Today we have a fairly long list of airport related news bites that reached us during the week: a fuel crisis, more iPads, a useful website, an airport extension, airport construction disruption and a 27 hour flight delay. Interestingly the first and last news articles both come from Manchester.
Continue reading This week: Manchester fuel crisis & 27 hour flight delay plus more
Picture this: you’ve followed our guides and had a great time at your departure airport and your flight was on time. Then you get to your destination and realise you have absolutely no idea how to get into the city. Rings a bell? There’s now a website that can help you out: Cityhook
Continue reading New website helps you find the best way into town
Yep, it’s that time of the week again: we’ve got your summary of the past week’s airport news ready for you. This time we have, as almost every week, some strike news, however this week they come from two different countries. Then there’s an elderly couple’s long trip back from the airport and – drum roll – there’s more.
Continue reading This week: a 20-hour airport drive, JetBlue expansion & more
It was a semi-busy airport week, this one. But, as always, it depends how you actually define “busy”. Surely the news kept flowing in in similar rates, but we didn’t see as much drama as in previous weeks. We think, that’s a good thing, of course. We still managed to find you some real jewels though. Let’s call them out: fog, strike, staff training and an airport sell out – sounds interesting?
Continue reading This week: an unusual auction, fog and strike
Well, of course it happens when I’m away without access to my computer: the site goes down. My sincere apologies for the disruption – it seems like one of the WordPress plugins has caused the crash. I’m still investigating which one, so please bear with me while I’m fixing this issue asap. Let’s move on and focus on some of the important and interesting, airport related news from the past few days. I’ve got a nice, mixed bag of goodies for you!
Continue reading This week: Berlin disappoints with a 9 month delay and more
Well, well, well, how should we say it? We actually only have one topic this week: London Heathrow (LHR) and its immigration queues. Yes, okay, there were other stories this week too, e.g. a new terminal at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) that had some early passenger testing done for its new $1.4 billion terminal but of them got totally overshadowed by a full week of London Heathrow airport twists, turns and a not so politically correct celebrity comment.
Continue reading This week: London Heathrow’s big week of shambles
Well, well, we have all the ingredients for a very juicy airport news round-up this week: there are babies and puppies as main actors, for locations with have our favourite spots Heathrow and New York plus there’s also a little side story just to get things rolling on a number of levels.
Continue reading This week: puppy delays departures, baby closes terminal – really!
This week has been a mixed news bag kind of week. We saw some disruptions (England), some new additions (India), a growing debate (Australia) and some new, old winners (Austria). Let’s resolve the riddle by going straight into the first piece.
Continue reading This week: Emergency at Gatwick, Sydney’s new airport & more
Easter is finally here and with that all the usual airport delays. All of them? Not so much! Travellers of the British Stansted Airport (IATA: STN) got off with a slap on the wrist as the announced baggage handler’s strike was called off. Nevertheless, we found a few (other) interesting stories in the lead-up to the long weekend.
Continue reading This week: Tornadoes, an April’s Fool’s prank gone wrong & more
Time flies; it’s already Sunday again here in Melbourne and with that time for another weekly airport news round-up. This week we saw – surprise, surprise – more strike news (but don’t worry, it wasn’t the chocolate bunnies that went on strike…), an article about stolen goods and a pilot that freaked out mid-flight.
Continue reading This week: Easter strikes predicted & 200 thefts daily at JFK
