Tag: airport
Silent Sentinel to provide thermal imaging cameras for North African airports
British threat detection specialist Silent Sentinel has been awarded contracts to supply its long-range thermal imaging cameras to two major North African airports as...
Italian, French airports create company for flying taxi infrastructure
Airports in the Italian cities of Rome, Venice and Bologna and on the French Riviera have teamed up to create a company to build...
Ethiopia says Axum airport smashed, Tigrayans face surrender deadline
Forces of Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have destroyed an airport in the ancient town of Axum, state-affiliated media said on Monday, after...
Houthis fire drones at Saudi airport
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group aimed drones at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport e on Tuesday and put it out of service for several hours.
A...
East London, George and Kimberley airports resume operations
The East London, George and Kimberley domestic airports will resume operations on 21 July 2020, after getting the green light from the Department of...
Cyberattacks on Czech infrastructure
Prague Airport and a regional Czech hospital thwarted cyberattacks on IT networks, reinforcing warnings by the national cyber security watchdog of attempts to harm...
Drone shuts airport for an hour
Madrid’s Barajas airport gradually reopened Monday after detection of a drone by pilots prompted a shutdown for more than an hour, said Enaire, parent...
Qatar Airways is major stakeholder in new Rwanda airport
Qatar Airways agreed to a 60% stake in a new $1.3 billion international airport in Rwanda, state-run Rwanda Development Board said on Twitter.
The...
Mogadishu airport mortared
At least three mortar bombs were fired at Mogadishu’s international airport, injuring six people in z compound where embassies are located, a diplomatic source...
Two flights diverted from Dubai due to suspected drones
Two flights were diverted from Dubai International Airport on Sunday due to suspected drone activity, the hub’s operator said, at least the second disruption...
Investigation to follow SAPS helicopter crash landing
A South African Police Service (SAPS) helicopter crash-landed at Virginia Airport on Tuesday and an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of...
Sebha airport reopens
Libya reopened the airport in the southern city Sebha, closed since January 2014 due to security problems, residents said.
A commercial flight landed from...
US equipment grant boosts security at Senegalese airport
US and Senegalese officials have inaugurated two body scanners and four explosives trace detectors at the passenger checkpoint for outbound flights inside Blaise Diagne...
FAA to U.S. airports: Do not install drone countermeasures on your...
The Federal Aviation Administration told U.S. airports in a letter released on Wednesday they could not install drone countermeasures without federal consent, warning they...
Fire disrupts one terminal at Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi
joKenya has closed one departure terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi after a fire sparked by a baggage system malfunction forced authorities...
Sanaa airport to reopen, oil and gas exports to resume
Yemen's warring parties agreed to reopen Sanaa airport in the Houthi-held capital and resume oil and gas exports, sources said, as Western nations pressed...
Ethiopia top air traffic feeder to Africa
Ethiopia has overtaken Dubai as a conduit for long-haul passengers to Africa, highlighting the success of the state airline's expansion drive and...
No Chinese funded airport for Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone government terminated a $400 million scheme to build a new airport with Chinese labour and loans, according to a...
Tripoli airport open again
Libya reopened the only functioning airport in Tripoli again after rockets fired in its direction forced a brief closure, officials said, days...
Fighting forces Tripoli airport to close – again
Libya closed the only functioning airport in Tripoli again after rockets were fired in its direction, officials said, days after flights resumed...
Tripoli airport closed
Libya closed the only functioning airport in Tripoli after rockets were fired in its direction, the airport said, five days after flights...
Rockets fired near Tripoli airport, ISIS claims oil company attack
Rockets were fired late on Tuesday in the direction of the airport in Libya's capital, residents said forcing a diversion of flights,...
Tripoli to reopen Mitiga airport
Libya plans to reopen its only functioning airport Tripoli, closed because of fighting among rival groups, within two days an official said.
On...
Planned Tunisia airport strike is off
Tunisian airport employees called off a strike slated to take place this week after a deal was reached with government to improve...
UAE denies drone attack on airport
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) denied reports that Yemen's Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked Abu Dhabi airport with a drone and said operations...
