Hong Kong International Airport

Regional airlines are struggling to ramp up flights to Hong Kong because of staff shortages at the airport, slowing the city's plan to recapture its travel hub status, industry insiders have said.

Hong Kong, which calls itself Asia's World City, once had one of the globe's busiest, and best-connected, airports.

Istanbul Airport placed number two on a ranking of the world's best international airports, a survey by U.S. Travel and Leisure magazine found.

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At less than three years old, Istanbul Airport made it to the upper ranks of the globe's top 10 airports in the World's Best Awards 2021 survey, said a statement by the Istanbul Airport Administration (IGA) on Sept. 9. 

Austrian Airlines plane on Tirana International Airport on April 9, 2019. The plane was attacked by armed robbers who left the scene with millions of euros. Photo: Malton Dibra/LSA

Tirana International Airport SHPK, owned by Hong Kong-based China Everbright Limited, claimed that responsibility for responding to such major security breaches lay with the Albanian police.

For the fourth year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport won the title of the World’s Best Airport at the annualSkyTrax World Airport Awards.

The Skytrax awards are based on millions of votes collected in passenger surveys.

Athens International Airport ranked 60th among the best 100 airports in the world.

The world’s ten most sensational airports for 2015. Here are the ones where customers feel disappointed to leave thanks to the indoor jungles, aquariums, IMAX theaters, spas and endless hsops.

London still reigns supreme on the annual MasterCard Global Destinations Cities Top 10 Index, although Asian cities are catching up.
Bangkok remains number two with 18.24 million international overnight visitors and is catching up to the British capital.

By Vangelis Mandravelis

Although the Greek privatizations landscape remains unclear, Chinese interest in Athens International Airport remains strong.

A bomb threat forced a HK airlines heading from Beijing to Hong Kong to make an emergency landing in Wuhan, China. Posts on WeChat and Weibo mention that passengers have been evacuated from the flight. Police and firefighters have surrounded the aircraft and a search is underway.