There was a long silence as the taxi rattled out through the airport gates.

Within fifteen minutes of touchdown, the Rolls whisked him out of the airport gates.

When they arrived, they found the airport gates closed and spent the night sleeping on the floor of a high school gymnasium.

They are gone, swallowed by larger airlines that coveted their planes and airport gates.

Similarly, and less controversially, long-term leases on airport gates are freely traded.

Mr. McGregor said a prime problem in getting back to normal was the limited number of airport gates available.

At least one Somali was killed in fighting just outside the airport gates.

Through a series of long-term leases for airport gates, they have gained powerful control over the airports where they land.

Back at the airport gates, it was obvious who the shoppers were.

But they also concentrate the ownership of scarce airport gates into few hands.