Thousands of passengers were delayed worldwide after a computer glitch temporarily halted departures at United Airlines, the latest in a series of outages to affect rival companies in the industry.
Hamad International Airport registered 17.6mn passengers in the first half of this year, up 20% on 14.6mn served during the same period last year, "setting a new passenger record" for the airport, HIA said.
At least 13 people were killed on Sunday when a boat crowded with passengers sank on Thailand's Chao Phraya river after hitting a bridge, an emergency response official said.
London's Heathrow Airport, which is battling Gatwick for government approval for an extra runway, said it handled a record 7.34mn passengers in August, with more flying to the Middle East and Latin America.
More than 30 tourists who spent a dramatic night stranded in cable cars above the French Alps were brought to the ground on Friday after an 18-hour ordeal, operators said.
Plans to expand the Hamad International Airport (HIA) will be completed as scheduled 'by 2021 the latest,' Qatar Airways (QA) Group chief executive Akbar al-Baker has said.
Airline passengers exiting Qatar, including transfer passengers connecting within 24 hours, will soon pay a QR35 ($10) ‘passenger facility charge,’ Hamad International Airport (HIA) announced.
Thirteen people were seriously injured when an intercity train travelling at 140 km per hour (85 mph) hit a fallen tree on tracks near the southern French city of Montpellier on Wednesday ...
A mentally ill man from Germany seriously wounded two passengers in a knife attack on a regional train in western Austria on Tuesday, police said, ruling out a terrorist act.
A preliminary investigation found no evidence of gunfire in a terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, despite earlier reports of shots being heard, the airport's operator said.
One of six people injured when a man started a fire on a train carriage in Switzerland and stabbed passengers has died of her injuries, police said on Sunday.
An Air India pilot failed an alcohol breath analyser test after landing an international flight and has been suspended while an inquiry is conducted into his case, an airline official said on Thursday.
