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- Travel Tips from a Million-Mile Flier
- Let's just cut to the chase, shall we? Business travel sucks. It's always been difficult. Today it's horrendous. In the next few years it could be unbearable as airlines consolidate routes and pile on fees. So veteran business traveler Marshall Goldsmith checks in to Harvard Business with...
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Which Airport Has the Most Luggage Theft?
- Traveling on business soon? Be sure to keep an iron grip on those bags of yours! The burning question: Which airport has the fattest chance your luggage will be pilfered? The answer: Los Angeles International LAX. A 2004 report by the Transportation Security Administration reported 1,458 luggage theft claims...
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- LAX Modernization is On the Wrong Track
- I've been critical of LAX overspending on terminal projects to make them architecturally significant before, and this week the airport has effectively confirmed that they're happy with this misguided strategy. California Home and Design magazine has stated that the LAX Bradley expansion project is one of the "ten most...
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Billions of Stimulus Funds Will Go to Transportation
- The federal stimulus plan has plenty of funds for everyone, but what exactly will it bring to the world of aviation, and transportation in general? A fair amount, actually. There are billions of dollars in the stimulus earmarked for transportation. by Brett Snyder
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Branson Airport Gets Its First Tenant: AirTran
- Last month, I wrote about the all new, federal funding-free Branson Airport that's popping up on hills in the Ozarks. Yesterday, the airport announced that it now has its first tenant. AirTran will fly to the airport once daily from Atlanta. by Brett Snyder
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
- BAA Sells Gatwick Airport at a Loss
- By Ben Deighton and Greg RoumeliotisLONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters UK) - Spain's Grupo Ferrovial, under pressure to reduce its dominance in UK airports, has agreed to sell London's Gatwick for a smaller-than-expected 1.51 billion pounds to a consortium involving Credit Suisse and General Electric.Ferrovial said on Wednesday that it expected to make...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Travel Roundup: Aloha Blocked for Mesa Air, MBTA Goes Seat-less, Houston Airport Karaoke and More
- Mesa Air can't go! Aloha -- A bankruptcy judge lambasted Mesa Air Group for crassly trying to take the now-defunct Aloha Airlines name and blocked the company from using it until Feb. 19 -- giving time for groups of supporters and opponents to respond.  Judge Lloyd King postponed the licensing hearing Thursday saying, "How about all...
- Blog posts 2008-12-05
- Travel Roundup: Delta Cuts, Thai Airport Siege Ends, United Needs Cash and More
- Delta says more flight and job cuts -- Delta Air Lines Inc. president, Ed Bastian, said Delta will cut flight capacity to 8 percent and talked about job cuts at an investors meeting Tuesday. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport can expect to see a 13 percent cut, or 40 flights a day,...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Branson Builds the First Commercial Airport in the US Without Government Money
- The airport business is an interesting one in the US in that it's generally considered a public utility. Cities or airport authorities tend to run most airports, and all of them take federal funds. Now, for the first time in the US, an airport is being built for...
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Protestors Close Bangkok Airports
- Bangkok's second airport was closed Wednesday when protestors filled the terminal, leaving it completely cut off to air travel and stranding thousands of tourists. On Tuesday, protesters stormed Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok's international airport, followed by a bomb blast that hurt two people before officials shut down the airport.  On Wednesday, yellow-shirted protestors occupied the city's domestic airport,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Abandoned Airport Looks to Solar Energy
- A friend sent me a note this morning with a story that Palmdale Airport is looking to turn itself into a massive solar energy farm. I guess if you have nothing better to do with an airport that gets 300+ days of a sun a year, this is a...
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Ontario's Spiral of Doom Results in Less Traffic and Higher Fees
- Ontario is just one of many airports that has entered what I like to call the spiral of doom. The airport has seen traffic drop by nearly a third and now it's raising costs to fly there. Seem crazy? Yeah, but sadly it's the state of affairs...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Ontario Airport's High Costs Showcase Missed Opportunity
- Just last week I wrote about the anger increasingly being directed toward LA World Airports by Ontario Airport stakeholders. Now, it appears that Ontario is getting more serious as the city looks at potential alternatives for the airport, something that might involve taking management away from LAWA. Looking...
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Some Airports Say It's OK to "Get High" With Medical Marijuana
- While local laws may vary from state to state, some airports in the San Francisco Bay Area allow up to eight ounces of marijuana for card-carrying medical marijuana patients. Police say the policy at San Francisco International Airport echoes the city guidelines used in San Francisco proper. The same goes for Oakland...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Ontario's Air Traffic Glut Draws Anger Toward LA
- It has now been over a year since ExpressJet shut down its branded operation and JetBlue walked away from Ontario, but the airport's traffic keeps dropping. I wrote about this death spiral back in March, but the year-over-trends trends are starting to look positive at other airports while Ontario...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- A Guide to Healthy Airport Eating
- With airlines cutting back food service, traveling executives are suddenly spending more time thinking about airports as potential on-the-go restaurants. And that can be a bad thing for the waistline, not to mention various internal organs that sustain life. The good news: Many airports have, if...
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- Another Reason Airports Should Love Allegiant
- There's no question that there's a love-hate relationship between airports and Allegiant. See, Allegiant makes it clear that costs have to be incredibly low for them to consider flying to an airport. That certainly puts pressure on the airports, but it also comes with some huge rewards. ...
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Who Will Fill Delta's Space at Chicago/O'Hare?
- Those hoping to see airline expansion at Chicago's O'Hare airport should be eagerly anticipating November 3. That's the day that Delta is targeting for its consolidation with Northwest at the airport, and that means a lot of gates are opening up at an airport where that doesn't happen too...
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Too Many Korean Airports Are Being Built
- Here in the US, the thought of building brand new airports all around the country is a pipe dream that will never happen. Simply getting a new runway at an existing airport takes decades, and the only way you'll see a new airport is if it's way, way out...
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Branson Announces Fourth Destination, Still Short of Plan
- Branson's new, privately-funded airport has been on a roll. The airport just announced that Sun Country will begin serving Dallas/Ft Worth, the fourth destination for the airport which opens in just over a month. This is great news for the airport, though it is still going to end...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
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