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Science and technologyBORODIN DETAINED AT JFK AIRPORT
NEW YORK, Pavel Borodin, former Kremlin Chief in Yeltsin government, was detained immediately upon arrival in the United States under the arrest warrant issued by Swiss authorities in January last year.... more

Science and technologyFEDEX BECOME FIRST US CUSTOMER FOR AIRBUS
PARIS, FRANCE, It is a record that will not be pleasant to Boeing, concurrent of European Airbus consortium: Fedex become the first US customer for French company, with its 10 A-380 cargo-version firm... more

Science and technologyHONG KONG AIRPORT EXPECTS AN HAPPY NEW YEAR
HONG KONG, The Hong Kong's International Airport Chep Lap Kok, recently accused to be little secure, expects an huge air traffic's increment on Jan. 24, the Chinese New Year. Almost 650 flights are scheduled... more

Science and technologyAMERICAN ACTIVISTS IN IRAQ
BAGHDAD, Two night ago 70 American activist arrived in Saddam International Airport, in Baghdad, after a Royal Jordanian flight from Amman towards an Iraqi welcoming committee: they will protest at... more

Science and technologyASIAN RECOVERY A GOOD AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
SINGAPORE, According to a Singapore's civil aviation spokesman, Whole Asia in in recovery on air trasport market, looking at Singapore's Changi Airport figures for year 2000. In respect to 1999 period,... more

Science and technologyHEAVY FOG ON NORTH INDIA
NUOVA DELHI, Yesterday air and rail services in North India has been thrown out by heavy fog for all the day: the Indira Gandhi International Airport has been closed for three hours and trains running... more

Science and technologyHONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO ALLOW MORE FLIGHTS
HONG KONG, Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok international airport yesterday announced to increase flight levels despite it was recentlry accused of inadequate air traffic safety. Almost 650 aircraft are scheduled... more

Science and technologyOSLO'S AIRPORT: DELAYS FOR FOG
OSLO, The departures from the Oslo's International Airport put up with heavy delays because of a dense fog descent on the airport from two days: it is previewed that the atmospheric phenomenon persists... more

Science and technologySINGAPORE AIRPORT, 2000 OK
SINGAPORE, Singapore's Changi Airport increased of 9.8 per cent passengers and 12 per cent cargo the last year record, helping Asia's re-emerging economies. The airport handled 28.6 million passengers... more

Science and technologySAN SALVADOR INT'L AIRPORT CLOSED FOR EARTHQUAKE
SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA, San Salvador's international airport, has been closed and all flight canceled due to disastrous earthquake, near Richter scale 8 magnitude, which striked Central... more

Science and technologyMORE THAN 6 MILLION PASSENGERS AT SHANGAI AIRPORTS IN 2000
SHANGAI, CHINA, According to latest customs statistics cited by the Xinhua News Agency more than 6.1 million people passed through Shanghai customs last year. The city has two international airports which... more

Science and technologyCANADIAN FIRM TO BUILD LAGOS TERMINAL AIRPORT
NIGERIA, Canadian firm Sanders Investment Ltd is to build the new terminal at Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. The contract was announced by Transport Minister Ojo Maduekwe. The project is scheduled... more

Science and technologyNEW RAILWAY LINE FOR HEATHROW
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, Greater London Authority Transport Committee, in the strategy which want to support a series of new rail projects, has decided to realize a new CrossRail line which will allow trains... more

Science and technologyGIULIANI, NYC AIRPORTS AMONG THE WORST IN USA
NEW YORK, New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said yesterday that the city's two major airports, La Guardia and JFK, are among the worst in the United States and their poor management could affect the... more

Science and technologyINDIA: FOG HITS AIR
INDIA, Fog yesterday struck again the Gandhi International of New Delhi forcing diversions and delays of airport operations. International and domestic flights reported over five-hour delays. After visibility... more

Science and technologyUNITED
LONDON, United Airlines is to introduce battery-powered mobile check-in units - called "chariots" - at London's Heathrow Airport this spring. A customer service representative will work in each chariot,... more

Science and technologySOUTH KOREA: THOUSANDS STRANDED BECAUSE OF SNOW
SEOUL, About 13.000 people were stranded, mainly tourists and students, at the airport on Cheju island off the southern coast because of heavy snow. Hundreds of domestic flights were canceled while some... more

