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Can Starbucks fix long lines at its airport cafes?

Air travelers face a host of headaches on their journeys: slow security lines, long waits for plush lounges, the threat of delays or cancellations — and the airport Starbucks.

DHL Cargo Plane Crashes Near Airport in Lithuania, Killing 1

The crash near Vilnius Airport sparked a fire in a residential area, officials said. One person on board was killed and three others were hospitalized.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Planes clip wings at Boston airport as holiday travel begins

Holiday travel for the Thanksgiving weekend has begun and an incident at Boston's Logan Airport may delay some flights. This comes as Charlotte airport workers go on strike. WBTV's Mary Calkins ...

Airport closes runways in search for dog that escaped from plane

The plan is to get close enough to tranquilize the animal with a hypodermic needle, airport officials said.

LAX airport security seize allegedly meth-caked cow onesie

The Los Angeles County man, who was trying to board a flight to Australia, faces one count of intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Colm McLoughlin, Irishman who led Dubai Duty Free to become an airport retail giant, dies at age 81

Colm McLoughlin, an Irishman who landed in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates and helped lead Dubai Duty Free into becoming an airport retail behemoth generating billions of dollars a year, ...

World - ABC News - November 1

Qantas flight makes emergency landing at Sydney airport after engine failure, sparking grass fire near runway

A passenger onboard QF520 to Brisbane says it was ‘a real struggle to get airborne and it was clear to everyone … that something was badly wrong’. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest ...

World - The Guardian - November 8

1 killed and 3 wounded after gunmen open fire at Brazil’s largest international airport

Brazilian police said that unidentified gunmen in a black car killed at least one person and wounded another three Friday afternoon at Sao Paulo’s international airport in Guarulhos

World - ABC News - November 8

Auburn team plane forced to return to airport after players fight on flight to Houston for Saturday's game

Freshman Jahki Howard and senior Ja'Heim Hudson were kept back and will not play Saturday vs. the Cougars after altercation in air

Sports - CBS Sports - November 9

Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital, US embassy says

World - ABC News - November 11

Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges and a new prime minister is sworn in

Haiti’s international airport was shut down after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince

World - ABC News - November 11

Haiti's main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge: US Embassy

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to fix the location where the flight that took gunfire originated. It departed from Florida. The main airport in Haiti is shut down after gang violence ...

Politics - The Hill - November 11

Brazil police eye top crime faction after brazen murder at São Paulo airport

Killing of Antônio Vinicius Lopes Gritzbach, 38, former First Capital Command member, spawns number of theories. Police investigating a brazen murder at the arrivals area of Brazil’s main airport ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

House Foreign Affairs Chair McCaul 'briefly detained' by police after appearing drunk at airport

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was briefly detained by police at a Washington-area airport after mixing Ambien and alcohol.

Politics - NBC News - November 13

Old clip shows Pakistani politician welcomed by supporters, not 'heckled at airport' amid record smog

World - Yahoo News - November 20

Kenya cancels airport and energy deals with Adani group after the US indicts the Indian tycoon

Kenya’s president says he has cancelled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Indian tycoon Gautam Adani after U.S. bribery and fraud indictments against one of Asia’s richest ...

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Gatwick airport evacuated over security incident as controlled explosion carried out near U.S. embassy

London’s second-largest airport on Friday was evacuated due to a security incident, which came as authorities carried out a controlled explosion near the U.S. embassy.

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

Charlotte airport workers walk off job at start of busy holiday travel week

Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have gone on strike at the start of a busy week of Thanksgiving travel to protest what they say are unlivable wages.

Some Charlotte airport workers on strike with record Thanksgiving travel expected across U.S.

AAA is forecasting record-breaking travel numbers for this year's Thanksgiving holiday with 80 million Americans expected to hit the roads and skies. In Charlotte, some airport service workers are ...

Small plane misses runway at California airport, wraps around tree in crash-landing

The pilot radioed in an issue with the plane as he approached the airport, according to firefighters.

Turkey reportedly arrested suspects in Israeli-Moldovan rabbi's killing in UAE as they left airport

Turkish security forces reportedly arrested the three Uzbek suspects in the killing of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates as they left an airport in Istanbul

World - ABC News - 14 hours ago

UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt sell-off intensifies

Bond markets unnerved by scale of extra borrowing in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Western consumer groups unconvinced by China’s economic stimulus efforts

Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence