tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31853934060970785912024-03-05T14:19:57.602-05:00Terminal QUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-69709722871327761462008-11-19T13:26:00.000-05:002008-11-19T13:27:36.402-05:00New addressTerminal Q is moving to <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/terminal-q">Flight Global</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-53914778116887368442008-11-06T13:18:00.003-05:002008-11-06T13:53:53.557-05:00Frontier nixes Colorado Springs maintenance plans<p class="MsoNormal">A new heavy maintenance facility will not be built on the west side of <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:PlaceName> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<br /><br />Frontier Airlines decided against constructing a heavy maintenance facility in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:place></st1:City> as the low-cost carrier attempts to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Capacity cuts and fleet reductions eliminated the need for the facility, Frontier spokesman Steve Snyder says, noting the airline has been reviewing all projects as part of the bankruptcy process.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Instead of building its own facility, Frontier will continue to lease part of Continental Airlines’ hangar in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City> for heavy maintenance work. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Construction on the 100,000-square-foot hangar (30,480 square meters) had not started. The facility had been slated to open in or after April 2009.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The airline selected <st1:city st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:City> because of the financial package offered by the airport and the ease of flying between <st1:city st="on">Denver</st1:City> and <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:place></st1:City>, roughly 100 miles (160 km) south, Snyder said when plans for the facility were first announced. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Incentives offered to Frontier and other airlines include a 100% rebate of personal business property taxes related to hangar construction materials, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Colorado Springs</st1:place></st1:City> airport director of aviation Mark Earle says. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The airline also received a combination of rebates and exemptions that equate to a 100% abatement of sales and use taxes for activity in the hangar for the life of the project, he says. Aircraft, aircraft parts, equipment solvents, materials, “anything used in the maintenance process” is included.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"Airport staff will continue to market the airport in an effort to attract successful airline maintenance projects such as the SkyWest maintenance facility which has been in operation since July 2007,” Earle says in a statement.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-19697384498562059872008-10-27T11:03:00.003-04:002008-10-31T11:36:29.869-04:00JetBlue's photo shootJetBlue's <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jetblue/sets/72157608265674015/">photos</a> and <a href="http://t508.wordpress.com/">blog</a> for their new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.<br /><br />And real-time updates <a href="http://twitter.com/jetblue">here</a>.<br /><br />My earlier posts about the terminal: <a href="http://terminalq.blogspot.com/2008/08/terminal-trial.html">trial-run</a> and <a href="http://terminalq.blogspot.com/2008/07/hungry.html">gastronomic</a> descriptions.<br /><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://twitter.com/jetblue"><br /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-30685018253594907882008-10-24T13:45:00.005-04:002008-10-24T14:04:04.197-04:00Quirky airport stories<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFWBMbG4qX1rSDdLetJbB5gKbJkrY4veT3OUTIFNIQ5B1NSG4bc-C9rLq3t1TCbmZnVVbrLlb_AeoEOZa69I_2cLUQdPk7Us0bS7cBKxtG7d8ys1ihdAZ9jiUTVoT62Q5eJJ9p5FYlQg/s1600-h/snowman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFWBMbG4qX1rSDdLetJbB5gKbJkrY4veT3OUTIFNIQ5B1NSG4bc-C9rLq3t1TCbmZnVVbrLlb_AeoEOZa69I_2cLUQdPk7Us0bS7cBKxtG7d8ys1ihdAZ9jiUTVoT62Q5eJJ9p5FYlQg/s200/snowman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260781904725524258" border="0" /></a>Japan's New <a href="http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/">Chitose</a> Airport is using <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/3232610/Stockpiled-snow-used-to-cool-Japanese-airport-in-summer.html">stockpiled snow</a> in its cooling system.<br /><br />Singapore's <a href="http://www.changiairport.com/changi/en/index.html">Changi </a>Airport is working on<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/welcome-to-singapore-im-tommy-lee/2008/10/22/1224351326995.html"> customer service</a> with a smile. The effort somehow involves celebrities such as Tommy Lee. Sounds counterintuitive...<br /><br />While this has nothing to do with airports, consider this your Friday <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/palinposter.jpg">bonus</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-29377808747198263992008-10-09T23:03:00.031-04:002008-10-14T16:03:42.832-04:00Panama Photo Shoot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT0z9cw2dZNZk5gMhGz-_3gsAmGMS9CFbrX27B5Mc1GV1kCeGb0ETtgr8jh-1FO3MvsVKOASuEhUybm_qnRiHt_H2-0y_bjBkeH5cTh_9GM6f36fRJB4rUKDH9IuULOUW_AvfXPtPfGc/s1600-h/runway+photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGT0z9cw2dZNZk5gMhGz-_3gsAmGMS9CFbrX27B5Mc1GV1kCeGb0ETtgr8jh-1FO3MvsVKOASuEhUybm_qnRiHt_H2-0y_bjBkeH5cTh_9GM6f36fRJB4rUKDH9IuULOUW_AvfXPtPfGc/s400/runway+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257093332097091970" border="0" /></a>Construction of Florida's new <a href="http://newpcairport.com/">Panama City-Bay County International Airport</a> is four months ahead of schedule, says Roy Willett, senior project manager for project/construction manager Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR).<br /><br />Runway and taxiway paving begins this week. Pictured: The 10,000-foot, north-south commercial runway facing south.<br /><br />By the time the new facility opens on May 31, 2010, some six million yards of material will have been moved at the airport, Willett says.<br /><br />Eight gallons of fuel is used daily during construction, which began in January, he says.<br /><br />The 105,000-square feet <a href="http://terminalq.blogspot.com/2008/03/will-green-airport-be-painted-that.html">terminal</a> will be built according to the US Green Building Council’s standards for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (<a href="http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19">LEED</a>).