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Mexican airport operator GAP has warned of weak passenger traffic in 2009 as small airlines close business hurt by the financial crisis.

The Spanish government said on Sunday it would open an investigation into flag carrier Iberia’s treatment of passengers who suffered delays and cancellations at Madrid’s Barajas airport this weekend.

Hungary’s main international airport switched to oil from gas heating on Wednesday after Russian gas imports via Ukraine stopped, and the normal running of the airport was not affected, the airport operator said.

Britain gave the go-ahead for a third runway and another terminal at London’s congested Heathrow airport as part of a 9 billion pound ($13.2 billion) expansion, delighting the aviation industry but enraging environmentalists.

The oldest resident of a village that will be wiped off the map by the expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport has vowed to stay in his home and defy the bulldozers.

Thai Airways International said on Monday it was seeking 19 billion baht ($545 million) in loans from state-owned banks as it needed working capital after being hit by the recent closure of Bangkok airports.

Ryanair would be willing to raise its offer for rival Aer Lingus but would not wage a prolonged battle if shareholders in Ireland’s former state airline continue to oppose the deal.

A technical malfunction shut Frankfurt international airport for nearly an hour on Thursday 22nd Jan, causing the cancellation of 75 flights as well as the re-routing of 25 inbound flights to other airports, authorities said.

Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport grew 2.7 percent last year, its slowest growth in five years as the economic slowdown begins to hurt travel and aviation, the Straits Times.

Campaigners against the expansion of Heathrow unveiled a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.12 billion) plan to improve the airport’s rail links to ease traffic congestion and cut the number of short-haul flights.