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Madrid airport sounds alarm after bomb threat on Saudi plane

A general alert was issued at Madrid' s Barajas airport shortly after midday on Thursday after the captain of a Saudi Airlines plane announced the flight had received a bomb threat.

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Obama's envoy meets with Kurdish officials in northern Syria: monitor

A delegation of the U.S.-led anti- terror coalition have visited Kurdish fighters in a Kurdish area in northern Syria, a monitor group reported on Monday.

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China's test flight on Nansha reef legitimate: scholars

The Chinese government on Wednesday successfully conducted a test civil flight to an airport on Yongshu Jiao of China's Nansha Islands to ensure the safety of the airport for large airliners and provide options for new alternate airfields and more flexible and cheaper transoceanic flight routes.

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China Successfully Conducts Test Flight at New Airport in South China Sea

China conducted successful test flights at a newly built airport in the Nansha Islands of the South China Sea on January 6, 2016.

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Corruption, crowds, chaos … which are the world's worst airports?

Airports are often the gateway into a country, and some are better than others. Travel experts tell us where they’ve had some of their worst times – and some of their best

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NBI seeks out bullet victims in Philippine

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is seeking out victims of the laglag-bala (bullet planting) scam, urging them to file their complaints as part of government efforts to put down the extortion scheme victimizing mostly overseas Filipino workers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

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Australia upgrades Melbourne Airport road link

​Australian Victorian and federal governments announced 1.08 billion U.S dollar facelift to the Melbourne Airport road link to cut travel time to the airport by up to 20 minutes, according to a statement released Thursday.

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Air Canada flight that crash landed hit antenna array before landing

​The Air Canada plane that crash landed early Sunday struck an antenna array that knocked off the main landing gear as it attempted to touch down in the midst of a snow storm at the airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday.

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Pakistan's first flight carrying 503 stranded passengers arrive from Yemen

​A Pakistani plane, carrying 503 nationals stranded in the war-torn Yemen, arrived in the country late on Sunday night.

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Iraq says shooting on Emirati airplane at Baghdad airport "unintentional"

The Iraqi security authorities on Tuesday said the attack on a United Arab Emirates (UAE) passenger plane was unintentional, and stressed that the Iraqi capital airport is fully secured.

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British Virgin Atlantic flight lands safely following technical fault, airport runway closed

​Britain's Gatwick Airport on Monday temporarily closed its runway after a Virgin Atlantic passenger plane returned to the airport due to a technical fault.

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Indonesia shuts down airport amid volcano eruption

Indonesia closed an airport in Ternate of North Maluku province on Friday and warned planes to avoid the routes around the erupting volcano, an official said.

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Economic planner OKs building new airport in Beijing

China's economic planner announced its approval on construction of a new airport in Beijing on Monday.

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Japanese company to upgrade Myanmar's Mandalay int'l airport

​A Japanese company will upgrade Myanmar's Mandalay International Airport in the north into a logistic hub airport, according to the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Monday.

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French oil giant Total CEO killed in plane accident

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of French oil giant Total was killed here in a plane accident.

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Mexico to build new int'l airport

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto Tuesday announced the construction of a new international airport in the capital of Mexico City in his second state-of-the-nation address.

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1 killed, 2 injured in firing at passenger plane in Pakistan

One female passenger was killed and two crew members injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a passenger plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) during its landing at the airport of the country's northwestern city of Peshawar late on Tuesday, said a PIA official on Wednesday.