Dubai airport expands to handle 90 million
Dubai International opens Concourse D , expanding the world's busiest airport for international passengers.
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World's tallest building proposed for Tokyo
Tokyo is dreaming of a mile-high tower with apartments for 55,000 people, to be built on a series of islands that are part of a flood-control system.
Shrinking airports to serve more passengers? Perhaps!
If the headline seems to be a paradox, it should. As air traffic grows by 5-7% a year overall, airports get bigger, baggage carousels get bigger, the distance between your plane and the exit gets bigger...are you really being served?
Campaigners ask: Can the QE2 be saved?
This past week, Cunard celebrated its 175th anniversary, and stage a show of its Three Queens (Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2) in the Mersey at Liverpool. But one of its storied Queens was in distress.
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, May 5, 2015: Spice Market, Dubai
Markets are fascinating places, whatever country, town or village you may be in. The smells, sights and wares on offer are a delight for the eyes and nose alike.
Open Skies? Fair Skies? Gulf competition stirs debate
U.S. airlines, which have usually pushed for "open skies" agreements that have let them expand into new markets previously closed except to the local domestic carriers, are now asking the Federal government to slow down, and perhaps renegotiate some of them.
Biggest Jet for Longest Route (DFW to Sydney)
Starting in September, Qantas Airways will begin using an A380 double-decker on its service to Sydney, Australia—the world's longest scheduled non-stop route. Before that happens, modifications at DFW's terminal will be completed; the plane uses...
Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Mar.4th 2014: Dubai Water Taxi
Taxis are an essential for any city, regardless of location or size, and they come in many different forms depending where in the world you are.