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How to keep airports functional during construction

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How to keep airports functional during construction 0 qpurcell Mon, 01/15/2024 - 09:56 Airports Gensler's aviation experts share new ideas about how to make the airport construction process better moving forward. For a brief but productive window, airport construction turned into a completely different game.

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The next destination: Passive design airports

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The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. On the path to passive The airport itself is becoming more sustainable.

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My travel life: Nicholas Gleeson, blind traveller

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THE TRAVELLER. arriving at Sydney International Airport, I walked into the terminal using my white cane to indicate I was blind. My last travel destination was. I will always love to travel because. I love to travel to do new things, be it to compete in an event, to discover something new or to experience nature.

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World's Largest Ongoing Construction Projects

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The construction industry is suffering a slump due to the pandemic, but the giant construction projects all over the world are still ongoing. Here are the top ten ongoing construction projects around the world enumerated below. The airport's subsequent development stage alone has an expected expense of more than $32 billion.

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Coronavirus and travel: Can you get a refund and how do flight and travel credits and vouchers work?

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Although we are now banned from travelling out of Australia except for emergencies, many travellers now find ourselves on an unknown path through unfamiliar territory. Millions of Australians, myself included, have booked and paid for overseas travel in the next few months. Airports around the world are mostly deserted.

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Travel tips and advice for the US: How to annoy a security agent at a US airport

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However, the tragic events of September 11, 2001, called for stricter security measures, and less than two months later, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created. We don’t blame them – on the PreCheck line, travellers need not remove their shoes, belts, outerwear, electronic devices or toiletry bags.

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Vilnius, Lithuania: Empty international airport converted to drive-in theatre during lockdown

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Airport converted into giant drive-in theatre. A cargo plane took off from Vilnius airport on Thursday, while just a few hundred metres away people watched a movie from their cars at a makeshift drive-in cinema on the airport tarmac. Enlarge image. Advertisement. Advertisement.