<br /><br />Pictured: The passenger parking lot.<br /><br />Pictured: Airport executive director Randy Curtis.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemx4hTAszLBYjKjcSZFmsQoj5t01NWZCK5wj7rLKxc_MC0-cem1LiNh3rgwceVCPCoeaMtvrJATnWpU3besvVIxnrLza2LptBmIGSjOuqNCptkez3zOEcI7pE7le5DK3LdGZesh4OJLM/s1600-h/panama+terminal+building.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemx4hTAszLBYjKjcSZFmsQoj5t01NWZCK5wj7rLKxc_MC0-cem1LiNh3rgwceVCPCoeaMtvrJATnWpU3besvVIxnrLza2LptBmIGSjOuqNCptkez3zOEcI7pE7le5DK3LdGZesh4OJLM/s400/panama+terminal+building.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257093438915205458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaRuyesfYkUZPBRGi_nK3GH56x7-5DZfvLozHSt4wwiM4-IezBK9fvJrbXih86X8VlIEPRO40PL8ykBCfUNsckZ1VZEfjStsbTJ1KUoPV2JCTT_HGxeY1B2-WP0Nu5tWkwYBHESRkQpw/s1600-h/parking+lot+image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAaRuyesfYkUZPBRGi_nK3GH56x7-5DZfvLozHSt4wwiM4-IezBK9fvJrbXih86X8VlIEPRO40PL8ykBCfUNsckZ1VZEfjStsbTJ1KUoPV2JCTT_HGxeY1B2-WP0Nu5tWkwYBHESRkQpw/s400/parking+lot+image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257093580207732738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ8O2y-GWrfTdwpLZBvaVUrDaKM2ndBF6-IpcwGZKovWhhAOXRGwHgA1I2ULjMtpH89q2lsPQataxz72UP_31GkNV2f1CoLz4pyv3JsoVip1wYjli93kP9KgcImRXGfeaKqO7APkOtHA/s1600-h/randy+curtis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ8O2y-GWrfTdwpLZBvaVUrDaKM2ndBF6-IpcwGZKovWhhAOXRGwHgA1I2ULjMtpH89q2lsPQataxz72UP_31GkNV2f1CoLz4pyv3JsoVip1wYjli93kP9KgcImRXGfeaKqO7APkOtHA/s400/randy+curtis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257093891976487314" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-13915503765970231182008-10-06T13:39:00.009-04:002008-10-08T14:20:54.803-04:00The Northwest Florida office<p class="MsoNormal">I am flying to <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Panama City</st1:City>, <st1:state st="on">Florida</st1:State></st1:place>, today to check out the forthcoming <a href="http://www.pcairport.com/">Panama City-Bay County International</a> airport. The replacement facility is set to open in 2010. See my earlier post <a href="http://terminalq.blogspot.com/2008/03/will-green-airport-be-painted-that.html">here</a>.<br /><br />In other construction news, JetBlue Airways has postponed the opening of its new terminal at New York JFK until October 22. <a href="http://www.jetblue.com/about/jfk/t5.html">T5</a> was supposed to open October 1.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>“All operational systems have been tested and are ready for customers, but the retail and dining elements needed a little more time to complete construction and inspections," JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin says in an email.<br /><br />On the bright side, the project is still six months ahead of schedule.<br /><br />Construction plans initially called for a February 2009 opening, <st1:place st="on">Baldwin</st1:place> says.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-65903297839085796772008-10-03T10:34:00.018-04:002008-10-03T12:15:29.512-04:00Pink slips<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1dahLlAw76jtOJSSvhDmh1aDbLncBY1KrWFCO-X0CFPSZBTVbuuRGuSgTjrsjN5tzBp8-aVGraC5_Ikoo6wBtTcxhXhvkUow9bXVri9wcJvlUPNw5LLJwrvQmedK1f7_AI_1HpcSlpA/s1600-h/home_header.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1dahLlAw76jtOJSSvhDmh1aDbLncBY1KrWFCO-X0CFPSZBTVbuuRGuSgTjrsjN5tzBp8-aVGraC5_Ikoo6wBtTcxhXhvkUow9bXVri9wcJvlUPNw5LLJwrvQmedK1f7_AI_1HpcSlpA/s400/home_header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252958651710429634" border="0" /></a><br />Airlines aren't the only ones cutting staff.<br /><o:p><br /></o:p>Northeast Florida's <a href="http://www.jaa.aero/General/Default.aspx">Jacksonville Aviation Authority</a> has laid off workers because of declining air traffic and is planning for additional cuts across <st1:placename st="on">Jacksonville</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype> and general aviation facilities <st1:placename st="on">Craig</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Airport</st1:placename>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Herlong</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place> and Cecil Field.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/09/29/daily35.html">Jacksonville Business Journal </a>reports the authority expects to trim roughly $809,000 worth of salary and benefits, which is about 1.2% of its $65.1 million operating budget.<o:p><br /><br /></o:p>The authority has not identified how many jobs will be lost because it is looking for other means to cut expenses and or raise revenues, authority director of external affairs Michael Stewart tells me.<o:p><br /><br /></o:p>"Everybody is hoping the industry will turn around quickly," he says. <p class="MsoNormal"> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->Capacity is down 8% year over year in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Jacksonville</st1:place></st1:city>.<br /><br />Lost service includes ExpressJet flights to <st1:state st="on">North Carolina</st1:state>'s <st1:city st="on"><a href="http://www.rdu.com/">Raleigh-Durham</a> International Airport</st1:city> <st1:state st="on"></st1:state>and twice weekly flights to <a href="http://www.flydenver.com/"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Denver</st1:city></st1:place></a> operated by Frontier Airlines.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Other carriers have reduced frequencies or cut seat capacity by down gauging aircraft, Stewart says. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>As more of a business rather than leisure destination, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Jacksonville</st1:place></st1:city> will probably not experience as severe job losses as more vacation-oriented destinations, he says. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Other airports may not be as fortuitous.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The <a href="http://www.airlines.org/">Air Transport Association of America</a> (ATA) says airlines have already abandoned 60 communities and roughly 40 more communities will lose service this year. The airline group also says it is "not unrealistic" to expect as many as 200 communities could lose air service by early 2009.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>In more upbeat <st1:city st="on">Jacksonville</st1:city> news, authority executive director and CEO John Clark was elected chairman of <a href="http://www.aci-na.org/">Airport Council International–<st1:place st="on">North America</st1:place></a> (ACI-NA) for 2009.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-75330953879755103952008-09-11T14:28:00.003-04:002008-09-11T15:36:35.710-04:00"Do you know that so-called volunteers don't even get paid?"<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Looking for an easy entry in the airline industry?