Mogadishu, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Militants on Wednesday launched suicide bomb attacks on the office of United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) in Mogadishu where guards exchanged fire with the gunmen in and around the compound, police and witnesses said.

Tokyo, June 18 (ANI): A safe and efficient transportation system is one of the highlights of Singapore's Changi Airport.

New York, June 9 (ANI): Star Wars' star Peter Mayhew used the power of Twitter to get back his cane which was seized at the airport for close examination.

London, June 8 (ANI): Three passenger jets had a close encounter with UFOs above Britain's Scientology HQ, it has been revealed.

Washington, June 6 (ANI): A new 82 million dollar facility at San Jose International Airport that will support the personal aircraft of Google executives and other Silicon Valley executive fliers is scheduled to break ground soon.

Sydney, June 6 (ANI): Hong Kong International Airport has been ranked the best by millions of worldwide passengers for the seventh year in a row.

Mumbai, June 3 (ANI): Mumbai Police have arrested Pune-based bookie Kishore Lalchand Badlani alias Kesu Pune at Mumbai airport.

Tokyo, June 2 (ANI): All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) which has the largest Dreamliner fleet in the world, resumed regular 787 services on its 12 domestic routes and five international routes and it was Japan Airlines Corporation's (JAL) first commercial Dreamliner service when it scheduled 787 flights from Tokyo's Haneda airport.

Washington, June 1 (ANI): The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has got rid of its full body scanners, Rapiscan from American airports over privacy concerns.

New York, May 29 (ANI): An anti- Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has claimed that a female security staff groped her vagina during a pat down at San Diego International Airport.

Mumbai, May 24 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings so-called Principal Owner Gurunath Meiyappan landed at Mumbai Airport on Friday evening after 7 p.m., well past the 5 p.m. deadline set by the crime branch of Mumbai Police to report to it for investigation or interrogation with regard to betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): London's Heathrow airport closed both of its runways on Friday morning after an emergency landing, SkyTV reported, saying all passengers and crew have been safely evacuated.

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill.

Johannesburg, May 20 (ANI): South Africa's Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has claimed that the well-connected and wealthy Gupta family misused their diplomatic contacts to land their plane illegally at the country's strategic and sensitive Waterkloof Air Force Base last month.

Srinagar, May 13 (ANI): A vehicle carrying two civilians from Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District entered the tarmac of Srinagar Airport through the high security Air Force Station and parked near an aircraft to receive friends coming from New Delhi.

Chennai, May 13 (ANI): Panels of the false ceiling in the departure area of Chennai airport's new domestic terminal came crashing down early on Monday morning.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): Federal officials at the General Services Administration are set to sell a plane that once served as Air Force One, this week.

Chandigarh, May 9 (ANI): The special plane with Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah's body took off from the Chandigarh airport for Pakistan on Thursday evening.

New Delhi, May 9 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has directed national carrier Air India to stop the "companion free (travel) scheme" (CFS) which allowed its employees to take their spouse or any other family member for free on the fare of a single ticket.

Melbourne, May 07(ANI): Abu Dhabi Airport has been installed with "GoSleep" sleeping pods, which lets travellers take a quick nap before boarding a plane.

Amritsar, May 2 (ANI): The special flight carrying Sarabjit Singh's body landed at the Amritsar airport on Thursday evening.

Amritsar, May 2 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, who is representing the Congress-led UPA Government at the Amritsar airport here where Sarabjit Singh's body is expected to arrive soon, said this a very sad moment for the family of the Indian prisoner and the entire country.

London, May. 2 (ANI): Just 14 passengers got on the train from Teesside Airport station in Darlington in the past 12 months ending March 2012, and only 18 the previous year.

Dubai, May 1 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Wednesday said recent initiatives and measures taken by the government, would give a boost to civil aviation in India.

Beijing, Apr. 29 (Xinhua-ANI): Thousands of rebel fighters have massed in northern Syria in the hope of storming three military airports in the region, but the Syrian troops have succeeded so far in keeping them out, a pro-government newspaper reported Monday.