Britain to tackle danger of drones near airports with new laws
Britain said it would ban drones from flying above 400 feet and within one kilometre of airport boundaries to reduce the possibility...
Singapore airport may use facial recognition systems to find late passengers
Ever been delayed on a flight because of straggling fellow passengers?
That might be an annoyance of the past at Singapore's Changi airport...
Rocket attack on Libya airport
Rockets hit Libya's main airport and damaged a plane as it was waiting to take off, a security force said, underscoring fragile...
Opposition politician detained at Nairobi airport
The lawyer of an opposition politician of dual Kenyan and Canadian citizenship said his client was detained by police at Nairobi airport...
Mitiga Airport open again
The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital reopened on Saturday after a five-day closure caused by deadly clashes that left passenger...
Tripoli’s Mitiga airport closed after fighting
Fierce clashes broke out in Tripoli on Monday, killing at least 20 people, shutting the airport and damaging planes during what government...
Fighting shuts down Libya’s Mitiga airport
Civilian flights were suspended for several hours at the Libyan capital's Mitiga airport on Monday and Tuesday as rival armed groups clashed...
South Sudan grounds UN aircraft in airport row
South Sudan grounded planes belonging to United Nations peacekeepers in a dispute over control of the airport in Juba, a government spokesman...
Benghazi airport opens after three year closure
Benghazi international airport officially reopened for commercial flights amid a heavy security presence at the weekend after a three-year closure due to...
Libya government of national accord securing Tripoli airport
A force operating under Libya's UN-brokered government said it was securing Tripoli's main airport, closed since it was badly damaged in fighting...
Nigeria re-opens Abuja airport
Nigeria reopened the capital's airport in Abuja on Tuesday, officials said, following a six-week closure for runway repairs that disrupted international air...
Last minute scramble at Kaduna before Abuja airport closes
Workmen were attempting to finish electrical fittings and lay tiles at a new terminal in northern Nigeria's Kaduna airport just hours before...
Nigeria racing to add airport capacity before Abuja closure
Two days before Nigeria shuts down Abuja's airport for repairs to its dilapidated runway, workers still need to fit electrics, seating and...
Nigerian airport workers threaten walkout while capital’s runway repaired
Nigerian airport employees may walk out over pay issues at the capital's temporary airport while the main airport's runway is being repaired,...
Nigeria to close capital’s airport for six weeks from 8 March
Nigeria plans to close the airport in the capital Abuja for six weeks from 8 March to repair its runway, the aviation...
SACAA says Airlink flight was not hijacked
South African regional airline, Airlink, has apologised to "everyone affected by the incident involving its flight S8678 involved in an anomalous hijack...
Libya unity government blames rival faction for airspace closure
Libya's UN-backed unity government has accused authorities in Tripoli of closing down the capital's airspace to prevent it from travelling from Tunisia...
Libya forces carry out second day of rival air strikes on...
Forces from Libya´s internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport after unidentified warplanes attacked one of its allied...
Djibouti starts building two Chinese-funded airports
Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh laid the first stone of a new Chinese-funded airport, part of an effort to turn the small...
Second airstrike hits Tripoli airport
An air strike hit the last functioning commercial airport in Libya's capital Tripoli for a second day running on Tuesday, residents said,...
Heavy fighting breaks out near Libya’s Tripoli airport, seven dead
Heavy fighting broke out between rival militias vying for control of Libya's main airport on Sunday, killing at least seven people and...
EU peacekeepers take charge at main CAR airport
European Union (EU) peacekeepers have taken charge of security at Central African Republic's (CAR) main airport in their first major operation to...
Libya’s Tripoli airport closed after rockets hit runway
Libyan authorities closed the airport in the capital Tripoli on Friday after rockets hit a runway on Friday, officials said.
"Flights were halted...
SANDF not part of Mthatha airport management
Just over a year ago then Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) would take...
Skukuza airport to reopen for commercial flights
As from the second half of this year, Skukuza Airport will again handle scheduled flights from registered airlines.
The airport was closed to...