• The British government has approved plans to expand the country’s booming airports, arousing the ire of environmentalists who say this will contribute to global warming

• Miami International Airport has launched a 24-hour valet parking service

• Penauille Servisair and AirTran Airways have signed a new collaboration agreement to provide ground handling services at Phoenix Airport

• The European Commission has announced that it will contribute €40.5 million to Phase II of the Ogle Airport Development project in Guyana

• Los Angeles World Airports executive director Lydia Kennard is leaving LAWA to become chief executive of a new aviation-related real estate company

• The Canadian Airports Council says the Canada Border Services Agency is finding it difficult to support border services at regional airports, threatening the ability of Canadian communities to benefit from international trade and tourism

• Delta Air Lines will give back more than one third of its 22 gates at Boston Logan’s rebuilt Terminal A, which the airline is not using to the extent originally planned