Kenya has closed one departure terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi after a fire sparked by a baggage system malfunction forced authorities to evacuate passengers and staff, the state-run airports operator said on Thursday. JKIA, as the airport which is the main gateway into the East African nation is known, suffered severe flight disruptions in August 2013 when …

The Ethiopian government on Tuesday disclosed the seizure of 48.4 kg of cocaine while being smuggled into a third destination country during the past eight months period. The reported 48.4 kg cocaine was seized at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s major international hub, state news agency ENA reporting, citing the Addis Ababa City Administration Customs Office. The …

The rapper got into it with a white family in Texas. We haven’t heard much about Tone Loc since he collapsed onstage during a concert in  Des Moines, Iowa back in 2013, but the legendary “Wild Thing” rapper reportedly had a recent run-in with the law. According to reports, Tone Loc, real name Anthony Terrell Smith, got into an argument at Midland International …

Once again, Atlanta rules the world. At least its airport does. More than 107 million passengers flew through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last year, making it the busiest passenger airport in the world for the 21st year in a row. Atlanta also saw a 3.3% increase in passenger traffic, according to Airports Council International’s preliminary world traffic report, which was …

Travelers were met with a pleasant surprise. If you were flying out of New York’s JFK Airports recently, you may have been met with a little surprise when explicit versions of Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” and Kanye West’s “Lift Yourself” were blasting over the loudspeakers at the airports, the sixth-busiest in the United States. According to a spokesperson for the Port Authority of …