New ways of connecting airports, such as a high-speed rail link between Heathrow and Gatwick, are to be considered by ministers in the coming months.

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Chancellor George Osborne announces air passenger duty (APD) will be cut for direct long-haul routes from Northern Ireland airports.

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For months, a bitter debate engulfed Northern Virginia over where to build a new Metro station at Dulles International Airport, part of the second phase of a 23-mile rail line intended to stretch into Loudoun County . Two months after a decision to place the stop above ground and save hundreds of millions of dollars, there is still no definitive plan for paying for and building the project. Representatives from local jurisdictions, Virginia and the U.S. Transportation Department, plus top executives from the airports authority and Metro, are still trying to hammer out an agreement. Read full article > >

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Documents were filed in the only remaining wrongful-death lawsuit still pending out of nearly 100 filed after the attacks.

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Court Filing Details Shortcomings of 9/11 Airport Screeners

President Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan got generally good reviews from economists on Friday, though several noted one glaring omission: The plan does not include a comprehensive way to address mortgage debt, which many see as the central drag on the U.S. economy. Before a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, Obama called on lawmakers to immediately pass his jobs package, which includes tax cuts for workers and employers and direct spending on schools, roads, airports and railways, among several other initiatives. Read full article > >

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Federal and local officials tightened security Friday in New York and Washington as investigators probed a possible al-Qaeda plot to detonate a vehicle-borne bomb around Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. After U.S. officials received word of what they called a credible but unconfirmed threat to use a car bomb in New York or Washington, police and other law enforcement agents in the two cities stepped up checks of bridges, tunnels, airports, bus and rail terminals and other sites. In New York, police set up vehicle checkpoints, swept parking garages for bombs, towed illegally parked cars and posted officers with helmets, bulletproof vests and assault rifles at train and subway stations. In Washington, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier put officers on 12-hour shifts indefinitely in accordance with a plan that Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) said she has been working on for eight months. Read full article > >

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N.Y., Washington tighten security amid probe of bomb threat

Many passengers are trying to rebook flights into a system that is already packed with pre-Labor Day travelers.

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Some service has resumed after Hurricane Irene, but the return of normal service will be uneven.

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Airports Resume Service in Northeast After Hurricane Irene

Scotland’s airports are hit by severe disruption as drifting ash from an Icelandic volcano causes delays and cancellations.

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An independent report criticises the UK Border Agency over its operations at ports and airports in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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UK Border Agency concerns raised

Loudoun County officials are exploring what would happen if they withdrew funding for the Metrorail extension to Dulles International Airport. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday directed county staff to determine how Dulles Airport’s operations and the rail extension would be affected. A decision by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority last month to build an underground Metro station at Dulles has drawn widespread criticism from federal, state and local officials concerned about the rising cost of the second phase of the project. Critics favor an aboveground location that would save $330 million. Read full article > >

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who claims to be the mastermind behind 9/11, told his interrogators that al Qaeda had planned attacks on U.S. nuclear power plants, airports and even the Brooklyn Bridge, according to documents from WikiLeaks.

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The UK should appoint a “snow supremo” to try to avoid a repeat of last winter’s chaos at airports, a committee of MPs says.

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Taking control of the airport in Libya’s third-largest city would be one of the most significant rebel victories in the conflict.

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Libyan Rebels Close to Seizing Control of Misurata’s Airport