German airport security staff begin one-day strike

By Reuters,

Security staff at eight German airports went on strike on Tuesday in an escalating pay dispute that means up to 220,000 passengers could be affected b...

airport , airport association , Dresden , Erfurt , germany , Leipzig , Munich , strike

Saudi teen lands in Canada after fleeing family

By CNN,

A Saudi teen who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family has arrived in Canada after being offered asylum there. Rahaf Al-Qunun l...

asylum , Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau , Chrystia Freeland , Rahaf Al-Qunun

Five ways road-tripping families can save money

By Agencies,

With four kids between the ages of 1 and 12, Loralee Leavitt is a cost-savings ninja when she hits the road. Leavitt, who hails from Kirkland, Wash...

africa , kenya , road trip , tourism , travel

Exclusive: Saudi private jet industry stalls after corruption crackdown

By Reuters,

A crackdown on corruption in Saudi Arabia has severely dented the kingdom’s private jet industry in a sign of the impact the campaign has had on pr...

London’s Heathrow halts flights after sightings of a drone

By Reuters,

Flights from London’s Heathrow airport were halted on Tuesday after the airport said there had been sightings of a drone flown near Britain’s busi...

Heathrow Airport , London.

Airline accidentally offers 95% discount

By CNN,

It was the deal of the century for eagle-eyed, fast-swooping airline passengers. Flying business or first class from Vietnam to North American citi...

Cathay Pacific , Hong Kong airline , One Mile at a Time

One dead in Thailand as tropical storm uproots trees, blows off roofs

By Reuters,

Thailand’s first tropical storm in three decades killed one person on Friday as it arrived on the south coast, knocking down trees and blowing off r...

Thailand

At least 60 dead after storm Usman hits Philippines

By CNN,

Scores of people have been killed after a powerful storm swept through the Philippines over the weekend. The tropical depression, locally named Usm...

Philippine storm , Philippines

Satellite shows collapse of Indonesian volcano

By VOA,

Radar data from satellites, converted into images, shows Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa island volcano is dramatically smaller following a weekend erupti...

Anak Krakatoa , Dave Petley

‘Resurgent’ al Qaeda looking to target planes in Europe, UK security minister warns

By CNN,

Terror group al Qaeda is "resurgent" and looking to carry out attacks on passenger planes in Europe, UK Security Minister Ben Wallace has warned. I...

al Qaeda militants , Ben Wallace , Gatwick Airport , ISIS , Osama bin Laden , President Donald Trump , Sen. Lindsey Graham

UK police arrest man and woman over Gatwick drone disruption

By Reuters,

Police have arrested a man and a woman after rogue drone operators crippled London’s Gatwick Airport for three days by repeatedly flying onto the ai...

British Airways , drones , EasyJet , Gatwick Airport , London.

Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism

By Reuters,

Pakistan is planning to ease visa restrictions for visitors from 55 countries, including most European nations, in a bid to revive tourism that was de...

Fawad Chaudhry , Luis Figo , pakistan , Prime Minister Imran Khan

London’s Gatwick airport reopens again, police make two arrests

By Reuters,

London’s Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for more than 100,000 Christmas travelers by u...

Chris Grayling , Constable Steve Barry , Gatwick Airport , Sarah Garghan

Chinese judges make rare defense of death penalty amid Western criticism

By Reuters,

Top judges from China’s Supreme People’s Court have made a rare defense of the death penalty, with one saying “a life for a life” is ingrained...

china , Li Xiao , Liu Guixiang , President Xi Jinping

How can a drone bring an airport to a standstill?

By CNN,

The closure of the UK's second-biggest airport because of "deliberate" drone disruption has caused travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of passenger...

Gatwick , Royal Air Force

Drones ground flights at London airport, sowing chaos for Christmas travelers

By Reuters,

Drones flying near London’s Gatwick airport grounded flights for at least 15 hours, causing chaos for tens of thousands of Christmas travelers in wh...

London. , Prime Minister Theresa May

British Airways to resume Pakistan flights after a decade

By Reuters,

British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next year after a 10-year absence that followed a major hotel bombing, becoming the first Western airl...

British Airways , London Heathrow-Islamabad , Marriott Hotel bombing , pakistan , Prime Minister Imran Khan , Richard Crowder

Year in Review: Kenya conquered Asaba, but lost Bett on return

By Carol Kones,

The 2018 Africa Athletics Championships will go down the memory lane as one of the most memorable events for Kenya in the competitions history, embroi...

Africa Athletics Championships , Asaba 2018 , Hellen Obiri , kenya , Nicholas Bett , YEAR IN REVIEW

UK signs air service deal with Switzerland for post-Brexit flights

By Reuters,

British transport minister Chris Grayling will sign an agreement with Switzerland on Monday to ensure air services continue to operate between the two...

brexit , Chris Grayling

KAA releases Ksh.200M for relocation of squatters from Malindi airport’s land

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) has released Ksh.200 million to pay hundreds of squatters who have been living at Malindi airport’s land so they c...

airport , Kenya Airport Authority (KAA) , malindi