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A mammoth two billion dollar renovation project to the four outdated terminals in the Dallas Forth Worth airport will likely mean higher parking rates, higher prices on concessions and potentially higher fares as the airport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

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 [...]

Aircraft Tractors Help With More Green Innovations

Part of a one billion + dollar renovation project of the San Jose International airport has been completed. The installation of a roof mounted solar electric system on the new parking garage and rental car center is estimated to have a big impact environmentally in additional to saving the airport money in the long run. [...]

Aircraft Tugs May Help Brantley County Airport

The Brantley County Airport has been closed for about seventeen months awaiting a new contractor to finish much need upgrades following a default by the original contractor. The airport closed down when construction began in January of 2009, but following the death of one of the principal owner’s of the contractor performing the runway and [...]

IT Problems for UK Airport

After numerous cancellations and delays stemming from the Icelandic volcanic eruption, the London Stansted Airport was backed up do to an IT failure that was preventing online and automatic check ins earlier this week. The problem, though not disastrous, had passengers and airport employees moving double time in order to try and get check ins [...]

Slow and Steady Increases in World Trade Lead to Plans for New Building by JFK

JFK Airport is one of the largest in the nation for shipping and receiving freight and due to that fact; there is never a lack of desire for the property surrounding the international airport. Though there isn’t an overwhelming amount of land surrounding the airport for building, and there has been no plan for new [...]

More News on the Green Front – Aircraft Tractors

The EPA recently recognized the monumental efforts of the Dallas Fort Worth Airport in doing what they can to protect the environment. DFW is making a difference by purchasing sixty million kilowatt hours from the green power source Champion Energy Services. This amount of power represents about twenty percent of their electricity needs.

This is [...]

New Musical “Take Flight” Gives a Glimpse into History of Aviation

The entertainment industry second attempt at capturing the world of aviation is getting a much better reception than it’s first – where “Fly Girls” disappointed virtually all critics and caused quite a stir as being sexist and a all but a waste of the viewer’s time, “Take Fly” is triumphant in both depicting the early [...]

UK Airports Getting Aircraft Back Up to Speed

After nearly a week of closures and cancellations due to the ash laden airspace, many European and UK airports have resumed regular operations. The ash from an Icelandic volcano eruption has had potential flight passengers stranded all over the world and basically wreaked have with the ability to fly over much of Europe.

Though flight [...]