Science and technologySECURITY STEPPED UP AT KASHMIR AIRPORT
KASHMIR, Security has been stepped up at Srinigar airport in Indian-administered Kashmir after what the authorities say was an infiltation attempt by separtist militants. On Sunday the soldiers foiled... more

Science and technologyFIRST AIRPORT CASINO IN EUROPE
GERMANY, EUROPE'S first airport casino has opened in Germany to give weary travellers a different way of enduring travel delays. Backers of the casino at Frankfurt Airport hope to net £2 million in... more

Science and technologyFAA INVESTIGATES RUNWAY MISHAP AT AIRPORT
PRIVIDENCE, USA, A US Airways Airbus A319 people aborted its takeoff during a snowstorm last weekend to avoid a Boeing 737 of Southwest crossing the runway at Warwick airport , the Federal Aviation Administration... more

Science and technologyTRAVELERS STRANDED AFTER SPIRIT AIRLINES CANCELS FLIGHTS
DETROIT, Travelers were left stranded at Detroit Metropolitan Airport this week after Spirit Airlines' suddenly curtailed its schedule. Some holding tickets for the cut-rate airline Tuesday had been... more

Science and technologySPANISH-AUSTRALIAN GROUP BUYS BRISTOL AIRPORT
U.K., Bristol International Airport will have Spanish-Australian owners in investment bank and construction company . This joint venture will buy the airport for $342 million in total; $290 million for... more

Science and technologyINCHON INTERNATIONAL COULD OPEN LATE MARCH
SOUTH KOREA, Inchon International Airport in Korea could open between March 27-29. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines had opted for March 22 and 25 respectively, but the airport decided on March 27 or 29... more

Science and technologyMOSCOW DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT TO RESUME OPERATIONS
MOSCOW, The airport was closed for more than 4 hours yesterday, due to strong fog that made landing and departure operations extremely difficult. The airport's press-service said that 15 planes were delayed... more

Science and technologyISRAEL: BEN-GURION AIRPORT TO BUY NEW RADAR SYSTEM
ISRAEL, The new $9 million radar system, produced by Raytheon, will be supplied and installed within 18 months. It will permit to control ground traffic and taxiing aircraft. The airport recorded a 9.37... more

Science and technologyZURICH AIRPORT: SMALL BLAST HITS OFFICE OF ISRAELI AIRLINE EL AL
ZURICH, The office was damaged overnight by a small explosion. There were no injures. A group calling itself "For A Revolutionary Perspective" claimed responsibility for the explosion. The group called... more

Science and technologyJAPANESE NARITA AIRPORT HAS NO MORE ROOM
TOKYO, JAPAN, According to a Japanese Civil Aviation official, the Tokyo's Narita airport is full to capacity and faces serious overload in the future. Narita airport, opened in 1979, have tripled its... more

Science and technologyGENEVA: NEW PASSENGER RECORD IN 2000
GENEVA, Geneva's international airport recorded a new passenger record in the year 2000. About 7,8 million travellers transited in the swiss airport. Also in 1999 up to 7 million passengers were recorded... more

Science and technologyDESIGNERS SAY COMPUTER CAUSED RUSSIA ROCKET CRASH
RUSSIA, Computer faults were responsible for Thursday's crash of a Ukrainian-madeTsiklon-3 light booster rocket. The rocket, carrying six small satellites belonging to Russia's Defense Ministry and... more

Science and technologyANGOLA: REBELS ATTACK AIRPORT
ANGOLA, UNITA rebels yesterday attacked the airport of Benguela, which is four-hundred kilometres south of the capital, Luanda. At least two planes were badly damaged. The attack lasted around two hours... more

Science and technologyLUTORN REOPENED AFTER SNOW STORM
LUTON, GREAT BRITAIN, British Luton Airport reopend today morning after closing for a snow storm with 20 centimeters of snow falled on the airport, which caused about 100 flight cancellation, affecting... more

Science and technologyLUTON AIRPORT: OFFICIALS HOPE SERVICES TO BE SOON RESUMED
LONDON, An airport spokesman said the runway is still closed but it has been cleared of snow and it could be operational in the evening. More than 60 flights in and out the airport were affected today... more

Science and technologyHOKKAIDO AIRPORT FLIGHTS SNOWED OUT
JAPAN, After U.S., North Europe and Italy, also in Japan the bad weather creates discomforts. Heavy snow forced airlines to cancel 83 flights - nearly half of all those scheduled - at Shin-Chitose... more

