Here’s our weekly roundup of the previous week’s select Airport & Airport Parking links spanning the globe. Recommended links include coverage of parking at major international airports, interesting personal blog posts and other content regarding the airport and airport parking industries.Here are links of note from the week of Monday April 7– Sunday April 13, 2008:

Why: Heathrow Airport Terminal 5’s High Tech Failings
By Brian Lam
Much of the press was quick to say that tech was the source of the failings in parking, luggage handling and check in, but here are the details I can find on what exactly caused endless lines and delay for so many passengers of Terminal …

Duo launched petrol bomb attack on airport
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,England,UK
TERRIFYING details of the attacks at Glasgow airport and London were made public for the first time yesterday. Mr Laidlaw said the airport attack took place …

American Airlines cancels 595 more flights, 18 at Lambert Airport
MSN Money - USA
… 18 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, for continued inspections of its MD-80 planes and the bundling of wires in the aircraft’s wheel wells. …

Top Ten Things to Do When You’re Stranded at an Airport
The Perrin Post

Consumer watchdog puts Australia’s airports on notice over car …
MoodieReport - London,UK
Airport parking revenues in 2007 totalled A$206 million (US$192 million), Albanese said, a +77% increase since 2002, compared with a +41% increase in …

American Airlines flights canceled at Bay Area airports
Tri Valley Herald - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
By Bay City News Service American Airlines has canceled flights today at all major Bay Area airports so the airline can continue to inspect its MD-80

Defibrillators Arrive At Pearson Airport
CityNews - Toronto,Canada
Their latest endeavour saw 190 AEDs installed at Pearson Airport on Wednesday. The use of one of these devices immediately after cardiac arrest can increase …

75 MPH winds at DFW International Airport
By Jason Sickles
DFW International Airport reports no significant damage after an overnight severe thunderstorm storms containing a possible tornado passed near the airfield. The Airport’s Operation Center reports that DFW experienced 75 MPH winds, …

Airports offer free phone calls, free shoe shines, and more
Some examples: free shoe shines at Los Angeles International Airport. Free local phone calls at Sioux Gateway Airport and Reno-Tahoe International Airport. And free motorcycle parking at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International …

Inspector General: MIA Employees Use False Disabled Parking Permits
NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA
MIAMI — Miami-Dade County’s inspector general said, for years, some airport workers have scammed the system by using disabled parking permits to take spots …

Nantucket Memorial Airport Terminal News
Nantucket Independent - MA, USA
Airport Operation Manager Al Peterson said that the bidding process for various aspects of the addition project continues and that around 75 percent of the …

FAA Taps Staten Island Resident As New Local Airport Czar
NY1 - NY,USA
A former member of the World Trade Center site rebuilding effort has been tapped to take on the challenge of reducing traffic at the area’s airports. …

Houston’s big airport due big expansion
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA
By Jeremy Desel / 11 News It seems just like yesterday when the sounds of construction echoed even louder than the jets at Bush Intercontinental Airport. …

Oregon doctor’s legs crushed in airport accident
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
… doctor was in critical condition after his legs were crushed in an accident while he was loading baggage into his SUV at Portland International Airport.

NC airport seeks new carrier after Skybus Airlines shuts down
WTOL - Toledo, OH,USA
AP - April 6, 2008 4:25 PM ET GREENSBORO, NC (AP) - North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad International Airport is looking for a new airline, now that Ohio-based …

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