This week: Dublin to eat Heathrow’s lunch? Abandoned airports & more
Another week has flown by – pardon the pun – and with that we’ve got a full bag of interesting and entertaining airport news for you: Dublin Airport to compete with Heathrow LaGuardia scare after plane...
View ArticleThis week: Hoax bomb over Manchester, Singapore’s Jewel & more
It’s been a varied week in the world of airports this week as you’ll see from our recap of the top stories: Hoax bomb threat in Manchester Singapore’s Project Jewel 78 year old caught smuggling cash...
View ArticleThis week: Chile’s airport heist, another smuggling story & more
Isn’t it interesting how one little news post from a previous week can have another similar story showing up the very next week? We’re talking about the smuggling stories of course. But here are the...
View ArticleThis week: WWII bomb disrupts Frankfurt, strange odors & more
Another week has well and truly passed and our inbox got filled with interesting airport related news stories. Here’s what we found for you this week: WWII bomb disrupts Frankfurt Strange odor forces...
View ArticleThis week: Luton’s bomb scare, Mumbai’s airport slum & more
We’re back and with that our weekly airport news round-up. Of course, there are quite a few news items that arrived during our absence. We’ve covered them on our twitter feed. Today, however, we’d like...
View ArticleThis week: Explosive device forgotten at Sydney Airport, Google Airport & more
Another week is coming to and end and with that it’s time for our weekly airport news recap. Here’s what we found this week: Police leave explosive device in suitcase at Sydney Airport World’s busiest...
View ArticleThis week: Evacuation in Chicago, back-to-back emergency landings at DFW & more
It’s been one of the more quiet weeks in the land of airport news. Generally this means less delays have occurred, which of course is a good thing. However those news we revisit this week are all of...
View ArticleThis week: More issues for Chicago, EU airports accused of illegal state aid...
This week was another rather quiet airport related news week, however, one airport – Chicago – was in the news several times this week. Here are the focus stories we found for you this time: Chicago’s...
View ArticleThis week: Ebola scare hits Western airports & more
This week we’ve seen one topic pop up in airport news around Europe and the United States: Ebola. Here’s the overview of all our stories for this week: The big Ebola Airport scare Cathay Pacific’s 6...
View ArticleThis week: Islamabad named world’s worst airport & more
It’s been another airport week mainly dominated by the various reports about Ebola prevention plus a few suspected scares of passengers carrying the virus on certain flights. Here are all of our topics...
View ArticleThis week: New York pledges to improve its airports & more
The weeks seem to just fly by, pardon the pun. So, here are our airport related news from this week in our headline overview: New York is fixing the airports Heathrow’s IT problems Charlotte Airport...
View ArticleThis week: Fighter jet escorts plane to Stansted, dubious Wi-Fi & more
It’s been a rather slow week here at our LateDeparture news desk. Nonetheless, we did manage to find a few interesting airport related news articles: Fighter jets escort plane to Stansted Airport...
View ArticleThis week: Remote controlled airport, jet hits buffalo & more
We’re excited about this week’s airport news round up as it contains a little bit of everything: new technology, almost unbelievable stories, some drama and thrills. So, here are the headlines of the...
View ArticleThis week: Thanksgiving congestions predicted, Heathrow’s globe of sent & more
From a travellers perspective this week has been a near perfect one. Hardly any major delays were reported from any of the large international airports. So for once, we’re only focusing on non-delay...
View ArticleThis week: Icy delays in Detroit, drones at JFK & more
Last week seems to have been fairly busy in the world of airport news & delays – some of those to the annoyance of passengers. Here’s our overview of the topics we’re going to cover in this...
View ArticleThis week: U.S. airport frustration index, record numbers of guns in...
It’s the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend, probably the busiest time for U.S. airports, yet we haven’t heard of too many horror delay stories this year. Maybe that’s also because there were plenty...
View ArticleThis week: Evacuations at JFK and Edinburgh, Flash mob in Manila & more
Things seem to be heating up in the lead up to Christmas. Or maybe it’s just a coincidence, anyway, it has been a busy airport related news week this one: Plane evacuation at JFK & Edinburgh...
View ArticleGuestblog: Split Airport – things to do when your flight is delayed
You have heard the phrase a thousand times over, “time passes in a blur…” Very true. Except when you are waiting for a delayed flight in a busy airport departure lounge. It is even worse when the...
View ArticleThis week: Qantas black Monday, UK’s air traffic chaos & more
It’s our last news update for 2014 before we go on our Xmas break. And what a week it was: Qantas’ black Monday UK air traffic’s computer chaos Bomb threat closes Sweden’s busiest airport SFO’s food...
View ArticleThis week: Dubai becomes world’s busiest airport & more
Happy New Year, dear readers – we’re back! Let’s get straight into it – here are our topics from this week: Dubai world’s busiest airport BA passengers stranded in Mumbai Nairobi flights halted after...
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