Airport News

• Pipeline outage forces American Airlines to add stops to some long-haul flights, Southwest flies in fuel
  
  After a cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, U.S. airlines and airports are scrambling to get fuel.
  CNBC.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Heathrow boss accuses Border Force of 'complacency' as airport loses 6.3 million passengers
  
  Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye (pictured) criticised the Government's decision to only put a handful of countries on the green list.
  Daily Mail.  Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• Vancouver shooting: Man killed in gang-related violence at airport
  
  A man is shot dead outside the international airport in what police say is gang-related violence.
  BBC News.  Monday, 10 May 2021.
• Man shot to death at Vancouver's airport in gang incident
  
  
  Yahoo.  2021-05-10T02:11:31Z.
• More than 1.7 million travelers nationwide passed through airports ahead of Mother's Day
  
  Confidence in travel is growing as more COVID restrictions are lifted. Health officials continue to express concern that COVID-19 will continue until winter. Mola Lenghi has the details.
  CBS News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Doctor sends ventilators to India to help with COVID surge
  
  There was a welcome sight at Mumbai International Airport tarmac when a shipment of much-needed medical aid and ventilators arrived.
  CBS News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• Unresponsive infant saved by customs agents, paramedics at Baltimore BWI Airport
  
  Three Customs and Border Patrol agents are being hailed as heroes after they saved an unresponsive infant on a plane waiting to take off in Baltimore.
  Fox News.  Sunday, 9 May 2021.
• New Low-Cost Avelo Airlines Announces East Coast Hub At New Haven
  
  Just over a week after operating its first flight out of its base at Hollywood Burbank Airport, new low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines has announced its first East Coast hub at Tweed New Haven Airport in Connecticut.
  Forbes.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Travellers warned they face 10 HOUR queues at UK airports this summer
  
  Alan French said he expects a 'number of core destinations' on the government's green list in the wake of the UK's vaccine rollout, with operators 'ramping up' holidays by June.
  Daily Mail.  Thursday, 6 May 2021.
• Woman arrested at airport after getting caught smuggling $40,000 of cocaine in shoes
  
  A woman has been arrested after smuggling an estimated $40,000 worth of cocaine in seven pairs of shoes upon her return to the United States from Jamaica.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• Covid: Reused nose swab scam busted in Indonesia airport
  
  Up to 9,000 passengers at an Indonesian airport may have been tested with washed and reused swabs.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• The Latest: Germany airlifts oxygen equipment to India
  
  BERLIN - A German military cargo aircraft with a mobile oxygen production unit for India has departed from an airport in northern Germany to help Indian hospitals that are overwhelmed with coronavirus pandemic patients. ...
  Washington Times.  Wednesday, 5 May 2021.
• Boy caught on camera taking 'ride' on Minneapolis airport conveyor belt system, child not hurt
  
  The boy who got on the device after leaving his parents at the Delta check-in area was not injured.
  ABC News.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• Minneapolis airport scare as 9-year-old rides baggage conveyor belt system
  
  A Minneapolis airport almost lost some valuable cargo when a 9-year-old boy went on a ride through the baggage check system, according to reports.
  Fox News.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.
• Vaccines Donated By EU Arrive In Bosnia-Herzegovina
  
  The first shipment of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines donated by the European Union to Bosnia-Herzegovina arrived at Sarajevo International Airport on May 4. ...
  Radio Liberty.  Tuesday, 4 May 2021.

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