Hong Kong airport's passenger and cargo business has bounced back to levels seen before the global financial crisis hammered the aviation industry, the city's airport authority said Sunday. Crediting a surge in travel during last month's Lunar New Year holiday, the authority ...
FILE - In this July 28, 2004 file picture a plane takes off from the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. German airport operator Fraport AG says its February group passenger level increased 3 percent to 4.6 million people from a year earlier. The ...
<div id="subtitle">Dubai port operator DP World says parent mulling possible stake sale to investment firm</div><div><p>DP World, one of Dubai's most global companies, said Sunday its main government-owned shareholder is in talks to possibly sell a minority stake in the port operator to ...
<div><p>Air cargo shipped through Hong Kong dropped 17.6 percent year-on-year in May, the city's airport authority said, as the global downturn continued to slash demand for goods made in southern China.</p><p>Hong Kong International Airport handled 259,000 tonnes of cargo in May as ...
<div><p>Nepal's anti-corruption authority has come up with a novel solution to rampant bribe-taking at the country's only international airport -- the pocketless trouser.</p><p>The authority said it was issuing the new, bribe-proof garment to all airport officials after uncovering widespread corruption at Kathmandu's ...
<div><p>Nepal's anti-corruption authority has come up with a novel solution to rampant bribe-taking at the country's only international airport -- the pocketless trouser.</p><p>The authority said it was issuing the new, bribe-proof garment to all airport officials after uncovering widespread corruption at Kathmandu's ...
<div id="subtitle">Port operator DP World says cargo throughput at its ports fell 10 percent in first half</div><div><p>Cargo handler DP World said Thursday business at its ports dropped 10 percent in the first half of 2009 as the shipping industry struggles through its ...
<div id="subtitle">Trench dug too narrow could mean $1 million cost at Port of Seattle</div><div><p>A tiny mistake — about half the thickness of a dime — could end up costing about $1 million at the Port of Seattle. The Seattle Times reports Wednesday ...
<div id="subtitle">Dubai-based port operator DP World profit falls 32 percent as global trade dries up</div><div><p>Port operator DP World said Thursday its profit slumped by about a third in the first half of the year as it weathered a "very challenging operating environment" ...
<div id="subtitle">Los Angeles harbor plan seeks to draw visitors to industrial waterfront</div><div><p>The hulking container ships that ply the Port of Los Angeles already provide Southern California with a major source of revenue. Soon they could also provide the scenery for what port ...
