1. South Korea introduces fingerprint, full-body scans
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South Korea is to introduce fingerprint scans at airports and ports from this week. Immigration officials will scan the fingerprints of 'suspect arrivals', the Justice Ministry said. A facial

2. Budget airport delay for KL
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...has been delayed by slow progress on building the runway and design changes to the terminal. Malaysia Airports Holdings said this week the design changes pushed up the cost of the new terminal, ...

3. ADAC reports sparkling July
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Abu Dhabi and Dubai airports have reported record passenger numbers for last month. Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) said there were 1,008,228 passenger arrivals and departures last month, breaking

4. American to sell near-exit seats
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...ass. Marketed as 'express seats', they will be available for sale at self-service check-in kiosks at airports. ...

5. Thames airport plan still kicking
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...nson wants the facility built on a man-made island in the mouth of the estuary to relieve pressure on other airports in the south east of England. A spokeswoman for Johnson said: "The mayo...

6. Indonesia to have 14 new, small airports
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Indonesia has given the private sector an opportunity to develop 14 new regional airports. The Ministry of Transportation says the airports will be built in the eastern part of Seram (Kuffar),

7. Greetings cards sent to known criminals
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The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) reportedly is sending officers to ports and airports to 'welcome' known criminals home from overseas. The body also writes to criminals when they lea

8. BAA doubles pay offer
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...ary 1, 2010 plus a guaranteed bonus of at least GBP500. Staff can earn a further GBP400 bonus if BAA airports reach 110 per cent of target earnings. ...

9. UAE 'should refrain from building overcapacity'
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...in the study, "UAE: The region's aviation hub." The country already has eight international airports and they are undergoing continuous upgrades and renovations, the study said. ...

10. BAA, Unite talks avert strike
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UK airport operator BAA and union Unite have struck a deal to prevent a strike at BAA's six British airports. Members of the Unite union, including fire-fighters and security staff, had voted by th

11. Heathrow not so tax free
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... In a secret shopper test, Kelkoo also found that prices varied by hundreds of pounds between European airports. The cost of a Panasonic FZ38 digital camera ranged from GBP267.85 in Heathr...

12. BAA strike looms
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...ening travel plans for thousands who use Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh or Aberdeen airports. Some 6,000 firefighters, engineers and support and security staff voted 3-1 ...

13. UBM 'delighted' with RDG buy
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...ed (RDG). RDG owns Routes - The World Route Development Forum - a global networking event for airlines, airports and suppliers as well as the regional Routes series of events Routes Europe, Routes...

14. Beijing only top 10 airport to grow
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...yo Haneda was worst, with traffic down 7.2 per cent. The global average was down 1.8 per cent, according to Airports Council International. North America was down 5.2 per cent, Europe down 5.4 ...

15. EPIC wants to halt USA scanner use
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...as filed a lawsuit against the country's federal government seeking to end the use of full-body scanners at airports. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the lawsuit against the ...

16. Russian bushfires kill 50
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...ts have been made homeless. Flight schedules have been disrupted at both Moscow's Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports. Nearly 600 separate blazes were burning nationwide over the weekend. T...

17. Haneda a game-changer for Tokyo
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Tokyo, Japan's Haneda airport, the smaller of the city's two airports and until now primarily a domestic flight hub, is expecting a huge influx of passengers when it opens its new international termin

18. One-stop processing trialled at Al Maktoum
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...uo;one stop” processing that speeds passenger access to and exit times from aircraft. Operator Dubai Airports says Siemens AG technology allows passengers to pass through check in, customs, imm...

19. Qantas to seek regional airport regulation?
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Australia's Qantas claims it is battling unreasonably high charges at some council-run regional airports in mining centres in WA and Queensland and that the charges threaten the nation's prosperity.

20. BAA says losses 'nearly halved'
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BAA SP, which owns the UK's London Heathrow and Stansted airports, says it has nearly halved its loss in the first half of the year, despite passengers numbers dropping 4.5 per cent because of disrupt

21. Melbourne to monitor Tas night flights
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...tralia's Federal Government promises it will implement 24 hour air traffic control at Hobart and Launceston airports, Tasmania, using equipment at Melbourne to monitor flights between 1...

22. Air NZ seeks Queenstown rethink
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... closely together to grow New Zealand tourism. "This marks a further significant step in Auckland Airports plans to grow travel, trade and tourism between New Zealand and the rest of the wor...

23. Sydney, Perth Airports second in class for regional efficiency
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... Sydney Airport, Australia has been named the second most efficient in the region after Hong Kong, for airports handling more than 15 million passengers per year. Perth was second-most-eff...

24. ADAC inks SITA deal
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Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC), which owns and operates all five airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has inked a deal with aviation IT specialist SITA to turn all its airports into high-te

25. Big increases at Qld regional ports
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Passenger traffic through Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa airports in Queensland, Australia grew almost 10 per cent in the financial year ended June 30 2010. There were almost seven

26. Unite at it again
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...trikes, Unite, is now embroiled in another potential flight dispute. Representing workers at six British airports, Unite is to poll members about a walkout over an unresolved pay dispute. It ...

27. Another call for UK airport expansion
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A new report has slammed the UK government's decision to rule out building further runways at airports in the south-east of England. The ConDem coalition government - which took office in May - ca

28. Taipei wants higher ranking for Taoyuan
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...rnational Airport one of the 10 best in the world within three years. According to a survey conducted by Airports Council International (ACI), Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport ranked 27th in terms of servi...

29. More calls for rethink on body scanners
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There is growing opposition to the deployment and use of full-body imaging machines to screen passengers at airports. Frequent fliers say they're time-consuming and invade their privacy and airline

30. Dubai says no to full body scanners
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Dubai says it will not allow full-body scanners to be used at its airports, saying the devices violate national ethics. Dubai airport security chief Brig Ahmed bin Thani said: "The use of such