Upgrades to Terminals means Upgrade to Prices

A mammoth two billion dollar renovation project to the four outdated terminals in the Dallas Forth Worth airport will likely mean higher parking rates, higher prices on concessions and potentially higher fares as the airport tries to recover the money spent on the upgrades.

The upgrades are necessary and will most certainly increase the capabilities [...]

More Construction at Indianapolis International Airport

Even after nearly one billion dollars of necessary upgrades, the work at Indianapolis International still isn’t quite complete. Underway now is the resurrection of an additional facility of about forty thousand square feet that is slated to be complete and ready for use in August. The new building’s main purpose will be to house extra [...]

Major Florida Airline Grounded

Contract disputes have left the very popular Spirit Airlines planes on the ground for several days since pilots walked off the job last Saturday. The airline offered full refunds to customers for missed flights and in some cases even offered a bonus in addition to the refund to be used on future flights to remain [...]

Much Needed Upgrade to Airport Fire Station Complete

It took nearly four million dollars in government stimulus funds and almost a year of hard work to complete, but the brand new 20,000+ square foot fire station at the Piedmont Triad International Airport is all but ready for action. The new, state of the art facility is replacing the much smaller fire station that [...]

Major Renovation Project on Hold – Aircraft Tow Tugs Can Help

An eight million dollar runway renovation project planned for the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport in Colorado that was the contracts were expected to have been signed for this Summer is now on hold due to lack of funding. Nearly all of the money was to come from the FAA, but Congress’ failure to approve continued [...]

Using Helicopter Tugs for a Different Type of Rescue

We’re all accustomed to seeing the dramatic water rescues or medical choppers transporting patients after serious accidents on the news. We’ve also all seen the helicopters hovering over the roads clogged with cars reporting the details of local traffic jams, but in Southern British Columbia right now there is a much different reason for that [...]