Science and technologyJAPANESE DOCTOR ON AIRLINE TRAVEL DANGER
JAPAN, A Japanese doctor says twenty-five people, including an American pilot, have died at Tokyo airport over the past eight years from blood clots caused by cramped airline seating. The doctor, Toshiro... more

Science and technologyBIG FREEZE HITS UK/IRISH AIRPORTS
NORTH EUROPE, Wintry weather took a swipe overnight at Europe hitting Ireland and the United Kingdom particularly hard and bringing chaos to air, road and rail services. Arctic conditions blanketed much... more

Science and technologySECURITY STEPPED UP AT INDIAN AIRPORTS
INDIA, The Indian Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation has increased security at all functional airports in view of intelligence reports about a possible threat... more

Science and technologyFAA APROVES MAMMOTH/YOSEMITE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA, The Federal Aviation Administration gave official notification to the federal funds which will be spent on improvements at Mammoth/Yosemite airport. The works, which worth... more

Science and technologyRALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NC, UNVEILS PROPOSED TERMINAL
NORTH CAROLINA, After growing more than 20 percent annually for two consecutive years, Raleigh-Durham International Airport has unveiled a terminal expansion plan that would cost nearly $ 1 billion. The... more

Science and technologyFAA DEFINES ''CAPACITY''
U.S.A., Thirty-four airports will be benchmarked by the end of January, under an FAA program to examine the top hub airports in the US. Already established are capacities for six big ones: Memphis, Detroit,... more

Science and technologyMORE CANCELLATIONS TODAY AS AMERICAN BIG FREEZE CONTINUES
U.S.A., Winter weather snarled holiday travel in the United States again yesterday causing hundreds of airline flights to be canceled as ice storms swept through southern Plains states. This morning Northwest... more

Science and technologyCENTRAL CHINA AIRPORT GREETS YEAR'S TWO MILLIONTH PASSENGER
CINA, Huanghua International Airport in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, greeted December 25 its two millionth passenger for this year. The airport is expected to handle 2.06... more

Science and technologyMALPENSA (8): MALPENSA'S NUMBERS
MILAN, The Milano-Malpensa airport it was inaugurated in 1998 and in this two years the flights are increased almost 8 times. The daily capacity is 850 flights with 70 flights in one hour. Only this... more

Science and technologyMALPENSA (4): CODACONS: ''FREE OFF CHARGE DEFENCE FOR PASSENGERS''
MILAN, Fallowing the consumers unions' request to the passengers trapped in Maplensa airport on Christmas Day of to ask a tickets' refound, the Codacons announced that it will carry on a free off charge... more

Science and technologyMALPENSA (3): ''WE WILL CLIME DAMAGES TO SEA''
MILAN, Osvaldo Gammino, Aoc (Airlines Operators Committee) representative, informed the determined intention of ask the demages to Sea after to have valued the situation. more

Science and technologyMLAPENSA: THE TROUBLES OF A BAD WEATHERED AIRPORT
MILAN, ITALY, The recent bad weather situation which has involved Milan Malpensa international airport, with an almost total block of its activities, has exposed the weakness of technical services which... more

Science and technologyMALPENSA: ALITALIA: HEAVY CHARGES TO SEA
MILAN, Very heavy the Alitalia's charges to Sea ( the airports management society) for the manegement of the Christmas snow emergency in Milano-Malpensa airport: "It was better to close the airport" captain... more

Science and technology170 NORTHWEST AIRLINK FLIGHTS CANCELED DUE TO COMPUTER CRASH
MINNEAPOLIS, AP, Yesterday a computer outage forced the cancellation of about 170 Northwest Airlink commuter flights operated by Mesaba Airlines. The outage prevented flights from departing for about three... more

Science and technologyMALPENSA: GOODS TRANSPORT'S GROWTH
MILAN, The Transport Observatory of the Milan's Trade Chamber registerd a big growth of Milan-Malpensa airport 's goods transport: +44.9 per cent compared to the last year. more

Science and technologySYDNEY AIRPORT CLOSED FOR FIRE
SYDNEY, The fire, in the control tower, was caused by an electrical fault in a computer. It was quickly extinguished but staff had to be evacuated and therefore the airport was shut down for about thirty... more

Science and technologyCHICAGO INVITES DESIGNERS FOR NEW TERMINAL
CHICAGO, Chicago is advertising for a team to design and build a new 17-gate terminal at O'Hare International Airport. It marks a major step in the pending USD$3billion World Gateway expansion at the... more