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The Federal Aviation Administration says a brief power outage at a Southern California airport’s air traffic control tower forced controllers to use portable radios to communicate with pilots and caused a number of flight delays. Agency spokesman Ian Gregor says the outage Sunday at John Wayne Airport in Orange County lasted a little more than [...]

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Two officials of the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport were arrested for allegedly helping a smuggler to transport around 10,000 memory cards, estimated to be worth around Rs 20 lakh, Customs officials said today. On-duty airport managers Mahesh Bamane and Rakshit Kapoor were arrested on Monday night along with Mohammed Sayyed Hanif, who tried to smuggle [...]

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A team of local venders led by Atlanta-based concessionaire, The Paradies Shops, was awarded a contract to provide gifts, news, retail, food and beverages at the Long Beach Airport’s new passenger concourse once completed next year. The Long Beach City Council, on March 6, unanimously approved the new concession agreement with Paradies-Long Beach, LLC, in [...]

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The Long Beach Airport (LGB) is launching an extensive, .1 million, two-year airfield geometry study in March to start analyzing the safety, operational and financial benefits of reconfiguring the 1940s-era Daugherty Field and airport property, in conjunction with forming a “strategic plan.” The study is expected to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the airfield geometry [...]

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Frankfurt airport’s ground crew is scheduled to resume a strike over pay this morning as workers await a labor court ruling on whether they can continue their protests longer than scheduled. The Frankfurt Labor Court last night approved an application by their employer DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, airport owner Fraport AG and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, [...]

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Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) was ranked the third best airport in the world by the annual Airport Council International (ACI). It also received the Airport Service Quality Awards for 2011. CSIA was also rated as the second best in India, for airports handling 25-40 million passengers per annum (mmpa). The survey was conducted across [...]

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A new passenger screening program to make check in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be no cost to eligible passengers, who would no longer have to remove their shoes and belts before they board flights. The airports include the three [...]

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For commuter convenience and enhanced connectivity to the high speed Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), a multi-level car parking is coming up close to Shivaji Stadium Metro station in central Delhi, officials said on Monday. To be operational in a month’s time, the parking facility will be close to Connaught Place and provide relief to [...]

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LONG BEACH – For many, flying in and out of Long Beach Airport is a convenient local alternative to the busy Los Angeles International Airport. Apparently, it’s good for the pocketbook, too. The 89-year-old municipal airport has the lowest airfares in California and the second-lowest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation [...]

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First level one of the project, to be finished in 2013, will create a new Terminal B south concourse dedicated to regional jet operations Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Airport System, in partnership with United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), today broke ground on the first stage of a three-phase redevelopment project at [...]

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