Airport Business

MAY 2014

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INDUSTRY NEWS 8 airportbusiness May 2014 INDUSTRY NEWS take the first steps needed to begin to regulate lead emissions from aircraft. HEATHROW AIRPORT … Announces its newly renovated $4.2 billion Terminal 2 will open June 4. HILLSBORO AIRPORT … Faces a battle over whether to build a new runway as Oregon Aviation Watch and a citi- zen group file a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review the FAA's finding that a third runway would not have significant environmental impact. INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT AUTHORITY … Selects AAAE's Transportation Security Clearinghouse as its provider of aviation channeling (DAC) services. JETBLUE AIRWAYS' … Pilots vote to be represented by the Air Line Pilots Association. MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … Sees the highest monthly passenger counts in 5 ½ years in March, serving 10.1 million passen- gers and putting the airport on pace to serve more than 40 million passenger in 2014. MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … Reports roundtrip domestic airfares fell 10.8 per- cent in 2013 due to the Southwest affect. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY BOARD … Finds the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train driver was asleep at the controls when a commuter train barreled through the protec- tive end bumper of its stop at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. NORTH DAKOTA AERONAUTICS COMMISSION… Appoints interim director Kyle Wanner as its new director. O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … Reports residents of Northwest Side neighbor- hoods recently won property tax appeals of up to 12 percent after successfully arguing that home values took a nose dive from altered flight patterns at the airport. ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT … Executives and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer met with airline representatives in United Arab Emirates and Turkey to woo more international flights to Orlando. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY … Approves a higher minimum wage for hourly workers at John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport. SOUTH BEND REGIONAL AIRPORT … Changes its name to South Bend International Airport. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT … Wins the ANTN Digicast Excellence in Airport Training Award, presented by the AAAE. The Albany-based airport is one of just 90 airports nationwide to qualify for recognition in 2013. SPIRIT AIRLINES … Will begin service from Kansas City International Airport in August. STEPHENVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT… Welcomes Porter Airlines, which will introduce seasonal service between Stephenville and Halifax from June to August. TEXTRON AVIATION … Announces the layoffs of 750 full-time and con- tract employees between its divisions of Cessna Aircraft Co. and Beechcraft Corp. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION … Reaches a tentative settlement of $75,000 with a southern California woman held by TSA agents at a Phoenix airport for refusing to have her breast milk X-rayed. New United Concourse at Boston Logan Ofers Customers Modern, Streamlined Airport Experience United Airlines moved into its new and renovated section of Terminal B at the end of April. The newly improved, 162,800-square-foot-space provides the latest in customer service and convenience and for the first time connects the two sides of Terminal B post-security. Massport spent approximately $125 million on the $170 million project, which focuses on customer service and convenience through interactive way-finding signage with boarding pass scanners that show passengers their gate, and in-seat power throughout the new terminal. "The opening of United Airlines' new concourse at Terminal B is an investment in the future of Logan Airport," says Gov. Deval L. Patrick. "With increased customer service and convenience, United's presence in Terminal B will continue to make Boston a top destination for domestic and international travel." The building allows customers of the new American Airlines to have post-security access to old U.S. Airways gates and American gates, which previously required a passenger connecting from one side of the terminal to the other to be rescreened. With United moving from Terminal A, it opens up gates there for future airline and airport growth. With United leaving Terminal C, it allows JetBlue, Logan's largest airline, to continue its growth. "Terminal B is the first step in our vision to connect Logan's terminals so passengers changing planes at Logan won't face re-screening, which is an important element in customer service and conve- nience,'' says Massport CEO Thomas P. Glynn. "The Terminal B project not only sets the standard in improving the airport experience, it has locally based concessions such as Berkshire Farms Market and Stephanie's, which are new to Logan.'' airb_6-9_News.indd 8 5/2/14 9:36 AM

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