Archive for February 28th, 2008

US Airways to start charging for bags

Posted by admin on February 28, 2008

photo by Typophiles
Less than a month after United Airlines announced that it would be charging most passengers $25 to check a second bag, US Airways has announced that it would do the same, starting on May 1. US Airways claims that higher fuel costs are partly to blame and said that this new luggage fee […]

World’s largest airport terminal to be inaugurated in Beijing

Posted by stephen on February 28, 2008

Beijing’s new international airport terminal, which will open for trial operations on February 29, will be the largest and most advanced airport building in the world. The $3.5 billion project was designed by UK architects Foster & Partners and was completed in just four years.
Terminal 3 has a dragon-like form with a soaring aerodynamic roof […]