Airport

Specialized anti-terror squads have found no explosive device inside a minivan parked in front of Sofia Airport Terminal 1 building, the Interior Ministry says.

Earlier on Tuesday, a "suspicious package" was allegedly discovered, with airport officials first confirming there was a bomb in the vehicle and Interior Ministry officials then denying.

Four easyJet planes scrawled with Arabic graffiti have sparred an investigation in France. The airports where the planes were vandalized cannot be identified for security reasons, however the fact that perpetrators were able to get to the planes has spread panic.

A Turkish Airlines plane flying from New York to Istanbul was diverted to Canada on Nov. 22 because of a bomb threat, but police said no explosives were found.
 
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the plane, with 256 passengers and crew, landed at Halifax Stanfield International Airport early Sunday after being alerted to the bomb threat.
 

Two Paris-bound Air France flights from the United States were diverted Nov. 17 and landed safely after the airline received anonymous bomb threats, the carrier said.

Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority has announced a plan to privatize its airports by 2020, as the kingdom looks to diversify its economy to boost non-oil income.

The initiative was set to be launched in the first quarter of 2016 with the privatization of the capital's main international airport, said the state-owned General Authority for Civil Aviation.

Security concerns have been raised at Sharm el-Sheikh airport after a British tourist said he was offered the chance to pay 30 pounds to skip queues and baggage checks, as Independent reports.

Dale Parkyn visited the Egyptian resort with his wife earlier this year and told Sky News that a man in military uniform approached them and asked if they wanted to avoid the long queues.

Athens International Airport’s CEO Yiannis Paraschis received the CAPA Airport Chief Executive of the Year Award as part of the 2015 World Aviation Summit of Capa. The award, newly established this year, was mainly for his for his outstanding strategic thinking and innovative direction.

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has revealed a new support program to overcome sector losses mainly due to economic problems in Russia and neighboring countries. 

A consortium which includes Turkey's TAV Airports (TAV) has received preliminary qualification to place a bid for the Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) Regional Airports Project in the Philippines, said the company in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform on Sept. 21. 

The Greek Government’s wavering on the concession of the 14 regional airports to a Greek-German joint venture Fraport-Slentel is developing into a major political issue.