<br /><br />Consider volunteering for <a href="http://familyairlines.com/index7.html">Family Airlines</a>. The <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Las Vegas</st1:place></st1:City> startup needs people to work on US FAA manuals as the company maneuvers the regulatory process to fly widebody Boeing 747-400 aircraft from <st1:city st="on">Las Vegas</st1:City> to major <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> cities.<o:p> </o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Family Airlines founder and CEO Barry Michaels tells me he used craigslist to find executives and figured he would use it to locate volunteers as well. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="normalparagraphstyle"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Volunteers are reviewing completed Safety Attribute Inspection (SAI) manuals before documents are submitted the FAA, he says, adding materials will likely be turned in to FAA during the first week of October. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="normalparagraphstyle"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“BY VOLUNTEERING IT COULD LEAD TO A GRAT 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T03IxKF3ZUq5hbz2dpE0t7TgH7obzLdn-CbgrgqJERTJAssWHmh3lSQXuw-EbWr4l8YzB2M3g-NSEocH1d8qmCAVzTpEq_LNOnPtXZ8DD594tMbf6L0wI28Vmch2h7TMRN2crmHXkMI/s320/san_francisco_mayor_gavin_newsom.jpg"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--></span></a>Acting FAA administrator Robert Sturgell will hold a press conference at <a href="http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/index.jsp"><st1:placename st="on">San Francisco</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></a> tomorrow to unveil environmental initiatives FAA is implementing in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city>, across the USA and in oceanic airspace.<br /><br />Sturgell's announcement conveniently coincides with the arrival of “ASPIRE Flight 1,” an Air New Zealand flight between Auckland and San Fran that will use NextGen procedures and technologies.<o:p></o:p><br /><br />The test flight "will demonstrate commercial aviation’s potential to reduce environmentally harmful emissions by millions of tons annually," FAA says in a statement.<br /><br />San Fran mayor Gavin Newsome (pictured, swoon) is expected to attend, along with San Fran airport director John Martin and Air New <st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on">Zealand </st1:place></st1:place></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">officials</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:place st="on"></st1:place></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-86766500561493158432008-09-10T13:46:00.008-04:002008-09-10T14:13:18.132-04:00New Indian airport in the works<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Plans for a new </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Indian </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> airport in the </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >in the western state of Maharashtra received </span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >approval from a central government committee,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> the Ministry of Civil Aviation </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >says.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />North of Goa, the forthcoming facility in Sindhudurg will cater to domestic traffic and "</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >could help in decongesting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabolim">Dabolim Airport</a> in Goa," the committee says. </span><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><div class="Section1"><p>The state government of Maharashtra will seek bidders for airport construction.<br /></p></div> </span> </p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#000000;" >Nick Ionides in Flight's <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies/">Singapore</a> office for finding this story.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-73418189772961075772008-09-09T09:53:00.014-04:002008-09-09T11:52:34.582-04:00London shuffle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiNA_DGEzJxy1uvRkNSOvTustoiWGkgiJZXlgnOtZFEAk-EPAgbN731RS0th4MxbYVeFe50xAu9KuU9iQb2NXCnmZXkWfgFDan7p2ydz3xt5zwlleRHxhqi3ZuNpFY63MWcSN05qlpKI/s1600-h/Moving.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiNA_DGEzJxy1uvRkNSOvTustoiWGkgiJZXlgnOtZFEAk-EPAgbN731RS0th4MxbYVeFe50xAu9KuU9iQb2NXCnmZXkWfgFDan7p2ydz3xt5zwlleRHxhqi3ZuNpFY63MWcSN05qlpKI/s320/Moving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244049853263257554" border="0" /></a>Does <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">London <a href="http://www.gatwickairport.com/">Gatwick </a></st1:placename><st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place> have abandonment issues?<br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Yet another airline has announced it will leave Gatwick in favor of <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">London <a href="http://www.heathrowairport.com/">Heathrow</a></st1:placename><a href="http://www.heathrowairport.com/"> </a><st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place> this year.<br /><br />Continental Airlines will end year-round service to Gatwick from <a href="http://www.panynj.gov/COMMUTINGTRAVEL/airports/html/newarkliberty.html">Newark</a> Liberty International and <a href="http://www.fly2houston.com/iah">Houston</a>'s George Bush Intercontinental airports on October 25 to launch a third daily flight between Heathrow and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Newark</st1:city></st1:place>.<br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Is Heathrow cooler? Gatwick appears unpopular with passengers. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >“Our customers have shown a clear preference for Heathrow, and our main competitors have focused their operations there. We regret the need to end year-round operations at Gatwick, but it is imperative that we remain competitive and continue to meet the needs of our customers,” </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Continental executive VP marketing Jim Compton says in a statement.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10;" ><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Airlines are willing to spend a lot on Heathrow. The Houston-based company paid <span style="color:black;">millions on Heathrow slots--$116 million for </span>summer<span style="color:black;"> slots last year and Continental has said it expects to pay $93 million for winter slots for <st1:state st="on">New York</st1:state> and <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Houston</st1:city></st1:place> flights this year.