Gardens, waterfalls, parks… what is happening to our airports?
From Beijing to Istanbul, exotic new airports are symbols of prestige for strongman leaders. But the environmental cost is massive…
June 2016
Plane catches fire during emergency landing at Singapore airport – video
Singapore Airlines plane catches fire while making emergency landing
December 2014
AirAsia flight QZ8501: no distress call, no red flags and no sign of wreckage
Plane took off six minutes after sunrise and was meant to arrive two hours later; at sunset the search was suspended
November 2010
Rolls-Royce faces backlash in US over Qantas A380 engine failure
Warning comes as second Qantas jet, also powered by Rolls-Royce technology, returns to Singapore airport after reporting engine problem
May 2009
Escaped terror suspect arrested in Malaysia
Mas Selamat Kastari, accused of planning to crash a hijacked plane into Singapore airport, tracked down in southern Johor state
October 2006
Ryanair - the world's least favourite airline
· Low-cost carrier late and unfriendly says survey
· Heathrow named worst airport, Singapore the best
August 2004
Britons pay most for airport car parking
British travellers are paying the highest airport parking charges in the world - more than New York, Singapore and Tokyo, according to a Guardian survey carried out this week.
June 2004
Record longest flight flies in the face of its critics
A hardy group of 181 passengers boarded a jet at Singapore airport yesterday for the world's longest commercial flight - an inaugural non-stop service to New York designed to appeal to time-pressed Asian and American business executives.
