(AllHipHop) — Hip-Hop star Jay-Z is expanding his business empire with a new deal that will bring his popular 40/40 Club to select airports across the United States. The rap mogul and his partners Juan and Desiree Perez have struck a deal with Delaware North Companies, one of the world’s leading and hospitality service providers. […]
(New York Times) — Amid the uproar that airport screening has become too intrusive, some Americans are now asking why the United States cannot do it like the Israelis. Representative John L. Mica, Republican of Florida and a critic of the Obama administration’s new screening methods, says theTransportation Security Administration should look at Israel, which […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Examples of public resistance to the rollout of high-technology body scanners in American airports are mounting, with some protesters calling for a nationwide boycott of the new security scanners on the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year. Several pilots unions are advising their members not […]
(New York Times) — As the Transportation Security Administrationscrambles to address vulnerabilities in procedures for screening cargo, it is facing growing criticism from travel industry groups over the escalating security measures for passengers. In recent weeks, representatives from the International Air Transport Association, the U.S. Travel Association, the Allied Pilots Association and British Airways have criticized the […]
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Information on the go about Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport just got more user friendly. The world’s busiest airport on Thursday launched improved mobile access to its website. Customers can now access www.atlanta-airport.com from any mobile device with Internet capabilities. Read More…
Saving hundreds of millions of dollars could be just one stop away. As the preliminary engineering work on Phase 2 of the Metrorail line to Dulles reaches its final stage, officials have estimated how much could be saved by an alternative to the 2-mile tunnel underground at Dulles International Airport with an underground station. Read […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — More travelers at the Atlanta airport will be going through full-body imaging machines as the Transportation Security Administration shifts its three machines there to primary use. The shift means that, in the security line lanes where the machines are stationed, they will be the main means of screening. Read More…
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) — Atlanta officials are moving closer to determining whether the city builds a second commercial airport or a new runway at the one it already has. Atlanta City Council has given the green light for a study to determine the viability of a second commercial airport, or potentially a sixth runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta […]
(Washington Post) — Officials building a subway line to Dulles International Airport say Metro is overcharging them for new rail cars, a budget-busting cost that they predict could delay the opening of the extension and force higher fees for Dulles Toll Road commuters. Unless Metro agrees to eliminate a $75 million increase on 64 rail cars it […]
(NYTimes.com) — United Airlines and US Airways are in merger talks that, if successful, would create the nation’s second-biggest airline. It is the third time in a decade that they have tried to make a deal. The negotiations represent the latest efforts to consolidate the struggling airline industry, which lost $60 billion over the last decade […]