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1010 Wins Authorities clear suspicious bag found at New York airport parking …
International Herald Tribune, France - 28 Sep 2006
NEW YORK Five hours after getting reports of a suspicious bag at a John F. Kennedy International Airport parking lot, investigators determined the unattended …
Suspect arrested after suspicious bag found at JFK parking lot Boston Globe
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Telegraph.co.uk Future of Gatwick Express uncertain
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 29 Sep 2006
… The latest options are to merge the service connecting Gatwick airport and Victoria station completely with the rest of the line, with commuters and air …

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Desperate asylum seekers go on the run to escape fast-track …
Sunday Herald, UK - 23 Sep 2006
… a new “voluntary” system of deportation, scores of asylum seekers are being sent letters giving them a time and date to go to Glasgow Airport in order to …

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Airport parking
Arkansas Times, AR - 15 Sep 2006
Starting Monday, LR National Airport will offer valet parking — $12 per day on a surface lot, $15 in the deck. News release on the jump. …

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Branson plan to cut plane emissions
Daily Telegraph, Australia - 27 Sep 2006
VIRGIN Group chairman British billionaire Richard Branson proposed a plan today to cut aviation emissions at busy airports, starting at London's Gatwick Airport…

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Lohan robbed at Heathrow airport
RTE.ie, Ireland - 8 Sep 2006
Actress Lindsay Lohan has had her handbag stolen at Heathrow Airport in London, according to her spokesperson. The 20-year-old actress …

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Bosh Lohan hero still waiting for thank-you
Digital Spy, UK - 15 hours ago
The Mean Girls actress was distraught after losing a bag containing medication and jewels worth $1 million at Heathrow Airport earlier this month. …
SNUB FOR LINDSAY'S BAG HEROMirror.co.uk
Lohan Savior Still Waiting For RewardSan Francisco Chronicle
Lindsay Lohan still to spare a dime for her fortune-saviorNewindpress (subscription)
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Guardian Unlimited Web
The Observer, UK - 3 hours ago
… It is a peace made double welcome by the meaningless queues and overcrowding of Gatwick airport, where I had started my journey. …

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Lohan robbed at Heathrow airport
Channel 4 News, UK - 7 Sep 2006
Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has had her handbag stolen at London's Heathrow airport, according to the star's publicist. Leslie …

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Lohan Robbed at Heathrow Airport
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 8 Sep 2006
Lindsay Lohan was left devastated in London Thursday afternoon when her beloved Hermes Birkin bag was stolen from her trolley at Heathrow Airport. …

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Airport may dump parking lot honor system
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - 21 Sep 2006
… About 40,000 to 50,000 cars exit the airport parking facilities each year, with about 70 percent of them coming from the short-term lot, he said. …

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Airport parking project pitched
Appleton Post Crescent,  USA - 25 Sep 2006
APPLETON — The Outagamie County Board could vote Tuesday on a $6.6 million project that would almost double the number of parking spaces at Outagamie County …

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Emirati PhD student suffers 16-hr ordeal at Heathrow Airport
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - 9 Sep 2006
By Lana Mahdi. AL AIN — It was a harrowing experience for 29-year-old UAE national at the London Heathrow Airport. Nadir Salih …

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It’s official Belfast Airport long stay parking is the cheapest (according to a Which survey).

Belfast International is the cheapest major airport in the UK to park your car on-site for a week, a survey has found.

According to research carried out by Which? magazine, Aldergrove is one of the few big airports at which it can be more cost effective to park on-site than off.

Holidaymakers leaving their vehicle in the airport’s long-stay site for a week can expect to pay just £21 if booked in advance on the Internet.

Now that is cheap, just £3 a day!

Which? says this is in comparison with £24 in one of the off-site, independently-run car parks nearby.

I find this statement from their report interesting for anyone with ties to airport parking-

“Our initiative to target non-traditional parking market segments with significant growth potential continues to be successful as we recently were awarded a new contract and two contract extensions in our airport parking segment. We have entered into an agreement to operate a 1,500 space off-airport shuttle facility serving Philadelphia International Airport. This new facility, which opens July 1, 2006, will be operated under the terms of a ten-year lease. Our contract to manage parking and shuttle operations at Washington Dulles International Airport was extended through October 31, 2009. Under the extension, our partnership will continue to manage 25,000 parking spaces, a fleet of 48 shuttle buses and provide valet parking services at this large, growing international airport, which served more than 27 million passengers last year. Our contract to manage parking, shuttle and valet services at Bob Hope International Airport in Burbank, California, which serves more than 5 million passengers a year, also was renewed for a period of three years. These two contract extensions serve to enhance our reputation in this very important market segment.

Parking on the loop road surrounding Prestwick Airport could be banned after police expressed concerns about “the increase in threat to security”.

A South Ayrshire Council committee will consider on Tuesday whether to make the A79 a 24-hour clearway.

A report before councillors states: “This will remove the opportunity to park a vehicle that may cause a threat to the operation of the airport”.

The move is “necessary for the safety” of drivers and air travellers, it adds.

The proposed clearway will run the length of the A79 Airport Loop Road from Shawfarm Roundabout to Monktonhill Roundabout.

The road loops around the airport runway and the main terminal building, covering a distance of more than one mile.

Gatwick airport is located 28 miles (45km) south of London, linked directly to the M23 motorway at junction 9 and to the London to Brighton road A23.

Opened in 1958, Gatwick is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, the second largest airport in the UK and the sixth busiest international airport in the world. The airport operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and caters for around 32 million passengers per year (estimated to increase to 40 million over the next 10 years).

There are around 25,000 (2,000 are BAA Gatwick employees) employees and the airport manages over 216,000 tonnes air cargo per year. Over the previous 10 years £800 million has been invested in the airport with a smiliar figure estimated for the next 10 years creating many jobs.

Source http://news.bbc.co.uk

An airline has announced it is expanding its services from an airport despite an ongoing inquiry into plans for a passenger terminal.

Thomsonfly is increasing its number of low fares flights at both Coventry and Birmingham airports from Thursday.

An inquiry into plans to build a new terminal capable of handling up to two million passengers per year at Coventry will not end until May.

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The firm intends to continue with the planned development.

The airline currently uses a temporary building, but the plans - originally sent to Warwick District Council - are for a new 10,000 square metre terminal with car parking.

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The cost of long-term parking at Guernsey Airport is to be reduced by 50% from Monday.

Anyone leaving their car at the airport for more than three days will pay £8 per day, rather than the current rate of £16 per day.

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The price cut is a trial which will be reviewed at Easter. If it is judged to be a success, the number of spaces in the airport car park will be increased.

That’s good news for anyone using Guernsey airport parking on a regular basis.

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