- HKIA to Open Precious Metals Depository[Jan. 17, 2007]
In a move designed to enhance Hong Kong's role as a financial and logistics centre and meet growing regional demand for gold, Airport Authority Hong Kong announced on January 17 that it will open a precious metals depository at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) by the end of 2007. Airport Authority Hong Kong will proceed to establish the new facility upon Legislative Council's approval of a proposed waiver of trade declaration charges for gold.
- oneworld Member Airlines Consolidate Operations at Tokyo Narita[Jan. 18, 2007]
Consolidation of operations by oneworld member airlines at Tokyo Narita, the main international hub of alliance member elect Japan Airlines, begins on January 17 with the transfer of American Airlines from the airport's Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, where JAL and Qantas are already housed. Cathay Pacific will move across a few days later, on Sunday (21 January), with Finnair following on Thursday, 1 March.
- Singapore Faces Air Cargo Challenge[Jan. 17, 2007]
Small countries with no natural resources usually have to be inventive to survive.
- Once More unto Airport Security Breach in U.S.[Jan. 16, 2007]
Newark International Airport: I disembark at Gate C85, with my two daughters, from Continental Flight 488 at 5:55 am. We've just arrived from Puerto Rico, our skin tight with sunburn and salt. I navigate the terminal at the minimal level of consciousness required to find the baggage claim, collect our suitcases, and get into the taxi line.
- Pistol in Bag Not for Hijack[Jan. 16, 2007]
On January 15, police in Sichuan Province said the man they had detained at an airport for carrying a pistol was not going to hijack a plane (Editor's Remark: More information available at http://en.carnoc.com/list/1/1684.html).
- Annual Air Traffic Sets New Records at HKIA[Jan. 14, 2007]
New records were set at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in 2006, with passenger and cargo throughput growing 9.1 per cent and 5.2 per cent over 2005, to 44.45 million passengers and 3.58 million tonnes, respectively. Aircraft movements increased 6.4 per cent, to 280,490.
- Man Carrying Gun Detained Before Going Aboard Plane in SW China[Jan. 14, 2007]
On January 14, a man was detained at Dazhou Airport in southwest China's Sichuan Province for carrying weapon, local police said.
- Annual Exercise Tests HKIA's Emergency Preparedness[Jan. 11, 2007]
- Show You My Cellphone? OK, But Only in Private[Jan. 13, 2007]
A young woman who uses a naked picture of herself as her cellphone screen saver almost missed a plane in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport earlier this week.
- Hong Kong's 3rd Air Cargo Terminal to Operate in 2011[Jan. 10, 2007]
On January 10, the Economic Development and Labor Bureau of Hong Kong announced that the third air cargo terminal at the Hong Kong International Airport was expected to be completed by 2011.