 | | COMMENT: Do business travellers fear full body scanners?
Business travellers have many other priorities - on-time travel, safe transport of luggage, shorter screening times, etc. |
| | Weigh-in kiosks save embarassment
The hasty and often embarrassing repacking of excess luggage at airport check-in may soon be a thing of the past with the introduction of “weigh-in kiosks’’. |
 | | Bangkok airport rail link nearly complete
An elevated train linking Suvarnabhumi Airport and Bangkok, being tested with the public invited along for special rides at the time of IT&CMA, would probably launch in April, it was revealed at a media briefing by Airports of Thailand. |
 | | New pick-up area for airport
Sydney Airport’s T2 passenger pick-up area will be relocated from Saturday to provide more spaces, more free pick-up time and less congestion. |
 | | Lonely Planet to open world first retail store
The world’s first-ever Lonely Planet concept store opens at Sydney Airport Wednesday. |
 | | Get paid to shop at Singapore
Changi Airport Group will be giving away a special S$5 voucher to all passengers departing from Singapore Changi Airport for the month of July. |
 | | Star Alliance consolidating at Heathrow
With more space available at Heathrow Terminal 1, Star Alliance is implementing the next stage of its "Move under One Roof" (MuoR) strategy, which will see current Terminal 2 carriers (Austrian, Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss and TAP Portugal) relocate to Terminal 1. |
 | | International focus on China's airports
International airport executives are among the line-up of speakers for the fourth annual China Airport Development & Operation Excellence Summit at Commune by the Great Wall Kempinski, near Beijing. |
 | | BA uses technology to fight fog
British Airways has invested £5 million in advanced technology to reduce the delays and disruption caused by fog and poor visibility at Heathrow Airport. |
 | | Export hub plan for Victorian airport
Victoria's Avalon Airport could become a major fresh food export hub if it wins approval for international flights. |
 | | 'Fantastic' result from HKIA retailing
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has reported an impressive double-digit sales increases of around 12% in its retail arm. |
 | | Airport giant ordered to sell three sites
Gatwick and Stanstead airports must soon be sold by their Spanish parent. |
 | | Muscat expansion underway
Work has commenced on the upgrade and expansion of Muscat International Airport in Oman. |
| | Too many passengers stranded, report finds
Too many passengers are being stranded on board commercial flights in the US because of delays, according to an air passengers' rights group. |
| | Singapore rebates $200m to airlines, tenants
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is giving out a total of S$200 million in 2009 to help airlines and airport partners tide over the current economic downturn. |