Tourism News

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu With construction work on Accra-Kotoka International’s new Terminal 3 flagship project moving into top gear some operators at the airport have had to change location to facilitate the development. The airport expansion supports the country’s ambition to upgrade its…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu All supplies of jet fuel to Auckland Airport, the largest and busiest international hub in New Zealand, have been cut following damage to a pipeline from the airport’s sole supplier of fuel. Thousands of passengers are expected to be…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an expansion of Schiphol’s…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu After lean economic times caused by ethnic clashes in the early 2000s, coupled with banditry and near debilitating drought, Isiolo Town is readying for take off. And with the opening of Isiolo International Airport, the fifth of its kind…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Several people have been injured by a suspected tear gas attack at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Witnesses said the check-in area at Terminal 1 was affected on Monday morning. Police said six people were being treated for breathing problems after the incident…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Monday, September 11, marked the 16th anniversary of the biggest game-changing event in contemporary international politics. It was on this day in 2001 that two passenger flights were used as missiles to bring down the Twin Towers in New…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu She said: “The Authority, in conjunction with the Lagos State government, has put in place necessary measures to mitigate the effect of the construction on road users while the project lasts.” Also yesterday, the state government said it would…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu AUDIT firm Deloitte has recommended that the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) charges its suspended chief executive officer, Tamer El-Kallawi, and engineering department boss, Courage Silombela, for corruption over the awarding of tenders worth over N$360 million. The state-owned company…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Dublin Airport has welcomed a whopping 20 million passengers in the first eight months of the year – an increase of 6%. Almost 3.1 million passed through the gates in August, meaning the airport hit over three million passengers for the…

22nd Jan 2018 | Elizabeth Sasu Hurricane Irma has caused “huge damage” to St Martin, devastating its airport and port and leaving the Dutch part of the Caribbean island unreachable, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. “Alas, the island is not reachable at this…