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ILLUSTRATIVE - Passengers disembark from a plane belonging to Saudia airlines, at Baghdad International Airport, in Iraq, Oct. 19, 2017 (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
March 13, 2019, 8:36 am
Saudi plane turns around after passenger realizes she forgot baby
Air traffic controllers allow Malaysia-bound flight to return to terminal
By TOI staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 26, 2018 (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)
January 25, 2019, 10:36 am
Israel said to bar China, Turkey from bidding for $40 million airport tender
TV report: Beijing won’t be allowed to compete for infrastructure project due to espionage concerns, while Istanbul excluded amid ongoing tensions with Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on December 20, 2018 after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield. (Glyn KIRK / AFP)
December 21, 2018, 9:45 am
London’s Gatwick Airport resumes flights after drone chaos
Arrivals and departures halted for more than 24 hours, affecting more than 100,000 passengers
By Gregory Katz
Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on December 20, 2018 after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield. (Glyn KIRK / AFP)
December 20, 2018, 11:15 pm
Drone intrusion brings London’s Gatwick Airport to 24-hour standstill
All arrivals and departures halted, affecting more than 100,000 passengers; more than 20 police units searching for drone operator
By William EDWARDS
Mohammad al-Emadi, Qatar's point man for Gaza, speaking to a Palestinian news outlet in the coastal enclave. (Screenshot: YouTube)
December 10, 2018, 7:20 pm
Qatar wants Israeli permission to build airport in Gaza, envoy says
Doha’s point man for the Strip says airfield would be under his country’s security supervision, denies support for Hamas
By Adam Rasgon
Abu Dhabi International Airport (CC BY 3.0, Ralf Roletschek, Wikimedia Commons)
November 27, 2017, 9:26 pm
Texas man said fined, deported from UAE for taking photos at airport
Joseph Lee’s son says his father photographed security officials at Abu Dhabi International who had been rude
By AP
Thousands of people stand in line at Ben Gurion Airport's departure terminal on August 13, 2015, a day when 79,800 passengers passed through on 457 flights. (Flash90)
November 23, 2017, 7:54 pm
Ben Gurion Airport looking to add a tent to help with overcrowding
Terminal 3 saw 20 million journeys in 2017, up from 16-18 million originally planned and 18 percent more than in 2016
By Sue Surkes
In this Jan. 15, 2015 file photo, the new Airbus A350 of Qatar Airways coming from Doha, Qatar, approaches the gate at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP/Michael Probst-file)
November 8, 2017, 10:02 pm
Wife discovers husband’s affair mid-flight, forcing emergency landing
As husband slept, woman used finger-print to unlock his phone, revealing alleged affair in all its sordid detail
By AFP
Boston Children's Hospital. (YouTube screenshot)
July 12, 2017, 10:00 am
Iranian cancer expert stopped at US airport, sent back home
Mohsen Dehnavi was to start work at Boston children’s hospital; border control says ‘detention not linked to Trump travel ban’
By Philip Marcelo
In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport during a cabin crew strike in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
May 27, 2017, 6:09 pm
British Airways cancels all flights from London after IT failure
Airline says no indication tech problems due to a cyberattack; travelers complain of missed flights, being stranded on runway
By AFP
Palestinian men working in a keffiyeh factory in the West Bank city of Hebron on October 14, 2010. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)
May 18, 2017, 3:12 pm
Palestinians to ask Trump for economic stimulus package
Projects to be presented during US president’s trip include West Bank airport, Dead Sea hotels, power station and new city
By Avi Issacharoff
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
February 28, 2017, 2:25 pm
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
Let there be an airport in Gaza
A dream of local UN humanitarian aviation that could alleviate untenable living conditions for 2 million Gazans
Muhammad Ali Jr. (Screen capture: Louisville Courier-Journal)
February 25, 2017, 9:27 pm
Muhammad Ali’s son detained at airport: ‘Are you Muslim?’
Lawyer for Muhammad Ali Jr. says no doubt questioning by immigration officials ‘directly linked’ to Trump travel ban
By Agencies
An Air Canada flight at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, September 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 15, 2017, 11:30 am
Tel Aviv-bound flight diverted to London over ‘disruptive’ passenger
Witness says woman ‘was choking random passengers’; traveler taken into custody at Heathrow; Air Canada flight resumes journey to Israel
By TOI staff
Esteban Santiago, 26, the suspect in the deadly shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, is transported to the Broward County Main Jail by authorities, Saturday, January 7, 2017. (Jim Rassol/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
January 8, 2017, 7:59 am
Fort Lauderdale attacker charged as terror motive probed
Esteban Santiago, 26, faces possible death penalty for killing five in airport shooting; brother says authorities mishandled mentally ill suspect
By Leila Macor
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