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Sydney Airport: car parking disruption

Sydney Airport is warning travellers about inevitable disruptions to parking facilites for the next 12 months while a new car p...

John Walton |

Sydney, Melbourne airport world's priciest parking

The country's two biggest airports have been given the all clear by a government Productivity Commission to keep charging passe...

danwarne |

CBR begins work on Phase 2 extension

Canberra Airport is on track for the mid-2013 completion of its $420m 'AirVolution' modernisation program, which will see the a...

David Flynn |

X-ray free airport body scanners coming

Sydney and Melbourne airports have played host to a demo of new type of security scanner that claims to transmit absolutely not...

danwarne |

Photo tour: Delta's new New York JFK Terminal 4

US airline Delta is well under way with its plans for a new terminal at New York's JFK airport, which means that Australians co...

John Walton |

US airports abandon 'naked' security checks

The Transport Security Administration in the US has announced that it will modify its millimetre wave scanning technology so se...

danwarne |

Airports monitoring passenger mobile phone signals

Airport security are monitoring mobile phone signals -- but not for the reason you might think. No, it's not a clandestine ope...

danwarne |

APPROVED: Beijing's enormous new airport

Beijing's new airport has been given the go-ahead for construction to begin, with a reported eight runways, 55 square kilometre...

John Walton |

UK to overhaul airport security: fewer scans

The British government is planning radical changes to airport security, which will hopefully improve passengers' experience whe...

John Walton |

MAP: LA's "Carmageddon" to affect LAX airport

If you're planning to fly to or from Los Angeles, or even transiting through LAX airport this weekend, bring some double-streng...

John Walton |

Claiming the Singapore GST sales tax rebate

UPDATE | Singapore's new eTRS (electronic tourist refund scheme) system, which provides travellers with a GST tax rebate a...

David Flynn |

Australian airports to get x-ray body scanners

Full body scanners that penetrate to the skeletal level will be introduced into Australian airports for a year-long trial. Leg...

danwarne |

Photo tour: Amsterdam's Airport Park

Amsterdam's Schipol airport is gunning to be the European hub of choice for the discerning traveller, this time with a park -- ...

John Walton |

Test the Brisbane Airport driving simulator

We've heard of flight simulators, and even miniature airport simulators, but this new online simulator must surely be a world-f...

danwarne |

Traveller's tips: the Hong Kong Airport Express

One of the best features of the award-winning Hong Kong International Airport is the Airport Express train, which barrels from...

David Flynn |

Sydney Airport effectively shut down by ashcloud

In brief: Sydney airport has been effectively shut down as the second wave of the volcanic ash cloud sweeps across south-easte...

David Flynn |

Singapore the last of Virgin's big alliances

Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti says the airline's new hook-up with Singapore Airlines completes his airline's "major allia...

John Walton |

Sydney Airport to upgrade domestic T2 taxi rank

In brief: Sydney Airport will start work on upgrading  the taxi rank at its domestic T2 terminal in August, in a move aime...

David Flynn |