entirely. Here’s what we have for this week:

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Airports, Americas, Europe, In the News, Weekly

This week: Snowden in Moscow, missing cash from Swiss plane & more

This week one airport beat all other in terms of number of times it got mentioned in the media. It’s of course Moscow Airport, currently caught in the middle of the continuation of a thrilling U.S. spy story. But first, here’s our overview of this week’s news:

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Airports, Americas, Asia, Europe, In the News, Weekly

This week: Group to safe Pan Am JFK terminal, BBC live from Heathrow

This week has certainly been an airport themed week for the United Kingdom with one of its TV stations focusing on a 4-day live show from its biggest airport. But of course we spotted other interesting airport related news from around the world as well. Here’s what we have for this week in our overview:

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Airports, Americas, Europe, In the News, Oceania, Weekly

This week: The French strike, the Aussies block and the Americans build barrier

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Another week has almost past and it’s therefore time for our weekly airport news round-up. This week we have the following headlines for you:

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