Gatwick unveils five-year capital improvement programme (CIP)

Gatwick has unveiled its new five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP) which highlights more investment in automation and technology as an enabler of sustainable growth. According to the UK gateway, new initiatives include robotic parking and automated boarding technology, which will

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Shannon International Airport celebrates 10th anniversary of US Preclearance service

Shannon International Airport is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of its US Preclearance service. Established at the airport on August Bank Holiday weekend 2009, Shannon was the first airport in Europe and the Middle East to offer this

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Diplo’s plane window cracks open mid-flight

Diplo’s plane window “cracked open” mid-air. The 40-year-old DJ and producer took to Instagram on Saturday (03.08.19) to share the terrifying story, which saw the window of the plane he was on crack open during his flight, causing the crew

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Bam Bargera asks Dr Phil for help after extraordinary social media rants and airport incident

Bam Margera has asked Dr. Phil for help after a series of social media rants. The ‘Jackass’ star called out to the television doctor for aid just a day after he was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for erratic

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NDC Matchmaker (a free web-based tool to bring more visibility to travel distribution stakeholders that are collaborating on implementations of the New Distribution Capability) Launched

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the NDC Matchmaker, a free web-based tool to bring more visibility to travel distribution stakeholders that are collaborating on implementations of the New Distribution Capability (NDC). The NDC Matchmaker enables

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London City Airport enjoys its busiest ever month

Strong growth on leisure routes including Mykonos, Skiathos and Florence helped tip London City Airport to its busiest-ever month in July 2019. A total of 490,819 passengers chose London’s most central airport, 4% up (+19,300) compared to July 2018, which

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Boston Logan operator, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) outlines plan and schedule for $2bn upgrade

Boston Logan operator, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), has launched a communication plan to inform passengers, employees and tenants about an upcoming series of construction projects at the New England gateway. According to Massport, the projects will have “major impacts to

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Naomi Campbell claims she was barred from a hotel because of the colour of her skin

Naomi Campbell has claimed she was barred from a hotel because of the colour of her skin. The 49-year-old supermodel has alleged that she wasn’t let into the hotel in the south of France, which she chose not to name,

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Budapest Airport CEO, Jost Lammers, is to replace Dr Michael Kerkloh as the managing director of the Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) Group

Budapest Airport CEO, Jost Lammers, is to replace Dr Michael Kerkloh as the managing director of the Flughafen München GmbH (FMG) Group on January 1, 2020. He will also become the future chairman of FMG’s management board when Kerkloh steps

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Danny Williams inundated with ‘travel agent’ remarks

Danny Williams has been inundated with people calling him “the travel agent” since he left ‘Love Island’. The 21-year-old star is dating fellow former Islander Jourdan Riane, 24, having previously dumped Yewande Biala and Arabella Chi in the villa –

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