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><br />Earlier in the year, American Airlines moved all its Gatwick operations to London Heathrow, ending a relationship that began in 1982.<br /><br />Oneworld alliance member American used to fly from Gatwick to <a href="http://www.dfwairport.com/">Dallas/Fort Worth</a> International and <a href="http://www.rdu.com/">Raleigh-Durham</a> International airports.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The one bright spot for Gatwick is Continental's seasonal service between <a href="http://www.clevelandairport.com/site/375/default.aspx">Cleveland</a> Hopkins International Ariport and Gatwick will return in the summer, Continental spokesman Nic Britton says.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >But that must feel like a consolation prize.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color:black;"><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-52121353281292602592008-09-04T15:58:00.008-04:002008-09-05T12:19:29.025-04:00Busy bees<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUQWvARAViauGhLLZz1T7l6n5f0uzICEx6Vcqecdhs8gsej68rsBQKjxOZC1pLm7HMaX7b7QeigKsJ2uVtqgB1JHmfOuhcpnLM1OJt-h98csnJjoLuEx7wY41fzhPiEGOUVga4N9CeTU/s1600-h/u18725105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUQWvARAViauGhLLZz1T7l6n5f0uzICEx6Vcqecdhs8gsej68rsBQKjxOZC1pLm7HMaX7b7QeigKsJ2uVtqgB1JHmfOuhcpnLM1OJt-h98csnJjoLuEx7wY41fzhPiEGOUVga4N9CeTU/s400/u18725105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242570517995289474" border="0" /></a><span>While the Air Transport Association of America's <a title="blocked::http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/770B5715-5C6F-44AA-AA8C-DC9AEB4E7E12/0/2008AnnualReport.pdf" href="http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/770B5715-5C6F-44AA-AA8C-DC9AEB4E7E12/0/2008AnnualReport.pdf"><span title="blocked::http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/770B5715-5C6F-44AA-AA8C-DC9AEB4E7E12/0/2008AnnualReport.pdf" style="color:#0000ff;"><u title="blocked::http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/770B5715-5C6F-44AA-AA8C-DC9AEB4E7E12/0/2008AnnualReport.pdf"><i title="blocked::http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/770B5715-5C6F-44AA-AA8C-DC9AEB4E7E12/0/2008AnnualReport.pdf">2008 Economic Report</i></u></span></a> focused on aircraft fuel efficiency, it also contained some interesting tidbits on busy airports.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.panynj.gov/">New York City</a> metro area airports were in 11 of the 12 most traveled domestic origin and destination (O&D) city pairs. New York and the Windy City averaged the most with 4,839 O&D passengers per day.<br /><br />New York also plays well with Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Las Vegas, West Palm Beach, Miami, Boston and Tampa. No surprises there.<br /><br />Island hopping makes for another happening route. <a href="http://hawaii.gov/dot/airports">Honolulu-Kahului</a>, the seventh most traveled domestic city pair, averaged 2,660 daily passengers each way. I plan on upping that number someday.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.atlanta-airport.com/">Atlanta</a> ranked number one in annual passengers with 42.7 million travelers and 991,627 aircraft takeoffs and landings.<a href="http://www.ohare.com/"> Chicago O’Hare</a> International Airport ranked second in both categories, with 34.2 million passengers and 926,973 operations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mscaa.com/">Memphis</a> International Airport remained the busiest air cargo facility, enplaning 2.2 million tons of freight and mail. How many <a href="http://www.elvis.com/">Elvis</a> love letters are included? Anyway, Louisville, Anchorage and Miami fall next in line for cargo bragging rights.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-81468436324259269172008-09-04T09:36:00.015-04:002008-09-04T11:27:47.641-04:00Fuel regulationFederal regulation of fuel prices, open discussion among airlines about fares and increased foreign investment are among the temporary <a href="http://www.aaae.org/_pdf/_govpdf/AAAE_Energy_Task_Force_final.pdf">proposals</a> the American Association of Airport Executives (<a href="http://www.aaae.org/">AAAE</a>) is promoting to combat record fuel costs.<br /><p style="font-family: arial;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><div class="Section1"><p>"We're not calling for re-regulation ... [but we're] not calling for government to do nothing. Government does have a role to play," AAAE president Chip Barclay said during a press conference yesterday in Washington, DC. </p><p>Permanent regulation of fuel prices is not needed, but could be used during emergency situations, he says.</p><span>The trade group's Energy/Air Service Task Force created recommendations in the midst of reduced capacity and lost service at airports as disparate Hartsfield-Jackson <a href="http://www.atlanta-airport.com/">Atlanta</a> International and Ohio's <a href="http://www.toledoexpress.com/">Toledo Express</a> airport as airlines cut capacity to combat fuel costs.<br /><br /></span><span>Toledo lost half of its service when two airlines exited three marketsand departures at Atlanta are expected to be down 5% year over year from October.</span><br /><p> </p><p>The task force suggests, "government should temporarily direct emergency refining capacity to jet fuel if needed. The government should also take emergency steps to reduce or eliminate the non-cost-based 'spread' between jet fuel and other refined products of crude oil."</p><p>Limitations of foreign investment of US airlines should be temporarily suspended, Barclay says, noting much is made foreign interest in US carriers, but less so when foreign companies eye US carmakers. </p><p>As for pricing, the task force report says, "government should provide temporary anti-trust immunity to US airlines to meet and discuss routes and fares, under the supervision of Department of Justice and DOT, and with the participation of representatives of local communities. The goal of these conferences should be to maximize a national system of air services at the best possible cost to passengers."</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9iDMgaj-mk1H3Gv0yD4h__pNdJaI5Myb48ZDezRC-6tRkezSKHd5XcLU65tNf8wek-8KZ1FwtOEhQPg-33DrsmsiENSHRT5qkTgGy4CAwud2nNr0Zg0ywKaBRlfNhTvJwjo7R7DPjZY/s1600-h/AAAE+Energy-Air+Service+Task+Force+Report+Hearing+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9iDMgaj-mk1H3Gv0yD4h__pNdJaI5Myb48ZDezRC-6tRkezSKHd5XcLU65tNf8wek-8KZ1FwtOEhQPg-33DrsmsiENSHRT5qkTgGy4CAwud2nNr0Zg0ywKaBRlfNhTvJwjo7R7DPjZY/s400/AAAE+Energy-Air+Service+Task+Force+Report+Hearing+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242185553200844418" border="0" /></a></p></div></span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br />L-R Tory Richardson, executive director of airports for Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority; Jim Elwood, AAAE 2008-2009 chair and airport director for Aspen-Pitkin County Airport; AAAE president Chip Barclay.