Eight airports in France have received security notifications.

According to the DGAC aviation authority, eight French airports were placed on high security alerts on Wednesday, and several were evacuated for checks. Additionally, the Palace of Versailles was shuttered once again owing to a security fear for the third time in the past five days.

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Bigger planes are the airlines' answer to crowded hubs and rising costs.

Faced with crowded airports, rising prices, a lack of pilots, and a rise in the number of people who want to travel, airlines are turning more and more to the same solution: bigger planes that can fit more people.

According to aviation data company Cirium, the 11 biggest U.S. airlines h...

US AIRPORTS REPORT HIGHEST NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SINCE MARCH 2020

Highlights

• According to the statement issued by the Transportation Security Administration on Saturday, it has screened 1.357 million US airport passengers on Friday

• Air travel demand was drastically impacted courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, with US airline ...

U.S. REPORTED ITS HIGHEST NUMBER OF AIR PASSENGERS SINCE MARCH ON SUNDAY

Highlights

• The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it has screened a total of 1.047 million passengers on Sunday

• The CDC had requested the Americans to stay at their homes and celebrate the festival of Thanksgiving by thanking with the people they st...

GMR GROUP DECIDES TO SEPARATELY LIST ITS AIRPORT BUSINESS

In order to raise funds worth Rs 5,000 crore, country’s largest airport operator, GMR Group founded by GM Rao has taken a decision to separately list its airport business. This proposal was passed by the company’s board on Thursday that will see the holding company, GMR Infrastructure...

AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANS TO SUSPEND FLIGHTS TO 15 DOMESTIC AIRPORTS

Highlights –

• American Airlines plans to suspend flights to 15 domestic airports.
• The decision comes due to lesser travel demands due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• American Airlines shares went down by 0.5 percent.
• The ...

532 FLIGHTS OPERATED TODAY, TOTAL 39,231 PEOPLE TRAVELLED SAYS AVIATION MINISTER PURI

As per the tweet made by India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday, total 532 domestic flights were operated on Monday that saw 39,231 passengers on board and he also said that “action has returned to Indian skies.” Though social media told totally opposite st...

THAILAND TOO CAUGHT IN THE DEADLY GRIP OF CORONAVIRUS WITH 109 FRESH CASES AND ONE DEATH ADDING TO ITS TALLY

• Thailand has been audience to coronavirus cases escalations with 109 cases today and 1245 infections till date.
• The authorities of Thailand ordered closure of several more public outlets and business offices to curb the menace.

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Dubai Airports aims for a ‘single use Plastic Free’ environment in 2020

With an estimated intake of 90 million passengers, Dubai is one of the busiest international ports in the world. Following a promise made in June 2019 to minimize plastic use, the two airports partnered with more than 250 of their concession and hospitality partners to meet their' plastic-fre...

Michigan has most PFAS contaminated sites in United States

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been found in at least 610 locations in 43 states, thats according to a recent study done by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). A recent update to an interactive map by the EWG and Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute shows pub...