Airports

Higher taxes on UK regional airports may push up air fares, industry warns

Air passengers are being warned to brace for ticket rises as regional airports across the UK face “unprecedented” rises in property tax next year. Analysis of government data for PA…

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Christmas travel chaos: All the forthcoming European airport strikes in December

Heading home this Christmas or taking a winter holiday? Travel strikes have become a familiar part of the festive season as workers target one of the busiest periods of the…

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European airports struggle to fix check-in glitch after cyberattack

Some of Europe's biggest airports battled to restore normal operations on Sunday after hackers disrupted automatic check-in systems, with Brussels asking airlines to cancel half of Monday's flight departures due…

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Strikes at German regional airports ground 300-plus flights

BERLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - More than 300 flights at Germany's Duesseldorf and Cologne Bonn regional airports were grounded by a 24-hour strike by the Verdi trade union on Monday, the airports…

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Airports, airlines rein in summer plans to avoid repeat of last year’s chaos

By Allison Lampert, Joanna Plucinska and Toby Sterling (Reuters) - Airports are taking steps to avoid gridlock during the upcoming holiday travel seasons, with some limiting flights during peak hours…

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Airline, airport groups slam EU push for pre-flight COVID testing from China

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A coalition of airline and airport groups on Thursday criticized new recommendations asking for passengers flying from China to the European Union to show a negative COVID-19…

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Cyprus adopts colour-coding for March opening of airports

NICOSIA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Cyprus plans to reopen its airports with a colour-coded health risk assessment from March 1, applicable to travellers from its main tourism markets and the…

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UK to give airports aid after COVID rules tightened

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Britain's government said on Saturday it would give financial aid to airports before the end of March, after the industry called for urgent support as tighter…

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Ryanair CEO calls for profiling of Muslim males at airports to prevent terrorism

Budget airline Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary called for the profiling of "males of a Muslim persuasion" at airports to prevent terrorism, in an interview on Saturday with British newspaper…

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Thermo-scanners to be installed in all Italy’s international airports to scan for Coronavirus

Thermoscanner tests for the coronavirus have been extended to all those arriving in Italian airports including European ones but excluding domestic flights, Commissioner Angelo Borrelli said Tuesday. All airports will…

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All major UK airports to introduce 3D baggage screening

All major UK airports must introduce 3D baggage screening equipment before the end of 2022, the government says. Announcing the new plans, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the scanners would…

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Computer outage causes delays at several US airports

Travellers have been delayed at several major US airports due to a technical issue affecting customs checks. US authorities said computers are coming slowly back online after a nationwide outage…

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Delays at Australian airports due to a computer outage

Passengers at international airports across Australia are experiencing delays caused by a computer systems outage. The delays through passport control were caused by a national outage of the SmartGate kiosk…

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US airline passengers who don’t identify as “male” or “female” will soon have more gender options to choose when booking tickets

US airline passengers who don't identify as "male" or "female" will soon have more gender options to choose when booking tickets. The new gender options to be added include "unspecified" and "undisclosed."…

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Disruption awaits passengers using Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart airports

Thousands of passengers in Germany face disruption on Thursday following a strike call by security staff at three major airports, the powerful Verdi union said. The walkout is to begin…

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