<br />(Photo by Daryl Humphrey, AAAE art director)</p> <p style="font-family: arial;"><em style="font-style: italic;"></em><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-67142964425196714102008-09-04T09:13:00.006-04:002008-09-04T09:32:48.075-04:00Moving on up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBwoGZ6hzjnZBDtF2Jeak0fpVIymHZN0nHW3K7IOcYxdV8tAnds_OjNE71B2drrep_jjkN3lpkDu8e80Ye4kkwPG2Y8_aiYGp4JM4xb1nJt_4ME4nOvzjNX27OnqYA-buFe6Jo85q6K0/s1600-h/LAX_LOGO.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBwoGZ6hzjnZBDtF2Jeak0fpVIymHZN0nHW3K7IOcYxdV8tAnds_OjNE71B2drrep_jjkN3lpkDu8e80Ye4kkwPG2Y8_aiYGp4JM4xb1nJt_4ME4nOvzjNX27OnqYA-buFe6Jo85q6K0/s320/LAX_LOGO.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242157203604063314" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.airtran.com">AirTran Airways </a>will relocate at <a href="http://www.lawa.org/lax/welcomeLAX.cfm">Los Angeles </a>International Airport, moving to Terminal 6 from Terminal 3 effective tomorrow.<br /><br />Flights will depart from Gate 69A.<br /><br /> "We outgrew our space in Terminal 3," Tad Hutcheson, VP marketing and sales says in a statement.<br /><br />AirTran links LAX with Hartsfield-Jackson <a href="http://www.atlanta-airport.com/">Atlanta</a> International Airport.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-29999879400319803662008-09-03T14:05:00.006-04:002008-09-03T15:24:38.208-04:00Let the good times roll again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg964HwGkbdEBoD9x55E6a4fh_gDbeKPZQGEWrxQkZU8zVdrkn64JyYYE1t4YfWaeGd-RQKNfsWiC3ftbGiSb2LRt_ybFOyOf4ZMFSj5YoyONVoLUliwcgceD_ElXOKBbIL3Fv9roLGUKU/s1600-h/Logo+wo+tail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg964HwGkbdEBoD9x55E6a4fh_gDbeKPZQGEWrxQkZU8zVdrkn64JyYYE1t4YfWaeGd-RQKNfsWiC3ftbGiSb2LRt_ybFOyOf4ZMFSj5YoyONVoLUliwcgceD_ElXOKBbIL3Fv9roLGUKU/s320/Logo+wo+tail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241877699603471010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.flymsy.com/">Louis</a><a href="http://www.flymsy.com/"> <st1:placename st="on">Armstrong</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></a> is open after Hurricane Gustav caused airport officials to close the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Orleans</st1:place></st1:city> area facility on August 31. <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent3" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">AirTran Airways says it will resume service to my favorite <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> city this evening. Its full operations to and from the Big Easy will resume tomorrow. <span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-35554142463880913202008-09-03T08:46:00.005-04:002008-09-03T09:06:45.919-04:00Where have all the passengers gone?<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The onslaught of capacity reductions taking place this fall does not bode well for airports dependent on revenues from passenger facility charges.<br /><br />Airports large and small are being impact as airlines cut capacity and passenger levels drop, says the American Association of Airport Executives (<a href="http://www.aaae.org/">AAAE</a>). The trade group's Energy/Air Service Task Force final report is available today.<br /><br />A quick breakdown:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Total system arrivals and departures are expected to drop 7.3% between October 2007 and October 2008, according to the Official Airline Guide (<a href="http://www.oag.com/">OAG</a>).</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Carriers have eliminated service on more than 400 routes since March 2008, the The US House transportation and infrastructure <a href="http://transportation.house.gov/">subcommittee</a> on aviation reports. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Airlines have already abandoned 60 communities and roughly 40 more will lose service this year, says The Air Transport Association<em><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></em> of America (<a href="http://www.airlines.org/">ATA</a>) The airline trade group also says it is “not unrealistic” to expect as many as 200 communities could lose air service by early 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">AAAE will make policy recommendations. I'll blog about that after the press conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-14887304534358120382008-08-28T14:11:00.016-04:002008-08-28T14:50:47.039-04:00Flock ewe<a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3ocyeVeGsG11MmMnTvszmAFvXGL7Xf7Nmy4xSq7atA4f-Ran4mbNHIAiPhMUInhtH2WeX_lWl2sI8o11H58FdxsaoTkTRSxZB_a-aZsmzj9cKTWsqFp57OWwPR1GkKfhiHp0UsZU9xA/s1600-h/many-sheep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid3ocyeVeGsG11MmMnTvszmAFvXGL7Xf7Nmy4xSq7atA4f-Ran4mbNHIAiPhMUInhtH2WeX_lWl2sI8o11H58FdxsaoTkTRSxZB_a-aZsmzj9cKTWsqFp57OWwPR1GkKfhiHp0UsZU9xA/s400/many-sheep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239636495998764258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br />Goats and three sheep will take over the runway mitigation site at </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/">Seattle-Tacoma International Airport</a> tomorrow to test their skills at removing invasive plants.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Normally a five-person crew keeps invasive plants in check. The goats and sheep will hopefully assist with hard-to-reach areas,</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > Sea-Tac airport operator The Port of Seattle says in a statement.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Weed work certainly bodes better for animals than the last time goats hung out at the airport. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.royalnepal-airlines.com/">Nepal Airlines</a> sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, after having technical problems with one of their Boeing 757 aircraft last year. The ghosts were <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/06/216621/nepal-airlines-sacrifices-goats-in-bizarre-mro-move.html">slaughtered</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > in front of the plane at </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuvan_International_Airport">Tribhuvan International Airport</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > in Kathmandu. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >The port, </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >which must maintain about 180 acres of land,</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > contracted the goats through small business </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.goattrimmers.com/">Goat Trimmers</a></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(No word if the animals picture above are the breed that will be used at Sea-Tac. Also, image is from the National Geographic Society)</span> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-23683439077874651832008-08-27T11:19:00.016-04:002008-08-27T14:29:23.165-04:00Science of sleep<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjugTTgX1b6UYYMJdpGNGDOCoNs398ujvy9sYGt7DwzsO_uXxNk1CSwim2QfqAlTLLe-d_NRBkxnEemgdqghMjDvKOYw1wi1rUU9HLqdDZ8P5hdw-wd7bscEJ2VVY4ViCvCqKL5MqbhNo/s1600-h/restarea.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjugTTgX1b6UYYMJdpGNGDOCoNs398ujvy9sYGt7DwzsO_uXxNk1CSwim2QfqAlTLLe-d_NRBkxnEemgdqghMjDvKOYw1wi1rUU9HLqdDZ8P5hdw-wd7bscEJ2VVY4ViCvCqKL5MqbhNo/s400/restarea.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239255798952152194" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.munich-airport.de/en/consumer/index.jsp"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Munich Airport</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;">, in addition to offering a handy map/guide translated into 10 languages, offers scifi-looking </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;"><span style="">sleeping cabins, known as <a href="http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.easy-sleep.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.napcabs.com/%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3D234">Napcabs</a>.<br /><br />Located in Terminal 2 near Gate H32<span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="" onmouseover="_tipon(this)" onmouseout="_tipoff()"><strong></strong></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""> the </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">2.50 x 1.40 meters (8.20 x 4.50 feet) </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">sleeping and working cabin offers a bed, desk and Internet access.<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">Booking the cabins cost 15 euros </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >($22.05)</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""> for the first 15 minutes and four euros for every next quarter of an hour. One nights stay from 10 pm to 7 am costs 60 euros.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""><br /><a href="http://www.young-germany.de/news-verwaltung/news-singleview/article/652d500a3f/napcabs-sleeping-comfortably-at-the-airport.html?no_cache=1">Five students</a> participating in the 2007 Innovation Competition held by Munich University of Applied Sciences </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">developed</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""> Napcabs.<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style=""><br />Thanks to </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">Flight's online editor<a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/"> Michael Targett</a> for alerting me to this nifty photo.<br /><br />(Photo from </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:gray;" ><span style="">Reuters photographer Michaela Rehle</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-60132639977534410222008-08-26T09:21:00.010-04:002008-08-26T10:34:34.829-04:00Terminal trial<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfVS17_qe76CKylFMca15k0Aus3YZ8oDvk8jICFVw99xFbWM4O2-y-TjFAHOvL1ygvV5CYFP_Cm42x53eY36VwghsFPQ0G7CDLLe44M6S3EEhMC_UE5UvBsB3Q9-rVCXMaGnBg4eMX28/s1600-h/24terminal.span.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfVS17_qe76CKylFMca15k0Aus3YZ8oDvk8jICFVw99xFbWM4O2-y-TjFAHOvL1ygvV5CYFP_Cm42x53eY36VwghsFPQ0G7CDLLe44M6S3EEhMC_UE5UvBsB3Q9-rVCXMaGnBg4eMX28/s400/24terminal.span.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238833969208174146" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />JetBlue Airways tested its new digs at <a href="http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/airports/html/kennedy.html">New York JFK</a> Saturday.</span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >"The trial went very well," </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >JetBlue VP redevelopment Rich Smyth</span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" > tells me in an e-mail.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > "Feedback was good with some creative suggestions. We have a questionnaire from each participant that we are reviewing now."<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Frequent fliers participated in the trial to </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >help the carrier prepare for opening day.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > Read about some of their experiences in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/nyregion/24terminal.html?_r=1&scp=7&sq=airline&st=nyt&oref=slogin">The New York Times</a>.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >When <a href="http://www.jetblue.com/about/jfk/">T5 </a>opens on October 1, </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >JetBlue will operate around 170 flights from 18 gates, </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >JetBlue VP redevelopment Rich Smyth says. </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >Twenty gates will be in use by Thanksgiving and</span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" > 26 gates will be available by spring 2009, he adds.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >The </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >26-gate </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >terminal </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >will replace the carrier's use of the 14-gate Terminal 6 and seven temporary hold room gates.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />(Photo by </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nicole Bengiveno of The New York Times)</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-45423425897851548032008-08-25T16:23:00.006-04:002008-08-25T16:38:42.512-04:00What makes a new airport new?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUuTiCZmxcf7yP07CePI9mZeWVlY6S5cYtsTcwD1OsUxByhH4cRrY1XQvmc2kFWm2dqmP3P0P8WAI7Wh9Klm1kVAgiBxHCqs8C-vlxVTEuQiPph-K4YCc4vn6NP3CfI5CtyVmtAIyIh8/s1600-h/HPIM0204_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUuTiCZmxcf7yP07CePI9mZeWVlY6S5cYtsTcwD1OsUxByhH4cRrY1XQvmc2kFWm2dqmP3P0P8WAI7Wh9Klm1kVAgiBxHCqs8C-vlxVTEuQiPph-K4YCc4vn6NP3CfI5CtyVmtAIyIh8/s400/HPIM0204_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238555989253811346" border="0" /></a>Okay, here’s a quick quiz: new airport or new terminal? Pittsburgh. Denver. Washington National. <a href="http://www.newindianapolisairport.com/">Indianapolis</a>.<br /><br />It seems easy until you think about it. When Pittsburgh opened a “new airport” in October 1992, it used the same runways, airfield etc. But the airport site, the terminals, roadways and all affiliated apparatus, were brand new and lovely. So was it a new airport?<br /><br />Then there's Denver. Well, that really is a new airport, or it was in 1995, when they abandoned the old Stapleton. They built it in the middle of nowhere–nowhere that’s very far from town, as anyone who’s tried cabbing it downtown will tell you.<br /><br />What about Washington National, now called Reagan Washington National? Well, whether or not you’ve decided a totally new airport terminal counts as (a) a new terminal or (b) a new airport, you have to be careful. Here, they be made it a point to call it the ‘renovated’ National because local anti-noise activists were ready to sue the moment the airport moved toward any increase in capacity. So, when it opened in July 1997, it was just plain National.<br /><br />What do we say about Indianapolis? The city touts its soon-to-open facility (November 11) as a totally new airport, and it is, unless you count the two old parallel runways. In that case, it’s just a new terminal, albeit a very nice one. Not to mention the new air traffic control tower that opened two years ago.<br /><br />So, what is new?<br /><br />A special thanks to <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/sectionhome/sectiondefault.aspx?CategoryID=10528&NavigationID=355&SlotID=25">Airline Business</a> Americas editor <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/left-field/">David Field</a> for guestblogging.<br /><br /><br />(Photos from Indianapolis International Airport).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCWsE46CJJqB_wZmr4PvDnSWjlpFp1zruzcKrelf0LGJ4dQ1_sAocrScBNv9aqgxyOymtUJm4WMRcF73eVhKfj2petBOQoIzLfyd6RA6_XpmTuZcdRzBPDMsc0iBcy2vXWFgpT4qwja0/s1600-h/northtowerpanA_thumb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCWsE46CJJqB_wZmr4PvDnSWjlpFp1zruzcKrelf0LGJ4dQ1_sAocrScBNv9aqgxyOymtUJm4WMRcF73eVhKfj2petBOQoIzLfyd6RA6_XpmTuZcdRzBPDMsc0iBcy2vXWFgpT4qwja0/s400/northtowerpanA_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238556918900771938" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-59586392304923821702008-08-22T11:34:00.005-04:002008-08-22T14:38:24.050-04:00T is for Terminal<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qVK2fZK6Ny9KN3XCYGadZOY9YuOD7PBL4u0-8O2pS06zFg49njcCEkRBExPAs22XIgbS9R1FGeZpHgH6RErD6Y2PIw9C7qBh4evWQyqgxJlv1T0jo00l0qJHySV5wp-NCREuTAIbuS4/s1600-h/rendering-aerial-tn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qVK2fZK6Ny9KN3XCYGadZOY9YuOD7PBL4u0-8O2pS06zFg49njcCEkRBExPAs22XIgbS9R1FGeZpHgH6RErD6Y2PIw9C7qBh4evWQyqgxJlv1T0jo00l0qJHySV5wp-NCREuTAIbuS4/s320/rendering-aerial-tn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237412079604761026" border="0" /></a>New terminals are sprouting up everywhere! If by everywhere you mean <a href="http://www.rdu.com/news/2008/release_082108.htm">Raleigh-Durham International</a> and <a href="http://www.jetblue.com/about/jfk/">New York John F. Kennedy International</a> airports.<br /><br />The New York terminal opens October 1, followed by the North Carolina terminal on October 26.<br /><br />Known as T5, the first post 9/11 terminal to open at JFK will house 26 gates for JetBlue Airways. Down south, Terminal 2 will have 32 gates, and for the yuppies, an organic-food market.<br /><br />(Architectural rendering from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. More renderings and construction photos can be found <a href="http://www.rdu.com/terminal2/media/mediaimages.htm">here</a>.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-12407583732767090442008-08-21T14:33:00.008-04:002008-08-21T15:55:21.355-04:00Mineta (the airport, not the man) fights back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1v7swnYjy7RoRk_pA3aIoZQoaiOfwT-SNU2gLs0hRM8u9S-9eezXDIKJfQ10Biy75oydJfdE3elG1b_UUkUSvf2cHkZ6CrDfxGEkGJ2cgP1HDxGXiiHiYFNlb_2IYaWZbUbNGtytoZk/s1600-h/nymsjlogo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1v7swnYjy7RoRk_pA3aIoZQoaiOfwT-SNU2gLs0hRM8u9S-9eezXDIKJfQ10Biy75oydJfdE3elG1b_UUkUSvf2cHkZ6CrDfxGEkGJ2cgP1HDxGXiiHiYFNlb_2IYaWZbUbNGtytoZk/s400/nymsjlogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237058631563375826" border="0" /></a>Locked in a bitter battle to with its northern neighbours, San Jose’s <a href="http://www.sjc.org/">Norman Y. Mineta International Airport</a> will use municipal funds to help lower airport rents in an effort to keep airline service.<br /><br />A city council measure lets the airport use about $2.2 million to reduce the Cost per Enplaned passenger to $8.61 in this fiscal year (ending in June.) The cost, a key airport metric, had been $9.02, a figure that was inflated by the airport’s ambitious $1.3-billion modernization and expansion program, airport spokesman David Vossbrink says.<br /><br />The largest carrier at Mineta, <a href="http://www.southwest.com/">Southwest Airlines</a>, with a 45% market share, approves of the airport’s expansion, he said. Southwest usually seeks a CPE of about $5, however. A prime rival to the San Francisco and Oakland international airports, Mineta sits in the heart of the Silicon Valley and has long attracted hi-tech traffic.<br /><br />The moves, along with a traditional incentive program, may be used to persuade carriers to resume service to the East Coast, Mineta air service development director Ed Nelson says. JetBlue is ending its San Jose to Boston Logan flight, Continental is ending service to Newark Liberty and United ends its Washington Dulles flight this autumn, leaving the airport with only one transcontinental route, JetBlue to New York JFK.<br /><br />Nelson said that the airport also hopes to persuade a foreign-flag carrier to begin Asian service. American, which had ‘de-hubbed’ domestically at San Jose starting in the year 2000, ended a Tokyo Narita flight in 2006, a major blow to the airport. Its only international service is to Mexico.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_UY_5f7Quld3XhhPLvHw876Z0oM29wktCoIqSNtbnnvCM8lilEnc6P2tmdz6RMtdxuRjuIMOqKjmAAsfYnqRFF1uzPS2r0GSe4-Pk35tP_O9f5Hc_mEsriG8WShLMm4Hb0ovKd4DdOc/s1600-h/bg_blog_header.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_UY_5f7Quld3XhhPLvHw876Z0oM29wktCoIqSNtbnnvCM8lilEnc6P2tmdz6RMtdxuRjuIMOqKjmAAsfYnqRFF1uzPS2r0GSe4-Pk35tP_O9f5Hc_mEsriG8WShLMm4Hb0ovKd4DdOc/s400/bg_blog_header.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237048024995363170" border="0" /></a>A special thanks to <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/sectionhome/sectiondefault.aspx?CategoryID=10528&NavigationID=355&SlotID=25">Airline Business</a> Americas editor <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/left-field/">David Field</a> for guestblogging.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-73985660629260644342008-08-21T11:31:00.012-04:002008-08-21T12:20:06.490-04:00New Cali airport boss<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUKaShtHw49tKWKnWwdXluh0p922HiHBVmFCPc6cqWRnm7VjdMHkE6GMRvaU0Vberq9L8iLvjkiGcdIj95-0IA99c4KE7kzWoqKUGaiYJ8sCe_xYN15YQT5Xp2s5MYTweuDb3MV374tE/s1600-h/sloairport_index_15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUKaShtHw49tKWKnWwdXluh0p922HiHBVmFCPc6cqWRnm7VjdMHkE6GMRvaU0Vberq9L8iLvjkiGcdIj95-0IA99c4KE7kzWoqKUGaiYJ8sCe_xYN15YQT5Xp2s5MYTweuDb3MV374tE/s400/sloairport_index_15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236999143064279154" border="0" /></a><h1 style="font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></h1><h1 face="arial" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></h1><h1 face="arial" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Veteran airport executive Richard Howell will succeed Klaasje Nairne as airport manager of California's <a href="http://www.sloairport.com/">San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport</a> effective next month.<br /></span></h1><h1 style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Nairne retired after nine years as airport manager.<br /></span></h1> <!-- template: story_detail.html --><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Smart move for Howell. San Luis Obispo aiport has a better looking Web site than his previous employers.</span></p><p style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Howell most recently worked for <a href="http://www.waco-texas.com/Airport/airport.htm">Waco Regional Airport</a> in Waco, Texas. He also has <a href="http://www.springsgov.com/AirportIndex.asp">Colorado Springs Airport</a> and Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany, Georgia, on his resume.</span></p><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > Read more<a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/breakingnews/story/440545.html"> here</a>. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-85346690537366183882008-08-20T09:57:00.013-04:002008-08-20T11:29:08.080-04:00One is a lonely number<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdTxNASuihRr1u_0sFtF-5bm_zTSUFHVVzNWwviRU_FRn-xlrCre_-O-xswhs85fhu0dc0WwIvNmBDcfzLyyF1k0m1errkhG31GyAa3BkJowsTEXdZH5JW0mwOuKQ7Y9E1-wfsmY4H0w/s1600-h/Airport.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdTxNASuihRr1u_0sFtF-5bm_zTSUFHVVzNWwviRU_FRn-xlrCre_-O-xswhs85fhu0dc0WwIvNmBDcfzLyyF1k0m1errkhG31GyAa3BkJowsTEXdZH5JW0mwOuKQ7Y9E1-wfsmY4H0w/s320/Airport.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236606182697864210" border="0" /></a>Runway construction will ground nearly all operations at <a href="http://www.ci.idaho-falls.id.us/main/index2.asp?PageId=1050">Idaho Falls Regional Airport</a> next month.<br /><br />Only one of five carriers will continue service between September 2 and October 2. <a href="http://www.alaskaair.com/">Horizon Air</a> will maintain Boise flights using 37-seat Bombardier Q200s on a shorter runway while the 9,000 ft runway is rebuilt because of failing asphalt.<br /><br />Loss of air service and related activities, such as car rentals and concessions, is expected to cost the airport $10,000 a day, director of aviation Len Nelson says. Actual construction is estimated at $9 million.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines/Skywest Airlines will bolster service at <a href="http://www.pocatello.us/airport/Airport.htm">Pocatello Regional Airport</a> to handle passengers from eastern Idaho.<br /><br />Horizon will resume service to Seattle and Boise with 76-seat Bombardier Q400s on October 12; other carriers will resume Idaho Falls operations on October 2.<br /><br />(Photo from Idaho Falls Regional Airport)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185393406097078591.post-68783781849882349162008-08-18T09:33:00.008-04:002008-08-19T11:05:13.496-04:00Blue-light special at Myrtle Beach<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqPbC_qxiRLfkwBJnU5Ds5-b2NvioE_H9qJ7NhyphenhyphenWO6kyWsBrNe4Ttpinc2NGq5bgd37dWdEcWns9GhqRo-VVgGsQSTWFNbx1SJjHf5mZhCXzh1elmPUtQC5xpL5vkDm0MpTxD0JxC_Pk/s1600-h/200px-Shag_the_movie.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqPbC_qxiRLfkwBJnU5Ds5-b2NvioE_H9qJ7NhyphenhyphenWO6kyWsBrNe4Ttpinc2NGq5bgd37dWdEcWns9GhqRo-VVgGsQSTWFNbx1SJjHf5mZhCXzh1elmPUtQC5xpL5vkDm0MpTxD0JxC_Pk/s400/200px-Shag_the_movie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236243684496464850" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flymyrtlebeach.com/">Myrtle Beach International Airport </a>will lower landing fees and offer other incentives to entice new domestic and international service to the beach. As if the opportunity to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_(1989_film)">shag</a> wasn’t enough. <br /><br />Landing fees for existing service will be lowered to 5 cents per 1,000 lbs of gross certified maximum landed weight (GCMLW), down 75% from the current fee of $1.97 per 1,000 lbs GCMLW. <br /><br />Estimated cost savings to airlines is $1.2 million, says Lisa Bourcier, a spokeswoman for airport owner Horry County. <br /><br />“We can’t sustain this every year but [we’re] willing to see if we can bring in new markets,” she says, adding that landing fees will be evaluated next year and will likely increase, perhaps to 75 cents per 1,000 lbs GCMLW.<br /><br />For the second year in a row, seasonal landing fees will be waived between December and February to address the challenges of serving a seasonal destination and to encourage year-round service. <br /><br />The waiver of seasonal landing fees is expected to save airlines $400,000, Bourcier says.<br /><br />To attract new destinations, Myrtle Beach International will offer carriers the option of being invoiced at a rate of $2 per available seat for common use terminal area fees and security fees in-lieu of the rate formula in the standard service agreement. To be eligible for this option, carriers must maintain existing service at the airport and must operate 50-seat plus aircraft on the new route. <br /><br />Landing fees and terminal rents will be dropped for new nonstop international service operated with 50-seat plus aircraft.<br /><br />In light of rising fuel prices and airline plans to reduce capacity system-wide, Bourcier says, “We’ve been doing like every other airport, monitoring current service we have. We have pretty good service. We can always use more. That’s why [we] try to attract new markets and let the ones that served us faithfully know we appreciate them.”<br /><br />Meanwhile, airport expansion plans have felt an impact. <a href="http://www.horrycounty.org/">Horry County Council</a> approved the construction of up to 18 additional gates at the airport terminal, which was built in the 1970s. <br /><br />Phased in construction has been decided upon instead of adding 18 gates at once because of the uncertainty in the airline industry and the economic downturn, Bourcier says. <br /><br />Design has been narrowed to three schematics and the county council will vote on a final layout in October, she adds.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0